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Mid Alameda County Adult Education Consortium

Fall Planning Session #3November 5, 2014

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Mid Alameda County Consortium Timeline

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AB 86’s Key Objectives

Objective 1 Assess current offerings in adult educationObjective 2 Identify the need for adult education

Objective 3 Integrate programs to create seamless transitions to:Post-secondary educationWorkforce

Objective 4 Address gaps in serviceObjective 5 Accelerate progress through “effective

practices”

Objective 6 Collaborate to provide ongoing professional development

Objective 7 Leverage existing regional structures

Research

Vision for Change

Implemen-tation

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10/31 Report Review 1. Core Principles

2. Strategies for Objective 3,4 and 5

3. Strategies for Objectives 6 and 7

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Core Principles1. Support for Diverse Students

2. Coordinated and Integrated Agency Roles

3. Access to Diverse Employment and Career Paths

4. Effective Educational Pathways and Transition Support

5. Adequate and Leveraged Resources

6. Professional and Organizational Development

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Objective 3: Transitions and Program Integration

A. Align and improve the initial assessment, career planning and placement process

B. Align curriculum and progress assessments between adult schools and community colleges

C. Provide adult school to college transition services

D. Create bridges to existing career pathways, develop new pathways and maintain and develop new apprenticeship programs

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Objective 3: Transitions and Program Integration

D. Provide wraparound support services E. Engage employers to promote career

alignment and work transitions F. Coordinate data sharing between adult

schools and community colleges G. Expand and improve recruitment effort

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Objective 4: Gaps and SolutionsA. Expand access to quality services for

underserved areas and populations  B. Sustain regional collaborationC. Maintain a regional asset map

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Objective 5: Instructional Effectiveness/Acceleration A. Explore the use of dual enrollment, co-located

classes and articulation agreementsB. Integrate and contextualize ABE/ASE and ESL with

career exploration, CTE pathways and apprenticeship programs  

C. Support and share instructional strategies to accelerate student success

D. Support professional learning communities of adult school and community college faculty to implement innovation practices

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Objective 6: Professional Development• Under Development with Your Input

Objective 7: Regional Coordination • Under Development with Your Input

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Strategy Refinement• Confirm the vision/outcome for each

strategy• Confirm who needs to be involved• Identify and sequence the key action steps

needed• Provide additional detail as appropriate

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Strategy Groups • Assessment and Curriculum Alignment 3A, 3B

• Transition and Support Services 3C, 3E

• Bridges and Career Pathways 3D, 3F

• Data and Recruitment 3G, 3H

• Acceleration Methods 5A, 5C

• Contextualization 5B

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Program Area Groups • Curriculum Mapping• Information Sharing • Professional Development• Strategy Implementation

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Transition to Small Groups

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System Alignment Concept

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Career Pathways• Energy / Construction• Bio-sciences• Health Care • Information and Communication Technologies• Advanced Manufacturing• Transportation / Logistics• Public Service• Sciences and Humanities