Educators
Opportunities & Events
Upcoming opportunities for our educational partners across our region to Support, Attend and Engage
Strategic Fund Announcement
The K-16 Collaborative is excited to release approximately $1.4 million for partner and consortium awards. Projects must include at least 1 community college (lead), and at least 1 paid high school or public university partner in San Diego or Imperial counties.
Example project topics include: Early college credit, inclusive student supports, embedded work-based learning, articulation and instructional pathway development; identifying and closing instructional barriers within the K-16 Collaborative and CA Jobs First pathways listed below.
K-16 Collaborative Pathways
- Business
- Computing
- Education
- Engineering
- Healthcare
CA Jobs First Pathways
- Agriculture
- Clean Energy
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Transportation & Warehousing
Tentative Timeline
December 1, 2025: Application Opens. Community Colleges – contact Christine for your unique application link (each project requires a separate application link). Each organization can submit up to 2 paid projects.
December 3, 2025: Information Session. See slides and recording to the right.
2 Submission Windows:
- February 12, 2026: Application submission deadline or Letter of Intent
- Letter must include: Type of Project (Partner or Consortium); Name of anticipated Partners (School and/or District); Approximate Amount Requesting; Area of Focus for Project.
- Letter must be sent to Christine@k16talentpipeline.org. Please cc partners
- For more details, please review the information slides or recording
- February 20, 2026: Feb 12th submission awards announced
- March 6, 2026: Application deadline for those who submitted a Feb 12 Letter of Intent
- March 12, 2026: March 6 submission awards announced
May 28, 2027: Projects completed
K-16 Collaborative Hosted Events & Projects
This section will showcase events hosted by us, or in partnership with the K-16 Collaborative.
Interested in connecting?
- For K-12 partnerships, please reach out to Christine Jensen
- For postsecondary partnerships, please reach out to Heather Cavazos
- For industry or community partnerships, please reach out to Christine Jensen
K16 Collaborative Google Learning Program
Google Career Certificates can help you and your students prepare for jobs in data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, IT support, project management, and user experience (UX) design—no experience or degree required.
The K-16 Collaborative has been given the opportunity to provide scholarships to our educators. Get professional job training from Google (through Coursera) for free! Complete as many online certificate programs you can within 6 months. Find out more on the Grow with Google website, or download this FLYER.
If you’re interested, please complete the application below:
Due to limited quantities, we will be giving priority to teachers / faculty / professors at public institutions, working with students in grades 9-16.
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Problem Solve Like an Expert
According to a 2019 Burning Glass Labor Report, problem-solving ranks among the top three most demanded skills by employers of the 21st century. Increasingly, educators are being asked to narrow the gap between formal education and practice in technical and engineering fields. In fact, companies are looking for demonstrated competencies in problem-solving and relying less and less on formal degrees and credentials. A major challenge is assuring that high school students are prepared to tackle complex and difficult problems in their future professions. Universities, particularly institutions such as UC San Diego, are committed to developing these problem-solving skills for technical environments in all students both present and future. The Jacobs School of Engineering and UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies have formed a collaboration to spearhead this initiative to significantly enhance the options for high school graduates regardless of which path they choose.
The Program
- Problem-Solving: Their curriculum teaches effective strategies for impactful problem-solving and solution development. The modular curriculum consists of 13 modules and accompanying hands-on projects catered to high school students.
- Self-Regulated Learning: Their pedagogical framework uses meta-cognitive strategies that enable students to self-assess and track their progress over time. Students are trained to reflect and identify areas of improvement.
- Pro-Dev: They have professional development programs accompanying the curriculum to help teachers adopt the modules for their classroom. Teachers have professional development opportunities through teaching credits.
For more information, visit their website: https://www.ucsdproblemsolve.org/
