CAEP Three-Year Plan: 2022-23 27 Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium
Status: Certified
California Adult Education Program
27 Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium: Certified
Details
Assessment
Metrics: CAEP Barriers & Metrics
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 |
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All | *Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall) | 94,902 | 62,712 | 65,848 | 69,140 | 72,597 | |
Student Barriers | English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall) | 59,639 | 34,750 | 36,488 | 38,319 | 40,227 |
Member Level Metric Targets
* Mandatory for all members
Burbank Unified (Reported by Burbank USD: Burbank Adult School (BAS))
Metric Set | Metric | 2019-20 Actuals | 2020-21 Actuals | 2021-22 Actuals | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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All | *Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) | 1,695 | 1,119 | 1,175 | 1,234 | 1,295 |
Culver City Unified (Reported by Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD))
Metric Set | Metric | 2019-20 Actuals | 2020-21 Actuals | 2021-22 Actuals | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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All | *Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) | 820 | 546 | 573 | 602 | 632 |
Los Angeles CCD (Reported by Los Angeles District)
Metric Set | Metric | 2019-20 Actuals | 2020-21 Actuals | 2021-22 Actuals | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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All | *Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) | 24,973 | 14,416 | 14,848 | 15,294 | 15,753 |
Los Angeles Unified (Reported by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD))
Metric Set | Metric | 2019-20 Actuals | 2020-21 Actuals | 2021-22 Actuals | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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All | *Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) | 48,472 | 34,445 | 36,167 | 37,976 | 39,874 |
Montebello Unified (Reported by Montebello Unified School District)
Metric Set | Metric | 2019-20 Actuals | 2020-21 Actuals | 2021-22 Actuals | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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All | *Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall) | 3,652 | 2,846 | 2,988 | 3,138 | 3,295 |
Member Spending Targets
Member | Percent of 2019-20 Available Funds Spent | Percent of 2020-21 Available Funds Spent | Percent of 2021-22 Available Funds Spent | 2022-23 Target | 2023-24 Target | 2024-25 Target |
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Burbank Unified | 100% | 86% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Culver City Unified | 100% | 40% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Los Angeles CCD | 100% | 48% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Los Angeles Unified | 100% | 77% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Montebello Unified | 100% | 19% | 0% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
Objectives
Address Educational Needs
The LARAEC initial planning groups (IPGs) examined data to identify priority areas. Marketing was selected as one of the priorities to address educational needs. IPGs found that the consortium is only serving a small percentage of the need in the community. While already showing signs of rebounding, enrollment in all adult education programs is down significantly from pre-COVID enrollment. Regional survey data from local research institutions shows a greater need than ever for helping underserved communities get back into the workforce. The LARAEC Executive Board agreed that the focus for the next three-year plan needs to include a focus intentional outreach to communities of need and underserved populations. In the Los Angeles region, 41% of adults have a home language of Spanish and 15% of all adults are low literacy. Los Angeles County has an unemployment rate higher than the California and national averages, with 24% of regional adults living at or below the poverty line. The marketing focus area group identified some specific populations for targeted outreach, including job seekers, English language learners, and adults without high school diplomas. Other targeted groups include adults with disabilities, 50+, returning citizens, and those that need short-term CTE programs. Targeted marketing may include unique collateral materials for each population that address their individual motivations, needs, and support services, as well as avenues for distributing materials to these communities. As mentioned previously, the LARAEC 3YP student survey showed that 48% of respondents learned about AE from family or friends, 20% from school websites, and only 5% through social media and direct mail. Less than 2% of respondents found AE through traditional advertising such as billboards, TV, and Radio. The LARAEC Executive board indicated that the consortium needs to explore new and non-traditional methods for outreach and marketing. The ultimate goal is to provide equitable access to education and workforce services for underserved populations.
The IPG also identified the need to utilize new and emerging technologies to support its outreach efforts to these special populations. To this end, a LARAEC Program Finder (LPF) will be created and utilized. The LPF will serve as a student portal on the LARAEC website that will serve as a central clearinghouse for access to information around programs and locations. It will allow potential students access to information about programs and schools as well as giving school site personnel the ability to help connect students to appropriate programs. Future development may create the opportunity for the consortium to track connections between web visitors and school referrals.
Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
In preparing for 3YP, LARAEC initial planning groups (IPGs) examined data to identify priority areas. To improve integration of services and transitions, consortium collaboration was selected as one of the priorities. LARAEC also conducted staff and student surveys and hosted focus area groups in the spring of 2022 to help guide the process of refining priorities. Consortium-wide student data, reported through TE, shows that 60% of LARAEC students have at least 2 barriers to employment. District-reported data shows many student support services offered through school sites and on college campuses. IPG discussions noted that many students are not aware of or do not use these services. According to the LARAEC student survey, 53% reported no services used in the last year. Of those that used services, 28% were COVID testing and vaccinations, 15% Academic counseling, 7% food support, 7% career support, and the remaining support services less than 6% each. Staff surveys showed that 68% of respondents would like more resources and information about helping students facing challenging circumstances, with 81% indicating that connecting students to resources was moderate to high priority. LARAEC focus area members recommended sharing strategies for identifying community resources, sharing resources with staff, and connecting students with resources. In the next 3YP, LARAEC will support the activity of Shared Resources, Strategies, and Tools by using the Action Planning Team (APT) model to create an online resource toolkit and host informational sessions.
Two other activities of high priority identified by the focus areas groups are Collaborative Professional Development and Shared Knowledge Base. On the survey, 70% of staff indicated that consortium collaboration is a moderate or high priority, although only 36% of staff indicated that they have regular time available for collaborating with colleagues. Staff said that they would like more time to learn from others, plan and share lessons with colleagues, observe veteran and innovative teachers, and hear about new and evolving pedagogies and research. To that end, LARAEC staff will work with district point persons to continue to host topic specific APTs, LARAEC conferences and events (LARAEC ROCS, LARAEC Edge, LARAEC Experience), and create new opportunities for collaboration by establishing communities of practice for areas such as remote learning and transitions to post-secondary. LARAEC will also continue to host lunchtime sessions (Lunch with LARAEC) and create more activities to support group engagement, problem solving, and sharing. The consortium collaboration focus area group also recommended conducting activities that provide for more formal shared understanding, practices, and data definitions. LARAEC will create an online resource area for staff that will include FAQs, common definitions, guides, and consortium-member resources.
The ultimate goal of increased consortium collaboration and staff engagement is to increase student retention, completion, and transitions.
Improve Effectiveness of Services
In examining the area of effectiveness of services, the initial planning groups and the LARAEC Board selected Engagement and Persistence as a primary focus area. The consortium needs to find ways to convert potential students brought in by marketing efforts into fully engaged participants and convert those participants into persisters and completers. Enrollment data for the consortium shows that the number of students dropped by 38% from 2018/19 to 2020/21. There was only a slight drop in the percentage of students who became participants (attended 12 or more hours) moving from 75% in 2018/19 to 73% in 20/21. The Persistence rate (as defined by CASAS, the percentage of qualified enrollees who had a pre and posttest pair) showed a large drop from 41% in 2018/19 to only 16% in 20/21. Some of the drop in persistence can be explained by the challenges with conducting pre and post testing in remote environments. Looking at CAEP outcomes, in 2018/19 the consortium had 127 outcomes per 100 students compared to 2020/21 which reported 43 outcomes per 100 students. This represents a loss of nearly 100,000 outcomes. This data speaks to a need to focus on activities and strategies that support students in maintaining enrollment and moving to completion.
The engagement and persistence focus area group identified three priority activities: strategic student engagement, equitable curricular instruction, and scaffolded professional development. The focus group indicated a need to examine the students’ experience from first contact through completion to look for opportunities to have students fully engaged in the school, their plan, and their classes. Member-districts also need to look at strategies for making instruction and classes fully accessible to a wide range of students and their needs. Focus area group members recommended a wide variety of professional development options to increase technology integration and build remote and in-person engagement skills for classrooms and offices.
Activities & Outcomes
Implement Targeted Marketing
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Address Educational Needs
Based on the staff survey, marketing and outreach is one of the top two areas that staff would like more information and support. Although marketing activities have been typically left to each member-district, the marketing focus area group explored areas where consortium collaboration can support site-based efforts.
One-pagers - LARAEC staff and point persons will work with the newly formed Marketing APT (see next section for details) to design engaging one-pagers highlighting adult education as a program along with directions for more information. These one-pagers can be utilized by all districts and easily customized. This collateral material will allow for consistent and distinct branding consortium wide; provide useful material to distribute to community partners; create consistent messaging around consortium programs and offerings; and provide a resource to facilitate access to websites, phone numbers and registration information. Since word of mouth is one of our most used marketing tactics, these one-pagers can also be used by existing students as they share about programs. This gives potential students an informational item and call to action.
