In Q2, CUSD Adult Ed continues to provide courses in ESL and CTE.  CUSD continues to promote its Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) program.  At a consortia level, CUSD is working closely with its partners to create a variety of opportunities for our students. For example, ESL for Community, ESL for Employment (or CTE pathways), and ESL for Academics/Credit. This will allow us to contextualize and tailor the rigor of learning experiences according to interests and needs. 

In Q2, on-going and new activities were completed with highlights including: 1. Further development of the guided pathways model at SWC with specific identification of noncredit courses/programs to be included alongside credit courses/programs within eight fields of study and structured to help focus student goal setting, acceleration, support and completion; 2. Applied for local Strong and Perkins funds to provide additional noncredit curricular development and instructional support not covered in the CAEP plan and related to community partnerships in affordable housing, MC3 pre-apprenticeship readiness, carpentry/green building and welding; 3. Previously reported noncredit automotive technology and manufacturing technology curriculum programs have moved into the CCCCO queue for approval with expectation of being scheduled locally in fall 2023; 4.  Sponsored five SWC attendees for the CAEP Summit; 5. Leveraged local senate funds to send CAEP coordinator to ASCCC fall plenary, and; 6. Extended SB 554 pilot into spring 2023 with a significant increase in the number of students expressing an interest and initial enrollments at 15 students so far over the fall pilot that only saw 3 students enrolled.

Quarter 2 featured a highlight when Sweetwater Adult Education’s ESL programmatic approach of providing students with pathway choice (community, workplace, academics) was recognized by the California Department of Education as a “model program”. Sweetwater also continued to push the bar in CTE, as teachers from Southwestern College and Sweetwater adult continued to meet in an effort to obtain signed articulation agreements between the institutions. One of our challenges that has impacted Sweetwater Adult financially has been the challenge to fill all staffing assignments. Sweetwater had approximately 15 vacancies throughout 1st semester. Many of the vacant assignments are part time, but they all impact the spending trajectory of the division.