1. Turn Your Caterpillar into a Butterfly: Creating and Evolving Your Transition Program
Sharon Travers, Assistant Principal, Castro Valley Adult & Career Education
Linette Escobar, Transition Specialist, Castro Valley Adult & Career Education
Yvonne Wu-Craig, Director of Grants, Chabot College
Rawya Bnyata, student
Sonitha Yousifi, student
Martina Ruiz, student

2. How do Transition support services fit in with AEBG and AB86?
Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG/AB104)
AB86 Planning Grants for adult school and community college consortia
Creates linkages for students to accelerate academic and career success
Seamless transitions for students across adult schools and community colleges

3. Table Share Where is your transition program now
Table Share Where is your transition program now? Where do you want it to be in 1 year?
Now
People
Training
Resources: Funding, Facilities
Students Served
Partnerships
1 Year from Now
People
Training
Resources: Funding, Facilities
Students Served
Partnerships

4. Our Process 2012 Brainstorming and development
K-12 and college advising background
Created a name: Launch
Researched web-based college and career resources
Developed intake form
Worked with Leadership Team and teachers to create awareness
Launch!
College & Career Success Program

5. Our Process Outreach to students
College 101 presentations and financial aid workshops
Occurred when student neared completion
Process effective on individual level but...
Greater student utilization needed
Closer CC and community/employment connections needed
Transition: New Transition Specialist

6. 2014-16: Program Evolves New Transition Specialist background
Reaching and Recruiting
Access to students
Active outreach
Inserted into ASE curriculum
Deepening Connections
Community Colleges
Partnerships
Opportunities benefit students

7. Step 1: Determine Resources
Fiscal: Funding Sources
AEBG
WIOA
AB86 Planning Grant – Consortium priority
Facilities: Private space for conferencing
Personnel hours needed

8. Step 2: Lay the Groundwork
Create college-going culture
“Push” rather than “Pull”
Teacher support key
Photos of graduates
Facebook
News Stories
Job Boards
Survey students

9. Step 3: Identify a Person to provide
Assessment of student goals, abilities, time-frame, and education path
Career exploration
One-on-one help with the college process
College applications and financial aid forms
College and career workshops, college tours
Resumes, cover letters
Referrals to social services

10. Step 4: Gather tools Tool #1 - INTAKE FORM Address barriers
Encourage students to come for additional visits
Provides documentation
Limitation: paper based, not all students need the same thing
Requirements on data and accountability = importance of gathering/reporting/tracking different way

11. Tool #2-Career Exploration Software

12. Career Matchmaker a place to start
Career Cruising – screen shot of Matchmaker Assessment

13. Step 5: Get Students in the door
Classroom presentations and “popping in”
Advisor as a teacher?
Create staff awareness
Embed career exploration into high school course
Transition Specialist on Leadership Team
Field trips
Flyers
Social media profiles of students using services
Arrange speakers

14. Step 6: Develop Partnerships “It takes a village….”
Community Colleges
Chambers of Commerce
ROP, WIB, high schools, consortium partners
Local businesses

15. Partnership with Community Colleges
Connect:
Counselors, ESL Teachers, College Tours, Include Adult Students in Employment and Job Fair Opportunities
Participate in Your Regional Consortium:
Attend Strategy Team meetings
Piloting & Experimentation Programs/Classes/Co-Location/Credit & Non-Credit on CC and AS campuses, Summer Boot Camps

16. From our Partners: Manufacturing Day
Sponsored by Chabot College, San Leandro Chamber of Commerce, Eden Area ROP, and Workforce Investment Board

17. How Does this Affect Students?

18. Summary Start small Ask questions
Gather your people, places and things
Get connected!

19. Opportunities & Questions
Add to your worksheet
Questions?
Thank You!

20. Contact us Sharon Travers, Assistant Principal stravers@cv.k12.ca.us
Linette Escobar, Transition Specialist
Yvonne Wu-Craig, Director of Grants, Chabot College
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