NCWE: National Council for Workforce Education

An affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

A national forum for administrators, faculty, business, labor, military, and government in workforce education, to affect and direct the future role of two-year and other post-secondary institutions in workforce education and economic development

The link between policy and workforce education and economic development by providing support, research, and critical information to members on current and future trends and policies.

http://www.ncwe.org/?page=ibest

THE MANY FACES OF I-BEST:WA, TX, MD AND KS

Zoe Thompson Faith Harland-WhiteDirector, Workforce Training & Education Dean Continuing and Professional StudiesKansas Board of Regents, KS Anne Arundel Community College, MD

Linda Leto Head Nadezhda NazarenkoAssociate Vice Chancellor Executive DirectorWorkforce Ed & Corporate Partnerships College Preparation ProgramsLone Star College System, TX Lone Star College System, TX

Mabel Edmonds Dr. Darlene G. MillerAssociate Vice President of Instruction NCWE Executive DirectorClover Park Technical College, WA

AGENDA

Who is NCWE? Defining the Issue What is I-BEST Research on the Effectiveness of I-BEST in WA I-BEST at Clover Park Technical College Texas I-BEST Accelerating Opportunity in KS MI-BEST: Maryland and I-BEST Questions

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FRAMING THEISSUE

OUR NATIONAL CRISIS

By 2018, less than 30 percent of total jobs will require workers with a high school diploma or less

93 million adults with basic or below basic literacy

13% of adults ages 25-64 have less than a high school credential

29% have a high school credential but no college

At least three out of every four students that come to our campuses are underprepared to succeed (ACT 2011)

Postsecondary credentials are the gateway to family-supporting wages that are critical to breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in America.

In 2007-2008, more than 2.3M students were enrolled in federally funded basic skills programs yet less than 2 percent made the transition to matriculation (US Department of Education, 2010; Wachen, Jenkins, Belfield and Van Noy, 2012) Without some type of change in pedagogy, delivery,

or structural reform, we will not increase the number of low-skilled adults transitioning to post-secondary education

THE STARK REALITY

WA SBCTCTIPPING POINT

STUDY

After 6 years, students with 1 year of college credits plus a credential had the most significant future earnings bump:

$7,000 more/year for ESOL students

$8,500 more/year for an ABE student

$2,700 more/year for workforce students entering

with a GED

$1,700 more/year for entering with a HSD

WHAT ISI-BEST

WHAT ARE INTEGRATED CAREER PATHWAYS?

Career pathways that integrate the teaching of basic literacy skills and technical education in order to accelerate the learner’s transition into and through a college-level career and technical education program of study.

WA I-BEST MODEL:INTEGRATED BASIC EDUCATION

AND SKILLS TRAINING

A collaborative model in which basic skills and CTE faculty jointly teach, develop plans to achieve integrated program outcomes, jointly plan curricula, and jointly assess students’ learning and skill development.

I-BEST challenges traditional notions that students must complete all levels of Adult Basic Education before they can advance in workforce education training programs.

Students earn college-level credits that are part of a career pathway while at the same time as mastering critical basic skills identified by employers.

TEAM TEACHING ISTHE CORE OF I-BEST

Team teaching and learning in a cohortprovides students with:

Twice the academic and content-specific support at no extra cost to the student

Targeted reading, writing, math, speaking and listening skills developed in an integrated and contextualized environment

OTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE I-BEST MODEL

Partnerships with local community-based organizations and other agencies to provide economic and social support services

Childcare Housing Transportation Emergency Funds

Comprehensive Student Support Services Navigation and Career Advising Academic Advising Financial aid advising

RESEARCHPROVEN SUCCESS

I-BEST students were more likely than others to: Continue into credit-bearing coursework

• I-BEST students were 90% likely to earn at least on college credit: non I-BEST were 67%

Earn a CTE certificate• Chances of earning a CTE certificate was 55% for I-BEST and

15% for non I-BEST

Make point gains on the NRS• 62% of I-BEST made point gains on the CASAS vs 45% of non I-

