CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Department of Education (CDE) Update
Field Partnership Team MeetingSacramento, CA
April 25, 2012
Patricia S. Terry, Ph.D.Administrator, Adult Education Office
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of Public Instruction
Overview
• Where Adult Education in California Is Today
• Reporting Issues• Adult Education Initiatives• Legislative Update• Emerging Issues
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Where Adult Education in California Is Today
• A Look at the Data
• Funding
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Present Day
• Serve Adult Students 18 years old and older (in addition to concurrent enrollments and emancipated youth)
• 375 Adult Schools, in over 500 service areas, with some schools/programs at risk of reduction or elimination
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California WIA, Title II Programs
Instructional Program
Enrollment
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
ABE 139,816 110,309 95,793
ASE 207,016 186,009 165,052
ESL 519,739 400,513 337,641
Total 866,571 696,831 598,486
Enrollment in the WIA, Title II program includes LEAs, Community Colleges, CBOs, COE, Library Literacy programs, COE, and Jail programs
California’s WIA, Title II programs saw a significant decline significant decline in enrollment in the past two program years in enrollment in the past two program years ––19.6 percent in the 2009–10; 14.1 percent in the 2010–1119.6 percent in the 2009–10; 14.1 percent in the 2010–11
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Leading the Nation
California served one-fifth of the nation’s adultsone-fifth of the nation’s adults7
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Educational Level
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
Postsecondary Studies* include learners with Technical/Certificate, A. A./A.S. Degree, 4 yr. College Graduate, Graduate Studies, and Other Diploma/Degree
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Agency Profiles
Agency Size 2009-10 2010-11Agencies with 500 or fewer learners 89 93
Agencies with 501 - 1,500 learners 64 71
Agencies with 1,501 - 3,000 learners 49 48
Agencies with 3,001 - 5,000 learners 29 24
Agencies with 5,001 - 8,000 learners 14 5
Agencies with over 8,000 learners 11 9
Total WIA, Title II Funded Agencies 256 250
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
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Provider Types
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
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Labor Force Status
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
Not in the Labor Force* include learners not seeking work and retired
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2010-11 Federal NRS California Goals and Performance
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
In 2010–11 California exceeded all NRS state goalsexceeded all NRS state goals for each EFL13
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Core Performance Outcomes
California WIA, Title II, PY 2010-11
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Funding (Prior to 2008-09)
• Received approximately $750,000,000 in state apportionment (prior to 2008-09)
• Received approximately $80 million per year from the Workforce Investment Act, Title II (WIA)
• Total of over $800,000,000 was used for adult education programs and services in the state of California
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Funding (Present)
• State funding is in flexibility (90%+/-).
• Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II remains a funding source.
- WIA Title II funding helps to support adult literacy programs (ABE, ASE, ESL, EL Civics).
• Agencies leverage and utilize other supplemental grants/funding sources.
• Some agencies still receive state funding from their districts.
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Implications for the Future
• Re-defining the mission of Adult Education
• Raising the visibility of Adult Education in the State
• Leveraging resources
• Implementing Recommendations in the Adult Education Planning Document
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Reporting Issues
• NRS Reporting Changes
• Changes to California Course Approval System – A22
• Year End Attendance Report (YEAR) (formerly known as the J18/19A)
• Maintenance of Effort (MOE)
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of Public Instruction
Overview of NRS Changes
• Summary of 2012 NRS Changes
a. Core Follow-Up Outcome Measure Changes – NRS Table 5, 5A, and 10
b. Student Education Level or Degree, U.S. and abroad (unduplicated) NRS Table 6
c. Teacher Experience (unduplicated) and Certification (multiple responses accepted) NRS Table 7
• Effective Date for Changes – July 1, 201219
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Reviewing the Core Follow-Up Outcome Measure Changes
Automatic Cohort Designation for Core Follow-Up Measures – NRS Federal Table 5, 5A, and 10
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Program Year 2011-2012 Program Year 2012-13
Participants identified based on self-reported goals
Participants automatically identified based on assignment to a cohort. The definition for “cohort” varies by outcome.
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Automatic Cohort Designations for Core Follow-Up Outcome
Measures
• Entered Employment Cohort
• Retained Employment Cohort
• Earned Secondary Credential Cohort
• Entered Postsecondary Education Cohort
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Reviewing the Student Education Level or Degree Changes
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Reviewing the Teacher Experience and Certification Changes
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April 19th NRS Changes Webinar
• Recorded Webinar, PowerPoint, and Questions and Answers to be posted on the CASAS California Accountability Web site.
