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WIOA
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Title II:
ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT
(Short Title)
For more information, contact:
Programs and Student Services Division
College and Career Readiness Unit
adultliteracy@nccommunitycolleges.edu
Background Information
Core Programs / Agency Lead
THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
WIOA – The “OPPORTUNITY ACT”
Title I
Title II
President Barack Obama signed WIOA into law on
Adults, Youth, & Dislocated Workers Programs
Agency: Commerce: Division of Workforce Solutions
Adult Education and Literacy Activities
Agency: Community Colleges: College & Career Readiness
Title III
Wagner-Peyser Employment Services
Title IV
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Title V
General Provisions
Agency: Commerce: Division of Employment Services
July 22, 2014. WIOA is designed to help job seekers
access employment, education, training, and
support services to succeed in the labor market and
Agency: DHHS: Vocational Rehabilitation
to match employers with the skilled workers they
need to compete in the global economy.
Agency: All Partner Agencies
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
One-Stop Delivery System
“Vision”
Documents
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Vision for AEFLA in WIOA
 AEFLA presents an extraordinary opportunity to improve the quality of life for
individuals with low skills. Literacy and numeracy are fundamental skills necessary
for workforce success, as well as for personal and social well-being.

Services provided under AEFLA are intended to lead to further education, training
opportunities, and work, and are to be based on best practices derived from the most
rigorous research available. The diversity of individuals who possess low skills requires a
broad approach to skills development.
 As one of six core programs under WIOA, the AEFLA program plays an integral role in
the workforce development system by providing access to educational services for
adult learners through the one-stop delivery system.
 The program seeks to increase opportunity in the educational and workforce
development of adults as workers, parents, and citizens. While playing a critical role in
adult attainment of a secondary school diploma, the program also aims to assist in the
transition to postsecondary education and training through the use of career pathways.
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Adult Education - Critical Services and Activities
#1 Assist adults
to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills for employment and
economic self-sufficiency.
The Vision
What Can You Be Doing Now?
 Workers and job seekers have access to basic skills
instruction relevant to employment through the onestop delivery system.
 Education is provided in the context of industryspecific needs that involve employers and is integrated
with occupational skills training to achieve the best
outcomes for participants.
 Programs use career pathways, integrated education
and training, and workforce preparation activities as
hallmarks of excellent work-relevant instruction.
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Adult Education - Critical Services and Activities
#2
Support the educational and skill achievement of Parents and Family Members to participate
in the educational development of their children and improve economic opportunities for families.
The Vision
What Can You Be Doing Now?
 Family literacy programs provide parents and family
members with foundational skills that boost their knowledge
and confidence to support the educational development of,
and to become educational advocates for their children.
 Parents and family members are able to improve their skills
to achieve readiness for postsecondary education or
training, job advancement, and economic self-sufficiency.
 Programs are designed to make sustainable improvements
in the economic prospects for a family and to better enable
the family to support their children’s learning needs.
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Adult Education - Critical Services and Activities
#3
Assist
immigrants and English learners in improving their English and math proficiency
and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
The Vision
What Can You Be Doing Now?
 English learners have access to services to help them achieve
competence in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding
English.
 These competencies allow them to obtain secondary school
credentials and succeed in further education and training.
 Immigrants acquire an understanding of what it means to be a
citizen and to participate in civic responsibilities.
 Programs are designed to provide high-quality math
instruction, evidence-based English language instruction and
civics education that is responsive to, and respectful of, the
diversity of immigrants and English learners.
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Adult Education - Critical Services and Activities
#4
Assist incarcerated individuals in strengthening their knowledge and skills to promote
successful
re-entry into society.
The Vision
What Can You Be Doing Now?
 Individuals who are incarcerated have access to educational
services that prepare them for employment, economic selfsufficiency, family roles, and responsible citizenship upon their
release.
 Incarcerated individuals can access adult education and literacy
activities that support post-release transition to higher levels
of education and training, as well as meaningful employment.
 Programs are designed to support incarcerated and formerly
incarcerated individuals’ access to life-expanding career pathways
opportunities that include approaches such as dual enrollment,
peer tutoring, and transitions to re-entry services designed to
facilitate post-release success and reduce recidivism.
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #1
Leaders develop a vision for how adult education aligns with core programs and one-stop partners.
The Checklist
— Establish strong partnerships with core programs and partners.
— Establish strategic vision and goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce.
— Take a lead role in the development of career pathways.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #2
States move toward aligning adult education content standards with the state’s K-12 standards.
The Checklist
— Obtain copy of the North Carolina Adult Education Content Standards (NCAECS).
— Have staff attend profession training sessions on NCAECS.
— Integrate content standards into curriculum framework of instructional programs.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #3
States commit to improving teaching and learning in every local adult education program.
The Checklist
— Apply practices that are based on the most rigorous or scientifically valid research available.
— Provide professional learning opportunities (state and locally) for teachers of all experience levels.
— Align instructional programs with the AEFLA requirements for Considerations #5, #6, #, 7, and #9.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #4
Adult educators leverage technology to improve teaching and learning.
The Checklist
— Integrate digital literacy skills into all teaching and learning activities.
— Expand high-quality distance education offerings.
— Identifying, use or adapt, and assess with appropriate and high-quality open education resources.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #5
Adult educators work to create stronger linkages with employers in partnership with other core programs.
The Checklist
— Be actively involved in meetings focused on regional and local labor market demands.
— Build capacity the meet the new requirements related to “Integrated Education and Training.”
— Be actively involved in regional and local employer engagement activities.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #6
States identify models & promising practices and a process to disseminate them for wider use among providers.
The Checklist
— Support and promote evidence-based instruction.
— Initiate a “benchmarking” program to support innovation and creatively for classroom instruction.
— Require all staff to participate in professional learning opportunities.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #7
States evaluate programs and activities to ensure continuous improvement and expand the available evidence base.
The Checklist
— Conduct ongoing evaluations to promote efficiency and effectiveness of programs and services.
— Use results of evaluations to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan.
— Make evaluations transparent and results accessible to the public.
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Adult Education Leaders – Guiding Principles
Principle #8
States work to increase accountability of the workforce development system.
The Checklist
— Implement a “Quality Data Matters” initiative for all staff.
— Develop a plan to review and implement action strategies for meeting NRS targets and outcomes .
— Review student demographics to ensure compliance with WIOA
What Can You Be Doing Now?
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Workforce Development Leaders – Action Steps
Below are recommended actions that workforce development system leaders and partners are
encouraged to take to move toward full implementation of the law.
1.
Build new, and strengthen existing partnerships.
2.
Support the development of plans to ensure Workforce Development Boards become WIOAcompliant.
3.
Develop transition plans.
4.
Reassess the one-stop delivery system.
5.
Identify and collaborate with new or existing youth service contract operators in order to
increase services to disconnected, out-of-school youth and reconnect youth to education and
jobs.
6.
Prepare for fiscal and program changes related to the transition from WIA to WIOA.
7.
Assess state laws.
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
Final Comments from the Vision Document
WIOA offers a unique opportunity to foster innovation in the workforce
development system, connects individuals with barriers to employment to
partner programs and resources, and supports establishment of a highquality local adult education delivery system where services are aligned
with regional needs, instructional activities are based on rigorous
research and promising models, and activities are integrated with
education and training or coordinated with employers and social service
providers to promote career pathways.
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Comments from the “Vision” Document
One-Stop Delivery System
WIOA recognizes the value of the one-stop delivery system and provides the workforce
system with important tools to enhance the quality of its one-stop centers.

