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California Adult Education Program Produced: 06/30/2022 10:37 AM PDT Faith Kondrit

13 Morongo Basin AEBG Consortium (Copper Mountain): Certified

Details

Consortium Information

Consortium Name:
13 Morongo Basin AEBG Consortium (Copper Mountain)
Consortium Short Name:
13 Morongo Basin
Address:
6162 Rotary Way | Joshua Tree, CA | 92252
Website:
cmccd.edu
Funding Channel 2022-23:
Fiscal Agent
CAEP Funds 2022-23:
$912,536
CAEP Funds 2021-22:
$866,359
CAEP Funds 2020-21:
$832,637

Consortium Contacts

ResponsibilityNameEmailTitlePhone
Primary Contactmplummer@cmccd.eduChief Business Officer(760) 366-3791
Fiscal Contactjzwicker@cmccd.eduFiscal Services Accountant(760) 366-3791 ext: 5309
Primary Contactacorrea@cmccd.eduDean PRIE
Primary Contactjabell@cmccd.eduVice President of Student Services(760) 366-3791 ext: 5280
Primary Contactfreyes@cmccd.eduAdult Education Program Coordinator(951) 808-9430
Primary Contactmschiel@cmccd.edu

Member Agencies

Member AgencyMember TypeContactPhone
Copper Mountain CCDDistrictMeredith Plummer(760) 366-3791
Morongo UnifiedUnified School DistrictAmy Woods(760) 367-9191 ext: 4223

Executive Summary

The Morongo Basin Consortium is a collaboration of Copper Mountain College and the Morongo Unified School District, each committed to improving the economic well-being of students in the community. The three-year planning process involved taking a hard look at areas that are not served at all or are severely underserved in the community. The consortium also discussed and evaluated the trajectory of current services and how those can reach more students in the Morongo Basin and lead to improved outcomes once students are engaged. This plan outlines objectives and activities in the area of program expansion, delivery improvement, increasing support to students, and addressing underserved communities identified in the planning assessment. The Consortium will monitor the use of funds to work toward the goal of 100% expenditure for both agencies in order to achieve the outcomes laid out in the plan. 

Assessment

The consortium assessed the program using both a survey and a review of program metrics.  The survey was based on CAEP quality indicators. The survey was sent to all members of the CAEP consortium as well as employees with connection to or knowledge of Adult Education services in the area. 

For CMC, Adult Education services focus primarily on GED preparation, Adult High School Diploma completion, and English Language Learners.  These services provide a foundation for workforce planning and building of career pathways. MUSD has multiple stranded CTE programs. Cyber Security, Medical Assistant, Private Security Guard, Pharmacy Technician, Registered Dental Assistant, 911 Dispatch, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems allow for adult student participation. These offerings are aligned to the California Department of Education CTE Pathways for K-12. The Medical Assistant, Private Security Guard, Cyber Security, and Culinary programs align and strand with CMC's Nursing, Administration of Justice, Computer Programming, and Culinary programs respectively. 

There are significant community needs. According to ESRI and ACS Data for the Morongo Basin, 8,468 residents do not have a high school diploma while 2,797 are unemployed. Poverty levels are likewise high for an area our size as 8,464 residents meet the federal definition. In addition, the data indicates that for 1,242 people residing in the Morongo Basin, English is not their first language. There are residents that are 50 year of age and older that make up 42.8% of the residents that do not have a high school diploma while 19 years of age and younger make up 23.7%. 

Copper Mountain College has run a non-credit program offering an Adult High School Diploma, GED Preparation, and ESL offerings and over the last several years enrollment and participation in these Adult Basic Education areas have waned. This has been compounded by the effects of Covid-19. Further, the Morongo Basin Coalition for Adult Literacy has closed its doors leaving Copper Mountain College as the only service provider in the basin. 

According to 2020 Federal Census estimates, well over 10% of our local population has not completed a high school diploma.  Further, an estimated 13% of households speak a language other than English at home.  A review of CMC Developmental Education student zip code data since AY 16-17 reveals that a steady stream of at least 85% percent of students utilizing developmental education services come from areas beyond a zip code shared by the college.

Current adult education student zip code data was pulled to look at where our non-credit students are coming from. The analysis showed that having services at both these two locations will be more opportunity and accessibility o the students enrolled in our Adult Education non-credit programs throughout the Morongo Basin, as students equally came from the both ends of the Basin. Providing programs and services in both Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms will allow us to better serve our adult community by bringing the programs to the locations where our students can have easy access, creating less barriers to enrollment. These sites provide a community need to further the educational attainment in the Morongo Basin.

