Produced: Aug 14, 2025, 11:28 PM UTC - By John Mendiburu
2025-26
Plans & Goals
Assessment
Activities & Outcomes
Objective #1: Address Educational Needs
Retention plan
Objective #2: Improve Integration of Services & Transitions
Utilizing Data
WKAEN will include administrators, educators, data analyst, and site coordinators, to be involved in the collaboration and implementation of data-informed strategies to enhance instruction and support services. All educational staff will understand how to utilize data to ensure that programs are better aligned to student needs, leading to measurable improvements. Through rigorous data analysis, the consortium will ensure equitable access and outcomes for all students. WKAEN will continue to address the needs of underrepresented learners, including English language learners, individuals with disabilities, and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. These efforts will create a more inclusive and supportive environment for adult learners.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- All: Reportable Individuals (200AE)
- Employment & Earnings: Employed Two Quarters After Exit (505AE)
- Progress: Completed Educational Functioning Level Gain (400AE)
- Progress: Immigration Integration Milestone (411AE)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (149AE)
- Student Barriers: Long Term Unemployed (153AE)
- Student Barriers: Low Income (154AE)
- Student Barriers: Low Literacy (155AE)
- Student Barriers: Migrant Farmworker (156AE)
- Student Barriers: Single Parent (159AE)
- Students and Programs: Adult Basic Education (1001)
- Students and Programs: Career Technical Education (1003)
- Students and Programs: English as a Secondary Language (1002)
- Students and Programs: Programs for Adults With Disabilities (1004)
- Students and Programs: Short-Term CTE Training Programs (126AE)
- Students and Programs: Workforce Preparation (124AE)
- Success: Diploma, GED or High School Equivalency (633AE)
- Transition: Transitioned to ASE (500AE)
- Transition: Transitioned to Non-Developmental Credit College Course (637AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
---|---|---|
Stacey Falgout | West Kern Adult Education Network Joint Powers Authority | 01/01/2026 |
Christian Hoffmann | West Kern Adult Education Network Joint Powers Authority | 01/01/2026 |
Objective #3: Improve Effectiveness of Services
Integrated Education and Training (IET) Programs
WKAEN has implemented co-teaching models that combine Adult Basic Education (ABE), English as a Second Language (ESL), and workforce training in sectors such as healthcare, construction, and Paraprofessional. To address educational needs by expanding course options and curriculum, particularly around Career and Technical Education (CTE), WKAEN will expand our available CTE courses. WKAEN's goal for IET programs is to enroll 15 students per fiscal year into the workforce using a co-teaching model with a 70% completion rate.
Adult Education Metrics and Student Barriers
- Progress: Completed Educational Functioning Level Gain (400AE)
- Progress: Immigration Integration Milestone (411AE)
- Student Barriers: English Language Learner (149AE)
- Student Barriers: Long Term Unemployed (153AE)
- Student Barriers: Low Income (154AE)
- Student Barriers: Low Literacy (155AE)
- Student Barriers: Migrant Farmworker (156AE)
- Student Barriers: Single Parent (159AE)
- Students and Programs: Adult Basic Education (1001)
- Students and Programs: Career Technical Education (1003)
- Students and Programs: English as a Secondary Language (1002)
- Students and Programs: Workforce Preparation (124AE)
- Success: Diploma, GED or High School Equivalency (633AE)
- Transition: Transitioned to ASE (500AE)
Responsible Positions, Responsible Consortium Members, and Proposed Completion Date
Responsible Position | Responsible Member | Proposed Completion Date |
---|---|---|
Stacey Falgout | West Kern Adult Education Network Joint Powers Authority | 01/01/2028 |
Christian Hoffmann | West Kern Adult Education Network Joint Powers Authority | 01/01/2028 |
Fiscal Management
Alignment & Carryover
The allocations for 2025- 2026 directly aligns with our Three- Year Plan that ensures the organization programs sustainability. Allocations from CAEP supports WKAEN's daily operation that includes, English Language (EL), High School Diploma/High School Equivalency (HSD/HSE), English Language Civics (EL Civics), and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs.
WKAEN's allocation strategy is maintaining and enhancing our career exploration, skilled preparation, and expand the workforce development for the West Kern region.
Fund allocation supports the three strategic objectives outlined in the Three-Year Plan: addressing educational needs through comprehensive student support services, improving integration of services through coordinated career and education planning, and enhancing effectiveness through facility improvements and technology upgrades. The planned expenditures directly support the achievement of performance targets and addresses Educational needs at WKAEN.
WKAEN has strategically designated all carryover funds from prior years specifically for the construction and move of our facility. WKAEN's investment in the infrastructure of our new site will transform program delivery capacity. This new site will ensure that accumulated funds are utilized for transformative improvements rather than recurring operational expenses.
Under the Education Code 84914 requirements the carryover fund allocation strategy align with Capital Project that enhance long-term program success and effectiveness.
Carry over funds will maximize the impact of WKAEN's permanent infrastructure and enhance student success in all program areas.
Usage
Consortium Objectives & Activities Overview
Objectives & Activities
Activity | Origin | Included in Annual Plan |
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Objective #1: Address Educational Needs | ||
Aligning Reports to Student Gaps | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Retention plan | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Objective #2: Improve Integration of Services & Transitions | ||
Utilizing Data | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 | |
Objective #3: Improve Effectiveness of Services | ||
Integrated Education and Training (IET) Programs | THREE-YEAR PLAN 2025-28 |
Certification
Kern Co. Office of Education - Member Representative
John Mendiburu - jomendiburu@kern.org
- (661) 636-4168
Maricopa Unified - Member Representative
Michael Coleman - Superintendent
- mcoleman@musd.email
- (661) 769-8231 ext: 202
Taft Union High - Member Representative
Jason Hodgson - Superintendent
- jhodgson@taftunion.org
- (661) 763-2300
West Kern Adult Education Network Joint Powers Authority - Member Representative
Stacey Falgout - Director
- sfalgout@westkernlearn.org
- (661) 745-4315
West Kern CCD - Member Representative
Nicholas Valsamides - Executive Director of Fiscal Services
- nvalsamides@taftcollege.edu