The following agencies, entities and organizations work in collaborative fashion with the Tulare County Organization for Vocational Education, Regional Occupational Program to further the common interests of each, either through jointly shared missions, the leveraging of resources, or by providing an invaluable support service in the effort to foster both personal and economic development in Tulare County, the region and the state.

California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs
The mission of CAROCP “is to support ROCPs in providing exemplary career development and workforce preparation which contribute to student success and to economic development of California.”

California Department of Education

ROCP Unit - CDE staff provides statewide leadership and technical assistance along with curriculum resources, coordination, and certification in direct support of the 73 Regional Occupational Centers/Programs that administer career and technical education instructional programs in association with the statewide K-12 public school system.

Carl D. Perkins Unit - CDE staff provide statewide technical assistance in the interpretation, program development, application process, fiscal management, data collection, and accountability report documentation associated with Secondary (Section 131) and Postsecondary (Section 132) Carl D. Perkins funds for the promotion and development of educational activities that meld academic, vocational, and technical instruction. This CDE Unit is responsible for the collection of enrollment and accountability data associated with Regional Occupational Centers/Programs and Adult Education Programs.

California State University, Fresno

Central California Center for Health and Human Services (CCCHHS)
The goal of the Allied Health Academies Project, as a sub-group of the CCCHHS, is to develop and implement a regional approach to addressing allied health related workforce shortages in the Central San Joaquin Valley by cultivating an educational pipeline to attract and guide students toward careers in the allied health professions.

Kremen School of Education and Human Development
In association with the Office of the Associate Provost an articulation agreement exists enabling students who are both interested in pursuing a career in the educational field and that complete the TCOVE ROP Careers in Education class an opportunity to apply, through the Uni-track process, for EDH 50 articulated credit at CSU, Fresno. This articulated credit is transferable through out the California State University system.

Central Valley Regional Center (CVRC)
The CVRC is a California state funded private, nonprofit corporation established to provide services for individuals with developmental disabilities. TCOVE, in conjunction with the Department of Developmental Services (http://www.dds.ca.gov) and, locally with CVRC, provides testing/training certification for Direct Support Professional (http://www.dds.ca.gov/dspt/dspt_main.ctm) community-care-facility-employed staff.

College of the Sequoias
The California Community College system affords students local access for both personal and professional growth by providing opportunities for post high school continuing education, vocational certification, associate of arts/science degrees and by acting as a pathway to four-year colleges and universities that lead to the completion of bachelor degrees. The following College of the Sequoias associated events, projects, and departments highlight the more direct connection to career technical education and TCOVE.

Giant Tech Prep Expo
An annual springtime competitive event for Kings and Tulare County high school students hosted by College of the Sequoias and jointly coordinated various local educational entities.

John Deere Company
Through a partnership arrangement with College of the Sequoias, the John Deere Company utilizes a large shop/classroom at the TCOVE Training Center to house a Pro-Tech continuing education program that upgrades the skills of local John Deere Company vendor-employed staff.

Tech Prep Consortium
A collaborative effort of local educational entities to promote and encourage high school students to continue career and technical education at the post-secondary level through the articulation of like course curriculum between the community college and secondary institutions.

Tulare-Kings Counties Public Safety Training Center
As part of ongoing efforts to maintain and upgrade the skills of local law enforcement personnel the College of the Sequoias is establishing, at the TCOVE Training Center, a Perishable Skills Training Center. This project is being funded through a Police Officer Standards Training grant and is expected to be operational by March 1, 2003.

Vocational Education
TCOVE ROP students enrolled in the Mt. Whitney High School, Visalia USD ROP Building Trades class share in the on-sight construction of the College of the Sequoias student project house.

The Tulare County Office of Education
Under the governance of Jim Vidak, Tulare County Superintendent of Schools, TCOE provides leadership, support and services to students, teachers and administrators associated with all Tulare County school districts.

External Business Services
This TCOE Division fulfills the role and function as TCOVE’s fiscal agent whose administrator and staff support, guide, collect and process fiscal, budgetary and legal business in accordance with state and federal practices and reporting requirements.

School-to-Career Project
Operating under the TCOE Instructional Services Division, the S-to-C Project leads, guides, and supports both school and community based projects and activities that enable students and teachers to connect and leverage resources with community based organizations and businesses to further students’ and educators’ understanding of the link between academic preparation, career and technical training, and the transition to the world of work. The S-to-C Project operates several on-going projects including Pathfinder and Team Horizons, Learning and Doing and Kids and the Power of Work. (http://www.tcoe.org/CareerWeb/Projects.shtm)

CISCO Systems Network Academy
Operating under the TCOE Instructional Services Division, the CISCO System Network Academy serves as the local educational agency that leads, coordinates, monitors, trains, and provides continuing educational support for teachers and administrators who are offering CISCO System certified internetworking courses of instruction at area high schools or community colleges.

Tulare County Workforce Investment Board (TCWIB)
TCOVE, in conjunction with many other educational entities, career, and technical training program providers and community based service providers, operates collaboratively under Memorandums of Understanding with TCWIB as part of the Tulare County Employment Connection system to “provide comprehensive workforce development system resources through easily accessible services for employers and jobseekers to promote employment and business development in Tulare County.” The TCWIB serves as the local workforce area administrative agency for carrying out the mandates of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

Porterville Health Care Employment and Training Needs Task Force
TCOVE, south Tulare County area health care providers, civic leaders, local city governments, community based organizations, Tulare County Workforce Investment Board, unified school districts, and area community colleges have formed a task force to assess, document, develop, and implement an action plan to address both the immediate employer need for skilled nursing professionals and to establish a recruitment and skills training network which will provide an ongoing supply of future nursing and allied health care professionals.

Porterville College
The California Community College system affords students local access for both personal and professional growth by providing opportunities for post high school continuing education, vocational certification, associate of arts/science degrees, and by acting as a pathway to four-year colleges and universities that lead to the completion of bachelor degrees.

Specifically, TCOVE ROP students enrolled in the Porterville High School, Porterville USD ROP Building Trades class share in the on-sight construction of the Porterville College student project house. Also, TCOVE ROP students enrolled in the Granite Hills and Monache High Schools, Porterville USD ROP Careers in Child Care and Education classes are affiliated with Porterville College’s Kids Country Campus and Infant Center.