Blueprint for Creating Successful Statewide

Partnerships

Beth Brinly, Jay Box & Reecie Stagnolia

October 17, 2013

NCWE Conference

Why Accelerating Opportunity?

National Statistics:

By 2018, over 60% of available jobs will require postsecondary education

Over 26 million adults lack a high school degree

93 million lack the basic literacy skills necessary to succeed and advance in college and the workplace

Kentucky Statistics:

54% of all jobs in Kentucky (1.1 million jobs) will require some postsecondary training beyond high school in 2018

There are more than 400,000 working age adults without a high school diploma/GED

71% of students entering KCTCS need developmental education in one or more areas

Managing Partner: Jobs For the Future

Funders: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Kresge Foundation & Open Society Foundations

Supported by: National College Transitions Network, National Council for Workforce Education & Washington State Board for Community & Technical Education

Four year initiative: Oct 2010-Oct 2014

7 states are currently testing the integrated basic skills (I-BEST) model: Round 1: Illinois, Kansas & Kentucky Round 2: Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana & Mississippi

 

National Initiative

National Vision

The initiative is all about

jobs, the economy and

improving opportunity for

low skilled students

It will help drive economic

recovery by helping

adults get the credentials

and skills they need to

get and succeed in

family-sustaining jobs

Reform how education is

delivered to low skilled

adults

Goals

Replicate Washington’s I-BEST team teaching model

Identify & remove barriers that prevent adults from entering & completing their education

Help drive economic recovery by helping adults get the credentials and skills they need to get and succeed in family-sustaining jobs

Allow adults to earn cumulative credentials that bear academic credit

Work with business community to ensure students are getting the skills they need

Reform how education is delivered to low skilled adults

Evidence to showcase if integration works

Kentucky Partners

Kentucky’s Vision To implement a collaborative career pathways

model that prepares students to be college and career ready.Core Values Changed economy by putting more educated people to

work In-demand workforce credentials Cohesive policy framework shared by all partners Meaningful state and local partnerships Collaborative academic model that includes:

o A student-first approach o A model grounded in differing learning styles with

recognition of learning disabilitieso 21st century skillso Blended learning approach that uses state-of-the-art

technologyo Good formative assessmento Relevant instruction with purpose

Comprehensive support services to prevent “drop-off” points

Holistic advising services

Kentucky’s CommitmentAccelerating Opportunity Kentucky is engaging a number of

state and local partnerships to ensure more workers have the

skills they need for today's good jobs through innovative

educational opportunities for adults that provides a valuable

credential.

Kentucky Cabinet for Education & Workforce Development*

Kentucky Chamber of Commerce

Kentucky Community & Technical College System*

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education/Kentucky Adult

Education*

Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment

Kentucky Workforce Investment Boards

Business and Industry Partners* core state partners

“As the economy improves, manufacturers

are finding that it is increasingly difficult to

find qualified workers. The Accelerating

Opportunity initiative will help ensure more

prospective employees have the skills

manufacturers need for today’s good jobs

through innovative adult education

opportunities.”

-Greg Higdon, Kentucky Association of Manufacturers

President & CEO

Implications for Kentucky

Focus on adult education student population - build on Kentucky’s career pathways investments and capacity-building efforts to increase credential attainment for lower-skilled adults.

Use institutional transformation and state policy analysis to better align programs and “braid” funding sources.

Strengthen instructional delivery - integration, acceleration and co-enrollment, to improve the overall adult education instruction and sequencing.

Link adult education curriculum to labor market - include employer input.

The Plan

Stakeholder Engagement

State Level

• State Executive Team

• State Lead

• State Project Team

- State Work Teams

• State Coordinator

Local Level

• Local Executive Team

• Local Team Lead

• Local Project Team

- Local Work Teams

• Local Coordinator

Aligning AO to Each Partner

The state team developed an initiative alignment matrix to show

each partner agency how the various components of AO align with

other initiatives, strategies and programs.

