Career – Infused Adult Education Nevada Program Managers and Instructional Leaders Facilitator: Lennox McLendon

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Career Pathway Options Tier II – I-BEST Upper level ABE and ESOL and ASE Bridge to occupational training Co-enrollment or team teaching Navigator/Case Manager 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 Adult Education 4

Agenda Reflections on Tier I Strategies and Resources Tier II options What you are doing now You cannot do it alone Partners Partnership Survey Evidence. A Colleague Project 5

Reflections on Tier I What strategy or resource did you try? Why did you select that one? How did it work? What adaptations did you make? CALL Catholic Charities CSN Great Basin Stretch Break NNLC Truckee Western Strategies and Resources 6

What does Tier II look like? 7

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Adult Education Occupational Training Job Connect Rehab Services Employers Community Support Organizations 9

Homework PartnerContactPhone Perf MeasuresTarget Pop Occupational Training Job Connect Rehab Services Employers Community Orgs 10

Employers: Existing Networks Community College Chamber Job Connect CTE Trade Associations Labor Unions Associationsi 11

You cannot do this alone 12

Navigators Colorado Success Unlimited 13

What are you doing now in Tier II. 14

LITTLE GROUPBIG GROUP Partnerships/Collaborations Building a Career Pathway System 15

LITTLE GROUP Adult Education One-Stop/WIB Occupational Training Rehab Services LITTLE GROUP Employers Community Organizations BIG GROUP Partnerships 16

LITTLE GROUP Create the Vision for the Career Pathway System Identify “big group” members Identify resources to support planning and development Identify management team How could it benefit those people you serve? How could it help you meet your performance measures? How would it complement the services you provide? How could we contribute? BIG GROUP Partnerships 17

#1:What does a Career Pathway look like? 18

#2: If we had such a system How could it benefit those people you serve? How could it help you meet your performance measures? How would it complement the services you provide? 19

#3: How can I contribute? The Partnership Survey 20

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The Partnership Survey Each organization Submit to staff Conduct a staff meeting to discuss Send final results to the BIG GROUP 22

# 4: Sustaining Partnerships What evidence will you, your staff and your board need to be convinced the pathway system helped your clients and your organization? 23

Tier II Interim Activity Between now and the March Meeting 24

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

Lennox McLendon