Materials for Special Populations - LARAEC staff and point persons will work with the Marketing APT to create alternate versions of one-pagers that market to specific populations. A focus in this new three-year plan is to intentionally outreach to underserved populations and communities of need. Marketing materials can be created that specifically target Spanish speakers, unemployed job seekers, and those without high school diplomas. Materials may also be created to address unique needs of returning citizens (formerly incarcerated), unhoused individuals, disconnected youth, and 50+ students. Unique marketing materials can highlight specific programs and support services that are attractive to these population segments and make continuing education more accessible.
Digital Marketing Campaign- LARAEC staff will work with a graphic designer and web developer to create digital marketing campaign graphics and logos. These digital elements can be used by all sites as highly visible social media content. All of these marketing elements will be accessible to schools on the LARAEC website. Universal messaging will also allow target populations to identify program and school opportunities over a wide geographic area. Although each district may conduct their own marketing campaigns, these materials will make it easy for schools to share uniform messaging about adult education while retaining the ability to customize traffic to their local websites. LARAEC office use of these materials will direct traffic to the LARAEC program finder discussed as a separate strategy (see section below).
By June 2023, a highly engaging one-pager will be created along with matching digital marketing campaign materials.
By June 2023, At least one collateral item for Spanish speakers, job seekers, and HSD will be created.
LARAEC will have created a media and marketing hub on the LARAEC website.
Established a social media posting schedule for LARAEC targeting staff support, resources, and PD.
LARAEC will work with the Marketing APT and have created collateral materials designed for additional target audiences (unemployed, 50+, AWD, HS seniors or other)
LARAEC staff and point persons will have evaluated media campaign supports in terms of consortium enrollment and regional education data
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Explore Non-Traditional Marketing Strategies
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Address Educational Needs
In one of LARAEC’s early planning meetings, the LARAEC Executive Board discussed the need for looking at non-traditional marketing strategies as a way to reach communities of need and underserved target populations. Although school sites need to develop ways to connect with their local communities, the marketing focus area group identified several ways that collaborative LARAEC activities could support outreach efforts.
Marketing APT - A marketing action planning team will be created to support targeted marketing and outreach to special populations. This APT will consist of administrators, faculty and staff and will be tasked with identifying target populations, creating strategies for intentional outreach, working with LARAEC staff to develop marketing materials, and providing information/training sessions to member-districts and field personnel.
Marketing Consultant - The LARAEC office will explore bringing in the expertise of marketing consultants to help with development of strategies to reach target populations. The LARAEC staff survey indicated that 86% of respondents were moderately or extremely concerned about low enrollment and 56% of staff surveyed would like marketing and outreach support. Members of the marketing focus area group indicated that they are not marketing experts and would like the assistance of a specialist in creating a plan. Marketing consultants can work with APT members to discuss non-traditional marketing approaches, host information sessions on digital marketing and website development, provide guidance on developing collateral materials, and strategies for using marketing resources. Consultant services may be retained for different areas of expertise and include those that have had success working with education and adult education institutions.
Partner Agencies and Community Survey - LARAEC point persons and district staff will utilize a new community survey to outreach and build partnerships with external community-based organizations and workforce agencies. The community survey is designed to be a starting point for deeper conversions around how to best share the programs and services offered at adult schools, provide services to agency employees and clients, how to connect member-district students with agency resources and services, and how to best partner in serving adults in the LA region. LARAEC staff surveys indicated that the top information (52%) staff needs is how to connect students with community-based support services, especially those resources that guide students facing challenging circumstances. Although community colleges offer a robust array of support services (see list Appendix B), many of the adult schools need to connect students with outside agencies. Partner agencies may include local libraries, WorkSource centers, non-profit organizations, city services, K12 schools and parent centers, businesses, and employers. Understanding our partners and their events, needs, employees, clients, campaigns, and activities can create a mutually beneficial relationship
Websites and Social Media - Based on the student survey, the top two ways that students find out about member-district programs are family or friends (51%) and school websites (20%). Focus area group members commented that many schools need to enhance their websites to make them more user friendly and have direct connections to services and registration. LARAEC staff and point persons will work with a Marketing APT and consultants to offer information sessions on strategies for making more engaging websites that promote connections with the school, registrations, and calls to action. Although some sites have skilled staff that support web development and robust social media presence, there is a marked unevenness from site to site. Focus at the LARAEC level may provide more equitable support.