The goal is to demonstrate how many of these initiatives are

connected with other work to identify how resources can be

leveraged to support AO. Strategy KY Adult Education KY Career Center KY Community & Technical College System

Utilize Career Pathways with Stackable Credentials

• SKILL UP• Transition to

Postsecondary Education

• National Career Readiness Certificate

• Reemployment Grant• Work Ready Communities• Sector Strategies• Business Services Team Redesign• NCRC Testing• Career Pathways• Integrated Service Delivery/Case

Management/Triage• Provision of LMI• Career Counseling• WIA & WIB Case Management

• Curriculum Review• Job Placement & Career Dev.• Dual Credit• High Wage/High Demand• Workforce Matriculation• Burning Glass• Industry Sectors• Tech Programs

Example:

The Value Add Proposition

WorkSmart Kentucky Plan

Align with education objectives

Align with economic development objectives

Simplify the workforce development system

Achieve customer-centered service delivery

Workforce Role

State

Leadership

Structure

Outreach Strategy

Policy Alignment

Regional

Leadership

Recruitment

Career Coaches

Support Services

Key Strategies

Sector Strategies

Work Ready Communities

Kentucky Career Certification Process

Unified Business Services

Branding and Identity

Collaboration in Action

Why Is A Unified Vision Important?

Which Comes First, Educated Workers or Jobs for Educated

Workers?

10/31/12

The Challenge

Producing a U.S. workforce that is more productive, creative, and better problem-solvers than any other on the planet.

In 2009, Lumina Foundation officially adopted its Big Goal that 60 percent of Americans obtain a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential by 2025.

A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education

A Global War for Good Jobs is Coming

• At the current rate, employers in 2025 will need about 23 million more degree holders than our nation’s colleges and universities will have produced.

• Approximately 2/3 of the nation’s college completion goal will come from non-traditional students entering and staying in the pipeline.

Education Pays

By 2018, 60% of all jobs in the United States will require some level of postsecondary education.

Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University, 2010

“A preemptive focus on adult education actually saves governments money by reducing • societal healthcare, • public assistance • and incarceration costs…”  

“The Return on Investment from Adult Education and Training,” a policy paper by the

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation, May 2011

The Importance of Adult Education

As many as 60% of community college students must take development education courses – only 25% who do, earn a degree in 8 years

The Chronicle of Higher Education April 20, 2010

Estimated that 50-80% students in AE

programs have learning disabilities/differences

Only 3% of students who start college in AE programs earn degreeThe Chronicle of Higher Education  April 11, 2011

41% of students in AE programs are unemployed

Making the Case

Reach Higher, AmericaOvercoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce

“The National Commission on Adult Literacy calls on Congress and state governments to make postsecondary and workforce readiness the new mission of the adult education and workforce skills system.”Source: Report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, June 2008

Adult Education of the Future

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RE-

ENGINEER OR TRANSFORM THE NATION’S ADULT EDUCATION SYSTEM?

Re-Engineering Adult Education

The Leaky Pipeline

1. Teacher Quality and

Effectiveness

2. Standards-Based Education

3. Integrated Education and

Training

Models – Career Pathways

The Nation’s Adult Education Game Changers

Kentucky Adult Education was recognized in the U.S. Department of Education’s “Adult College Completion Toolkit” as a top state strategy as a result of implementing college and career readiness standards in adult education.

Kentucky Adult Education

“Kentucky has far more experience than most states in strengthening adult access topostsecondary education.”

“Kentucky is ahead of almost all other states in building the common core standards into Its adult education system.”

