MetroED was created under a Joint Powers
Agreement by six school districts in Santa Clara County. The six joint powers districts are: Campbell
Union High School District , East Side Union High School District, Los Gatos-Saratoga
Joint Union High School District, Milpitas Unified School District, San Jose Unified
School District, and Santa Clara Unified School District.
MetroED provides Adult Education for San Jose
Unified and Campbell Union High School Districts, and career technical education for all six districts.
MetroED "Units": (see
each unit's page on this web site)
CCOC/P:
CCOC/P is a career and technical
training program serving junior and senior high school students and adults (on a space available basis) from the six school
districts within the Joint Powers Agreement. Career training is offered at a
variety of sites throughout Santa Clara County. These sites include Central County
Occupational Center, a large, 26-acre, eight-building professional training site located
at 760 Hillsdale Avenue, offering classes both day and night; sponsoring district
high schools; the San Jose Job Corps Center; various registered apprenticeship sites;
and several cosmetology schools.
High
school juniors and seniors come from the 32 "feeder" high schools within
the six partnering school districts.
ROP programs at the feeder high
school sites serve their own students who are at the junior and senior level. Students are diverse and are representative
of all ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.
Central County Occupational Center evening classes are career technical (vocational) education classes for adult students. Under special circumstances, high school students, age 18 and older, can enroll in evening classes and they are not required to pay fees.
MAEP:
One of the largest Adult Education programs in
California, MAEP, serves nearly 35,000 adults at over 40 locations throughout San Jose and
Campbell. MAEP provides programs such as, English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Skills, Citizenship,
GED Preparation, and High School Diploma preparation, Childbirth and Parenting & consumer awareness,
and interesting programs for Older Adults(50+), and short-term career technical (vocational) certificate programs.
MAEP and CCOC cooperatively provide an
alternative high school program on the CCOC campus called Capitol High. This unique high
school experience allows students to complete their academic work during half of their
school day in a small, dynamic group situation. During the other half of the day,
Capitol High students pursue a career and technical program in the CCOC program. Students
attending Capitol High can, if eligible, graduate with their own high school graduating class.
2. What is your mission?
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MetroED, the collaborative education district, prepares
youth and adults to be sought-after employees and contributing community members who learn
and earn for a lifetime.
3. How do I find you? What's there once I get there?
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MetroED has three main sites and programs located in over
forty other sites (recreation centers, churches, schools, businesses). Our main site is
at 760 Hillsdale Avenue, San Jose (Behind Capitol Auto Mall on Capitol Expressway, between
Narvaez and Pearl Avenues. We are right next to the Capitol Expressway exit from Highway
87/Guadalupe Parkway South off 280).
At the MetroED Center you will find:
* Central County Occupational Center/Programs
(CCOC/P) - 408/723-6400
* Central County Occupational Center Evening Classes
CCOC Career Technical (Vocational) Evening Classes - Phone 408/ 723-6404
* Metropolitan Adult Education Program - Phone 408/ 723-6450
* Metropolitan Education District
Superintendent’s Office - Phone 408/723-6464, and Business Office - Phone 723-6428
Our other administrative sites include:
Metropolitan Adult Education Program
(MAEP):
* San Jose Center (Central Region), 1149 E. Julian Street, San Jose
95116 - Phone 408/947-2311
* Campbell Center (Western Region), 1224 Del Mar Avenue, San Jose
95128 - Phone 408/947-2300
* Erikson Adult Center (Southern Region), 4849 Pearl Avenue, Room 1, San Jose, 95136, Phone 408-723-6450.
4. What hours are you open?
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Classes are held Monday through Friday at various times
during the day, and evening. Some classes are held on Saturday. Our school year typically
runs from late August through June. We provide a summer session as well. (See the Calendar
for this year's exact schedule.)
See the Schedule of Classes page on this web
site for exact information or call the sponsoring unit (see numbers listed above).