BEST learners

Educational Outcomes of I-BEST Washington State Community and Technical College System’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program: Findings from a Multivariate Analysis ; Davis Jenkins, Matthew Zeidenberg and Gregory Kienzl, 2009

I-BEST ATCLOVER PARK TECHNICAL

COLLEGEMabel Edmonds

Associate Vice President of Instruction

Clover Park Technical College Current Programs

• Nursing Assistant-Certified (NA-C) – Regular college program, 1 quarter, intensive; I-BEST program, 2 quarters; 50% overlap, ABE instructor for lecture classes and support

• Chemical Dependency Specialist (CDS) – Same length as college program, 3 quarters; ABE instructor 50% overlap in all classes for support

• Computer-Aided Design(CAD) – Same length as college program, 3 quarters; program reserves 6 spots in the regular program, each start for I-BEST students; ABE Instructor 50% overlap, helps all students as needed

Clover Park Technical College Program Qualifications

• Age 19+

• No GED or High School Diploma required

• CASAS Score Range 221-256 Reading and Math

• Commitment to success

Clover Park Technical College Developmental Education I-BEST Pilot

• Classes are academic bridge to help towards

degree completion.• Students can accelerate their pace through

levels of Developmental Education. • Classes are designed in modules.• Modules are contextualized for the I-BEST

Architectural CAD Drafting and Chemical

Dependency Specialist Programs.• Students move further and faster through pre-

college

math and English into degree programs.

Clover Park Technical CollegeOn-Ramp to I-BEST Program

• Intensive program for ABE and ESL students in Levels 1-3 to jumpstart their learning.

• I-BEST model with team teacher.

• Includes math and computers with intensive writing.

• 67% of students had at least a level gain in NRS levels in one quarter, 96% had at least a 5 point gain on CASAS scores.

• Program model is community partnership with Tacoma/Pierce County Goodwill Industries.

Clover Park Technical CollegeChallenges/Opportunities/Results

• Navigator or I-BEST Specialist key to success.

• Instruction team work on incorporating contextualized basic skills instruction and integrated instruction.

• Funding sources identified – Self-Pay, Financial Aid, Opportunity Grant, TANF, WIA, Unemployment/WRT, Veteran’s Assistance.

• Student experiences are positive, causing retention rates to be higher than traditional programs – 80% for I-BEST.

• Programs provide pathway to Associate Degrees, if students wish to go beyond I-BEST certificate.

• Programs require additional resources, but are benefit to students, college, and community…..Return on Investment (ROI).

Create Your Own I-BEST Program

• Learning Outcomes and Assessments

• Integrated Teaching

• Campus Involvement

• Community Engagement

• Education and Career Pathways

• Labor Market Demand

• Student Success/Transition

• Tracking

The Comprehensive I-BEST Pathway

I-BEST Resources

• The I-BEST Model

• I-BEST Renaissance 2013

• I-BEST Research

• I-BEST in the News

• I-BEST Videos

• Historical Resources

• Contacts

Louisa Erickson lerickson@sbctc.edu Patricia Lange patricia.lange@cptc.edu

ACCELERATE TEXASLinda Leto Head

Associate Vice Chancellor Workforce Education & Corporate Partnerships

Nadezhda (Nadia) NazarenkoExecutive Director

College Preparation ProgramsLone Star College System

• State-wide initiative: 14 colleges participating state-wide• The mentor college approach to scaling the programs throughout

the state  • Technical assistance: Jobs For the Future (JFF) • Evaluation team: Public Policy Research Institute from TX A&M.• Results state-wide:

– Over 3000 served in CTE programs– 2000 received a industry recognized credential

• The top pathways:– Healthcare– Manufacturing– Transportation– Logistics

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Accelerate Lone Star

Goal: Creating pathways to careers and educationTarget Population:

18 yrs. and olderReading TABE test 6.0 grade

level or higherWriting, reading and/or math

below 9.0 grade level

Intake and Advising

Concurrent Support class or GED class with College and Career Readiness

Workforce class

Advising

Intervention as needed

Tutoring

Obtain Certificate

Employment

GED

Credit course

Our Model

Programs

Programs of study

Certified Nurse Aide Machining Welding Phlebotomy Accounting Assistant ECG Monitoring Technician

Pathways

CONTINUING EDUCATION INTEGRATED PATHWAYS

Skill Levels: 6th to 9th gradeGED/HSD required: No

CE Nurse Aid Certificate to CR Vocational Nursing / Cr EMT Certificate

Welding CE Certificates to AAS Welding Technology Specialization

CE Machining Certificates to CR Machinist I Certificate and CR Computer Numeric Control Operator/ Programmer II Certificate.

