Creating and Sustaining Creating and Sustaining Your Program for Adult Your Program for Adult LearnersLearners

American Association of Community Colleges

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Mabel EdmondsDean for Workforce Development Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, WA

Mabel EdmondsDean for Workforce Development Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, WA

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Kelly LapetinoWorkforce Skills Manager Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, IL

Kelly LapetinoWorkforce Skills Manager Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, IL

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Kim Morey, Ed.D. Assistant to the President for

Institutional Development Western Dakota Technical

Institute Rapid City, SD

Kim Morey, Ed.D. Assistant to the President for

Institutional Development Western Dakota Technical

Institute Rapid City, SD

ModeratorModerator

Mary Sue VickersDirector, Plus 50 Initiative, American Association ofCommunity Colleges

Mary Sue VickersDirector, Plus 50 Initiative, American Association ofCommunity Colleges

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Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

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Identify the types of financial resources that are available to sustain a Plus 50 program

Identify challenges that might prevent the Plus 50 learner from returning to the classroom

Identify best practices to makeyour Plus 50 program profitable and broadly accessible

12 Tips for Developing and Deploying 12 Tips for Developing and Deploying Your Plus 50 ProgramYour Plus 50 Program1. Involve your President and Senior Administrators.2. Determine your audience.3. Conduct a needs assessment.4. Assess your resources.5. Know your community.6. Convene a planning or advisory board.7. Form community partnerships.8. Set program goals and objectives.9. Secure Funding.10. Develop an evaluation plan.11. Create an infrastructure for your program.12. Participate in training and networking opportunities.

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1. Conduct a needs assessment.2. Tailor admission requirements and financial aid

programs to Plus 50 students.3. Provide a point-of-contact faculty member for Plus 50

students.4. Avoid using words like senior, old, and elder.5. Prepare counselors to deal with Plus 50 student needs.6. Offer short-term courses in condensed blocks of time.7. Coach faculty and adapt classrooms.8. Develop a targeted marketing plan.9. Partner with organizations that serve Plus 50 students.10. Cultivate support from the CEO and across academic

divisions.

The Top 10 Things You Can Do to The Top 10 Things You Can Do to Become Plus 50 FriendlyBecome Plus 50 Friendly

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The Common ThreadThe Common Thread

Understanding how to create and sustain your program is critical

for a successful Plus 50 Program!

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Challenges Facing Sustaining Challenges Facing Sustaining Plus 50 ProgramsPlus 50 Programs

Attracting Plus 50 students to campus could cause a net revenue drain

Tuition waivers

Increased enrollment

Finding faculty

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Challenges Facing Sustaining Challenges Facing Sustaining Plus 50 Programs - ContinuedPlus 50 Programs - Continued

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Cultural

Attitudinal

Methods of Facing ChallengesMethods of Facing Challenges

Self-Supporting

Supplemental Funding

Leveraging Resources

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What barriers are your community What barriers are your community colleges facing in sustaining a Plus 50 colleges facing in sustaining a Plus 50 Program?Program?

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Panel DiscussionPanel Discussion

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How are you addressing some of the challenges?

Mabel Edmonds Developing curriculum that

targets a specific market Utilize learning partners

Kim Morey Learning partnerships

Kelly Lapetino Hosting Plus 50 job fair Tuition & Scholarships

Basic Principles of Creating and Basic Principles of Creating and Sustaining your Plus 50 ProgramSustaining your Plus 50 Program

Course Revenues

Additional grants to pay for staff and program activities

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Basic Principles of Creating and Basic Principles of Creating and Sustaining your Plus 50 ProgramSustaining your Plus 50 Program Build an internal constituency at the

college that supports the Plus 50 Program

Institutionalize program components as part of a college’s standard operations

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Basic Principles of Creating and Basic Principles of Creating and Sustaining your Plus 50 ProgramSustaining your Plus 50 Program

Program written into the college budget

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Basic Principles of Creating and Basic Principles of Creating and Sustaining your Plus 50 ProgramSustaining your Plus 50 Program

Leverage and Grow Partnerships

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Other Sources of funding to considerOther Sources of funding to consider

Funding sources Private funding

Grants

Partners

Include in college budget

Build working relationship with Grants office

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What successful avenues does your What successful avenues does your community college use to help sustain community college use to help sustain your Plus 50 Program?your Plus 50 Program?

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Best PracticesBest Practices

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Conduct a needs assessment and focus groups to determine the needs of your Plus 50 population

Form partnerships with key stakeholders internal and external, particularly with the College President

Market effectively to the Plus 50 Learner

Adapt your campus and classrooms to meet the needs of the Plus 50 learner.

Follow Avenues to Sustainability

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Let Us Help You!Let Us Help You! Kelly Lapetino Email: klapetin@jjc.edu Phone: (815) 280-1416

Mabel Edmonds Email: mabel.edmonds@cptc.edu Phone: (253) 589-5510

Kim Morey Email: kmorey@wdt.edu Phone: (605) 718-3071

Mary Susan VickersEmail: mvickers@aacc.nche.eduPhone: 202-728-0200 ext. 248

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Today’s session has been recorded and is available on the Plus 50 website:

http://plus50.aacc.nche.edu/

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THANK THANK YOU!YOU!