1. Pathways to College & Careers for Washington’s Emerging Workforce
Accelerated Pathways, Increased Opportunities
WIOA Transition
CBS Fall 2017
Jon M. Kerr, Director
Basic Education for Adults
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

2. State Board for Community and Technical colleges (SBCTC)
Administers the Community and Technical College Act
Provides leadership and coordination for WA’s public system of 34 community and technical colleges
Governed by a nine-member board appointed by the Governor

3. SBCTC Vision: Mission:
Build strong communities, individuals and families, and achieve greater global competitiveness and prosperity for the state and its economy by raising the knowledge and skill of the state’s residents.
Mission:
We support and empower the Washington state community and technical colleges to increase higher education opportunities and student participation through advocacy, resources, information, leadership and accountability.

4. SBCTC Values
Customer Service: We strive to provide the highest level of internal and external customer service through responsiveness, flexibility, reliability and accuracy.
Integrity: We are honest, accountable and authentic.
Humor/Exuberance: We appreciate balance in our work and personal lives. We value the ability to grow, laugh and enjoy each other.
Expertise: We create opportunities for staff members to use their expertise and knowledge through collaborative teamwork.
Communications: We communicate openly, ask questions, and share information transparently, broadly, candidly and skillfully.
People Matter: We value the contributions and perspectives of each diverse individual in creating a supportive, caring, positive and respectful environment.

5. System Direction-Ten Year Goals Mission Study Goals—20 years
Enroll more underserved populations
Improve academic achievement for all students
Ensure CTC is accessible, especially for basic skills students
Expand pipeline to degree
Mission Study Goals—20 years
Increase education attainment-Tipping Point
Meet demands for a well-educated workforce

6. Our Board's Goals Promote Student Achievement and Success
Increase Access to Post-Secondary Education
Build on the System’s Strength and Successes

7. SBCTC Executive Director's Priorities
Enrollment-She is clear that the only place we will get enough students to meet enrollment targets and fill the workforce gaps in our state are from the current and potential basic skills populations.
Secondly--Completion-She is clear that we must also ensure all students complete the certificates and degrees needed to move into middle-class employment.
Perhaps most importantly--Equity-she is clear equity is not equal treatment---but the assurance that our programming provides every individual with the support and options they need to reach their goals.
Advocacy-SBCTC must first and foremost be an advocate for our CTC system, and most importantly our students to increase funding and support.
ctcLink-she is dedicated to solving the challenges of transitioning our colleges to the new student management system.

8. BEdA
Vision:
All adult Washingtonians will have access to innovative, high quality education programs that provide the knowledge, skills and credentials necessary for securing family sustaining employment that strengthens the state and local economies.
Mission:
The adult education system will provide research-proven instruction and college and career readiness pathways that allow adults to master academic and technical skills to attain their career and educational goals and successfully navigate education and employment opportunities.

9. BEdA
Values:
We believe the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen the Basic Education for Adults (BEdA) community and are critical to providing opportunities that support the success of underrepresented and low-income students in attaining a quality education that leads to self-sustaining employment. .

10. BEdA
Goals:
Implement and scale comprehensive, innovative college and career pathways to accelerate student completion and foster economic growth.
Guide and support transformational instructional practices that accelerate student completion to certificates, the Tipping Point, an AA/BA degrees leading to family sustain employment.
Contextualize Adult Education courses to support transition to high school completions & equivalency certification, postsecondary education, and employment.
Strengthen and maintain a culture of rigorous instruction and evidence of increased performance.
Create and maintain strategic alliances to leverage local resources and increase navigation support to students.
Foster student self-efficacy

11. BedA Office Added Goals
Guide the field in full implementation of WIOA & The WA TAP Plan
Examine pathway programming to ensure equitable and inclusive representation to better support underrepresented an low-income students achieve transition and completion.

12. Equity for All! BEdA Students BEdA Faculty BEdA Programming
CBO Integration
Guided Pathways & Funding

13. Approved June 2016 SBCTC Allocation Model State Funds
Determines College/District Base Enrollment Allocations
(enrollment targets adjusted annually based on the comparison of the 3-year average
of actual enrollments to the 3-year average target)
Determines Minimum Operating Allocation (MOA) $2.85 Million/Campus/District
Allocates 5% Performance Share for SAI
Weights Priority Enrollments (30%)
All BEdA enrollments
All applied baccalaureate programs
STEM courses designed for STEM majors or transfers
Workforce high demand courses identified as contributing to degrees needed to meet skills gaps identified in the Joint Study on A Skilled and Educated Workforce

14. Allocation Model Reminder
College Providers: The Enrollment Enhancement Earmarked dollars received each fall will no longer be allocated to college providers. The idea is that the 1.3 weighting in the allocation formula is more significant than the small amount of tuition backfill.  
Both the weighting and elimination of the basic skills enhancement earmark are to happen beginning July 1, 2016.
CBO Providers: As CBOs do not receive SBCTC state allocations beyond
the enhancement funds, they will continue to receive their earmarked
funds in the fall.
These funds will be renamed “State Match - Federal Basic Education Grant.”