CE Phlebotomy (required GED or HSD) to CR Vocational Nursing / Cr EMT Certificate

Phlebotomy Cert. + C.N.A. Cert. + ECG Class + Professionalism in Health class= Patient Care Technician/CR Vocational Nursing / CR EMT Certificate

Sample of a Stackable Credential

C.N.A. Cert. Phlebotomy Cert. ECG ClassProfessionalism in Heath Class

Patient Care

Technician

DATA

• 398 students served to date• 57 in progress• 366 completed (92%)• 312 - (85%) successfully completed

and received certificates• 77% of those completed report

finding employment in field or entering into more education

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Successes

High retention rate Invited to implement program on other

campuses Mentoring other Texas colleges Integration of credit classes (ENGL1301) with

support classes for “bubble Students” Cooperation with continuing education and

credit advisors Active learning environment through

contextualized teaching

Student Testimonials

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVueu_0G_0w

ACCELERATING OPPORTUNITY

KANSASZoe Thompson

Director, Workforce Training and EducationKansas Department of Commerce and

Kansas Board of Regents

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas is all about jobs, prosperity for individuals and economic growth

for Kansas

Why It’s Important to Kansas

237,000 Kansans lack high school diploma or GED or have less than

9th grade education

Another 60,000 limited proficiency English

speakers

Total Kansas population 2,885,905*

*US Census 2012

Traditional Adult Basic Education/GED

Programs

Developmental Education

Postsecondary Career Technical

Programs

Multiple loss points lead to low rates of program completion and credential attainment

Disconnected

Adults Complete Programs and Earn College and Industry Credentials Leading to Careers

Career Pathways

Model Provides

Educational and Social Supports

Stackable Credentials

With Employer

Value Lead to Jobs and

Careers

Accelerated, Integrated

Instruction of Basic Skills and Career Technical

Skills

Connected Pathways

OVER 27 CAREER PATHWAYS AT 13 COLLEGES

Dodge City Community College• Building Construction Technology• Emergency Medical Technician• Healthcare• Welding

Garden City Community College• Emergency Medical Technician• Fire Science• Healthcare• Welding

Highland Community College • Welding• Healthcare

Hutchinson Community College• Allied Health • Machining • Manufacturing• Welding

Kansas City Kansas Community College• Auto Collision• Auto Technology• Building and Property Maintenance• Healthcare• HVAC• Welding

Neosho Community College (includes Ft. Scott,

Independence and Labette) • Aero structures

• Emergency Medical Technician

• Healthcare

• Welding

Seward County Community College• Healthcare• Machine Tool Technology

Washburn Institute of Technology• Advanced Manufacturing• Healthcare

Wichita Area Technical College• Aero structures• Composites• Health Science• Machining Technology• Welding

Partnerships are the KeyPartnership between Board of Regents

and Department of CommercePartnership with Department for Children

and Families (TANF agency)MOU supports AO-K (TANF eligible)

enrolled students with tuition scholarshipsPays on COMPLETION of 12 credit hour

pathway

Accelerating Opportunity Kansas Success

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Policy Changes

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AO-K Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqZV0egGYM

MI-BEST:MARYLAND I-BEST

Faith Harland-WhiteDean Continuing and Professional Studies

Anne Arundel Community College

Rationale for MI-BEST:Scope and Scale of the Education, Skills and Language Divide

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• 80-90 million U.S. workers have at least one educational barrier

• Language and literacy barriers prevent millions of adults— many with children—from skills and education for career- track jobs

• By 2018, two-thirds of all jobs will require post-secondary credentials

• Post-secondary, adult education and skills-training programs present barriers to entry and completion for older adults with low language and literacy levels

• Demand: Adults currentlyworking will be the primary source of employees until 2030, so low-skilled workers who increase their training and education can compete

• Potential Solutions: Bridge programs that integrate skills training for adults with reading and math instruction have emerged as effective approaches

• Platforms: Community colleges are innovating to better serve low-income, working adults who are often older, raising children and lacking literacy or English language skills

PROBLEM

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Take a Look at What You Already Have….. DifferentlyStep One:

Seizing the Opportunity

An Opportunity is an Opportunity….

