1. New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs December 7 th 2011 3:00 - 4:00 ET

2. 2 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs

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6. 6 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Moderator Andrala Walker Office of Workforce Investment Employment and Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor

7. 7 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Question 1 A.Learning more about credentials B.Crafting policy C.Using new strategies D.Other (use the chat to let us know) What are your learning goals for today’s webinar? [Select All That Apply]

8. 8 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Goals  Supply context for Administration’s focus on credentials and postsecondary training and education  Provide information on tools and strategies for awarding credit for prior and/or non-credit learning and work experience  Learn about best practices and proven approaches from the field

9. 9 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Featured Speakers Presenters  Pam Frugoli, Office of Workforce Investment Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor  Judith Wertheim, Vice President for Higher Education Services, CAEL  Amy Sherman, Associate Vice President for Policy and Strategic Alliances, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)  Gina DelSanto, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Agency Policy and Performance, Indiana Department of Workforce Development Moderator  Andrala Walker, Office of Workforce Investment Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

10. 10 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Presenter Pam Frugoli Office of Workforce Investment Employment and Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor

11. 11 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs The Issue  There are over 10 million unemployed adults  Many of them need skill upgrades or new credentials  Workers with postsecondary credentials earn more and are more likely to keep their jobs  Adults often do not complete postsecondary training – particularly if they’re required to complete remedial or developmental education before earning a credential

12. 12 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs High Priority Performance Goal  By June 2012, increase by 10 percent the number of people who receive training and attain a degree or certificate through the following programs: –Workforce Investment Act (WIA) adult, dislocated worker, and youth, –National Emergency Grants (NEG), –Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)

13. 13 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Guidance and Technical Assistance  TEGL 15-10 - Increasing Credential, Degree, and Certificate Attainment by Participants of the Public Workforce System: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm ?DOCN=2967 http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm ?DOCN=2967  Credential Resource Guide: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL 15-10a2.pdf http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL 15-10a2.pdf

14. 14 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Previous Credential Attainment Webinars on Workforce 3 One  Credentials 101: https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001 110347638764020/info https://www.workforce3one.org/view/3001 110347638764020/info  Strategies for Increasing Credential Attainment: Getting Credit for What You Already Know: https://www.workforce3one.org/view/5001 112552635772635/info https://www.workforce3one.org/view/5001 112552635772635/info

15. 15 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs  The term “career pathways” refers to a clear sequence of education coursework and/or training credentials that: –Is aligned with the skill needs of regional industries –Includes the full range of secondary, adult education, and postsecondary education options –Includes curriculum and instructional strategies that contextualize learning –As appropriate, integrates education and training that combines occupational skills training with adult education services, gives credit for prior learning, and adopts other strategies that accelerate advancement Career Pathways

16. 16 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Presenter Judith Wertheim Vice President for Higher Education Services, CAEL

17. 17 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs About CAEL  CAEL is the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning  A 501(c)3 non-profit organization with 37 years of lifelong learning and workforce development experience  Mission to remove barriers to learning for the adult workforce  CAEL connects learning and work  CAEL has a national network of hundreds of colleges and universities  www.cael.org www.cael.org

18. 18 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Why Does College Completion Matter?  U.S. position as a world leader in education has slipped in recent years, from 4th place in 1997 to 11th place in 2009 in degree completion for 25-34 year olds  By 2018, 62% of jobs will require some college or above  But only 40% of adults 25-34 have attained a post secondary degree 18 Source: Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, Georgetown University, Center for Education and the Workforce, June 2010 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

19. 19 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs In Dollars and Cents  58% of a city's economic success, as measured by per capita income, is due to the percentage of college graduates  Each 1% point increase in college attainment is associated with $763 increase in per capita income or about $1,900 to $2,290 per year for average household (2.5-3 people)  If the nation's top 51 metro areas increased college attainment by 1%, it would add $124 billion in personal income every year to our nation’s economy 19 http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/23/college-attainment-rates-thought-leaders-wnuck-cooper.html http://www.noche.org/media/1/TalentDividend_NEO_FINAL.pdf http://www.ceosforcities.org/td_seattle

20. 20 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Prior Learning Assessment 20 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

21. 21 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Question 2 A.Yes B.No Have you have earned credit through a PLA method

22. 22 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs PLA Methods  Standardized exams –Advanced Placement (AP) –College Level Examination Program (CLEP) –Excelsior College Exams –DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)  Challenge exams  Individual student portfolios  Evaluation of non-college training –Corporate or military training  Evaluation of non-credit instruction 22

23. 23 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Standards Of Quality  Credit or its equivalent should be awarded only for learning, and not for experience  Credit awards and competence levels must be made by appropriate subject matter and academic or credentialing experts  Fees charged for assessment should be based on the services performed in the process and not determined by the amount of credit awarded 23 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

24. 24 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Research: Findings on the Value of PLA 24 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

25. 25 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs PLA Research Fueling the Race:  48-institution study of PLA and academic outcomes (funded by Lumina Foundation)  62,475 total adult students in our sample (adult = age 25 or older)  15,594 (25%) had earned PLA credit between 2001 and 2008 25 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

26. 26 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs 26 Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success, CAEL, March 2010 Graduation Rates PLA Research

27. 27 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs 27 Graduation Rates PLA students in this study had better graduation rates than non-PLA students:  regardless of institutional size, level (two-year or four-year) or control (private for-profit, non-profit, or public)  regardless of the individual student’s academic ability or grade point average  regardless of the individual student’s age, gender, or race/ethnicity  regardless of whether or not the individual student receives financial aid COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011 PLA Research

