Monterey Adult School
Monterey Adult School provides educational opportunities for individuals to meet their personal, academic, civic, and career goals in a safe and supportive environment that honors culture and diversity while encouraging open, effective communication as a bridge to lifelong learning and success. Classed include English as a Second Language (ESL), High School Diploma (HSD)/ GED, General Equivalency Diploma (GED)/ HiSet Test Prep, IET: Computer English for Work, IET: Computer English for Business, Culinary Home Based Foods, and more!
Teen Kitchen Project
Teen Kitchen Project has a teen program that offers an excellent opportunity for growth and team building as well as developing valuable hands on skills. Teen Kitchdn Project also works with adult volunteers to make their projects possible.
LEAD Institute
LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) is a year-long leadership development institute for nonprofit managers aspiring to greater leadership. LEAD serves the diverse communities of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. Since it began in 2009, over 150 leaders representing over 100 organizations have completed the program.
Calbright College
Calbright College is designed to focus on careers, not credentials. Adult learners work toward career readiness and can start their program at any time, and work around their own schedule, at their own pace. The curriculum includes Medical Coding, IT, Cybersecurity, “Transition to Technology: Customer Relationship Management Platform Administration” (pilot program).
Podcasts for Cabrillo
Amplify: Cabrillo College Student Podcast is a mobile opportunity for students, and especially students of color, to share their experiences through literature, language skills, poetry, spoken word, and speech. Amplify your voice and be heard!
Cabrillo College Career Skills and Training Courses
Cabrillo offers tuition-free classes in workforce and job training that are designed to improve your employability, provide job-placement opportunities, or prepare you for more advanced college-level coursework. Career Training Certificates: Dental Administrative Assistant, Dental Infection Control Certificate, Introduction of Dental Technology Computer Training, Preparation for the STEM Workforce, Beginning Technology Skills, Culinary Arts Kitchen Skills, Community Health Worker Certification, Advanced CPR (AHA Certification CPR for the Healthcare Provider), American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification.
Infection Control For All Now: Safe Workplace Training
This self-paced basic training program is aimed at strengthening infection control and prevention competencies among Californians who work in the hospitality industry. There is a clear need for an educated workforce knowledgeable about infection prevention and control. Safe practices and procedures are key to helping stop the spread of infectious disease and for instilling consumer confidence in frequenting hotels and restaurants. By completing this training, you will be able to demonstrate to employers and customers your competency and commitment to a safe workplace.
Cabrillo College First-Line Supervisor Program
Cabrillo College’s First-Line Supervisor Program will teach you the communication, management, and leadership skills you need to advance your career. This fast-paced program is just 12-weeks, 100% online, including enrollment, registration, weekly assignments, and quizzes.
Bay ICT Partnership
Bay ICT Partnership provides a list of short duration programs to reskill and upskill. These programs have been designed to focus on quickly upskilling an individual’s skills for the virtual workplace via digitization, automation, and cloud technology.
Open P-TECH
IBM’s P-TECH curriculum offers free digital learning on the tech and professional skills of tomorrow!
Google Tech Development Guide
Whether you’re a student or an educator, newer to computer science or a more experienced coder, or otherwise interested in software engineering, we hope there’s something for you here in Google’s Guide to Technical Development. This is a collection of materials from many sources, including Google, that you can use to supplement your classwork or direct your own learning.
Health Career Connection
Seeking hands-on experience, exposure & connections in the health field? Health Career Connection (HCC) has opportunities for undergraduates and recent college graduates. Learn how HCC inspires and empowers the next generation of diverse health professionals and leaders.
Walmart Live Better U
Walmart employees can earn a college degree, skilled trade diploma, professional certificate, or your high school diploma using your Walmart benefit. Gain valuable, in-demand skills in as few as 10 months in the following industries: Industrial and Facilities Maintenance, Electrical, Plumbing, Construction, HVAC/R, and more!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County
Volunteer to mentor a youth (age 7-14) to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth and develop your skills in mentoring. A Match Support Specialist from the agency will be in regular contact with you to provide assistance and give feedback.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Defib This! course is for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in any aspect of patient care during neonatal resuscitations. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care of the Neonate.