By June 2023, a Marketing APT will be created.
LARAEC Board members, staff, and point person will discuss how to best incorporate marketing expertise in the development of marketing collateral and PD.
Member-district point persons will have Identified at least 1 outside agency/group for each district along with a new strategy for partnering.. e.g. parent centers.
Member-districts and point persons will continue to develop partnerships with outside agencies/groups and share strategies with other districts.
LARAEC will utilize input from marketing experts to enhance websites, identify outreach opportunities, and increase enrollment of students in communities of need.
Marketing APT members will have evaluated effectiveness of marketing materials in supporting outreach strategies and make recommendations for further development.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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The LARAEC Program Finder
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Address Educational Needs
Over the last year, new emphasis has been placed on creating and providing web-based resources to students and staff members. During COVID-19 closures, schools became more reliant on digital platforms for engaging with students, engaging with other staff members, and participating in consortium activities. Discussions with action planning teams lead to the development of a web-based LARAEC program finder. Member-district staff wanted a single place to find consortium-wide information that would be helpful when matching students with programs and courses. Staff also wanted to have access to program contact information to help support student transitions. Past action planning teams began work on curating district information and resources to build out the tool.
LARAEC Program Finder - LARAEC staff will work with district point persons and the web developer to complete and launch the program finder on the LARAEC website. This program finder will function in two formats. First, it will include a google mapping program that will also allow students and staff to search for nearby schools by program area. Results will show pinpoint on the map as well as direct contact information for program area leads. The second tool will provide more detailed career technical education program information. This tool will allow staff or students to ask a question like, “What school offers welding?” This tool will show where a specific program is offered or what CTE programs are offered at a specific location. Connecting students to programs and handing them off to specific staff members aligns all aspects of the 3YP. In the future, LARAEC may consider creating opportunities to track connections between web visitors and school referrals.
Web Analytics - To track the impact of marketing campaigns and effectiveness of the consortium website, Google analytics will be used. LARAEC staff will work with the web developer to track web traffic, identify most used resources, monitor repeat visitors, and track conversions of visitors to requests for information and school referrals. Year one will look at establishing baseline data to student, staff, and consortium portions of the site. Future years will look at increases in traffic and the effectiveness of specific campaigns.
By June 2023, complete public launch of program finder.
LARAEC staff will work with web developer to collect baseline analytics for web traffic to student pages.
LARAEC will show a growth in traffic to the program finder and other students webpages.
LARAEC staff will work with web developer to collect baseline data of conversions from web visitor to school referrals.
LARAEC staff will work with APTs to incorporate student media - testimonials, student-centered information, and student resources on the website.
LARAEC will show growth in traffic and conversions to school referrals
LARAEC will look for ways to track student conversions to enrollment.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
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Collaborative Professional Development
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
Respondents on the staff survey said that they would like more dedicated time to learn from others, plan and share lessons with colleagues, observe veteran and innovative teachers, and hear about new and evolving pedagogies and research. To that end, LARAEC staff will work with district point persons to continue to host topic specific APTs, LARAEC conferences and events (such as LARAEC ROCS, LARAEC Edge, LARAEC Experience), and create new opportunities for collaboration by establishing communities of practice for areas such as remote learning and transitions to post-secondary. LARAEC will also continue to host lunchtime sessions (Lunch with LARAEC) and create more activities to support group engagement, problem solving, and sharing. The ultimate goal of increased consortium collaboration and staff engagement is to increase student retention, completion, and transitions.
Lunch with LARAEC (LWL) - LARAEC staff will work with APTs, point persons, and feedback from staff surveys to plan a calendar for Lunch with LARAEC sessions. These sessions are designed to provide relevant professional development, program spotlights, information, or best practices that focus on the skills and topics from the 3YP. The intent is to provide strategies, tools, or resources that can be used by participants right away. These sessions are offered on-line during lunchtime (12:30- 1:30 PM Thursday) and recorded to provide synchronous and asynchronous engagement.