5. Is it expensive to take your classes?
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We are a public school district and most of our classes
are free or very inexpensive. Some classes have low fees to cover materials or lab fees.
This is possible because we receive funding from the State of California to provide this
instruction for all interested students.
Central County Occupational Center evening classes are career technical (vocational) education classes for adult students. Under special circumstances, high school students, age 18 and older, can enroll in evening classes and they are not required to pay fees.
We charge a registration fee and in some instances, a materials fee for the CCOC evening classes.
6. Why should I take one of your classes, verses the same class from some
other educational provider?
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All of our programs have been given the highest
certification by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Our curriculum
and instruction is regularly reviewed by state regulatory agencies, and constantly updated
to stay in compliance with the current standards. Besides this, we have a dedication to
quality, customer service and satisfaction.
7. What about your teachers?
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Our teachers are all certificated by the State of
California and are supervised by credentialed, experienced supervisors. In the career technical
program, CCOC/P instructors all have worked in the industry related to their class for at
least five years. MAEP teachers are all experienced in the fields they teach. Regular in-services on new techniques and issues pertaining to the
classroom are held regularly.
MetroED is approved as an LEA and provides some
of the coursework necessary to earn a teaching credential. See the Credentialing section on this web site for more information
about earning a teaching credential.
8. Who are your students? What do they learn?
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CCOC/P students are as varied as the numerous programs
offered. CCOC serves both high school students and adults (on a space-availability basis). High school juniors and seniors
come from the 32 "feeder" high schools belonging to the six participating school
districts. Adult students come from the community and through various employment training
programs and the local Job Corps site.
ROP programs at the feeder high school sites
serve their own students who are at the junior and senior level. Students are ethnically
and economically diverse and come from all socioeconomic groups.
CCOC is the premier career and college opportunities center of Silicon Valley. CCOC is where eligible junior and senior high school students get a jump-start on a college education, because students earning a grade of “A” or “B” in all CCOC classes earn community college credit in addition to high school credit. See CCOC/FAQs for eligibility requirements.
CCOC has seven career clusters that students can choose from to learn a technical skill to lead them to higher education or into the workplace. Students attend half days at CCOC and half days at their home high school. Free-of-charge busing is available or students may drive or be transported by others.
Adults may enroll in the day CCOC classes on a space-available basis; high school students are given first priority.
MAEP students come from various age, economic,
and ethnic groups and are generally aged 18 - 80 (or older!). Adult Education provides an
opportunity for many people to finish their high school diploma, earn a G.E.D., learn to
speak English, become a US citizen, or learn a meaningful entry-level job skill (short-term career technical certificate programs). MAEP also
offers a wide range of programs for older adults arts, writing, travel, fitness, current
events, music. Childbirth and Parenting programs are also offered.
CCOC Evening students are adults representing a wide
range of interests and backgrounds. They can be employed people interested in improving
their job skills or learning new skills; people interested in learning new skills for
personal growth; people interested in various certifications. Classes are career technical classes in the areas of Automotive Technology, Building Technology, Engineering/Industrial Technology, Health and Community Services and Visual Arts. See the Class Schedule on this website for dates, times and locations of classes.
9. Does MetroED have a slogan?
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Yes,
What could you be?
10. Are foreign students able to attend MetroED with a student visa?
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If:
You are coming to the United States to be a student
You are over 18
Your visa is to be an 1-20 (student visa),
Then:
You must apply to a community college, a four-year college or university,
or a private school. When you apply to these institutions you must pay
out-of-state tuition, which is very expensive.
United States’ adult schools (we are an adult school) cannot legally
comply with the requirements of an I-20 visa. Students that enroll
in United States’ adult schools are in the U.S for other reasons,
not primarily to take English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.
The students enrolled in the U.S. adult schools may be here on a
work visa, they may be naturalizing, or they are fulfilling their
I-20 visa requirements at another I-20 qualified school while
taking ESL from the U.S. adult school.
