Patricia Tyler & Lennox McLendon Lessons learned Patricia Tyler & Lennox McLendon

Positive Impact What part of WIOA has had the most positive impact on your program so far At the state level With your local programs or what part holds the most potential to positively impact your program?

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The World Has Changed; Our Goal Has Not Lesson learned The World Has Changed; Our Goal Has Not

One and Two Year Occupational Certification Lesson learned One and Two Year Occupational Certification

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Lesson learned The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Career-Infused Adult Education Lesson learned Career-Infused Adult Education

Low level and Multi-level classes

Career infused adult education Tier II – I-BEST Upper level ABE and ESOL and ASE Bridge to occupational training Co-enrollment or team teaching Tier I Lower level ABE and ESOL and multilevel classes Infusing Career Content Infusing contextualized content around the high demand jobs in your area Infusing soft/work readiness/work preparedness skills Infusing career awareness, exploration and planning

How does WIOA work in multi-level classes and low-level classes Career Pathways Career Clusters Job Readiness Skills Integrated Education and Training How does WIOA work in multi-level classes and low-level classes

Part-time teachers (80%)

Career infused adult education *Instruction contextualized around high demand jobs *Job readiness skills *Career awareness, exploration, self assessment and planning

Classroom organization and management

Career Infused Current Practice Careers Infused

Student Goals The trigger that caused them to come to us for help McLendon & Associates

Part #1: Contextualized instruction around high demand jobs What are the high demand jobs LMI O*NET Career Clusters Reading, Math, English, Soft Skills in context of the career clusters

Part # 2: Soft Skills/job readiness skills

Michigan’s preparing workers

Part #3: Career awareness, assessment, exploration and planning What careers are out there What do those people do and how much to they get paid What are my current skills in relation to a job I may want How do I find out more about that job Let’s make a plan to get me from here to there.

Resources for Career Awareness Resource tip Resources for Career Awareness Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE & ESOL Classroom http://www.collegetransition.org/publications.icacurriculum.html

Career infused adult education *Instruction contextualized around high demand jobs *Job readiness skills *Career awareness, exploration, self assessment and planning

Part #4: Classroom organization and management

Career-Infused Adult Education Contextualizing Instruction around high demand jobs Integrating soft skills Infusing Career awareness HTHDIDT

Organizing Learning Individualized Instruction Group discussions Academic skills in context Group discussions Career awareness Career exploration Soft skills Group projects Team building McLendon & Associates

Bob Kegan Academics Emotional stability Persistence New Pluralism of Adult Education http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/research/report19a.pdf The Power of the Cohort—the Group Academics Emotional stability Persistence

Organizing Learning: Tier I and Multilevel I.G.I.P. Cluster Cycles Nightly agenda 6-7:30 Individual Skill Building 7:30-8:30 Group Activities 8:30-9:45 Individual Skill Building 9:45-10 Planning Managed Enrollment: Select one of the High Demand Jobs Clusters in the service area, e.g. building trades; public health For six (8, 10, 12) weeks, contextualize instruction around one of the Clusters McLendon & Associates

Career Pathway Options Tier II – I-BEST Upper level ABE and ESOL and ASE Bridge to occupational training Co-enrollment or team teaching Tier I Lower level ABE and ESOL and multilevel classes Infusing Career Content Infusing contextualized content around the high demand jobs in your area Infusing soft/work readiness/work preparedness skills Infusing career awareness, exploration and planning

CareeR infused Training format Career Infused Workshop Session Select one of the strategies to pilot Monthly reflections plus webmeetings/conference calls posted Six Month Presentation Face to Face Via the Web

2. Required State Leadership Activities Lesson learned 2. Required State Leadership Activities

Required state leadership activities Points to Ponder You cannot do them all at once Which are the most important Which do I start on first What kind of assistance to local programs need Not all local programs are at the same level on each

Required state leadership activities

Lesson learned 3. Required Partners

Partnerships: Core and required Who are they What are their Roles and Responsibilities How do I get them to play nicely Partnerships: Core and required

Partner Roles and Responsibilities WIOA Partnership Collaboration Checklist Teamwork Working Papers Program Memorandum OCTAE 17-4 One-Stop Operations Guidance Page 25

Lesson learned IET and IELCE

IET & IELCE Brief IET Options

Alignment of Local AE Plans with WIB Plans Lesson learned Alignment of Local AE Plans with WIB Plans

Alignment

Workforce Preparation Skills Lesson learned Workforce Preparation Skills

Workforce Preparation activities What are the Workforce Preparation Activities In your program: What activities are in place? What strategies are you using? What do you need to go to scale?

Lesson learned In our own backyard

In our own backyard Career Pathways Work Readiness Skills Career Clusters Integrates Academics with Career Skills Tech Prep 2+2 program

Lesson learned

The Gift ESOL Content Standards https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-964

Lesson learned

Thank You From what we get we make a living; What we give makes a life Arthur Ashe Days of Grace