Kentucky Community & Technical

College System (KCTCS)

The mission of KCTCS is to improve the employability and quality of life of Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of:

College and Workforce Readiness

Transfer Education

Workforce Education and Training

KCTCS offers:

More than 600 credit program options

Associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates

KCTCS Transformation

ACCESS

Attract more working age adults to college*

Attract more ethnically diverse students*

Increase the number of workforce students who return to pursue a KCTCS credential

RETENTION

Effectively engage students in positive learning outcomes*

Focus on helping students stay in school to achieve their goals*

Assist ethnically diverse students to stay in school to achieve their goals*

KCTCS Transformation

SUCCESS

Help underprepared students be more successful in college*

Increase the number of people who are professionally licensed or certified

Increase the number of credentials awarded*

Increase the number of students transferring successfully to 4-year schools

Prepare more workers for high wage, high demand jobs*

Provide students with an education that leads to economic prosperity*

KCTCS Transformation Strategies

CURRICULUM REVIEW: Career Focused & Technology Driven

Create a technical program development & review process

supported by research, development & analysis

Create standardized, rapid-response curriculum & program

approved development process

DESIRED OUTCOMES

Leads to high wage, high demand careers

Increases the number of students in high growth, high wage

programs

Increases partnerships with business and industry

Better aligns our program offerings with economic needs

Focuses on new and emerging careers based on market demand

and Kentucky’s Workforce & Economic Development plans.

KCTCS Transformation Strategies

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION: Flexible & Effective Delivery

Develop and implement an alternate model for the delivery of

developmental/transitions education in reading, writing, and math,

which is modularized, self-paced, competency-driven, and

computer-assisted/lab based.

DESIRED OUTCOMES

Increase the completion and success rates of developmental students

in reading, writing & math

Support Senate Bill 1 mandates and KCTCS goal to transition more

college ready high school graduates into KCTCS colleges with fewer

developmental education needs and to improve student success and

completion rates

Enroll developmental education students in only the course

competencies where mastery has not been demonstrated thought

diagnostic assessment.

KCTCS Transformation Strategies

JOB PLACEMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Comprehensive &

Lifelong

Provide comprehensive career development and job placement

services to engage students in their education pursuit from pre-

enrollment to post-graduation. DESIRED OUTCOMES

Enhanced services via we-based career exploration tools for college

students and adults

Increased opportunities for students to access cooperative education,

internships, practicum experiences, experiential education, and credit

for prior learning

Enhanced sponsorship and coordination of external partners to

promote job fairs and college career events

Alignment of career transitions and workplace competencies

KCTCS Transformation Strategies

STUDENT SERVICES: Tailored & On-Demand

Develop a comprehensive outsourced student services delivery

model that provides a seamless, scalable, virtual 24/7/365 student

services call center help desk for all KCTCS studentsDESIRED OUTCOMES

Target support services more accurately

Provide students with self-service functions to include: admissions,

academic advising, financial aid, registration, recruitment, student

financials, tutorial services, retention and technology support/identity

management

East the workload on the colleges and increase student satisfaction

and access by providing students with on-demand, quality wrap

around services 24/7/365

Measure student services data accurately and consistently

Attain higher enrollment, student retention, and completion rates

Strengthened Partnerships

Two Years Into the Initiative:

Deepened partnerships at state and local

levels

Increased trust and credibility

Culture shift in working with low skilled

students

Partnership with state foster care program

Breaking down of institutional silos

Lessons Learned

Focus on common vision

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

Celebrate Successes

Early Successes

30 AO programs at 11 colleges

Bringing students to the college who would not otherwise have enrolled

More than 1,000 students enrolled

More than 750 credentials earned

Students making basic skills gains

Students making Dean’s lists

Students enrolling in additional classes after AOKY

Students becoming employed

Testimonials: aoky.kctcs.edu/Testimonials

Questions

Contact Information

Dr. Jay Box Chancellor, Kentucky Community & Technical College Systemjay.box@kctcs.eduwww.kctcs.edu

Beth Brinly Commissioner, Cabinet for Education & Workforce DevelopmentDepartment of Workforce Investmentbeth.brinly@ky.govhttp://workforce.ky.gov

Reecie StagnoliaVice President, Kentucky Adult Education

Council on Postsecondary Education reecie.stagnolia@ky.govwww.kyae.ky.gov

Harmony Little,AO State Coordinator, Kentucky Community & Technical College SystemHarmony.little@kctcs.eduhttp://aoky.kctcs.edu