Kansas Board of Regents

Adult Education

Getting the Message

Write to learn what you know.

Foresight 2020

Increase higher educational attainment among Kansans.

Improve higher education alignment with the economy.

Ensure state university excellence.

A Vision for Adult Education

Kansas Adult Education is the first step in a career pathways system that meets the demands of the Kansas workforce for high skills and the needs of Kansas workers for high wages.

The New Normal

Our goal is individuals with portable credentials that have labor market value and lead to family wage careers.

Robert G. Templin

May 21, 2013

Performance Based Funding Outcome of transition to PSE. Doubled

points. Outcome of learners who transition without

exit % of learners who transition Outcome of college readiness % of learners who are college ready

Initiatives

Next StepsKAN-GOKHPOPAOK

ACCELERATING OPPORTUNITY: KANSAS (AO-K)

IS ALL ABOUT JOBS,PROSPERITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR KANSAS.

AO-K

Driving economic growth

Preparing Kansans for prosperity

A statewide solution to keep Kansas competitive

Oh, the standards

Message to the field is about the importance to the state economy as well as to individuals.

Why college and career readiness standards in 2013?

71% of jobs will require some postsecondary education by 2020

213,000 new jobs requiring some postsecondary education will be created by 2020

How many more credentials and degrees do we need to produce in the next seven years to fill those jobs?

Oh, the standards

Message to the field was about the importance to the state economy as well as to individuals.

Process: SIA plus the Key Shifts

ETA: Unknown

http://www.kansasregents.org/attainment_model