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Taking Alamo I-BEST to Scale
Integrated Basic Education Skills Training
Building Structured Career Pathways for Low Skilled Adults
The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (1 of 7)
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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (2 of 7)3
The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (3 of 7)4
The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (4 of 7)
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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (5 of 7)6
The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (6 of 7)
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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (7 of 7)
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12/16/2016
Replicating the ModelWorkforce Transition Centers
Independent Colleges
Employers
Community Collaborations
DISTRICT: ECONOMIC
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
ALAMO I-BEST CORE TEAMDistrict
CE
Alamo University Center
Brackenridge Education Training Center
Central Texas Training Center
Westside Education Training Center
Kerrville Center
Workforce Center of Excellence
PACSACNVCSPCNLC
Table: Project or Initiative, Purpose, Eligibility, Number Served
Project or
InitiativePurpose Eligibility # Serve
Adult Education & Literacy (AEL)
• Increase basic skills • Vocational ESL• Career EASE• Support Instruction (IET)• Workplace Literacy
• ABE 16+ below college ready• Officially withdrawn from High
School• ESL 18+
• 629 Unduplicated• 100 Duplicated• 500 Transitions• 525 Career Pathways
Alamo Youth CompletionSkills Initiative Consortium (AYSCIC)
• Continuing Education (CE) Tuition
• High Demand Living Wage Career Pathways
• 16-25 year old Credit RecoveryStudents (in school)
• 16-25 year old AEL Students• Able to work in the U.S.
• 265 complete CE courses• 238 complete
Certifications• 201 obtain employment
Accelerate Texas- Texas Workforce Commission (ATX-TWC)
• Continuing Education (CE) Tuition
• High Demand Living Wage Career Pathways
• ABE 16+ below college ready• Officially withdrawn from High
School• ESL 18+ • Able to work in the U.S.
• 300 Complete IET• 275 Complete
Certifications• 75% Employment
Distance Learning (DL) Consortium
• Provide a DL option between enrollment
• Tablets as support instruction
• All Alamo I-BEST Participants • 25% or more of the AEL population
AARP Back-to-Work 50+ • Job information & coaching
• I-BEST scholarships
• 50+ years of age with high school diplomas
• Eligible to work in the U.S.
• 250 Information Sessions
• 48 Training scholarships
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Typical Student Characteristics
• Female
• Age 34
• Hispanic
• 6th Grade Reading level
OUR STUDENTS
COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP
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COLLEGE TRAINING WITH SUPPORT
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CAREER PATHWAYS FOR HEALTH
NOW WHAT?