1. Noncredit Pathways to CTE
John Freitas, ASCCC Treasurer
Bernie Rodriguez, ASCCC Noncredit Committee, San Diego Continuing Education
Lorraine Slattery-Farrell, ASCCC Executive Committee
November 2, 2017
Fall 2017 Plenary Session
Irvine Marriott

2. Getting Started
On a scale of 1-10 (1 = rookie & 10 = experienced veteran) where do you rate yourself in regards to your knowledge of noncredit?

3. Feedback
Are you using noncredit as part of pathways into CTE programs? How?
What do you need to support consideration or further development of noncredit pathways into credit CTE, or even to employment?

4. Background
The priority of policy makers and the legislature is to move students through to completion and subsequently to transfer and/or careers, as evidenced by:
Realignment of Adult Education from K-12 to CCCs.
Equalization of CDCP noncredit apportionment rate with credit.
Establishment of the Strong Workforce Program.
$150 million for Guided Pathways in budget.
Noncredit can play an integral role in meeting this priority.

5. Benefits - Noncredit as an Entry Point
The nature of noncredit (FREE!, low risk) allows colleges to attract students who may not otherwise consider college
Consistent with a pathways approach, broader coursework can be developed in noncredit to help students filter into career preparation
Career exploration
Basic skills – math, ESL, English language and literacy
Broad concepts that could benefit multiple CTE disciplines – allied health, manufacturing, agriculture, and more
Noncredit can provide entry level career training; credit can provide training for advancement
Students can “step up” from noncredit into credit or into a career

6. Possibilities - Noncredit Leading to Credit
Noncredit can be used as prerequisites and co-requisites to credit
Nothing in CA Ed Code or Title 5 precludes this
Chancellor’s Office, with ASCCC input, is preparing guidelines
Articulation agreements can be set up between noncredit and credit courses, between and within colleges
Allows students to enter through credit or noncredit without barrier of prerequisites
Allows students to later earn credit for noncredit experience if deciding to pursue a credit certificate or degree

7. Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP)
Preparation for employment or success in college-level credit coursework
Four categories of courses that, if combined into a noncredit certificate, can be eligible for apportionment funding equal to credit
Four categories: ESL, Basic Skills, Short-term Vocational, Workforce Prep
Requirements established in Ed. Code

8. (”Enhanced Noncredit)”
Noncredit Categories
All Noncredit
CDCP
(”Enhanced Noncredit)”
AEBG
ESL
Basic Skills
Short-term Vocational
Workforce Preparation
Immigrant Education
Courses for Adults w/ Substantial Disabilities
Parenting
Programs for Older Adults
Family & Consumer Sciences
Health & Safety
Basic Skills *
*may include supervised tutoring and high school diploma or equivalency
ESL (Immigrant Education, including workforce preparation)
Pre-apprenticeship
Courses for Adults with Disabilities
*may include supervised tutoring, high school diploma or equivalency, and classes for adults helping students

9. Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP)
Programs and required courses classified as noncredit Career Development and College Preparation(CDCP) prepare students for employment or to be successful in college-level credit coursework. In accordance with Title 5, section §55151, colleges may offer a sequence of noncredit courses that culminate in:
Certificate of Competency
Certificate of Completion - leading to improved employability or job opportunities
Adult High School Diploma

10. Noncredit certificates
Certificate of Completion
Sequence of CDCP courses in Short-term Vocational or Workforce Preparation
Defined in Title 5, section 55151(h)
Certificate of Competency
Sequence of CDCP courses in ESL or Elementary & Secondary Basic Skills
Defined in Title 5, section 55151(i)

11. Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) – Some Basics
AB 86 (2013) – Realignment of Adult Education
Required CCC and K-12 districts to form adult education consortia.
$25 million in funding allotted for two-year planning period.
Five specific educational areas required
Elementary and basic skills
Classes for immigrants
Programs for adults with disabilities
Short-term CTE with high employment potential
Programs for apprentices
AB 104 (2015) – Adult Education Block Grant program
Requires a workforce focus.
$500 million for block grants to implement AB 86 plans
Expanded allowable educational areas to seven to now include:
The five original AB 86 areas (required)
Workforce entry/reentry
Parenting

12. Adult Education and AEBG – The Big Picture
Federal level – adult basic education is linked to workforce training
Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014.
California – AEBG focus is workforce preparation
AEBG metrics include workforce measures, including occupational skills gain, workforce preparation milestone
AEBG postsecondary credential metric includes:
Locally approved certificates eligible for inclusion on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) (through the California EDD)
CDCP CTE certificates with more than 48 instructional contact hours – aligns with Strong Workforce Skill Builder Metric
Certificates that meet the minimum threshold for inclusion under Perkins
Certificates that meet the threshold for Title IV federal student aid

13. SAVE THE DATE!
May 3rd-5th 2018 ASCCC Collaborative Institute, Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa
Strands will focus on
CTE
AEBG
Noncredit
Student Services

14. Pathways into CTE at San Diego Continuing Education
Noncredit college in SDCCD
Seven sites, including at credit colleges
Educational Cultural Center (ECC) – CTE focus with programs in areas such as auto tech, child development, digital design, HVAC, welding.
Credit by exam agreements between SDCE and SDCCD credit programs allow students to apply articulated noncredit coursework to credit program requirements.
Credit by exam used to give students college credit for the noncredit courses they completed.

15. SDCCD Credit-by-Exam Process

16. Noncredit to credit – SDCE Automotive
Noncredit to credit – SDCE Automotive
Students transferring to Miramar credit automotive program
TOTAL
AUTO 507A-BRAKES SUSPENSION & DRIVELINE 6 1 4 8 3 24
AUTO 507A-ENGINE/ELECTRICAL/MAINTENANCE
TOTAL
AUTO BRAKES SUSPENSION & DRIVELINE 3 5 1 28 47 87
AUTO 507A - ENGINE/ELECTRICAL/ MAINTENANCE 2 24 46 78
AUTO 507B - ADVANCED DRIVABILITY & PERFORMANCE 33 66
100
AUTO QUICK SERVICE/LUBE PRE-DELIVERY    AND     AUTO AUTOMOTIVE INTRODUCTORY AND SAFETY 17 43 60

17. SDCE Credit by Exam Agreement Example

18. Resources Chancellor’s Office Noncredit Info
Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge (ASCCC paper)
Preparing Students for Careers and College through Noncredit Enhanced Funding (CCCCO Report – Dec 2016)
AEBG Website -
San Diego Continuing Education -

19. Questions? Thank you! John Freitas – freitaje@lacitycollege.edu
Lorraine Slattery-Farrell –
Thank you!