15. Basic Education for Adults at a Glance
Funded Providers
34 CTCs
9 CBOs
Students
46,849
53% ESL, 47% ABE
56% Female, 44% Male
Funding ( )
Federal $9,249,138
Non-federal $46,068,784*
*Reported for MOE
Faculty
19% Full Time
81% Part Time
Allocation Methodology
Funds distributed based on a prorata share among
providers for the following (3-yr average of data):
50% Performance based
10% Transitions
20% Total Student Achievement Points
20% SAI points per student
50% FTE Enrollment

16. A Call to action!
Work with Administration to consider a plan of Action
Ensure this is a focus of action plans and work plans
Remind individuals at every opportunity

17. DOL’s Vision for One-Stops
The National Vision is that One-Stops are not just Workforce anymore but an integrated service that is shared.
One-stops should not be a referral system but can actually serve individuals in the location they enter.
Robert Knight, Adult Services and Workforce System, DOL
An integrated system that leverages resources
Has integrated management systems
Workforce side is funded to provide jobs skills training
Everyone who walks into the One-Stop needs to be counted and put into the system

18. The Basic Education for Adults Vision for One-Stops
Washington State One-Stops have integrated staff and co-located services whenever and wherever possible that move every individual to the Tipping Point and living wage jobs in the shortest time possible.
Workforce, education, and training work with each individual to develop a career plan that gets them to a living wage job, life-sustaining skills, and meets the needs of the workforce
Career plans identify work and education goals as both long-term and short-term goals.
Employment and education happen together whenever possible

19. Basic Education For Adults Resources And Capabilities
1.5% of Federal Funds
College and Career Pathways
Co-located Space
Shared Staff
Testing & Education Placement Expertise
Educational Advising and Navigation
Incumbent Worker Training-I-BEST at Work
Training & Skills Development

20. Infrastructure Funding Agreement (IFA) Update
Ultimate goal is consensus
SeaKing, Snohomish, PacMtn, Olympic, Spokane, Workforce Southwest Washington, and Eastern WDC regions
Agnes Balassa contracted to develop a common template and approach to developing system budgets
PacMtn Region’s plan to move forward
A guidance figure: 1.5% of total federal funds
Non-cash contributions:
Expenditures incurred by One-Stop partners on behalf of the One-Stop center; and
Must be valued consistent with 2 CFR to ensure they are valued fairly evaluated and met the partner’s proportionate share.
(20 CFR (c)(3)

21. IFA Proportionate Use
For the purpose of infrastructure funding, proportionate use refers to, among other things, a partner program contributing its fair share of the costs proportionate to:
The use of the One-Stop center by customers who are enrolled in its program at the One-Stop Center;
Another allocation consistent with the Uniform Guidance
While the requirement to contribute in proportionate share to the benefit received remains present, WIOA neither prescribes the exact methodology to be use to allocate infrastructure cost nor determines each partner’s proportionate share.
WIOA One-Stop: Infrastructure Funding – Part I
US Departments of Labor & Education: 9/21/16

22. IFA: Relative Benefit
When considering portportionate share, the determination of relative benefit received from participating in the One-Stop delivery system is another step in the allocation process.
Determining relative benefit does not require partners to conduct an exact or absolute measurement of benefit, but instead measures a partner’s benefit using reasonable methods that are agreed to by all partners.
WIOA One-Stop: Infrastructure Funding – Part I
US Departments of Labor & Education: 9/21/16

23. HS21+ Data 34 Programs Up and Running! Data Point* 2013-2014 2014-2015
Total **
As of 9/20/17
Students Enrolled
521
1,935
3,427
5,883
3,987
Diplomas Awarded
201
702
1,317
2,276
1,503
Significant Gains Earned (CASAS)
396
1,207
2,239
3,824
1,706
Total SAI Points Earned
1,473
4,128
6,948
12,549
9,104
Average SAI Points
Earned Per Student
2.8
2.2
2.0
2.3
Federal Level Gains
209
606
1,028
1,843
1,239
34 Programs Up and Running!
*SBCTC Report Manager Enrollment Monitoring, 9/20/2017
**Data Through Spring 2017: Not Final Year End