LARAEC Conferences - LARAEC conferences provide the opportunity to bring member-districts together for engaging and energizing sessions, keynote speakers, and recognition. Each conference has its own focus. The LARAEC Experience focuses on sharing best practices and instructional strategies across the range of adult education programs. LARAEC ROCS provides an opportunity to share about remote and online learning practices, tools, and pedagogy. LARAEC Edge brings together member districts, college outreach, and community-based agencies to provide information about student transitions to AE, post-secondary, and work. LARAEC will add a new LARAEC Speaker Event in the Fall of 2022. This in-person speaker event will provide a platform for kicking off the new 3YP along with research-based & motivational speakers aligned with 3YP focus areas. All these conferences often include LARAEC innovation Awards and LARAEC Collaboration Awards, both of which are designed to acknowledge good works from the field and highlight programs that are producing results.
Topic Focused Interactive Sessions and Communities of Practice - Focus area groups and staff surveys indicated a need to have more opportunities for interaction, sharing, and problem solving. LARAEC staff will work with point persons, APTs, and survey data to identify focus areas for more collaborative sessions. These sessions may follow a more problem solving approach that incorporates interaction between participants. Topic areas may result in a single hosted meeting or a series of meetings as a community of practice. Topics suggested by focus groups and survey results include transitions to post-secondary, remote learning and re-engineering curriculum, IET strategies, establishing and building industry partnerships, pedagogy and methods, and student engagement. While APTs are 3YP focused and have limited membership, and LWL is speaker focused, these sessions will allow for wider participation and sharing. The focus area group members indicated that the consortium needs to engage more people and move beyond APTs in order to make collaborative work more meaningful and impactful.
LARAEC staff and point persons will create measures for staff participation in consortium activities and collect baseline data for post-pandemic online and in-person events.
At least 300 LARAEC member-district staff will participate in a new in-person LARAEC Speaker event in fall of 2022 to kick off the 2022-2025 3YP and new focus areas.
LARAEC participation measures will show annual increases in staff engagement. Participants will report that these sessions provide support to staff in engaging and retaining students and helping them on their pathways.
At least 500 participants will attend an online LARAEC Edge event in Spring 2023.
LARAEC will have created a process and protocol for sharing curriculum and course shells through LMSs.
LARAEC will have created resource modules for onboarding teachers to remote learning.
LARAEC will develop strategies and protocols for tracking students through pathways and transitions to post-secondary.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Shared Resources, Strategies, and Tools
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
Over the next three years, LARAEC will support the activity of Shared Resources, Strategies, and Tools by using the Action Planning Team (APT) model to create an online resource toolkit and host informational sessions. LARAEC focus area group members recommended sharing strategies for identifying community resources, sharing resources with staff, and connecting students with resources.
Web-based Resource Toolkit - LARAEC consortium staff will work with APTs to identify shared resources to support students and staff in areas such as: support services (community-based and campus programs), transitions to post-secondary, adults with disabilities, curriculum and engagement, and career preparation. These activities were started during the 2020-2022 school years. The basic toolkit will be beta tested in the fall of 2022. After full release, APT members and LARAEC staff will conduct focus groups or survey research to identify items for the next cycle of development.
Information and Spotlight Sessions - LARAEC staff will work with member-districts and APTs to identify best practices for integrating resources into practice and sharing resources with students. LARAEC staff will coordinate with appropriate parties to secure created or researched content. LARAEC can host information sessions as part of the Lunch with LARAEC series or have pre-recorded content included as part of the resource toolkit. These information sessions will provide faculty and staff with opportunities to share tools and strategies that have worked in member-districts or outside consortia.
Action Planning Teams - LARAEC staff will work with district point persons to identify action planning teams that will be hosted during the 2022-2025 3YP. The APT model provides an opportunity for inter-district teams to work together to complete 3YP and annual plan activities and support implementation in their respective districts. These APTs meet in consortium-wide meeting four-five times during the year and coordinate completion of tasks with their co-chairs. Proposed APTs for next year may include: Support for Special Populations, AWD, Data and Accountability, Data for Strategic Planning, Counseling and Transitions, Marketing and Outreach, and Remote Learning and Engagement.
By June 2023, LARAEC.org will host a basic resource toolkit, including program search, transition and counseling resources, and PD and teacher resources. Baseline usage data will be collected through Google analytics for each semester of the 2022-2023 school year.
LARAEC will show increased participation on faculty and student resource pages (using Google analytics).
The LARAEC resource page will include expanded resources for adults with disabilities. The LARAEC resource page will include expanded resources and activities for staff and students related to mental health and wellbeing.