The law strengthens the ability of States, regions, and local areas to align
investments in workforce, education, and economic development to regional indemand jobs.

It also places greater emphasis on achieving results for job seekers, workers,
and businesses.

Finally, it reinforces the partnerships and strategies necessary for one-stop
centers to …
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provide job seekers and workers with the high-quality career services,
education and training, and supportive services they need to obtain good
jobs and stay employed; and
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help businesses find skilled workers and access other supports, including
education and training for their current workforce.
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act -
State-Level Activities
2015 NCWORKS PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE
October 28-30, 2015 | Greensboro, NC
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
College and Career Readiness Unit
Staff Contact Information
Cassandra Atkinson
Coordinator of Transitions
atkinsonc@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7144
Barbara Boyce
Associate Vice President,
Workforce Continuing Education
boyceb@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7158
Karen Brown
Director of English as a Second Language
kbrown@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7140
Chavon Casey
Office Assistant
caseyc@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7135
Amy Cooke
Coordinator of Adult Basic Education
cookea@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7136
Nancye Gaj
Jannai Johnson
Best Practices & Dissemination Analyst
johnsonj@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7185
Karen O’Neal
Director of Programs & Professional Development
High School Equivalency Technician
gajn@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7122
onealk@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7138
Judy Howell
Grants Management Technician
howellj@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7141
Trudie Hughes
Education Program Administrator
hughest@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7208
Diane Steinbeiser
Coordinator of Adult Secondary Education
steinbeiserd@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7214
Alan Tucker
Director of Program Quality & Accountability
tuckera@nccommunitycolleges.edu
919-807-7134
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What Can We Be Doing
NOW?
WIOA Wednesday
Repeat Sessions: 9:30 – 10:30 and 2:00 – 3:00
August
September
Date
Topics
Date
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WIOA 101 –
Strategic & Operational Planning
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Core Programs Operations –
Partnerships with NCWorks
Career Centers
Topics
October
Date
Topics
WIOA Title II –
The 13 Considerations and
NC Content Standard
2
Services to Individuals with
Disabilities
7
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WIOA Title II –
The 13 Considerations and
NC Content Standard
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WIOA Core Programs –
Alignment Strategies
Services to Out-of-School Youth
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Unified Plan - Updates
16
23
30
No Webinar
NCCCAEA Conference
September 23-25 (RDU-Sheraton)
28
No Webinar
NCWorks Partnership Conference
September 28-30 (Greensboro)
English Literacy/Civics Education
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act –
Required Activities
1.
Alignment with core programs at NCWorks Career
Centers.
2. Operation of high quality professional development
programs:
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Development and dissemination of instructional
and programmatic practices
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The role of eligible providers as a required
partner in NCWorks Career Centers
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Assistance in the use of technology.
3.
Provision of technical assistance to eligible
providers.
4.
Monitoring, evaluation, and dissemination of
information.
State Leadership Activities
Permissible Activities
• Development of content and models for integrated
education and training and career pathways.
• Development and implementation of a system to
assist in the transition of students to
postsecondary education.
• Development and implementation of programs for
adult learners with learning disabilities or
English language learners, which may include new
and promising assessment tools.
• Outreach to instructors, students, and employers.
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WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act –
Topics
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Local Plan & Application
Required Narrative should be a description of …
Budget
how funds awarded will be spent.
MOU
any cooperative arrangements with other agencies, institutions, or organizations for the
delivery of adult education.
Alignment
how the eligible provider will provide services in alignment with core programs.
Performance
how the eligible provider will meet the state adjusted levels of performance, including
provision for data collection and reporting.
(5)
One-Stop
how the eligible provider will fulfill one-stop partner responsibilities.
(6)
Eligible Providers
how the eligible provider will provide services in a manner that meets the needs of eligible
individuals.
(7)
13 Considerations
how the eligible provider will address the 13 considerations.
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WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy
Question and Answer Session