CAEP Annual Plan: 2022-23 59 Sierra Joint Consortium
Status: Consortium Approved
California Adult Education Program : Annual Plan : 2022-23
59 Sierra Joint Consortium
Plans & Goals
- Executive Summary
Funds Evaluation:
Upon release of the annual CAEP allocation, the SJC steering committee reviews the allocation and any applicable COLA. A draft of each member's new allocation is presented at a scheduled monthly meeting. Members agreed that the consortium has sufficient funds to meet current demands but may be insufficient for program growth in the future in underserved areas.
Following a thorough review of consortium data, key data points and educational needs were identified:
- Need to increase hours of participation for existing students (persistence)
- Need for outreach to underserved populations: younger age group, males, ELL students, Low Income
- Need for continued support and expansion of ELL offerings, particularly at Roseville, Truckee and Inmate Education
- We are only serving 8.6% of low income people over 20 years old in our community
- Need to expand quality CTE training, industry certifications and viable post-secondary pathways
- Need to continue to increase high school completion or GED rates. Our consortium could serve over an additional 10,000 people between ages 20 and 49 who do not have a high school diploma
Objectives:
After a thorough review of the data, members identified the following objectives to focus on over the three year period:
- Increase English Language Literacy (ELL)
- Support students obtaining a high school diploma or equivalent (LL)
- Learn industry-specific and soft-skills needed to either obtain employment or earn a livable wage (LI)
Accomplishments:
- Increased ELL course offerings and student enrollment in underserved areas
- Increased course offerings and student enrollment for GED/HSD
- Implemented National External Diploma Program
- Increased course offerings and student enrollment for CTE including non-credit at Sierra College
- Implemented course offerings in CTE for inmate education
- Added transition counselor to post secondary education
- Implemented workforce preparation course with the California Conservation Corp
- Implemented HyFlex model of instruction
- Regional Planning Overview
Through our three year planning process consortium members (by looking at data and demographics) called out four objectives and four activities and outcomes to meet our regions student needs:
Objectives:
- Increase English Language Literacy (ELL)
- Support students obtaining a high school diploma or equivalent (LL)
- Learn industry-specific and soft-skills needed to either obtain employment or earn a livable wage (LI)
- Support transition to post-secondary
Activities and Outcomes:
- Offer ELL, HSD/HSE, or CTE classes in underserved areas
- Target marketing to reach underserved populations
- Support for managed enrollment
- Provide contextualized ELL instruction to support industry needs
For year one of our three year implementation process we will align with our Continuous Improvement Plan and WASC action plan. Benchmarks will be monitored through data to determine our effectiveness at meeting these activities and outcomes.
Meeting Regional Needs
Regional Need #1
- Gaps in Service / Regional Needs
Need for outreach to underserved populations:
- Younger age group
- Males
- ELL students
- Low Income
Lack of adult school programs and services in the Western Placer Region including Lincoln, Rocklin and Nevada/North San Juan
Lack of employees prepared for high need, high wage, and middle - high skilled industry sectors such as early childhood development, construction and healthcare
- How do you know? What resources did you use to identify these gaps?
We analyzed LaunchBoard data to identify underserved populations
The Western Placer County region has no adult school serving the area with a population of 51,000 and a projected growth rate for the entire Placer County region of 1.6% over the next five years (Placer County Economic Forecast)
We analyzed Center of Excellence labor market data and input from our local industry partners- How will you measure effectiveness / progress towards meeting this need?