LARAEC will create opportunities for faculty and staff to share resources, have discussions, and form new innovations in collaborative online communities.
Focus group research will show use of the LARAEC website as a regular resource for staff.
LARAEC will have curated a large collection of resources for faculty and staff as well as host an engaging online forum. Surveys will show that the resource areas of the LARAEC are useful and support the work of consortium field staff.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Shared Knowledge Base
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
The consortium collaboration focus area group also recommended conducting activities that provide for more formal shared understanding, practices, and data definitions. LARAEC will create an online resource area for staff that will include FAQs, common definitions, guides, and consortium-member resources.
Knowledge Base - As documents and resources are created by action planning teams, previous subject-matter expert groups, staff, or member-districts, LARAEC will create an area of the website for easy access. Items for this shared knowledge base may include items such as: counseling guide, transition and admissions processes, CAEP data reminders, curriculum, calendars, and three-year and annual plans, and consortium data.
FAQs- LARAEC staff will work with district point persons and APT members to create a list of Frequently Asked Questions related to the consortium and the California Adult Education Program. FAQ topics may include: funding, consortium model, consortium and district leadership, contacts, program areas, and where to find more information.
Data Definitions - As with any educational entity, there are many descriptors that are used for program elements, students, and outcome measures. LARAEC will create a glossary of major definitions that are used in LARAEC and adult education programs. These definitions may help with having a common understanding when using the same or similar terms across institutions. Although some definitions have distinct and different understandings that are institutionalized in specific districts, LARAEC will provide a glossary of terms for consortium and field staff to have a better understanding about the use of these terms in each context. Some of these terms include: completer, persister, participant, student, virtual, hybrid, and hy-flex.
LARAEC staff will work with the Data APT and point persons to determine needed definitions. By June 2023, a definitions guide will be created that documents the term, definition(s), and districts that utilize the definition.
By June 2023, LARAEC will have created a knowledge area of the website to host common plans, guides, curriculum, information, data, and FAQs with starting answers.
By June 2023, LARAEC will have baseline data on traffic to the knowledge base pages of the website.
LARAEC will continue to build on the knowledge base area of the consortium website.
Google analytics will show increased traffic to the knowledge base area.
LARAEC will build a protocol for staff and APT members to recommend additions to the website or FAQs.
LARAEC will continue to build on the knowledge base area of the consortium website.
Google analytics will show increased traffic to the knowledge base area.
LARAEC will utilize the protocol for staff and APT members to recommend additions to the website or FAQs.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Scaffolded Professional Development
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Effectiveness of Services
The persistence and engagement focus area group recommended a wide variety of professional development options to increase technology integration and build remote and in-person engagement skills for classrooms and offices.
Remote Learning APT - LARAEC will create an Action Planning Team to strengthen remote learning in all program areas. On the staff survey, the top 5 areas of requested professional development were all technology related. Staff requested PD in incorporating digital resources, using advanced technologies (video editing, LMS management, and Google suite), strategies for blended and remote learning, using cloud-based technologies, and basic computer skills. APT members will outline and create opportunities for school-level staff to build their knowledge and expertise with technology tools, online resources, and remote teaching practices. APT members will work with LARAEC staff to organize and promote events, lunchtime sessions, and PD.
Methods, Pedagogy/Andragogy, and PD - LARAEC will support member-district remote, hybrid, and in-person learning by organizing a variety of relevant professional development and events. These staff learning opportunities will include research-based teaching methods, program-specific pedagogies, and adult learning practices. Professional development may also include remote teaching models, like TPACK and SAMR, as well as engagement and equitable instruction models, like UDL and culturally relevant education.
Best Practices - LARAEC will create opportunities for member-district or outside consortia personnel to share proven practices that address persistence and completion. The staff survey showed that more than 50% of respondents wanted more support in shared practices for engaging and communicating with students and shared practices for reaching out to non-completers and non-returners. LARAEC staff will work with the district point people to identify personnel that have high conversion rates for participants, high persistence rates, or high completion rates. High performers will be invited to share strategies with other educators.
Resource Library - As LARAEC hosts professional development, training, or lunchtime sessions, recordings and handouts will be archived for future reference. This will provide a great asynchronous resource for teachers.
By June 2023, LARAEC will establish a Remote learning APT to identity needed support and professional development, and work with LARAEC staff and point persons to coordinate training or best practice sharing sessions
The Remote Learning APT will continue to create resources and identify relevant professional development and work with LARAEC staff and point persons to coordinate training or best practice sharing sessions.