…We started with a $25,000 exploratory grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Moved from planning to pilotsStep Two:

Growing the Opportunity

• Pilots launched in five Maryland Community Colleges to leverage public/private funding to establish the Maryland Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training program (MI-BEST)

• Co-funding from The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

MI-BEST Goal: Reducing barriers

to career pathways for adults with

language, literacy and skills barriers (e.g. *Adult Basic

Education and English as Second Language)

Who Are MI-BEST Students?

60% un/underemployed

46% < high school diploma

or GED

54% immigrants,

some college but low level

English

43% are parents

supporting 313 children

Average Age:

30 Years

Step Two

Scaling Up MI-BEST in MarylandReplication and Sustainability

• Anne Arundel• Baltimore City• Baltimore County• Carroll County• Cecil County • Charles County

• Howard County

• Montgomery County• Prince George’s County• Upper Shore (three

counties)

Sustainability: Co-investment by the Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) to spread MIBEST across the state

Replication: Two-thirds of 16 community colleges/workforce investment boards (WIBs) partnering

= Community Colleges = WIBs

5 Community Colleges0 WIBs

10 Community Colleges10 WIBs

2011 2013

Step Two

• United States Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund Competitiono $11.8 million dollar grant

awarded

Step Three: Seizing a National

Opportunity

• Federal funding launches the Accelerating Connections to Employment grant (ACE)

• New element added: Randomization study

The Partnership:

10 Community Colleges

9 Local Workforce Investment Boards

4 States

Accelerating Connections to Employment

ACE Purpose & Unique Features

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1. Utilizes the proven I-BEST model to simultaneously teach and train individuals with low basic skills

2. Connects I-BEST training at community colleges with Career Navigators at the Workforce Investment Boards to ensure employment connections after training

3. Training courses chosen are driven by employer demand, with assured employment available at many sites

4. ACE includes a rigorous evaluation component, Random Control Trial (similar to pharmaceutical trials), to demonstrate effectiveness of combining I-BEST with targeted employment services

Step Three

• WIB/Community College Partnerships

• Importance of Business Engagement

• Businesses must be engaged from beginning to end

Step Four: Collective

Impact

• Potential business engagement:o Industry Roundtableo Program Designo Guest Speakerso Work Experienceo Mock Interviewso Employment

Role of Partnerships

Ultimate Goals

1) Identify strategies that are powerful enough to move the needle for large numbers of low-income individuals

2) Build evidence on what works and build capacity to implement with fidelity

3) Develop a roadmap to scale for different approaches: expanding an idea, innovation, tool, policy, program

4) Cultivate partners who “own” the result, who measure and track progress and will take up and sustain the work

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Learning to Earn Approaches such as MI-BEST and ACE = Making a Difference

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Building Maintenance Baking and PastryCNA Training

• United States Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund Competitiono $11.8 million dollar grant

awarded

Step Three: Seizing a National

Opportunity

• Federal funding launches the Accelerating Connections to Employment grant (ACE)

• New element added: Randomization study

The Partnership:

10 Community Colleges

9 Local Workforce Investment Boards

4 States

Accelerating Connections to Employment

CelebratingSuccess

Anne Arundel Graduation Ceremony and Student Testimonials

https://ola.aacc.edu/video/?playlistfile=PREVIEW/MI-BEST.xml&width=720&height=406

QUESTIONS?

executivedirector@ncwe.orgmabel.edmonds@cptc.edufaharlandwhite@aacc.edu

nadezhda.m.nazarenko@lonestar.eduLinda.L.Head@lonestar.edu

zthompson@ksbor.org

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