1. Illinois Professional Development: Creating a New Culture
Presented by:
Bevan Gibson, Director Southern IL Professional Development Center
Aime’e LaFollette Julian, Co-Director IL Center for Specialized Professional Support
Sarah Goldammer, Training Specialist, Southern IL Professional Development Center

2. FY 2014 Priorities for Adult Education- Creating Pathways for Adult Learners
Develop a Career Pathway System
Alignment with College and Career Readiness
Technology Skills
Expand Bridge Programs
Integrated Learning Opportunity
Acceleration Strategies Programs

3. The Problem of Disconnected Paths
Traditional ABE/GED Programs
Developmental Education
Postsecondary Career Programs
Lack of alignment with career/technical credential programs postsecondary entrance requirements
The “black hole” of developmental education:
Low completion rates for underprepared students
Remediation not customized to career pathway requirements
Programs lack supports and are ill-equipped to meet the needs of nontraditional students
Multiple Loss Points
Low rates of program completion and credential attainment

4. Handouts Career Pathways Graphic & Skills Sheet
As we began addressing the disconnect in our state, we also began work on a career pathways graphic to represent transitioning in adult ed for our students.
As we look at our model, we see that a partnership with CTE is crucial for success

5. Connecting Career and Technical Education to Adult Career Pathways
Accelerating Opportunity
Illinois Career & Academic Pathways Initiative
Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
Workforce Strategic Plan
CTE’s role and how to get there
Under Integrated Instruction

6. The Journey The “Elite 8”-colleges who began with AO
ICCB decision to scale up the number of colleges participating
Development of Transitions Academy
Added 4 colleges in first year (Cohort 1-AO Affiliate Colleges)
Added 6 colleges this year (Cohort 2-AO Affiliate Colleges)

7. The process
Integration of Adult Education and Career and Technical Education Professional Development Providers
Professional development for Elite 8
Used Elite 8 administrators as mentors for Cohort 1 and provided professional development
Used Elite 8 and Cohort 1 administrators as mentors for Cohort 2 and provided professional development

8. professional Development opportunities
Logic models
Online Transitioning Continuum
Google group for Elite 8
Transitions Academy
20 Minutes of Fame presentations
Mentors
Transitions Newsletter
Webinars
Transitions Blog
In-person trainings

9. Purpose of Logic Models
To assess the “if-then” relationships between elements of the program, i.e., if the resources are available for a program, then the activities can be implemented. If the activities are implemented successfully, then certain outputs and outcomes can be expected.

10. components of a Logic Model
Resources/ Inputs
Activities/
Goals
Outputs /Core Components
Outcomes
Impact
Certain
resources are
needed to
operate your
program
If you have
access to
them, then you
can use them
to accomplish
your planned
activities
If you
accomplish
activities, then
you will
hopefully deliver
the amount of
product and/or
service that
you intended
activities to the
extent you
intended, then
your participants
will benefit in
certain ways
If these
benefits to
participants are
achieved, then
certain changes
in organizations,
communities,
or systems
might be
expected to
occur
Handout of logic model discussion questions & of sample logic model
Your Planned Work
Your Intended Results

11. Online Transitioning continuum
Transitioning through Life, Advanced Education, and the World of Work
Free online professional development to help adult educators in transitioning knowledge from basic to complex
Handout Transitioning Continuum Flyer with topics listed
Take them to the site and do a quick walk through with handout of what is available

12. Google Group for Elite 8 Accelerating Opportunity Google Group
Elite 8 invited to join
Opportunity to ask questions and share information with other AO programs
Developed from the request of the programs to have a forum for sharing

13. Transitions Academy Goals
Participate in a six-eight month project
Participation in the Transitions Academy Launch (July-Aug)
Develop a program specific logic model
Attend additional professional development requirements
NCTN, Forum for Excellence, NCPN, and AE conferences
Present project at an open forum
Implementation of ICAPS and Bridge Program by the end of the process
Participation in the Spring Transitions Academy Professional Development – 20 Minutes of Fame
The Transitions Academy is designed to assist colleges and partnerships working on developing Bridge and ICAPS (Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System) programs by increasing awareness of the expanding partnership between Adult Education and Career and Technical Education as it relates to the ICAPS model, Accelerating Opportunity, Illinois Bridge programs, and Illinois Programs of Study.
Handout – TA timeline & Transitions Academy Brochure (Aimee)

14. 20 Minutes of Fame Describe AO process Partnerships formed
Enrollment
Pathways
Credentials/certificates
Number of staff involved
Recruitment process update
Partnerships formed
Policy changes locally
Early lessons learned
Handout 20 Minutes of Fame Guidelines
Networking with the other Accelerating Opportunity programs is very important. Why reinvent the wheel when we can learn from each other? We provided programs with 20 minutes of fame as a professional development activity. This was a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation and a 5 minute Q & A follow-up..
What Do We Want to Learn From Your Program?
Describe your AO process.
Enrollment
Pathways
Credentials/certificates
Number of staff involved
Recruitment process update
What partnerships have been formed?
Roles of partners
Internal partners
External partners
Describe/Address your relationship and planning activities between Adult Education and CTE.
Are there any policy changes?
Local policy changes
Impact of changes to Ability to Benefit on your AO project
What are some early lessons learned?
Successes
Challenges
Are students making the transition to employment or CTE POS?

15. Mentoring
Assignment made with consideration of proximity, pathway choice, and size of institution
Guidelines for mentoring given to mentors and mentees
Encouraged to share templates, models, data collection suggestions, and invite mentees to tour mentor’s program
Handout - Bridge/ICAPS Mentoring Program Guidelines

16. Transitions Newsletter
Distributed electronically 3 times per year
Highlights transitional programs in Illinois, upcoming professional development opportunities, JFF meetings and trainings
Found on SIPDC website
Distributed electronically 3 times per year
Highlights transitional programs in Illinois, upcoming professional development opportunities, JFF meetings and trainings
Found on SIPDC website – take participants to website and show the newsletters
Also highlighted on Transitions Blog
Handout – sample newsletters

17. webinars Experienced Bridge Programs Answer Your Questions
Experienced Team Teachers Answer Your Questions
The content of the webinar was chosen by the participating Bridge & AO participants and gave all the beginning programs a chance to learn from more experienced programs.
Bridge session has been offered twice and is archived for future use
Team Teachers session has been offered once and is archived for future use
All participants appreciated the opportunity to learn so much information in an hour with no travel
This also provided an opportunity to strengthen mentoring within the group

18. Transitions blog http://www.illinoistransitions.blogspot.com/
Share information
Promote programs
Easy link to resources
Stimulates community/culture of transitioning
Take participants to blog to show them what it looks like
Some of the topics:
Transitions newsletter link
Reports on mentoring
JFF Braided Funding link
SIUE M.S. in Educational Curriclum

19. In-person Trainings JFF Meetings Braided Funding
World Ed Career Navigator Training
Washington Team Teachers
Illinois leadership sharing the vision
Networking among Illinois programs

20. Questions?

21. Illinois Professional Development: Creating a New Culture
Presented by:
Bevan Gibson, Director Southern IL Professional Development Center
Aime’e LaFollette Julian, Co-Director IL Center for Specialized Professional Support
Sarah Goldammer, Training Specialist, Southern IL Professional Development Center
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