1. Patricia Tyler & Lennox McLendon
Lessons learned
Patricia Tyler & Lennox McLendon

2. 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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5. The World Has Changed; Our Goal Has Not
Lesson learned
The World Has Changed; Our Goal Has Not

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

15. Prosper L

16. Lesson learned
The Big Picture

17. The Big Picture

18. Career-Infused Adult Education
Lesson learned
Career-Infused Adult Education

19. Low level and Multi-level classes

20. 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

21. 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

22. Part-time teachers (80%)

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

24. Classroom organization and management

25. Career Infused
Current Practice
Careers Infused

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

27. 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

30. Part # 2: Soft Skills/job readiness skills

31. Michigan’s preparing workers

32. 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.

35. Resources for Career Awareness
Resource tip
Resources for Career Awareness
Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE & ESOL Classroom

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

37. Part #4: Classroom organization and management

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

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

40. Bob Kegan Academics Emotional stability Persistence
New Pluralism of Adult Education
The Power of the Cohort—the Group
Academics
Emotional stability
Persistence

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

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

45. 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

46. Required state leadership activities

47. Lesson learned
3. Required Partners

49. 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

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

51. Lesson learned
IET and IELCE

52. IET & IELCE Brief
IET Options

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

54. Alignment

55. Workforce Preparation Skills
Lesson learned
Workforce Preparation Skills

56. 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?

57. Lesson learned
In our own backyard

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

59. Lesson learned

60. The Gift ESOL Content Standards

61. Lesson learned

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