Work-Based Learning
The San Diego Community College District institutions provide work-based learning opportunities to students. These opportunities are integrated into curricula and provided outside the classroom from events and on-campus activities to clinical placements, internships, and on-the-job work experiences.
This page provides resources for San Diego City, Mesa, Miramar, and Continuing Education regarding WBL reporting processes and related practices.
Work-Based Learning is the Backbone of Career Services
- Districtwide Career Services Committments
- NACE Alignment
Work-Based Learning Dashboards
Reporting Resources
- Districtwide Reporting Schedule
- Districtwide Reporting Framework
- Coding Support:
- Course level coding list - as of fall 2024 (faculty approved courses for coding)
- MIS SG21 Data Element – CCC MIS Data Element Dictionary
- 2021-2022 Districtwide Reporting Plan - October 2021
- Regional SG21 Resource Page
- Regional SG21 Subcategories
College Leads for SG21 Reporting
SG21 WBL coding requires local teams to work across both student services and instructional services. College leads are expected to work across program areas and functions to coordinate college-wide SG21 WBL efforts.
- City College - Jesse Lopez; Sheila Davis; Roger Sanchez
- Mesa College - Alex Berry
- Miramar College: Jen Pena
- College of Continuing Education: Andrei Lucas & Roberta Krauss
Work-Based Learning Resources and reference materials
- WBL Overview - Regional resource
- Expanding Work-Based Learning in the Region
- Resources and Reference Materials from National Association of Colleges and Employers
- Minority College Students Underrepresented in Paid Internships, September 2020
- First-Generation Students Underrepresented in Internships, August 2020
- CCCAOE Conference Presentation on SG21: Leveraging New MIS Reporting Requirements to Uplift and Expand WBL
Districtwide Work-Based Learning Process Committee - no longer active
This districtwide committee was established in 2020 and coordinated by the SDCCD Career Education and Workforce Development Department focusing on districtwide MIS SG21 WBL reporting and related practices.
As of spring 2023, this committee is being replaced by a broader Districtwide Career Services and Job Placement Workgroup focused on districtwide support and alignment for student's career success across each college's career services initiatives including: employer engagement, work-based learning/SG21, job placement, career center activities, districtwide career fairs, and handshake.
To access agendas for the Districtwide Career Services & Job Placement Workgroup, please click here.
Past WBL Process Committee Agendas:
2022-23 Agendas
2021-22 Agendas
2020-21 Agendas: