Produced: Aug 13, 2025, 07:27 PM UTC - By Thatcher Weldon
2025-26
Plans & Goals
Assessment
Activities & Outcomes
Objective #1: Address Educational Needs
Develop and implement career pathways
Objective #2: Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
Implement bridge programs in ABE/ASE/ESL
Implement ABE/ASE/ESL courses that are either integrated into career pathway training or offered concurrently in order to bridge educational gaps and ensure persistence and successful completion of programs.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- Progress: Completed Educational Functioning Level Gain (400AE)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (149AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
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Training | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Integrate bridge programs in CTE/STV programs
GlendaleLEARNS will focus on developing a contextual ABE bridge program into a career pathway. By integrating a bridge program, students are able to bridge their educational gap while developing technical skills to prepare for in-demand occupations. Implementing career pathways with integrated bridge programs also assists in addressing the needs of students with basic skills or English language needs.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- Progress: Completed Educational Functioning Level Gain (400AE)
- Students and Programs: English as a Secondary Language (1002)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
---|---|---|
Training | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Objective #3: Improve Effectiveness of Services
Partnership with VWDB to leverage resources
Continue partnership with VWDB to leverage resources through co-enrollments to access WIOA funding for students whenever possible, including providing supportive services and job placement assistance as funding permits.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Reportable Individuals (200AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
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Maintain Partnership | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Continue co-enrollments | Verdugo Workforce Development Board | 06/30/2028 |
Continue Strategic Co-Enrollment
GlendaleLEARNS will continue strategic co-enrollments with WIOA and non-WIOA partners to leverage resources. Partner services function as portals to adult education and can co-enroll students to continue receiving services from both partners in order to provide the wrap-around services students with multiple barriers need to successfully complete programs, enter higher ed, and/or obtain employment. A priority for partnerships is to access additional supportive services for students including academic, career, mental health and disabled students counseling.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Participants (202AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
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Maintain Partnership | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Access Labor Market Information
Partner with VWDB to receive quarterly labor market information reports and keep all members and partners apprised of local needs and growth areas. Labor market information will be customized as much as possible to include specific data and information on the City of Glendale and not just Los Angeles / Long Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Participants (202AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
---|---|---|
Maintain Partnership | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Provide labor market reports | Verdugo Workforce Development Board | 06/30/2028 |
Partner presentations during monthly meetings
Partners will be scheduled during monthly meetings to present updates on their programs, services, eligibility requirements and referral process to those services. This will update partner staff and faculty on services available for cross-referral of students to promote strategic co-enrollments. This activity will assist in addressing the second Strategy for Objective 3: Implement Professional Development Opportunities to Ensure Leaders, Staff and Faculty Have the Knowledge and Skills Needed to Meet Community Needs for Adult Education and Workforce Development. At least one partner will be scheduled at each monthly meeting to contribute to professional development of staff and faculty.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Participants (202AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
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Maintain Partnership | Glendale CCD | 06/30/2028 |
Fiscal Management
Alignment & Carryover
The Annual Plan is derived from the Three-Year Plan for GlendaleLEARNS and approved by the Board of Directors. Allocations are in alignment with the goals and strategies outlined in the plan and are also delineated accordingly in the CFAD and Member Plans which are also reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors in public meetings. This ensures that all expenditures are in compliance with CAEP and directly benefit or support student learning and goal achievement. Staff salaries are focused on instructors delivering instruction and/or coordination and support of program development, partner coordination, and delivery of services to students. Staff salaries for Career Counselors, for example, are included in the CAEP budget to support students. Similarly, other expenses include the tracking and reporting of CAEP services, other services to students including job development and job placement assistance, and materials and supplies for program operation and delivery of instruction.
Glendale Community College (GCC) was selected by the partners and members as the administrative entity for CAEP funds. It was approved by the members who serve as the Board of Directors for GlendaleLEARNS. GCC receives the funds on an annual basis and contracts with the VWDB to provide administrative support. Remaining funds are used to provide adult education classes, provide staff and faculty to support the programs, and other operational expenses. This fiscal management process has proven effective over the years, creating a role-model partnership, and will continue in 2025-2026.