24. I-DEA Data Data Point* 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Total 2016-17**
As of 08/03/17
Students Enrolled
429
749
1,388
2,566
2,049
Significant Gains Earned (CASAS)
256
(59.7%)
466
(62.2%)
907
(65.3%)
1,629
(63.5%)
1,333
(65%)
Total SAI Points Earned
862
1,366
3,130
5,358
1,536
Average SAI Points Earned Per Student 2
1.8
2.3
2.1
2.21
Federal Level Gains
211
(49.2%)
382
(51%)
771
(55.5%)
1,364
(53.2%)
1,087
(53%)
** SBCTC Report Manager Enrollment Monitoring 08/03/2017: Not Final Year End

25. I-BEST Data Point 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-17 Total 3,861
Students Enrolled
3,861
3,937
4,539
4,891
17,228
FTE
2,034
2,178
2,494
2,662
9,368
Degrees & Certificates
2,219
1,979
1,939
1,403
7,540
Significant Gains Earned (CASAS Test)
1,682
1,619
1,850
2,005
7,156
Total Performance (SAI) Points Earned
16,839
17,179
21,553
22,397
77,968
Performance Points Earned per Student
4.6
4.5
4.7
Federal Level Gains
980
958
1,102
1,229
4,269

26. 2015-16 Student Achievement Points for I-BEST and Comparison Groups
Headcount
Basic skills points
Basic skills points per student
College points
College points per student
Total points
Total points per student
Transfer
120097
n/a
115561
0.96
215651
1.80
Workforce
82000
77944
0.95
136530
1.67
I-BEST
4377
6317
1.44
10728
2.45
21756
4.97
Basic Skills No I-BEST
38125
62537
1.64
2946
0.08
75334
1.98
Total
244599
68854
0.62
207179
0.85
449271
1.84
College-level credits for I-BEST and Comparison Groups
Headcount*
Credits attempted**
Credits earned
Credit earned ratio
151,775
2,807,152
2,399,920
85%
99,275
2,061,789
1,829,683
89%
5,403
125,639
111,158
88%
3,333
40,367
33,514
83%
*Includes students taking courses at multiple institutions
**Transcript database, credits attempted (CLVL_IND = Y) credits earned (earn_ind = Y)
Cohort definitions (SAI database):
Intent last = B, Kind of basic skills = null, targeted program indicator = not like 1*
Intent last = F,G,M,I, Kind of basic skills = null, targeted program indicator = not like 1*
Targeted program indicator = 1*
Basic skills No I-BEST
Targeted program indicator = not like 1*, Kind of basic skills = not null
Program
Total points per
student
HS 21+
2.3
I-DEA
2.1

27. Corrections Education
Prison-Based Corrections Education: Eight colleges operate branch campuses at 12 state prisons providing four main programs:
Basic Education for Adults including GED, HS21+ and I-BEST
Developmental Education
Workforce: 20 different degrees and certificates that match programs from main campuses
Reentry courses such as job search and college readiness
Community-Based Corrections Education: Nine colleges host college reentry navigators to help incarcerated students enroll in college to continue their education after release.

28. BEdA in Guided Pathways
Meta Major 1
I-BEST
Meta Major 6
I-BEST
On-ramp
On-ramp
Meta Major 2
I-BEST
BEdA/
ELA
Meta Major 5
I-BEST
On-ramp
On-ramp
On-ramp
On-ramp
I-BEST
Meta Major 3
Meta Major 4
I-BEST

29. Legislative Update Operating Budget
Policy Investments
Funding for I-BEST: $750,000 per year
New Guided Pathways funding: $1.5 million per year to improve student success
Additional MESA funding: $750,000 per year

30. SSB 5069: Corrections Education (effective July 23, 2017)
Allows community and technical colleges to provide workforce-related associate degrees in correctional institutions to inmates who meet criteria established by the Department of Corrections (DOC).
Inmates shall be selected to participate in the program based on priority criteria and the following conditions:
Within five years of release
Do not already have a postsecondary degree
Has a reentry plan that includes participation in an associate degree education program

31. BEdA Legislation Agenda Proposal Considerations (supports system priorities of equity, enrollment, & completion)  
Caseload funding for basic skills
All students receiving a two-year degree are eligible for a high school diploma
Allow OSPI to receive credit for diploma attainment for HS 21+ students between the ages of years of age. This would allow SBCTC to include younger students in HS 21+
Implement K-12 fine forgiveness so that CTC students can access their high school transcript
Statewide funding solution for the first six college credits for those without a high school diploma  
Increase funds to Opportunity Grant

32. QUESTIONS?

33. "Better Jobs. Better Futures. A Stronger Washington."
Contacts
"Better Jobs.  Better Futures.  A Stronger Washington."
Jon M. Kerr, Director
Basic Education for Adults
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Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box | Olympia, Washington 98504