Work-based learning

Updated November 2022

In 2022, with support from our new NSF ATE grant project, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and City College of San Francisco (CCSF) partnered with the California Life Sciences (CLS) Racial & Social Equity Initiative to pilot the Inclusive Research Mentor-Manager Training series aimed at helping life science labs and organizations build inclusive management practices and work places. This training was designed to teach current and future industry professionals how to efficiently and effectively train, performance manage, and support interns and employees of diverse backgrounds in an effort to foster inclusive, high-functioning... Read more

Our new NSF ATE grant project is involved in improving work-based learning (WBL) in biotech, and our team from City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), are collaborating with InnovATEBIO to compile information about the kinds of WBL opportunities at biotechnology training programs around the nation.

In October 2021, we reached out to over 109 community college biotechnology programs via email and through the Virtual 2021 ATE PI Conference with this survey to gather data about work-based learning (ex. Internships, apprenticeships, etc).

We were thrilled to receive 40... Read more

Strong work-based learning programs greatly improve student success, helping them gain technical and professional skills that advance their career objectives. The Collaborative to Strengthen Work-Based Learning in Biotech is a group of biotech community college programs and related biotech organizations that seek to work together and share strategies for strengthening work-based learning (WBL) in biotechnology:

If you are interested in learning more, or joining the Collaborative please contact the Collaborative Organizer, James Lewis at jlewis@ccsf.edu... Read more