The VWDB provides administrative support and these services are delineated in a Scope of Work which is an Exhibit in the contract executed on an annual basis. All services delineated are in alignment with the Three-Year Plan and allowable under CAEP. Program support services and other services such as paid work-based learning and job placement assistance are provided by the VJC and are funded through WIOA I. This partnership allows the leveraging of resources and is formalized through an annual CAEP MOU as well as the WIOA I MOU with mandated partners.
GlendaleLEARNS’ members make every effort to fully expend funds in the program year they are received. Over the past program years, GlendaleLEARNS has fully expended its funds in the year received. Carryover has never been an issue to address strategically. The CAEP apportionment is slightly more than $1million, and the student needs are much greater than the apportionment amount. The limited funding also limits the ability to develop and implement new programs that students and employers need. The limited funding is fully encumbered each program year to meet the community needs. Therefore, GlendaleLEARNS does not have an issue that requires carry-over of funds. Should carryover funds ever become an issue, GlendaleLEARNS will follow the CAEP regulations for addressing including creating a corrective action plan and monitoring that plan until fully implemented and funds are fully expended.
Usage
Member plans delineate planned expenditures throughout the year and guide the quarterly expense reports. Should any changes occur, the member plans will be modified and approved by the members. Program area reports are used to track leveraged resources as well as how funds were expended relative to performance outcomes. The prior year Program Area Report is considered when allocating resources in the next program year. Most recent changes have made it challenging to allocate resources based on prior year. The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the influx of new immigrants to the area increased enrollment in adult education and filling both in-person and distant learning ESL courses. The demand for ESL left a waitlist of more than 1,000 students each semester for the past three years. With recent changes in immigration policies, the demand for ESL had declined as well as the waitlist as immigration has declined. These significant changes will require projections that may be very different from the prior Program Area Report allocations. The WIOA Phase II MOU completed by partners also delineate the cost associated with programs and services provided to co-enrolled participants and this document is also reviewed prior to completing the Program Area Report. This information also allows GlendaleLEARNS to estimate and track leveraged resources.
Consortium Objectives & Activities Overview
Objectives & Activities
Activity | Origin | Included in Annual Plan |
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Objective #1: Address Educational Needs | ||
Continue partnerships to offer work-based learning | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Develop and implement career pathways | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Student transition from ESL to CTE/STV | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Transition youth to adult post-secondary education | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Objective #2: Improve Integration of Services & Transitions | ||
Implement bridge programs in ABE/ASE/ESL | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Integrate bridge programs in CTE/STV programs | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Resume College and Career Pathways | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Objective #3: Improve Effectiveness of Services | ||
Access Labor Market Information | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Continue Strategic Co-Enrollment | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Establish communication system for all partners | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Expand facility and staffing | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Implement CAEP and GlendaleLEARNS Orientation | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Participate in WIOA planning activities | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Partner presentations during monthly meetings | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Partnership with VWDB to leverage resources | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 |
Certification
Glendale CCD - Member Representative
MaryAnn Pranke - GlendaleLEARNS Coordinator
- mpranke@glendaleca.gov
- (818) 937-8051
Thatcher Weldon - Interim Dean of Continuing Education
- tweldon@glendale.edu
- (818) 240-1000 ext: 5018
Jane DiLucchio - dilucchi@glendale.edu
Glendale Unified - Member Representative
Christin Molano - cmolano@gusd.net
MaryAnn Pranke - GlendaleLEARNS Coordinator
- mpranke@glendaleca.gov
- (818) 937-8051
Verdugo Workforce Development Board - Member Representative
Judith Velasco - jvelasco@glendaleca.gov
- (818) 937-8031
MaryAnn Pranke - GlendaleLEARNS Coordinator
- mpranke@glendaleca.gov
- (818) 937-8051