28. 28 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs 28  Persistence: –PLA students have higher rates of persistence compared with non-PLA students  Time to Degree Savings: –Bachelor’s degrees: between 2.5 and 10.1 months –Associate’s degrees: between 1.5 and 4.5 months COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011 PLA Research

29. 29 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Community College PLA Survey 29 “Use of PLA in the Future”

30. 30 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs 30 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

31. 31 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs  Research indicates a need at institutions for more PLA, but a lack of capacity and resources  A new national online PLA service: –Supported by Lumina Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, U.S.A. Funds and the Walmart Foundation –Collaboration with ACE and College Board 31 Scaling Up the Use of PLA Through LearningCounts.org COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

32. 32 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs  Talk to an Advisor – free option to speak one-on-one with an advisor to find out which PLA option is right for the student  Enroll in CAEL 100: Prior Learning Assessment Theory and Practice: a six-week, three credit, online course  Create and Submit Portfolios –Faculty from colleges and universities from across the country evaluate portfolios and make credit recommendations –Credits are recorded on an American Council on Education (ACE CREDIT) transcript LearningCounts.org Process 32 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

33. 33 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Select Partner Institutions Over 160 colleges and universities serving as LearningCounts.org partner institutions 33 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

34. 34 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Presenter Amy Sherman Associate Vice President for Policy and Strategic Alliances, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

35. 35 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs USDOL Credential Goal  By June 2012, increase by 10 percent the number of people who receive training and attain a degree or certificate through the following programs: –Workforce Investment Act (WIA) adult, dislocated worker, and youth, –National Emergency Grants (NEG), –Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and –Career Pathways, including Community-Based Job Training grants. 35

36. 36 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs TEGL 15-10: Prior Learning Assessment  To shorten the duration in training, state and local workforce agencies can... Assess prior learning to help adults and dislocated workers obtain academic credit for independently attained knowledge and skills, thereby accelerating the process of credential attainment. 36

37. 37 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Examples of Promising States Arkansas  Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges (AATYC)  AT&T Foundation Scholarship Minnesota  2007 Higher Education Fairness Statute, directing state colleges and universities to award credit for military training experience Vermont  Central assessment system for state colleges Washington  PLA is in the WIA Strategic Plan  PLA legislation passed last session 37 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

38. 38 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Linking LearningCounts.org To Workforce  Proposed partnership between the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) and South Seattle CC. –Designed to give college credit for learning gained from the apprenticeship and to validate the work sites. –LC.org will be incorporated into the model, and apprenticeship faculty member will be trained as an LC.org assessor.  New Pathways to Careers project at South Seattle CC system funded by Mayor’s Office of Economic Development.  Target sectors: health care, business technology, industrial manufacturing & international trade, transportation and logistics  PLA is a major strategy in all of the sectors. In addition, PLA is being explored for home healthcare workers. 38 COUNCIL FOR ADULT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 2011

39. 39 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Presenter Gina DelSanto Senior Deputy Commissioner of Agency Policy and Performance, Indiana Department of Workforce Development Indiana’s Story: Prior Learning Assessment

40. 40 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs INDIANA POPULATION 6.8M  Educational Attainment: –33% of adult workforce (25-65) have Associates Degree or higher [US 38.1%] –23% have some college, but no degree –14% have a high school diploma, but no college  1 public community college with average enrollment of 150,000+  1 private community college with average enrollment of 7,500  Economic Base: manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, IT, services 40

41. 41 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs HISTORY  Fall 2010: met with Pam Tate (CAEL) at urging of WIB director  December 2010: Gabi Zolla (CAEL) presented to state workforce board –Unanimous interest in pursuing inquiry into use of WIA Adult-DW funds to finance PLAs –Remanded to the Educational Review Committee for further study  Spring 2011: Amy Sherman (CAEL) presented to Educational Review Committee 41

42. 42 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs HISTORY  Spring-Summer 2011: –Educational Review Committee Discussion with public and private community colleges Internal debate on specifics of policy  Fall 2011: Policy development and tuning questions addressed  December 2011: –Educational Review Committee final (?) vetting of policy –Vote on adoption by full state board 42

43. 43 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs  Permits and encourages local workforce boards to use annual WIA allocations for: –Development and review of Prior-Learning Assessment portfolios by Institutions of Higher Education (catalogue courses) Qualified third-party organizations (e.g. Learning Counts)  Eligibility and need for PLA determined during candidate meeting with Academic & Career Counselor (Intensive)  PLA portfolio development and assessment funded as Individual Training Account (Training) Indiana’s Proposed PLA Policy 43

44. 44 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Stipulations:  Candidate must be accepted into a program of study included on Indiana’s list of WIA eligible training providers;  PLA may only be sought for programs of study which lead to an associate degree or a credit-bearing, pre- baccalaureate occupational certificate;  Any PLA credit sought must be applicable to the WIA participant’s program of study or general education curriculum;  WIA funds may not be utilized for PLA in cases where there will be a cost associated with the transfer of credit from one institution to another. 44 Indiana’s Proposed PLA Policy

45. 45 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs  Development of “locator” for intensive-level counseling  Professional Development –Local workforce boards –One-Stop staff  Outreach to Institutions of Higher Ed  Development of a “Return to Learning” workshop at core-level Next Steps 45

46. 46 New Strategies to Increase Credential Rates in Workforce Programs Speakers’ Contact Information Gina DelSanto, Indiana DWD  Email: GDelSanto@dwd.IN.govGDelSanto@dwd.IN.gov Amy Sherman, CAEL  Email: asherman@cael.orgasherman@cael.org Judith Wertheim, CAEL  Email: jwertheim@cael.orgjwertheim@cael.org

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