Institute for Community and Professional Development
The Institute for Community & Professional Development is your "one-stop" shop for community, workforce and professional development. We offer a variety of services to include:
Alternate Text Production Center
The Alternate Text Production Center is a Braille and electronic text production facility located at Ventura College. We are here to provide timely and accurate access to alternative formats of texts and educational materials for college students with print disabilities.
Community Education
Fee-based, not-for-credit classes designed to enhance those offered through
the Ventura College credit program. These classes and activities are intended
for the lifelong learner interested in continued personal and professional
growth.
Customized Training & Services to Business —Business Working Solutions
At the Institute for Community & Professional Development
we are dedicated to delivering customized training and services to meet
your business needs. We begin by working with you to assess exactly what
challenges your company may be facing, then we develop a customized, cost-effective
approach to address these challenges. Every performance intervention we
offer is based on well-defined, measurable goals to ensure that, by the
end of training, all needs are effectively met and you reap the maximum
return on your investment.
Foster and Kinship Care Program
Ventura County Foster and Kinship Care Program provides ongoing
training, information, and resources to foster and relative caregivers,
adoptive caregivers and caregivers of special needs children.
Research and Evaluation
Our Research and Evaluation department is here to help us better
serve our clients both on campus and in the community. We are able to
study student data and demographic trends as well as develop surveys and
research data to aid us in the development and delivery of customized
training programs to better meet the needs of business and industry.
Resource Development
Our Resource Development department enables us to identify outside funding
sources to support the development of new and innovative programs and
services. We seek community partners to work with us to expand the numbers
and kinds of collaborative educational and training programs available
to meet the changing needs of our regional workforce. We also train and
assist Ventura College faculty and staff to develop grant proposals and
coordinate the college grant seeking process on a college-wide basis.
Workforce Performance Center for Excellence
The Center for Excellence represents one of many initiatives
funded by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges.
It assists us in establishing economic development partnerships and in
working with regional colleges and business and industry in the development
and delivery of performance-based training and related services.