AB 86: Adult Education
Webinar Series
http://ab86.cccco.edu
2-6-2015
Agenda for Today’s Webinar
• Reports Due 3/1 - Reminders
• Today’s Guest Speakers
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act Highlights
• WIA to WIOA – Changes
• WIOA & Adult Education
• Panel Discussion
• Questions??
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AB86 Final Report – Due 3/1/2015
• Submit your narrative report, including the tables for Objectives 3 to 7,
as a single document in PDF format.
• Use the following naming convention for the file: Grant NumberRegional Consortium Name- 3.1.15 Final Plan.
• Submit the Excel tables for Objectives 1 and 2 in a separate, Excel file.
• Include a cover sheet, table of contents, and narrative and tables for all
seven objectives.
• Refer to the report checklist to ensure you have included all parts of the
regional comprehensive plan
– project management plan
– organizational structure
– list of members and partners
– shared leadership strategies
– involvement of faculty and teachers
– communication strategy for the planning process.
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WIOA Guest Speakers
• Amy Wallace – CA State WIB
• Adam Peck – Tulare County WIB
• Javier Romero – Community College
Chancellor’s Office
• Neil Kelly – AB86 Office
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• WIOA is bipartisan legislation that will improve
our nation's workforce development system
and help put Americans back to work. It is the
first major reform in the US workforce system
in over a decade.
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WIOA Highlights
• Aligns Federal Investments to Support Job Seekers
and Employers.
• Strengthens the Governing Bodies that Establish
State, Regional and Local Workforce Investment
Priorities.
• Helps Employers Find Workers with the Necessary
Skills.
• Aligns Goals and Increases Accountability and
Information for Job Seekers and the Public.
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WIOA Highlights (cont.)
• Fosters Regional Collaboration to Meet the
Needs of Regional Economies.
• Targets Workforce Services to Better Serve Job
Seekers.
• Improves Services to Individuals with
Disabilities.
• Supports Access to Services.
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WIA to WIOA - Changes
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Applies one set of accountability metrics.
Reduces required members on state & local boards.
Strengthens alignment between LMI and economic development.
Eliminates the sequence of service and merges core & intensive
activities.
Increases the ability to use OJT, customized training, and
incumbent worker training.
Emphasizes implementing industry partnerships & career
pathway strategies.
Sets higher employment expectations for individuals with
disabilities.
Provides youth with disabilities the services & support necessary
to be successful.
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WIOA & Adult Education
• WIOA creates a partnership among the federal
government, state government and local
agencies to provide adult education and
literacy services.
– Literacy for self sufficiency
– Literacy for families
– Helping adults complete high school
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Expanding the Adult Connection
• Promoting transitions from adult education to
postsecondary education and training through
career pathways.
• Assist immigrants and EL learners for
– Literacy
– Civics
– Citizenship.
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Unified State Plan
• States are required to prepare a single,
coordinated 4 year unified plan.
• Plans must include the strategic vision and
goals of the State and elements to support it.
• For adult education:
– Aligning content standards for adult
education with state-adopted content
standards.
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Performance Accountability
• Measures include (effective 7/1/2016):
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% of participants employed during 2nd Q after exit.
% of participants employed during 4th Q after exit.
Median earning of participants.
% of participants who obtain a postsecondary
credential or HS Diploma.
– % of participants who during a program year achieve
a measurable skill gain.
– Effectiveness in serving employers.
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New Adult Education Activities
• Integrated education and training
– Contextualized instruction
• Workforce preparation activities
– Critical thinking & self-management skills
• Integrated English Literacy and Civics
Education
– Coordination with local workforce systems
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Governor’s Budget - Labor & Workforce
• Unified state workforce plan with input from adult
education providers.
• Regional planning efforts reflecting needs of
workforce partners.
• Common measures for adult education and literacy
programs.
• Reauthorizes the Adult Education and Literacy
Program with emphasis on transition to postsecondary & career pathways.
