Understanding Postsecondary Pathways for low skilled

Understanding Postsecondary Pathways for low skilled students Pre-Reqs-Co-reqs- What’s it all about? Adult Education and Literacy

Pre-Reqs, Co-Reqs: What’s It All About? Understanding Postsecondary Pathways for Lower Skilled Adults Session Objectives: Goals and objectives for student success (TWC AEL and THECB) Models of service delivery that demonstrate collaboration between AEL and IHE for student success

AEL Presenters AEL Providers IHE CE and Workforce Development/ AEL Collaboration Sandra L. Cortez, LCC Senior Director of Community Ed- Laredo College AEL DE and AEL Pilot Projects Alamo AEL Consortium: Mary Helen Martinez, Alamo Colleges, Director College and Career Readiness Wendy Christensen and Michelle Yzaguirre, Region 20 Educational Specialists

Framework for Discussion TWC AEL State Director, Anson Green THECB Director of DE and Adult Education, Suzanne Morales-Vale, Ph.D.

Building Pathways from CE to College and Careers IHE CE and Workforce Development/ AEL Collaboration Sandra Cortez, Laredo College AEL

Laredo College Community Education

College CE Pathways Past Experiences with IET’s Project VAST served 200 participants, 2013 - 77% completed Project GROW served 120 participants, 2013 - 100% completed Workforce Solutions SDF Eagle Ford Shale 50 participants, 2014 - 100% completed THECB Accelerate Texas served 38 participants, 2015 - 85% TWC Accelerate Texas serving 120 participants on going, have placed 85 in various program

College Collaboration AEL Internal Partners Continuing Education – Non-credit programs Division of Workforce Education – Credit programs Health Sciences Division – Credit programs College Readiness – DevEd – NCBO’s, INRW’s College Level Courses: English, Mathematics, Communication, and Language courses that fulfill general education requirements

Collaboration AEL External Partners Workforce Solutions for South Texas – Recruitment – Job placement Texas Workforce Commission – AEL Program SupportGuidance, SDF, Other Grants Vocational Rehabilitation – Referrals United Independent School District –Referrals Literacy Volunteers of Laredo – Referrals

IET Collaboration Integrated Education & Training/Articulation Jumpstart – 32 hours – Bridge to a career and/or post-secondary Workforce Prep - Interview Skills, Soft Skills; Resume writing, Job search skills, Dress for success, Employer presentations Student Success - Study Skills, Organizational skills, Critical thinking skills, College success and test taking strategies, College & Career presentations HSE Basic Skills - 144 – 160 hours – Contextualized to workforce skill Workforce Skills Training – depends on the occupation – hours articulated from CEU’s to SCH’s TSIA Preparation – 80 hours

Academic Collaboration Articulation MOU (Non-credit to Credit) 1st meeting was with VP for Instruction & Dean of Workforce Health Sciences Dean Department Chairs or Directors This was a first, we needed buy-in from administration

Benefits Student Benefits College Benefits Workforce skills Non-traditional student Soft Skills Academic Success Skills Employment Self-sufficiency Higher education Enrollment Revenue generation Contact hours

Occupational Skills Awards Occupational Skills Awards Articulations Occupational Skills Awards Articulation internal MOU serves as the guidelines for converting Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Semester Credit Hours (SCHs) through the Workforce & Health Sciences Divisions. CEU courses are eligible for articulation only if the minimum competencies required by Workforce and Health Sciences are met. CE Workforce & Career Services Coordinator petitions the articulation by completing the PETITION FOR ARTICULATED COLLEGE CREDIT REQUEST FORM after student completes and passes class. Coordinator request approval the Continuing Education Director, Division Department Chair(s); Division Dean. Classes are mirrored by CE or students co-enroll in Workforce Division courses CE-IET students must achieve a final average of 70 or above for courses to be articulated Enrollment & Registration Services (ERS) will transcript a letter grade corresponding to the approved CEU course final average and apply the SCHs upon approval of the petition IET students enrolled in career pathway programs are exempt from any LCC transcription fees

Applied Accounting Stackable Credentials

Events

Consortium Next Steps We will serve TSIA ABE levels 1-3 in the Fall Hoping to be selected for the TX- Peer Mentoring Network

AEL Alamo Consortium Michelle Yzaguirre, Educational Specialist Wendy Christensen, Educational Specialist Alamo Colleges District Mary Helen Martinez, Director College and Career Readiness Education Service Center, ESC- 20 ALAMO AEL Consortium and Alamo Colleges District for Student Success

Collaboration AEL (ISD) & IHE Background 2015- Present – An Update Partners (Northwest Vista College (NVC) and NISD AEL) From Strategic Plan to Implementation Design

Characteristics of Collaboration Characteristics that Support Collaboration Understanding systems Being flexible Willingness to revise Being open to providing a new service Asking questions Remembering the goal Student Success

A Unique Collaboration: NVC & NISD Fall 2018 Pilot *Alamo Colleges District *AEL Alamo Consortium *Northwest Vista College *NISD Adult Education & Literacy

Overall Goals for the Pilot Increase success rate of students entering postsecondary Provide academic support Provide seamless student experience

What was the Design?

Overview Fall 2018

Refresher to College 12 hr. Refresher Course Conducted by AEL prior to enrollment in college courses at NWV.* * 4-day plan, 1st day is AEL Registration/Orientation (TSI Level 1-5) * TTH, 9-1 or 5-9 Northwest Vista College @ Alamo Colleges

Refresher to College Group 1 & 2 ENG 1301 (credit, not supported by AEL) 12 hr. Refresher Course Conducted by AEL prior to enrollment in college courses at NWV.* (TSI Level 4-5) Northwest Vista College @ Alamo Colleges ENG 1301 (credit, not supported by AEL) Level 4 & 5 – Students Co-enrolled in INRW 0100 Highest level of DE (Co-Req Model) Students are high school/HSE complete and enter postsecondary at next enrollment during AEL PY. 90 days without AEL services, participant can be reported with an MSGTYPE 1B.

Refresher to College Group 3 Lower Level DE Co-Req Model 12 hr. Refresher Course Conducted by AEL prior to enrollment in college courses at NWV.* (TSI Level 3-5) ENG 1301 (credit, supported by AEL & DE) ENG 1301 with DE INRW 0201 Northwest Vista College @ Alamo Colleges Students enter college at next enrollment Students are still receiving AEL services AEL support is done through supplemental 1-hr. workshops built into the curriculum and Distance Learning (DL) Students will be post-tested after 40 hours of AEL instruction. Gain will be reported as an MSG- TYPE 1a.

Refresher to College 12 hr. Refresher Course Conducted by AEL prior to enrollment in college courses at NWV.* (TSI Level 1-3) Northwest Vista College @ Alamo Colleges Group 4 INRW 0420 (not supported by AEL at this time) Lower levels of low skilled students Students who scored L1-3 on TSIA INRW 0420 is a non-credit course Institution is providing the instruction There is a cost to the student for this course Possible future collaboration with AEL

Challenges Different Data Management Systems Diverse terminology Performance Measures vary between systems Continuous commitment to the pilot

Next Steps Analyze the data Offer services to INRW 0420 Explore CE & CTE options

Questions?