LARAEC will have a bank of resources related to remote learning to be used for onboarding and refreshing staff. These resources may be combined into a remote learning asynchronous course shell.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Strategic Student Engagement
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Effectiveness of Services
The Engagement and Persistence focus area group indicated a need to examine the students’ experience from first contact through completion to look for opportunities to have students fully engaged in the school, their plan, and their classes.
Onboarding Best Practices - The staff survey showed that 72% of respondents indicated that they are moderately or extremely concerned about the student onboarding process, with 86% concerned about students’ digital literacy skills. In some cases, students are unprepared for the digital literacy skills needed to register, communicate with staff, utilize software, access support, or engage in remote instruction. Based on the LARAEC student survey, 16% of respondents indicated they saw a counselor during the registration process and only 14% said they had an education plan for their coursework. LARAEC will continue work with the Counseling and Transitions APT in sharing best practices for registration, enrollment, orientation, and goal planning for students. LARAEC staff will archive recordings, handouts, and websites so that all member-district schools can access resources.
Customer Service Training - Provide customer service training for member-districts. This training will focus on the school experience from the student perspective. This training will support clerical/classified staff, counseling and administrative personnel, and faculty and encourage school sites to look at removing institutional barriers that may impact student journeys from first engagement to completion.
Building Community - LARAEC staff will work with district point persons to provide professional development, events, training opportunities, or sharing about adult student retention and engagement models. Many research studies support community building and focus on campus-culture as methods for increasing student retention and persistence. However, in the faculty survey, 59% of respondents indicated that they only sometimes, rarely or never incorporate activities that build community or campus culture.
LARAEC staff will continue to work with the Counseling and Transitions APT to create opportunities for sharing best practices related to registration, enrollment, orientation, and goal planning.
LARAEC staff will work with point people to organize customer service training for staff in all member-districts.
LARAEC staff will work with point people to provide professional development, events, or sharing related to adult student retention, engagement models, and community building.
Customer service training may be incorporated into an LMS for sharing curriculum across member-districts.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
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Equitable Curricular Instruction
Objective that Applies to this Activity
Improve Effectiveness of Services
The persistence and engagement focus area group indicated the need to look at equity in program access and instruction, examine strategies for making instruction and classes fully accessible to a wide range of students, and access student input on high priority topics and programming choices.
Promote and Build IET - Provide support for developing more Integrated Education and Training classes throughout member-districts with the focus on creating more access for limited English speakers to CTE classes. This support will include information sessions, implementation steps, and best practices around building and sustaining IET programs. In the LARAEC Student Survey, almost a quarter of all respondents indicated that they had enrolled to either gain a skill or wanted training for a better job. Providing information and support for the implementation of more IET classes will boost the ability of more students to meet their goals.
Equity Topics: LARAEC staff will work with point persons and APTs to host sessions or professional development on relevant equity-related topics such as equitable instructional models and engagement strategies outlined in previous sections. These topics can include district personnel, action planning team members, subject matter experts, and guest speakers to address equity in instruction, access to programs, elevating curriculum, and working with diverse populations.
Student Community Topics - LARAEC staff will work with action planning team members and point persons to develop presentations of high interest to students. These sessions will offer students an opportunity to interact with experts and receive information about a variety of relevant topics including legal aid, immigration, mental health, and financial literacy.
Student Focus Groups - In the LARAEC staff survey, over 66% of respondents indicated that they would like support around resources and services for students facing challenging circumstances. Having student voices weigh in on this topic would help districts prioritize these items. In the LARAEC Student Survey, almost a third of all respondents indicated that they had accessed no support services offered by schools in the previous year. Student focus groups would allow districts to ascertain if this indicates a need to adjust or enhance types of support services, or if the availability of these services is not being communicated to students effectively. To that end, LARAEC staff will work with district point persons to build and host student focus groups. These groups will be designed to allow student voices to be heard on issues surrounding a variety of topics including programming, scheduling, and prioritization of resources as it relates to students.
