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AB 86: Adult Education A Report Out from COABE http://ab86.cccco.edu Webinar 5-1-15 Announcements • Thank you for submitting your surveys! • Your region will be notified of the extension approval as it is completed • Join us next week for another technical assistance webinar, topic TBD 2 Webinar Agenda • A Report Out from the COABE Conference – John Werner, Vice Principal Visalia Adult School, Sequoias Adult Ed Consortium – Emma Diaz, AB86 Project Coordinator, San Bernardino Community College District Consortium 3 SAEC Expedition Team: COABE 2015 Denver, CO Colorful Colorado "Beyond the ATM Model" Porsche Johnson • Porsche.Johnson@1199 Funds.org • • • Union members pay 0.01% of salary to support training in field $ used to proved prep courses Used full wrap services Purchase their own space "Bridging the Gap: Community College and Foreign Educated Immigrants" Paul Feltman WES Global Talent Bridge [email protected] • Audience: educated immigrants • Assistance with job searches • Resource referrals • Support with prof. licensing "Local Implementation of the WIOA" Cheryl Keenan and Nicholas Lalpui [email protected], 202-245-7721 • WIOA review • New and improved, unifying provisions to state and local boards • Comprehensive client support "21st Century Demands on Adult Education: Gaining Perspective on the Role of Adult Educators" Federico Salas-Isnardi and Valerie K Ambrose • Phone: 979-845-6615 FAX: 979-845-0952 • Email: [email protected] • • Panel discussion on the role of adult educators in social change Social Demands v. Market Demands Are we creating fully developed citizens Not about getting a job, its about getting a good job “(Re)Writing History: Social Studies Extended Response - Teaching Critical Thinking for the GED Test” Meagen Farrell • farrellink.com/blog adultedresources.coabe. org • Extended responses about great conversations and enduring social issues High scores=Focused on prompt, adequate length, use of evidence, development of ideas, clarity Teaching Adults with Learning Disabilities and Amazing Apps to Help! Patti White M.ED, Disabilities Project Mgr, prwhite@madisoncount y.net Klaus Neu, Dipl Paed, Media Coordinator [email protected] http://aalrc.org/admint eachers/disabilities/doc s/ Variety of strategies and tech supplements More tech http://aalrc.org/admint eachers/disabilities/doc s/Assistive%20Technol ogy%20at%20AALRC% 20updated%20August% 202013.pdf A resource full of resources…Check it out! Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction Across the Content Areas: Critical Skills for Student Success in College and Career Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D. - Director of Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) for American Institute of Research (AIR) [email protected] • Reading and Writing similar processes • 8 cognitive reading strategies • Close reading • Skills need to accelerate One-size Doesn't Fit All: Strategies for Site-based Standards Alignment Cherise Moore, PhD-Sr. Researcher for AIR [email protected] Marcela Movit, PhD.-Sr. Researcher for AIR [email protected] • • Strategies for aligning to the CCRS, and CCTC standards Full module at State Center in Fresno in the Fall of 2015. Hosted by Central Section CCAE “Implementing Career Pathways for smaller, rural programs and lower level students” Jeff Fantine @jfantine • Pathway v. Model A model pulls in all services that will help a student engage a particular pathway. • Build partnerships • Add career context • What are you already doing? And add __? 3 Models Fantine is seeing: • IBEST: works well for higher level students in large programs. Highly coordinated team teaching. Cohorts. • Integrated and Contextualized Classes: Basic skills in context. • Separate Career Classes: Job training may be by a partner. COABE CONFERENCE 2015 COMMISSION ON ADULT BASIC EDUCATION DENVER, CO San Bernardino Community College District Consortium AB86 Project Coordinator: Emma Diaz COABE CONFERENCE 2015 BRIDGING STUDENTS TO SUCCESS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE A COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO ADULT SCHOOL AND SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY COLLEGE Presenters Karen Bautista, Rosa Leon-Blanco & Emma Diaz SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION Presentation Agenda Introductions (presenters & participants) 42 total Good mix of administrators & teachers / faculty Good mix of geographic locations Table brainstorm of effective transition practices already being used. Gave each table a networking opportunity. SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION (CONT.) San Bernardino Transition to Success Program (Theory first) Organizational and Administrative Practices Effective Strategies Program Components Staff Development Practices Instructional Practices Seymour, Sharon. Promising Practices for Transitioning Students from Adult Education to Postsecondary Education, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Basic Skills Initiative (2009) http://www.rpgroup.org/system/files/Adult%20Ed%20to%20Postsec ondary%20Transition%20Lit%20review.pdf SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION (CONT.) Timeline (3 year grant) OTAN Grant Opportunity Letter of support from the local Community College Grant written by Adult School Agency Grant Awarded Relationships forged beginning with those closest to students. SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION (CONT.) Transition to College Hybrid Course Pre-assessment workshop by the college on the Adult School campus Financial Aid Scholarships / EOPS / Waivers SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION (CONT.) Example of course curriculum SAN BERNARDINO CONSORTIUM PRESENTATION (CONT.) Success thus far: 24 students have successfully transitioned to the community college. 50 enrolled this year as of January 2015. CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Karen Bautista [email protected] Rosa Leon Blanco [email protected] Emma Diaz [email protected] Next COABE Conference will be In Texas. April 2016 SESSION I ATTENDED DURING THE CONFERENCE “Moving Pathways Forward: Using Data to Manage Career Pathways Services” Presented by: Judith Alamprese Principal Scientist, Abt Associates [email protected] SESSION I ATTENDED DURING THE CONFERENCE Examine the role of data in career pathways Learn about the types of data that can be used to design, monitor implementation, and evaluate career pathways services Practice identifying data to support a career pathways system Hear about the Moving Pathways Forward Project SESSION I ATTENDED DURING THE CONFERENCE SESSION I ATTENDED DURING THE CONFERENCE How are you using learner data from: Learner Intake Form? Attendance? Basic Skills Assessments? GED® Ready or other high school equivalency readiness test? Class exercises? Discussions with students? Post-ABE participation? Postsecondary enrollment Employment QUESTIONS TO ANSWER WITH LEARNER DATA Question What types of learners does the program serve? Why do learners come to our program? What motivates learners to enroll? How much do learners improve their skills? To what extent do students think they are learning? What do learners want to do after they complete the ABE program? To what extent are learners ready to move to a next step? Source of Data Learner Intake Form Discussion with learner at registration, intake, in class Analysis of difference between pre- post test scores? In-class discussions, course evaluation forms, learner interviews Intake form with goals, College and Career Awareness Plan Basic skills posttest score, college placement test MOVING PATHWAYS FORWARD PROJECT Funder: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) Purpose: Assist states and ABE programs in advancing career pathways systems to enable learners to earn postsecondary credentials and obtain family-sustaining jobs Process: Integrate adult basic education into broader career pathways systems at the state and local levels in context of WIOA Project Team: Kratos Learning: Chrys Limardo, Project Director Abt Associates: Judith Alamprese, Director of Intensive Technical Assistance and State Coaches CORD: Hope Cotner, Project Partner, CP Exchange & General Technical Assistance CONTACT INFORMATION Judith Alamprese, Abt Associates [email protected] I-Fang Cheng, Kratos Learning [email protected] Project email: [email protected] Project website: http://lincs.ed.gov/programs/movingpathways Moving Pathways Forward: Supporting Career Pathways Integration is funded by OCTAE under contract #ED-VAE-13-C-0060. The project is managed by Kratos Learning and its partners, Abt Associates and Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) Communications Inc. CONCLUSION Overall the event was great Many vendors were present giving demonstrations of software, giving samples… etc. Myriad of topics for break out sessions, some for rural areas. http://adultedresource.coabe.org/ The organization will be posting to this website all the PowerPoints and resource materials from all the presentations soon. http://www.coabe.org/html/pdf/COABE%20program%20 FINALfor%20Website.pdf Link to the catalog of presentations for the 2015 conference. Thank you! [email protected] 35
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