Acute Care Nursing Series
Defib This! Acute Care Nursing series is a two-week intensive lecture and skills lab series that provides review and introductory info on the five most common emergencies that happen to our hospitalized patients, based on the system. This course is designed for the third or fourth-semester nursing student who is seeking a clinical internship and subsequent employment in a high-acuity patient environment. This is also an excellent course for the new graduate nurse. Professional career prep lectures and exercises prepare the student for their first nursing employment search process with resume assistance, mock interviews, and tips on marketing themselves for the current competitive job market.
Coursera
Coursera provides universal access to the world’s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses online.
Google IT Professional Support Certificate
Google IT Professional Support Certificate helps address the huge demand for IT professionals, and is ideal for companies looking to upskill their workers into IT roles.
HubSpot Remote Work Guide
HubSpot provides a one-stop resource guide to make virtual collaboration efficient and enjoyable. From managing remote teams to running remote meetings and events, everything you need to know about remote work is here.
HubSpot Academy
Take your skills to the next level with HubSpot Academy free online training. From quick courses to comprehensive certifications, learn everything you need to know about SEO, social media, sales tactics & more.
Santa Cruz Teen Public Safety Academy
The summer Teen Public Safety Academy courses developed by the Santa Cruz Police Department provide a phenomenal opportunity to Santa Cruz teenagers who are considering serving their community in careers in either law enforcement or public safety, and those who are interested in learning public safety skills and more about their community from the public servant perspective.
Santa Cruz Citizen Police Academy
The Santa Cruz Police Department’s popular Citizen Police Academy offers city residents an inside look at aspects of law enforcement most have never seen, in a series of free lectures, demonstrations and discussions.
Leadership Santa Cruz County
The Leadership Santa Cruz County program provides a broad base of community knowledge and experiences to class members. Each session focuses on a different essential component of our community – from law enforcement to environment and education to agriculture, just to name a few. Participants interact with a wide variety of community leaders from government, business, health care, and other industries and services.
Cabrillo College Extension
Cabrillo College Extension provides various classes, for adults aged 18 and up, unless specifically noted on the class description, including computers and technology, money and investment, and professional skills and development.
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code offers serveral programs including after school clubs for 3rd-5th and 6th-12th grade girls to explore coding in a fun & friendly environment, 7-week summer programs for 10-11th grade girls to learn coding & get exposure to tech jobs, program to help alumni succeed in college and build community with other women in tech on campus, and more. There are multiple club locations across the Monterey Bay region.
Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board Career Centers
Workforce Santa Cruz County is a partnership of local organizations that service job seekers and businesses in the community and region. It includes a network of Career Centers in Watsonville and Capitola and a Watsonville Youth Center which offer an array of no cost services for businesses, employees, and job seekers.
University of California Alumni Career Network
The UC Alumni Career Network is a high-impact, online series designed to provide UC alumni and community members with the insights, information, and connections to launch, grow and expand your career opportunities.
Volunteer Center Volunteer Initiative Program
The Volunteer Center’s Volunteer Initiative Program matches interested community members with volunteer opportunities throughout Santa Cruz County Government. Volunteers have the opportunity to work with County departments including the District Attorney’s Office, the Health Services Agency, the Human Resources Agency, Law Library, Parks and Recreation, Personnel, Probation, and the Sheriff’s Department. These volunteer opportunities are great for professional development and skills-building.
Growing Up Wild
The mission of Growing Up Wild is to help youth connect with nature, build character, and learn about the environment by providing outdoor youth development and environmental education programs. Outdoor environmental education program benefits include personal growth, academic achievement, environmental knowledge, critical thinking, and civic engagement.
Volunteer Center YouthSERVE
YouthSERVE is dedicated to connecting youth, ages 11-17, with rewarding volunteer projects across Santa Cruz County. Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County will connect local youth who have a passion to help those in need with meaningful opportunities to do so. Youth can make a difference in their community while developing skills to find a job, get into college, complete school service requirements.