District Recommendations - In looking at the recommendations and discussion notes from the IPGs and focus area groups, there were many strategies suggested that focused on district or school-level practices and protocols. LARAEC staff will work with point persons to discuss how to best disseminate this information to local administrators and the field. These recommendations included scheduling classes to provide more options including weekends and remote classes, embed digital literacy skills in all courses, develop and offer more CTE, re-engineer online classes to incorporate remote pedagogies, increase campus use of social media, create local marketing plans, enhance school websites, and create more opportunities for staff to collaborate and observe each other. All of these items speak to increasing effectiveness of adult programs in meeting the needs of learners and creating inclusive campuses.
LARAEC staff will work with the Supporting Special Populations APT to identify student topics of interest. By June 2023, LARAEC will host at least 1 student-focused community topic.
LARAEC staff will work with point persons to identify topics of interest for information sessions including IET and equity topics
In future years, LARAEC will host at least 1 community topic per semester.
LARAEC staff will work with point persons to conduct student focus groups to inform further program development. These focus groups may be conducted in individual districts with a combined report.
LARAEC will have integrated regular community support sessions through annual immigration events, the LARAEC Edge conference, and quarterly high-interest topics.
Proposed Completion Date
Adult Ed Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
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Funds Evaluation
Member Allocations and Expenditures
Member Agency | Prior Year Total Leveraged Funds | Program Reporting Status |
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Burbank Unified | $3,125,446 | Certified |
Culver City Unified | $1,611,035 | Certified |
Los Angeles CCD | $19,230,107 | Certified |
Los Angeles Unified | $115,414,065 | Certified |
Montebello Unified | $12,974,326 | Certified |
Totals | $152,354,979 | 5/5 Certified |
For 2022-2025, Burbank Adult School (BAS) will be using leveraged funds in a number of capacities as outlined. BAS has opened new IET pathways: Pre-Certified Nursing Assistant and Business Office. BUSD is providing further PD for ESL teachers to incorporate CASAS results into their planning and will have a summer workgroup to create new EL Civics curriculum. The approval for and staffing of an LVN program will be pursued this year and leveraged funds will be used for the purchase of equipment and materials. The BAS also plans to expand its site technology, adding a computer lab and replacing/refurbishing existing machines. CCUSD will use leveraged funds for certificated salaries and benefits, including establishing the position of Adult School Principal. Funds will also be spent on professional development, supplies and materials, and support services. Expenditures will be aligned to the LARAEC annual and 3YP. In addition to sustaining existing programs, CCUSD will also use funds to build an FSI program, and develop CTE pathways in collaboration with LARAEC partners. Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD): For 2022-25, LACCD will use leveraged funds to address several initiatives. LACCD will leverage CAEP funds to support adult student equity, completion and transfer. LACCD commits to address onboarding students, transitions from adult schools to community colleges, or from community college to workforce or transfer to a four-year institution. LAUSD will use leveraged funds for certificated salaries, employee benefits, professional development, supplies/materials, and support services. Funds will be allocated to support the achievement of DACE’s post-pandemic goals: increased enrollment, improved student persistence, and learning options for students, including in-person, online, and hybrid courses. LAUSD will invest in expanding high-demand CTE courses, and will implement marketing and student reengagement campaigns. All of these are aligned with the LARAEC 3YP. MUSD will utilize funds to provide support systems for students and personnel. The areas of support include funding and resources for Covid-19 mitigation, classroom resources, completion of capital outlay projects, and PD opportunities related to LARAEC priorities and district goals to increase student engagement, recruitment, and retention. MUSD will continue to create online, in-person, and hybrid learning opportunities for students. (see more details in full draft at laraec.org)
Certification
Burbank Unified - Member Representative
Wendy Heard - Director, Adult Education, Burbank Unified School District
- wendyheard@burbankusd.org
- (818) 729-5950 ext: 33901
Culver City Unified - Member Representative
Veronica Montes 8424300 - Prinicipal
- veronicamontes@ccusd.org
- (310) 842-4300
Los Angeles CCD - Member Representative
Ryan Cortnner - cornnerm@email.laccd.edu
Adrienne Ann Mullen Ed.D. - Dean, Adult, Commuity & Continuing Education
- mullenaa@email.laccd.edu
- (323) 953-4000 ext: 3533
Los Angeles Unified - Member Representative
Joseph Stark - joseph.stark@lausd.net
- (213) 241-3150
Men Le - men.le@lausd.net
- (213) 241-3814
Montebello Unified - Member Representative
Dr. Angel Gallardo - Director, Adult Education & Student Support Services
- gallardo_angel@montebello.k12.ca.us
- (323) 972-1852