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Linda Collins, LearningWorks and Career Ladders Project

Barbara Baran, California EDGE Coalition

Debra Jones, California Community Colleges Chancellors Office

Paul Downs, Silicon Valley ALLIES

Strengthening Student Success Conference

October 9, 2013

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California Budget Project

California Hospital Association

California Workforce Association

California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

California Manufacturing and Technology Association

Career Ladders Project for the California Community

Colleges

National Council of La Raza

PolicyLink

State Building and Construction Trades of California

AB 86:

Opportunity andDanger


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What is the Problem

the New Legislation is Addressing?

Declining funding

Fractured delivery system

Ineffective program design and pedagogy

Inadequate support services

Poor student outcomes


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Danger and Opportunity

Opportunity: A new, genuinely blended basic skillssystem that effectively moves students to their

college and career goals.

Danger: Cosmetic changes that protect, rather

than reinvent, the existing system.
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Lessons from Other States

Bringing together institutions that serve adult

learners can be a foundational catalyst for

change, creating a system where many more

basic skills students transition into and succeed inpostsecondary education.

Levers states can use include strategic plans and

RFAs; innovation funding; goals, data, and

metrics; and integration of governance.


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CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

CHANCELLORS OFFICE

Adult Education Consortia Planning2013-2015

AB 86: The Governors Budget Detail

California Community CollegesChancellors Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.6 Million Students8

Debra Jones, Ed.D.

California Community Colleges Chancellors Office

[email protected]

October 9, 2013
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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$25,000,000 Statewide for Two-Year Planning

The Chancellor and Superintendent will jointly provide 2-year planning andimplementation grants to regional consortia of community college districts

and school districts for the purpose of developing regional plans to better

serve the educational needs of adults.

Consortium shall consist of: School districtrequired.

Community college districtrequired.

Consortia may include other adult education providers.

Consortium will determine fiscal agent.



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Regional Consortia Grant Funds

The consortia will use funding to develop regional plans for

adult education in:

Elementary and basic skills;

Classes for immigrants: ESL, citizenship, andworkforce preparation;

Programs for adults with disabilities;

Short term CTE programs with high

employment potential; and Programs for apprentices.



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Components of Regional Consortia Plans

A Regional Consortia Plan must include:

Evaluation of AE programs, and a plan to address

gaps. Evaluation of needs AE, and a plan to address gaps.

Plans to integrate programs.

Plans to accelerate a students progress. Plans to collaborate on professional development.

Plans to leverage existing regional structures.



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Looking Forward

Reports to be submitted by Chancellor and Superintendent:

March, 2014:

Status of developing regional consortia.

Status and allocation of grant awards.

March 2015:

Status of plans developed by regional consortia.

Recommendations for additional improvements.

Intent of Legislature is to work toward: Developing common policies on fees and funding structures.

Providing additional funding in 2015-16.



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A Joint Effort



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Current Work

Website - http://ab86.cccco.edu

Survey of Interest

Stakeholder Sounding Board

Expert Panel

FAQs on website

RFA released in December

RFA will not be competitive Town Hall Meetingsend of October

WebinarsBeginning October 11, 2013

http://ab86.cccco.edu/http://ab86.cccco.edu/


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How Do I Get Involved?

Town Hall Meetings

Webinars

Stakeholder Sounding Board Sign up for eNewsletter

Email feedback/[email protected]

Refer to the Websitehttp://ab86.cccco,edu



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ALLIESis an evolving multi-sector regional collaborative.

Mission - To support English Learners to succeed in family-sustaining

careers through coordination and alignment of services.

