State Leadership Projects at New Administrators Orientation

CDE Adult Education Office

November 29-30, 2012

Intro

• Jacques La Cour, CALPRO

jlacour@air.org

• Branka Marceta, OTAN

bmarceta@otan.us

• Patty Long, CASAS

plong@casas.org

State Leadership Projects: Resources

in Support of Five Components of

Blueprint for Action • Collaborative Leadership

• Transition Services

• Curriculum and Instruction

• Professional Development

• Data and Accountability

Collaborative Leadership

California Adult Education and Professional Development Calendar

Single Point of Reference for All Activities of CASAS, OTAN and CALPRO

Collaborative Leadership: CALPRO

Leadership Institute (apply by Dec. 7)

Webinar: "Building Strategic Community Partnerships"

CALPROgress Periodical Fall 2009

Collaborative Leadership: CASAS

CASAS Summer Institute (June 11-13, 2013)

• Technical workshops

• National Consortium/Certified Trainers Meetings

• California Consortium

• Promising Practices/Making a Difference (MAD) Awards

• Poster Sessions

Collaborative Leadership: CASAS

Regional Network Meetings

• Each region in California holds network meetings where participants can address ways to better meet state and federal requirements. o TOPS Network Meetings

o WIA II Network Meetings

• Network groups meet monthly, quarterly, or whatever is best for each region.

• Meetings held face to face and online.

Register at www.casas.org/Trainings and Meetings

Collaborative Leadership: OTAN

Administrator’s Digest http://www.otan.us/admindigest/

Administrators Planning for Online/Blended Delivery (APOD)

1. Planning for online delivery

2. Online student management; recruitment, orientation and support

3. Distance teaching issues

4. Professional development for online teachers

Transition Services: OTAN

College Transition and Career Development

http://adultedcourses.org/

Transition Services: OTAN

Social media for promoting adult education programs and staying in touch with learners

Transition Services: CASAS

• Collects, aggregates, and reports statewide NRS data

o Documents level completion percentages for ABE, ASE, and ESL

o Reports core federal outcomes, such as enter employment, obtain post-secondary

o Relates to CASAS National Scale,

which is based on NRS levels and

outcomes

Transition Services: CASAS

• Workforce Skills Certification System (WSCS) + Learning Resources Inc. (LRI) -- applies academic skills & soft skills to meet local labor market need

• Workforce Development assessments to determine eligibility, document progress, and certify skills

Transition Services: CALPRO

Postsecondary Transitions

Online Training

Community of Practice

Training

Integrated Education and Training

Online Training

Transition Services: CALPRO

Webinars:

Creating Postsecondary Pathways, Pathways for ASE Students, COE Accreditation

Research Digest #10:

Counseling and Postsecondary Transitions

2009 California College Transition Summit

Curriculum and Instruction: CALPRO

Upcoming Online Training:

• Enhancing Learner Persistence

• Integrated & Contextualized Workforce Skills

• Optimizing ESL Instructional Planning

• Understanding the Adult Learner

• Using Questioning Strategies

Webinar: Introduction to the Common Core

Curriculum and Instruction: CALPRO

A Sampling from the Events Calendar:

• Differentiating Instruction (Concord, Corona)

• Managing the ESL Multilevel Classroom (Burbank)

• Optimizing ESL Instructional Planning (Fremont)

• Enhancing Learner Persistence (Anaheim)

• Learner Goal Setting (Ontario)

• Integrated and Contextualized Workforce Skills for the ABE/ASE Classroom (Anaheim)

Curriculum and Instruction: OTAN

• Moodle Courses – Advanced ESL

• Moodle Courses – USA Learns Wrap-around

• Moodle Course - College Transition & Career Development

• MHC GED Online State License

• GED Connection Streaming in Flash - NEW

• Web-based class activities

• Teaching with Technology - NEW

Curriculum and Instruction: CASAS:

• CASAS QuickSearch Online

• Low Level Literacy Curriculum

• EL Civics Assessments and Resources

• Instructor Handbooks for ESL and ABE/ASE

• Instructional Reports in TOPS Enterprise

Professional Development: CALPRO

Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities Institute

Archived PLC Webinars:

• Using Professional Learning Community Principles to Implement

Managed Enrollment

• Putting the “Professional” in Professional Learning Communities

• Implementing PLCs: An Administrative Perspective

Professional Development: CALPRO

Self-assessment Tools that Generate Professional Learning Recommendations:

• Instructor Competencies Self-Assessment

• Management Competencies Self-Assessment

Professional Development: OTAN

• Webinars and Online Workshops

o Tech Skills for the CBT GED (4/11/12)

o Mobile Devices in Adult Ed

• F2F Workshops

o Web 2.0, productivity, presentation tools

• Online Teaching Academy - OTAC

• Technology Integration Mentor Academy - TIMAC

• Video Gallery about Technology Integration

• Administrators Planning for Online Delivery

Professional Development: CASAS

CASAS offers face-to-face training, facilitator-led

workshops via the Web, and online self-paced

courses

Topic areas include: o California Accountability

o NRS Policy

o CASAS Assessment Implementation

o Data Collection, validation, and reporting using TOPSpro

Enterprise

o Computer-based Testing

o EL Civics

Register at www.casas.org/Trainings and Meetings

Data and Accountability: CASAS

CASAS eTests Online:

• New version with online installation and access

• No need for test booklets, answer sheets or pencils

• Contains a quick locator to seamlessly move a student into

the correct pretest

• Provides immediate results

• Selects next test automatically

• Includes practice test items

• Given individually or to a group

Data and Accountability: CASAS

• TOPSpro Enterprise Software:

o Scans and scores answer sheets

o Generates a variety of reports for students, teachers,

administrators, and other stakeholders

• TOPSpro Enterprise Reports provide:

o Outcomes for state and federal accountability

o Test results

o Diagnostic information based on Competencies and Content

Standards

o Next Assigned Test

o Individual, class, site and agency level information

Data and Accountability: CASAS

Data and Accountability: CASAS

CASAS Data Portal

Data and Accountability: OTAN

• http://adulted.otan.us

• Agency contacts

• WIA Grant Application and Reporting

• Course approval

• Year-end attendance reports

• Innovation and Alternative Delivery Application

• EL Civics Tech Plan

• WIA Deliverables Summary - NEW

Thank you

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