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Rancho Cucamonga unveils Pathways RC plan to connect students with public-service careers
Summary
City staff presented a three-year Pathways RC implementation plan that targets elementary through early-career cohorts, includes internships, 'day-in-the-life' videos, a cohort of Healthy RC youth leaders and a proposed workforce-development hub to centralize opportunities.
Matt Marquez, Rancho Cucamonga’s economic development director, and Karina Campos, a management analyst, told the council the updated Pathways RC plan expands the city's approach to workforce development by adding an implementation plan and clearer time frames for tasks across elementary, middle, high-school and early-career groups.
"It's a plan that envisions a sustainable and ongoing community engagement program to help educate the future workforce about pathways to and career opportunities in public service," Marquez said, describing a three-year implementation period and cross-departmental staff participation.
The implementation plan includes elementary and middle-school tasks such as participating in school career days and producing age-appropriate "day in the life" videos; high-school actions emphasize internships, career fairs and a cohort of 7–10 Healthy RC youth leaders who will pursue capstone projects tied to Pathways RC. Early-career tasks focus on strengthening internship opportunities, higher-education partnerships and volunteer pathways.
High-school student Jamie Kazarek, speaking during public communications, said the plan would create opportunities for students to explore local-government careers and internships. "This plan will help students like me discover opportunities that we may not have known that exists," Kazarek said.
Marquez and Campos said the plan would be coordinated with partners such as the county superintendent of schools and included metrics and a proposed centralized workforce-development hub for resources, programs and updates. Staff identified next steps: continue subcommittee meetings, increase coordination with human resources, and develop the hub and related materials for career events.
Councilmembers praised the plan's internship focus and asked staff to clarify how students will learn about volunteer and service opportunities; staff said outreach will use youth leaders, career events and school partnerships.
