1. Basic Skills and Continuing Education: Working Together for the Future
Randy Whitfield, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President of College and Career Readiness
North Carolina Community College System
NCCCAEA Conference
September 26, 2014

2. Randy Whitfield
“The horse we’ve been riding on in Adult Education, the one we’ve had for over 30 years is dead. According to an old story, the best advice you can give someone who is riding a dead horse is to get off.
Some people will continue to ride and say, ‘But we’ve always ridden horses this way.’
Some will complain about the state of dead horses today.
Some will want to increase standards for riding a dead horse.
Some will blame the dead horse’s parents.
Some will form a committee to study the dead horse.
But the thing to do is if the horse you are riding on dies, GET OFF!” 16
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3. Werner Erhard “Ride the horse in the direction that it’s going.” 16
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4. Dale Carnegie
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
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5. Oprah Winfrey
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
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6. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA)
Title I, Workforce Development Activities
Title II, Adult Education and Literacy (AELA)
Goes into effect July 1, 2015, but State Plans not due until 2016 and outcome measures will be implemented in 2016.
Regulations for Act are currently being written by the US Department of Labor and the US Department of Education
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7. Emphasize increased accountability and results among the core programs
Increase access to opportunity for employment, education, training, and support services
Encourage alignment and coordination among the primary federal programs that support employment services, workforce development, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation activities
Emphasize increased accountability and results among the core programs
WIOA is authorized until 2020
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8. WIOA Requirements Unified state plan
Regional plans and applications with all partners to be reviewed by local Workforce Development Board
Funds from all partners to support infrastructure of the One-Stops
Same performance outcome measures as the One-Stops
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9. WIOA Outcome Measures
The percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during second quarter after exit
Percentage of program participants in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit
Median earnings of participants in unsubsidized employment during second quarter after exit
Percentage of participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary credential, secondary school diploma or equivalent during participation or within 1 year after program exit
Will receive credit only if such participants, in addition to obtaining such diploma or its recognized equivalent, have obtained or retained employment or are in an education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential within 1 year after exit from the program.

10. WIOA Outcome Measures
Percentage of participants who during a program year are in education that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment and who are achieving measurable gains towards those goals
Indicators of effectiveness in serving employers
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11. Integrated education and training
aims to provide adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities and workforce training
targets training in occupations or clusters that assist adults in their educational and career advancement
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12. Workforce preparation activities
Activities, programs or services to help individuals gain basic academic, critical thinking, digital literacy, and self-management skills
Includes competencies in utilizing resources and using information, and acquiring other skills necessary for successful transition into postsecondary education, training, or employment
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13. 3. Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IEL/CE)
Codifies the IEL/CE program, previously funded through annual appropriations
Provides instruction in literacy and English language acquisition, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation, and workforce training
Focuses program design and goals on integrated education and training activities and coordination with local workforce system
Reserves 12% of appropriations to support IEL/CE activities
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14. Revises considerations that must be used in awarding grants
Sets forth five new local application requirements, including those aimed at alignment with local workforce plans and participation in the one-stop system
Title I-B requires AEFLA applicants to submit applications to local Workforce Boards for alignment with local plans
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15. Includes additional permissible activities
Adds four new required activities to be supported with funds
Alignment of adult education and literacy activities with core programs and one-stop partners to support Unified State plan strategy
High quality professional development programs to improve instruction, including essential components of reading instruction and dissemination of models and promising practices
Technical assistance to providers based on rigorous research on instructional practices, local one stop responsibilities and effective use of technology
Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of adult education activities in the State
Includes additional permissible activities
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16. New Funding Considerations
Effectiveness of local program in meeting primary indicators of performance
Extent to which provider demonstrates alignment between proposed activities and activities and services of the one-stop partners
Whether the provider’s activities provide learning in context and integrated education and training
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