About

Long Beach

The Long Beach Region covers Long Beach, San Pedro, and Palos Verdes.

About Long Beach

Long Beach Subregional Partners

Long Beach City College (Convener)

Cal State Long Beach

Long Beach Unified School District

L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, Long Beach

Long Beach Partnership Goals & Objectives

The Long Beach Region partnership is expanding regional and sub-regional backbone staffing and collaborative infrastructure to strengthen capacity for collaborative root cause analysis, problem-solving, and goal setting for K-16 pathways. The partnership is working to streamline the academic experience of students, promoting timely graduation and developing sustaining employment opportunities.

The Long Beach Partnership aims to:

Approach Health and Human Services as a meta-major

Deliver STEM and Health academics and career exposure beginning in middle school

Map student experience across disciplines/programs

Professional development for faculty in engineering and health and human services disciplines

Long Beach Highlights

 Transfer Map Completed: Faculty from LBCC and CSULB finalized the Computer Engineering Technology transfer map, streamlining degree pathways for K–16 students.

Career Readiness & WBL Expansion: Expanded work-based learning through resume workshops, summer internships, and new health-focused placements with the Long Beach Community Internship Program and launched two Summer Academies for Black Students, engaging 115 middle and high school students in STEM and health career exploration.

Employer Engagement: Host a Work-Based Learning Partnership Meeting in September with LAEDC support to engage local employers and workforce agencies.

Internship & Professional Development Growth: Begin recruitment for CHHS paid internships and establish a Professional Development Fund for student credentialing and training.

Student Ambassadorship: Launch new CHHS and COE Ambassador Programs to support outreach, peer mentoring, and awareness of STEM and health career pathways.

Contact the Long Beach Partnership

Subregional Convener

Dr. Elijah Sims

Director, Long Beach College Promise

esims@lbcc.edu

Meet our Collaborative

Learn More About Our Regional Impact

Our network’s impact spans across L.A. County. Learn more about our work across the region.

L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, East LA County
L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, San Fernando Valley
L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, Greater LA Metro
L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, South Bay LA