• CASAS to hold Q & A sessions each Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. to noon, starting Monday, April 30, 2012.
• CASAS to hold more Web training sessions on proper use of TOPSpro Enterprise in the fall
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of Public Instruction
Changes to California Course Approval System – A22
• Newest update of the system still being tested, and should be available for use soon
• For programs whose governing boards require a course list in the very near term, contact Cliff Moss, CDE consultant at [email protected]
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of Public Instruction
Year End Attendance Report (YEAR) (formerly J18/19A)
In the absence of a mechanism to collect enrollment data, LEAs with adult schools are asked to complete this form so that CDE will have a better estimate of adult learners being served in the state.
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Maintenance of Effort
• Required of grantees receiving WIA, Title II funds
• Process for determining compliance required of grantees
• Agencies must complete MOE section on final Expense Claim Report (ECR) (next slide)
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Adult Education Initiatives
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• Policy to Performance (P2P)
• National Career Awareness Project (NCAP)
• Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
• Points of Entry
• Adult Education Planning Document: Linking Adults to Opportunity
• AEO Newsletter
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Adult Education Initiatives (cont.)
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• Literacy Information and Communication System Regional Professional Development Center 4 (LINCS RPDC4) – Learning to Achieve Training
• Purposes of the training- To develop the capacity of state and local
organization professional developers to deliver research based training to increase the achievement of adults with learning disabilities.
- To provide tools to increase teacher effectiveness in providing services to adults with learning disabilities.
Training Dates: Monday-Friday, July 30 – August 3, 2012
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Policy to Performance (P2P)
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Purpose and objectives of P2P•Enhancing college and career readiness for low-skilled adults through increased and quality access to training and learning opportunities.
•Providing comprehensive technical assistance to participating states on crafting strategic policies that support college and career readiness for low-skilled adults.
•Helping adult education state directors to connect adult transition policies to larger policy initiatives in their states.
•Providing policy tools, dissemination strategies and resources to assist all states in transitioning adults through the postsecondary education, training and employment continuum.
•Ten pilot sites – Pilot ends in 2012
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Points of Entry
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• Spin-off from P2P
• Innovative approaches to facilitate access to career pathways, supportive services
• Includes behavioral change interventions; integrating pre-, post-release services to facilitate adults’ pursuit of education, training, and employment
• Two pilot sites in California
• Project review – 2012
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National Career Awareness Project (NCAP)
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• Overall goal is to increase and improve adult learners' career awareness and planning by helping adult education program staff incorporate career awareness and planning into their instruction and counseling activities.
• Improves the capacity of adult educators to deliver career awareness instruction and counseling using the Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom (ICA) Curriculum Guide.
• Five sites in California pilot
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Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
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• Focus on research-based instructional practices in the content area of writing
• Designed to:- increase familiarity with evidence-based
writing instruction
- facilitate translation of research findings into teaching practices and products that will enhance the quality of instruction delivered to adult learners.
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Linking Adults to Opportunity: Placing the Student at the Center
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Other AEO Work
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• Development of Request for Application for 2013-14 WIA Title II Grant
• Participation on State Interagency Team (SIT) Education Work Group
• Raising awareness of Adult Education and connections to other programs/offices within CDE
• Maintaining a presence at meetings of workforce development groups like the California EDGE Campaign
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Legislative Update (State)
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• AB 189 (Eng), chaptered as Section 42605 ff. and Section 52612(a) in the California Education Code- Provides for public notice prior to
dispensation of programs under flexed funding
- Provides for the charging of fees for classes in English and citizenship, until July 1, 2015
• AB 18 (Brownley)- Provides for Adult Education to become
a stand-alone categorical
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Legislative Update (Federal)
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The Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (HR 4297).
•Markup of bill (the process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation) has been postponed until summer.•Some concern that bill potentially allows states to consolidate adult education funding with funding for a broad set of workforce activities, without requiring the states to use the funding for adult education and literacy services.
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Emerging Issues Federal focal areas for Adult
Education:
• Career and college readiness
• Career Pathways
• Teacher Effectiveness
• Re-entry into the communityOther topics—
Stackable, portable credentials that students can transfer across states; alternatives to the GED; partnerships, coordination of services
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