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On October 3, 2008, LASC’s CTE General Advisory Board met and agreed to this mission statement for the CTE General Advisory Board:

• To advise LASC on the general direction for the entire Career and Technical Education (Workforce Development) program at the College.
• To serve as the Tech Prep Consortium for LASC’s Career and Technical Education (Workforce Development) program. 
• To assist LASC’s Office of Workforce Development & Corporate Relations in (a) developing and achieving long-range goals and plans and (b) instituting the overall Career and Technical Education (Workforce Development) program design at LASC.

At that same meeting, the CTE General Advisory Board approved a series of strategic objectives for the CTE Division at LASC.

OBJECTIVE 1:

• Conduct a “needs assessment” of the LASC CTE programs and services and implement a Program Improvement Model focused on capacity building, student retention and enrollment growth.

OBJECTIVE 2:

• Respond and comply with recent Perkins IV Legislation.

OBJECTIVE 3:

• Strengthen CTE linkages between LASC, feeder secondary institutions and regional employers in a manner that responds to and complies with recent Perkins IV legislation.

OBJECTIVE 4:

• Improve the Division’s revenue generating capacity.

OBJECTIVE 5:

• Develop and improve partnerships with regional employers and community-based organizations, including municipalities, and other workforce and economic development practitioners.