As indicated by the evaluation of our region data, there is an educational need for increased programs and services in the area of literacy, high school completion, civic engagement, and workforce development.

CMC - Led the development and deployment of the Consortium Survey. 

MUSD - Provided input and programmatic information pertinent to the plan. 

Entities worked together to review the survey, discuss area needs and services, draft a plan, and define goals. The plan was finalized in a three-hour consortium workshop with both districts in attendance. 

Regional Service Providers

For each Member Agency service provider, enter the number of Participants in each program area.

Provider NameProvider TypeNumber of Participants in Program AreaTotal Participants
ABEASEESLEl CivicsAWDK12 SuccessShort Term CTEWorkforce ReentryPre-Apprenticeship
*Copper Mountain CCDMember Representative

307

394

77

0

0

0

0

0

0

*Morongo UnifiedMember Representative

0

0

0

0

0

0

36

0

0

Total Participants 307 394 77 0 0 0 36 0 0 814
* Member Agency required to input number of Participants

For each service provider added, check the box in the program areas where services are provided.

No Service Providers for this consortium.

Notwithstanding the programs mentioned above, CMC has a selection of credit CTE programs available for Adults in the Region that are appropriate based on labor market information. Most recently, the college has begun to develop a Construction Trades Program as it was ranked as the highest labor market need in recent reports from the Centers of Excellence. Further, steps have been initiated for CMC to become an accredited continuing education training provider as well as support water certification training.

As indicated by the evaluation of our region data, there is an educational need for increased programs and services in the area of parenting, literacy, civic engagement, and workforce development. 

Fortunately, the college has an ongoing partnership with Morongo Unified School District through the Morongo Basin CAEP (California Adult Education Program) Consortium.  Through the consortium, ACCE (Academy for College and Career Excellence) sites have been funded on the east and west sides of the district.  Prior to the pandemic, the use of the site on the west side of the Yucca Valley Town Center Mall was concentrated with MUSD CTE classes that permitted adult registrants and late afternoon adult high school completion offerings.  The east side, located in the former Monument High School building on Hatch Road offered adult high school completion during normal business hours, in-person GED prep courses, and MUSD CTE. Beginning in AY 2021-2022 CMC did not offer dual enrollment classes on campus and instead ran a full-day Adult Education Program in the ACCE West location and offered services at ACCE East from 2-7. 

Enrollment and participation has been strong, however there has been a need to maintain services for students on the main campus. 

Metrics: CAEP Barriers & Metrics

Metrics

Adult Ed Metrics

  • English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
  • Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Low Literacy (AE 311 - Overall)

Metrics

Adult Ed Metrics

  • Participants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)
  • Participants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE)

Metrics

Adult Ed Metrics

  • Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)
  • Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall)

Metrics

Adult Ed Metrics

  • Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)

Metrics

Adult Ed Metrics

  • Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)

Consortium Level Metric Targets

* Mandatory for all consortia

Metric Set Metric 2019-20 Actuals 2020-21 Actuals 2021-22 Actuals 2022-23 Target 2023-24 Target 2024-25 Target
All*Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall) 1,011 892

400

420

450

Student BarriersEnglish Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall) 160 78

50

51

52

Student BarriersLow Literacy (AE 311 - Overall) 904 822

240

250

260

Student BarriersLow Income (AE 310 - Overall) 576 741

300

320

340

Member Level Metric Targets

* Mandatory for all members

Copper Mountain CCD (Reported by Copper Mountain District)

Metric Set Metric 2019-20 Actuals 2020-21 Actuals 2021-22 Actuals 2022-23 Target 2023-24 Target 2024-25 Target
All*Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) 518 731

450

470

490

Employment and EarningsMedian Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)

20.0%

20.0%

20.0%

ProgressParticipants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE) 57

250

275

300

ProgressParticipants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)

10

25

50

SuccessParticipants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall) 20 15

50

60

65

TransitionParticipants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall) 28

25

30

35

TransitionParticipants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall) 47

25

30

35


Morongo Unified (No reporting institution)

Metric Set Metric 2019-20 Actuals 2020-21 Actuals 2021-22 Actuals 2022-23 Target 2023-24 Target 2024-25 Target
All*Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)

25

0

0

Employment and EarningsMedian Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)

10.0%

10.0%

10.0%

ProgressParticipants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE)

0

0

0

ProgressParticipants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)

0

0

0

SuccessParticipants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)

0

0

0

TransitionParticipants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall)

20

20

20

TransitionParticipants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)

20

20

20

Member Spending Targets

MemberPercent of 2019-20 Available Funds SpentPercent of 2020-21 Available Funds SpentPercent of 2021-22 Available Funds Spent2022-23 Target2023-24 Target2024-25 Target
Copper Mountain CCD 100% 100% 49%

100%

100%

100%

Morongo Unified 100% 19% 0%

100%

100%

100%

Objectives

Improve Integration of Services & Transitions

Objective 1: Utilize all available options to enable students to count educational activity toward the completion of a high school diploma.

Objective 2: Provide wrap-around services and support so that students can reach their educational goals in AHD, ABE, and CTE programs.

Objective 3: Develop a program to support tutoring school-age children with parents who are engaged in Adult Education and CTE programs.


Address Educational Needs

Objective 1: Improve completion in the high school diploma program by expanding delivery modality, location, language, and peer support.

Objective 2: Escalate reach and delivery into communities that can most benefit from Adult Education services to include justice-involved engagement and support, meeting adult literacy needs, and providing EL civics.

Objective 3: Expand employment training and support through add




Improve Effectiveness of Services

Objective 1: Clarify CAEP data sources and reporting criteria and review internal data mapping for CMC.

Objective 2: Improve program delivery by making a welcoming space and hub for Adult learners.

Objective 3: Ensure that all consortium activities have qualified instructors with the proper equipment.

Objective 4: Engage community partners and expand outreach to maximize services to the local community.

Objective 5: Leverage the MUSD/CMC partnership to promote services to area families.

Activities & Outcomes

Add OSHA Training Capacity

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

Create staff/expertise capacity to provide certified OSHA training. CMC will train a staff member to provide OSHA certification training.  CMC will develop non-credit curriculum to support this effort.

Curriculum is drafted.

Course is offered.

OSHA training is part of the regular CMC offering rotation.

Proposed Completion Date

05/31/2023

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • Employment and Earnings: Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Provide services where the students are at

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

Members will continue to invest in the provision of CTE and Adult Basic Education facilities and services at home locations and in the east and west areas of the district. The consortium will ensure well-qualified teachers are hired to support consortium activities. To improve services, CMC will add peer tutoring and modify the ACCE West space to feel more comfortable for adult learners.

At least 30 students will complete in the next year.

A cumulative total of 70 students will complete in 2 years.

Over 100 students complete in the long term.

Proposed Completion Date

12/16/2022

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE)
  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Literacy (AE 311 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Add distance modality to AHD and GED programs

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

Update curriculum to permit course delivery online both synchronously and asynchronously

Curriculum is updated and courses can be scheduled online or on ground

At least 40 additional enrollees and 20 additional completers.

Students ...

Proposed Completion Date

09/30/2022

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Engaged Justice Involved Populations

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

CMC will reach out to Justice-Involved community organizations to share resources, recruit, and work to localize offerings as appropriate.

5 Additional students from Justice-Involved Community

15 additional students

20 additional students

Proposed Completion Date

05/30/2023

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
  • Employment and Earnings: Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Expand offerings to better serve the community

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

Faculty will be supported in the development of Non-credit construction trades and Non-credit drug and alcohol counseling programs.  The goal would be for programs to be effective fall 2023. For Parenting classes that have already been developed, course offerings will be developed to best serve the community and will be offered spring of 2023.

The parenting class is running, other curriculum is in the approval queue.

All four disciplines included in the activity description are included in the college catalog and have had an initial regularly scheduled offering.  

Disciplines have been incorporated into and are a regular part of the established adult education program. 

Proposed Completion Date

09/01/2023

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
  • Employment and Earnings: Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Expand services for EL students

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Address Educational Needs

Faculty will be supported in developing an EL Civics course. With Spanish speakers being the largest EL group served by CMC, CMC will offer high school, GED prep, and EL Civics course curriculum in Spanish to the greatest extent possible.

10 additional EL students engage in High School completion work.

20 additional EL students engage in High School or GED completion work. The EL Civics course has been developed and scheduled with offerings by the end of year two. 

EL courses and High School/GED opportunities are fully integrated with an eye on expansion to Integrated EL programming. 

Proposed Completion Date

03/31/2023

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
  • Employment and Earnings: Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Expand partnerships within the community

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Effectiveness of Services

Intentionally engage with local service, community, and municipal entities to enhance the web of services available to area residents. 