- We will see an increased in participation by younger age group. males, ELL students and low income students
- We will see an expansion in class offerings in CTE, ELL, GED/HSD in Western Placer, Tahoe Truckee, and Nevada County
- There will be an increase in student completion of IET/IELCE programs that lead to employment or advancement
Address Educational Needs
2022-23 Strategies
Increase programs and services in underserved areas
Activity that Applies to this Strategy
Student Services and Transitions
Metrics that Apply to this Activity/Strategy
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
- Partnering with the local workforce industry partners such as Mountain Enterprises
- Providing technology, and internet access
- Offering a HyFlex model of instruction to make programs accessible
- Working with local school districts to add GED/HSD which will re-engage adult learners post Covid
- Targeting community outreach and digital marketing
Prepare students for high need, high wage, and middle - high skilled industry sectors
Activity that Applies to this Strategy
Student Services and Transitions
Metrics that Apply to this Activity/Strategy
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
- Partnering with the local workforce industry partners such as Mountain Enterprises to offer contextualize ELL and workforce readiness
- Providing technology, and internet access
- Offering a HyFlex model of instruction
- Working with local school districts to add IET/IELCE programing
- Targeted marketing for middle skilled industry sectors
Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
2022-23 Strategies
AE CTE Pathways and Curriculum Alignment with Sierra
Activity that Applies to this Strategy
Student Services and Transitions
Metrics that Apply to this Activity/Strategy
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
Continue efforts to align curriculum and create pathways between the adult schools and Sierra College. Additionally, the consortium will work to identify AE students ready to transfer to college. Our dedicated Transition Counselor will assist students (and other counselors) with the application process across PSA, RAS and NCAE. Incentives to transition include leveraging the new, broader interpretation of Credit for Prior Learning, particularly with CTE programs. Curriculum alignment work with existing CTE programs will continue and efforts to develop new career pathways between the AEs and the college will also continue. North Far North priority sections such as Human Development and Education will be a focus of exploration in the coming year. Lastly, ESL at Sierra College is working directly with CTE departments, starting with Building Industries, to create a Vocational ESL course model that will better prepare students to transition from ESL into CTE programs. College is working directly with CTE departments, starting with Building Industries, to create a Vocational ESL course model that will better prepare students to transition from ESL into CTE programs.
Improve Effectiveness of Services
2022-23 Strategies
Student Support Services
Activity that Applies to this Strategy
Student Services and Transitions
Metrics that Apply to this Activity/Strategy
- All: Adults who Became Participants (AE 202 - Overall)
- All: Number of Adults Served (AE 200 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (AE 305 - Overall)
- Student Barriers: Low Income (AE 310 - Overall)
Consortium members will use the following strategies to improve support services:
- Offer alternative diploma pathways such as NEDP
- Refine onboarding for new client/students to include goal setting
- Monthly pacing guides for completion of academic goals
- Early alert system that monitors student persistence and follow up interventions as needed
- Offering a HyFlex or Hybrid instructional models to support equitable learning opportunities and access
- Support of bilingual digital access to technology and training
Fiscal Management
- A narrative justifying how the planned allocations are consistent with the annual adult education plan which is based on your CAEP 3-year plan.
The Sierra Joint Consortium Steering committee agreed to allocate the 2022-2023 COLA at the same percentage as currently allocated. Consortium CAEP allocations are directed to the following areas, based on our 3-year plan: Expanding program and course offerings in remote and/or underserved locations within Consortium boundaries to fill gaps and meet customer needs; Continue to expand workforce training in high demand sectors throughout the region; Improve transitions from adult schools to post-secondary education; Identify and address barriers to student success and completion.
- An approach to incorporating remaining carry-over funds from prior year(s) into strategies planned for 2022-23.
If any member has carryover funds, they will be required to use those funds in compliance with the three-year plan, Consortia by-laws, and state standards. If carryover funds are to be redistributed across the consortium, it will require a unanimous vote of the membership.
The members have the following plans to spend down their carryover:
NCAE- increase community outreach, increase course offerings, increase compensation for teachers, facilities improvements.
TTUSD-Maintaining increased spending levels to close the gap in carryover. Current spending is $40,000 per year over current budget.
PSA- expanding programs into underserved areas (Lincoln and Inmate education)
Sierra will provide a classroom for TTUSD for NCCER classes and fund the Building Industries Association contract for Sierra's noncredit construction bootcamp
Certification
Nevada Joint Union High - Member Representative
Michael Hughes - Principal
- mhughes@njuhsd.com
- (530) 477-1225 ext: 5012
Kayla Wasley - Chief Business Official
- kwasley@njuhsd.com
- (530) 273-3351 ext: 3204
Placer Union High - Member Representative
Randy Ittner - Principal
- rittner@puhsd.k12.ca.us
- (530) 885-8585
Steven Casperite - Assistant Principal
- scasperite@puhsd.k12.ca.us
- (530) 368-2369
Roseville Joint Union High - Member Representative
Lisa Voss - lvoss@rjuhsd.us
Sierra Joint CCD - Member Representative
Jill Alcorn - Associate Dean
- jalcorn1@sierracollege.edu
- (916) 781-6281
Anna Mostafavi - JR. Accountant
- amostafavi@sierracollege.edu
- (916) 660-7610
Tahoe-Truckee Unified - Member Representative
Todd Wold - Manager of College and Careers: Career Technical and Adult Education
- twold@ttusd.org
- (530) 582-2591
Kerstin Kramer - kkramer@ttusd.org