• Allow for increase funding to support correctional
education programs.
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CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT BOARD –
IMPLEMENTING THE STATE
PLAN
Amy Wallace
Assistant Director for Workforce Innovation
The Future of Workforce Development
California’s Challenge…
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Diverse, mobile population
Changing nature of work
Technology-based
solutions… and problems
Scale of Need
Pace of Change
Opportunity for Innovation!
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Classroom to career
connection
True public-private
partnerships
Locally delivered solutions
to regionally defined
challenges
Flexible funding tied to
outcomes, not outputs
Creating the space- and the
incentive- to take risks
California’s Workforce System
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49 local WIBs, focused on a variety of demand and priority
sectors
112 Community Colleges, 467 K-12 Career Partnership
Academies, 74 ROCPs, and countless other CTE and Linked
Learning efforts
Education, training, and jobs services are delivered within local
political jurisdictions- but workers seek and find jobs in
adjoining areas and businesses attract workers from across and
outside government jurisdictions.
Sector-based, regional, and “cross discipline” coordination
needs to be incentivized and rewarded to meet industry,
student, and job seeker demands.- Local Delivery
State Board Strategic Plan
Strategy for Shared Prosperity
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Regionalism – Encouraging partnership and collaboration
amongst the local areas
Sectors Strategies – Centering workforce training and
opportunities on those industries that have been projected to
grow or have replacement needs in California (regionally or
Statewide)
Training – Focus on credentialed training to prepare out-ofwork individuals and increase the skills of incumbent workers
Career Pathways – Putting workers and those looking for work
on a trajectory that leads to careers that support individuals
and their families
The WIOA Opportunity
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Setting a State-wide vision and goals
Aligning more stakeholders around a common vision and
plan
Creating strategies to get there together, and metrics to
know when we’ve “arrived”
Creating a “Year of Experimentation”
System Transformation
 Innovation
 Scale
 Accountability
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Developing the New WIOA Plan
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Refocussing the work of the State Board
Tackling the BIG issues that move the needle on job
creation, employment, and education
Coordination at the State, Regional and Local Levels
Creation of cross-system metrics
Balancing flexibility with accountability
Taking a “hybrid” approach to early implementation
Incentivizing “risk taking” and new modes of service
delivery that accelerate innovation
AB 86 Webinar
February 6, 2015
Workforce System in California
• 49 Business-led Workforce Boards
• 206 Job Centers
– Job Readiness Workshops
– Career Coaching
– Scholarships
– Job Placement
WIB Roles:
Workforce Research
• Analysis of the economic conditions, including
regional knowledge and skills, analysis of
workforce activities
• Conduct other research, data collection, and
analysis related to the workforce needs of the
region
WIB Roles:
Lead and Engage with Employers
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To ensure workforce investment systems meet
the needs of employers and economic growth
To develop and implement proven strategies to
providing the skilled workers to employers,
particularly in in-demand industry sectors
WIB Roles:
Career Pathways Development
• With reps from secondary and postsecondary
education programs, develop career
pathways that align employment, training,
education and support services
WIB Roles:
Coordination with Education Providers
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Coordinate with education and training
providers including providers of adult education
and literacy, career and technical education, and
programs under the Rehabilitation Act.
Local Examples
• Career Pathways Trust
– WIB part of grant writing team
– WIB playing regional intermediary role
• WIB Manufacturing Committee
– Committee jointly facilitated by WIB staff and
regional Deputy Sector Navigator
• Various Grants
– Employment Training Panel (Manufacturing)
– Promotoras (Community Health Workers)
WIOA Transition
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
• WIOA Implementation Work Group
– Co-Chaired by Van Ton Quinlivan
– Includes representatives from: Department of
Education, Board of Education, Chancellor’s Office,
Employment Training Panel, Department of Social
Services, Department of Rehabilitation, Local
Stakeholders
• Governor’s Budget Summary (pages 47-50)
Panel Discussion
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