2 new regular partnerships are developed with regular meetings in place.

The Morongo Basin Consortium is in a leadership position bringing together local agencies and municipalities to address the needs of students who can benefit from Adult Education Services. 

Consortium services and offerings have a higher profile and are more well-known in the community as measured by community feedback.

Proposed Completion Date

10/31/2024

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
  • Employment and Earnings: Median Change in Earnings (AE 801 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE)
  • Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Literacy (AE 311 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (CTE) (AE 636 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Clarify CMC COMIS data source and reporting

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Effectiveness of Services

Investigate the programming of CMC's catalog and course enrollment system and ensure that data elements exist that allow for appropriate capture of Adult Education related metrics.

Understanding of COMIS produced data and its source at CMC.

Comfort level within Adult Education leadership regarding the data and information for which the program is held accountable. 

Consortium members have facility with data and reports and discussions about outcomes are robust, leading to stretch goals.

Proposed Completion Date

05/31/2023

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Expand outreach and marketing

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Effectiveness of Services

Morongo Unified School District will expand marketing for courses that have available seats ensuring that community member access is maximized with brochures and social media platforms, visits etc. Morongo Unified School District and Copper Mountain College will jointly promote Adult Education Programs among MUSD families with appropriately timed and language-accessible distribution of materials.

Increase in at least 10 students served.

30 additional students served. 

50 additional students served.

Proposed Completion Date

12/17/2022

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Expand curricular integration

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Integration of Services & Transitions

Copper Mountain College will update its High School Curriculum to include CTE – related courses as electives wherever possible. Also, look into a mechanism for MUSD Adult students to apply CTE courses in AHD as electives.

High school program is updated allowing for multiple electives.

At least 10 students incorporate CTE courses into their high school transcript. 

At least 10 additional completers per year.

Proposed Completion Date

05/24/2024

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)
  • Transition: Participants with Transition to Postsecondary (credit college) (AE 637 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Provide for core basic and educational needs

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Integration of Services & Transitions

Copper Mountain College will maintain dedicated counseling and admissions and records support specific for adult education.

Copper Mountain College will fully supplement childcare for students who are working on Adult Education programs or on MUSD CTE programs. The billing mechanisms and oversite to ensure students are working on courses will be arranged.

Establish a mechanism to pay for relevant certification exams related to AHD, GED, and CTE programs.

Support student basic needs. Food, showers, internet service etc.

Students persist in program. 20% improvement.

Additional 20% improvement in program persistence.

Increased number of completers (30+).

Proposed Completion Date

02/23/2024

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
  • Student Barriers: Low Literacy (AE 311 - Overall)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Support educational needs of students' children

Objective that Applies to this Activity

Improve Integration of Services & Transitions

Investigate/pursue offering tutoring services to school-age children of adults in CMCs Adult Education.

Feasibility is complete with a report available about the project.

Opportunities are available for students to bring their children for tutoring while students complete program activities.

Increase in student completers, 20+.

Proposed Completion Date

05/03/2024

Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers

  • Progress: Participants Who Complete an EL Civics COAPP or Course (AE 411 - Overall)
  • Progress: Participants with Educational Functioning Levels Gains ASE (AE 400 - ASE)
  • Success: Participants Who Earn a High School Diploma or Equivalency (AE 633 - Overall)

Responsible person(s)

Name

Funds Evaluation

Member Allocations and Expenditures

Member AgencyPrior Year Total Leveraged FundsProgram Reporting Status
Copper Mountain CCD $537,161Certified
Morongo Unified $41,229Certified
Totals$578,390 2/2 Certified

CAEP funds are allocated to consortium members to address the seven program areas outlined within the program, providing resources to implement, support, and expand services and course offerings to students. These allocations include but are not limited to program support staff and instructional faculty salaries, facilities for instruction and advisement purposes, supplies, materials, and equipment to support and improve upon Adult Education courses and CTE programs offered to adults, and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff of the Adult Education Program. Other resources, as they are available, are likewise allocated to support and align with the goals of the Adult Education Program, all the while developing strategies that align resources with determined outcome and success metrics.

Certification

Copper Mountain CCD - Member Representative

  • Vice President of Student Services
  • jabell@cmccd.edu
  • (760) 366-3791 ext: 5280
Approved by Frantz Reyes

06/23/2022 10:19 PM PDT

Morongo Unified - Member Representative

Approved by Faith Kondrit

06/30/2022 10:37 AM PDT