County of Santa Cruz Friday Night Live
Santa Cruz County Friday Night Live Partnership is comprised of the Friday Night Live (FNL) and Club Live (CL) programs. These programs are multi-cultural, youth-driven and lead. The program promotes healthy lifestyle choices in our community, develops and strengthens leadership skills for positive social change, organizes student conferences addressing alcohol, tobacco and other drug issues and sponsors parent workshops on issues affecting youth.
Salud y Cariño
Salud y Cariño partners with other community-based organizations to promote health and wellness for girls through physical activity, prevention, and education. Girls Group is a FREE after school program that combines physical activity and a social-emotional curriculum to promote overall wellness for girls at a critical time in their development.
Your Future Is Our Business
Your Future Is Our Business (YFIOB) programs provide work-based learning opportunities to middle and high school students. YFIOB coordinates career panels, career expos, job shadowing, internships, and mentorships within Santa Cruz County. Learn more about YFIOB programs.
YMCA Camp Campbell
The YMCA of Silicon Valley offers a variety of education and enrichment programs and has a location at Camp Campbell in Boulder Creek. Learn more about Camp Campbell here.
Sueños Program
Sueños is a program of Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board that helps teenagers and young adults (ages 16 to 24) develop workplace skills that will prepare them to enter and thrive in an increasingly competitive labor market.
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation Youth Leadership Program
The Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Foundation Youth Leadership Program aims to educate and inspire youth to preserve and enrich agriculture and community heritage. Students with vital skills to build future leaders in our area that will help us preserve our agriculture economy.
Santa Cruz County Career Technical Education Partnership
The Santa Cruz County Career Technical Education Partnership provides high school students with the opportunity to acquire an academic, career, and technical skills and to prepare for life-long learning and success in the changing workplace.
LINK
Founded by Your Future Is Our Business, a Santa Cruz County nonprofit, LINK connects students with local businesses and professionals to provide work-based learning opportunities.
GRID Alternatives
GRID Alternatives seeks to provide an effective, efficient, and equitable pathway into the solar industry. More than 3 million US workers are employed in well-paying clean energy jobs. GRID’s installation training programs help individuals launch careers in this booming industry. GRID offers two progressive certificate programs – Installation Basics Training (IBT) and Team Leader Training. Trainees may specialize in electrical or array work, or both.
Girls, Inc.
Girls Inc. of the Central Coast delivers innovative, research-based programs designed specifically to address the strengths and needs of girls ages 8 to 18. They inspire girls to pursue post-secondary education, develop leadership and decision-making skills, serve their communities, and acquire the ability and wisdom to lead healthy lifestyles.
Food, What?!
Food, What?! is a youth empowerment and food justice organization using food, through sustainable agriculture and health, as the vehicle for youth to grow into strong, healthy, and resilient teens. Youth from Santa Cruz County can join the FoodWhat Crew through Spring Internships, Summer Jobs, Fall Project Management Positions. Learn more about Food What?! Programs.
Digital NEST
Through training, peer collaboration and professional mentorship, Digital NEST (Nurturing Entrepreneurial Skills with Technology) youth are supported in mastering the technological skills they need to pursue higher education and careers in our globally connected world.
Cabrillo Youth and Teen Programs
Through hands-on classes and workshops, students enjoy expert instruction, access to cutting-edge equipment and state-of-the-art facilities, and the opportunity to collaborate and connect with their community. Each class in the Cabrillo Youth Program has an age range (8-17 yrs) carefully selected to keep kids engaged with their peers and the content.
Bay Area Cyber League
The Bay Area Cyber Leauge is comprised of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas interconnected by our common passion for Cybersecurity. Any middle or high school team within our geographical region is welcomed to join. There is no cost to join nor technical specifications required. Students should have an interest in the field and a champion teacher at each school site.
Alliance Career Training Solutions
With locations in Salinas and Santa Cruz, Alliance Career Training Solutions provides classes in software, business, and technical training.
Barrios Unidos Audio Engineering
Barrios Unidos’ Audio Engineering program is for youth who are interested in learning all aspects of the recording process including recording, mixing, editing, and mastering. Learn more about this skills training program by visiting their site and contacting the program coordinator!