Location - Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

Funding - Workforce Innovation Fund Grant and Silicon Valley

Community Foundation

Year Phase

2010 Launch Adult SchoolCommunity College partnerships

2011-12 Conduct coordination and alignment projects

2012 Win federal grant to build collaborative infrastructure

2013 Add Workforce Investment, Community Orgs, Labor

Develop Strategic Plan

Pilot Projects

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ALLIES Grassroots ParticipationThe ESL Providers

Network

Adult Education Providers

Campbell Adult and Community

Education

Eastside Adult Education

Fremont Union High School District

Adult EducationSunnyvale-

Cupertino Adult School

Jefferson Adult School

Gilroy Adult Education

Metropolitan Education Adult

Mountain View-Los Altos UHSD Adult

Education

Palo Alto Adult Education

San Mateo Adult School

San Mateo County Office of Education

ROP

Santa Clara Adult School

Sequoia Adult School

South San Francisco Adult Education

Community Colleges

Canada College

College of San Mateo

De Anza College

Evergreen Valley College

Foothill College

Gavilan College

Mission College

San Jose City College

Skyline College

West Valley College

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Adul t Schools Bob Harper Campbell Adult and Community EducationKara Rosenberg Palo Alto Adult SchoolLionel DeMaine Sequoia Adult School District

Businesses Sima Yazdani Cisco Systems, IncFrancine Serafin-Dickson San Mateo County Hospital Consortium

Comm unity Organizat ions Alison Webber BSPMaria Elena Riddle Center for Employment TrainingStephen Hicken Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Comm unity Col leges Anniqua Rana Canada CollegeHenry Yong Evergreen Valley CollegeJenny Castello Canada CollegeLaurel Jones Mission CollegeRachel Perez Gavilan CollegeRegina Stanback Stroud Skyline College

Foundat ions Leslie Dorosin Grove FoundationManny Santamaria Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Elected Officials

Alicia Aguirre Mayor, Redwood CitySupport Services Denise Boland Santa Clara County Social ServicesLabor Rayna Lehman San Mateo Central Labor Council

Steve Preminger Union Community ResourcesStudents Ricardo Flores Canada College

Billy Lui College of San MateoWorkforce Investment Chris Donnelly Worf2future WIB

Dave Holland San Mateo WIBKris Stadelman NOVA WIB

Silicon Valley ALLIES Steering Committee for the expanded vision

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Opportunity and Context: Collective Impact


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The DOL Grant is based on the Collective Impact Approach:

Structured and adaptive collaboration

Common Agenda

Shared Measurement

Mutually Reinforcing

Activities

Continuous

Communication

Backbone Support

Opportunity and Context: Collective Impact

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Clear pathways for study tied to

priority industry sectors

Integrated pathways of classes

and workforce services and

experience

Bridges between education and

workforce development

Alignment of services and

resources across education,workforce, and services

systems

What Education/Job Seekers Need

Asset Map

Coordinated Assessment and

Referral

Career Pathways

Informal

Networks

Econ. Dev

Public

Agencies

CBOs

Adult

Schools

Community

Colleges

Workforce

Investment

Boards

Apprentice-

ships

Faith-

Based

OrgsEmployers

English

Learners

Family-

SustainingCareers

Collaborative BackbonePolicy, Funding and

Awareness

ALLIES Partners and Strategy

Web-based referral and tracking

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Implementation 2014-15

PURPOSE

Develop a coordinated assessment and referral process to directparticipants to the right mix of programs and services using

Common agenda and strategy

High levels of stakeholder engagement

Data on assets, pathways and EL Needs

ELEMENTS

Integrated and contextualized instruction

Acceleration

Career pathways

Wrap-around support services

Connection to WIB services where appropriate

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Preliminary Lessons Learned

Based on three years of experience, we have preliminary lessons:

1. Create a strong, student-centered vision and diverse leadership team

2. Involve a range of stakeholders in the collaborative process

3. Use a structured collaborative model with neutral facilitation

4. Ensure shareddecision-making

5. Take a long-range view of system evolution and change

6. Use a regional approach

7. Develop data-sharing tools


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For more information

Linda Collins

[email protected]

Barbara Baran

[email protected]

Debra Jones

[email protected]

Paul Downs

[email protected]

www.LearningWorksCA.org

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Better Together: Adult Education and the Community Colleges