Raising the Stakes: Making Adult Education Relevant in Indiana

1. Raising the Stakes: Making Adult Education Relevant in Indiana COABE 2013

2. Education, UI and Earnings

3. Adult Education Demographics – PY11 Incoming Educational Attainment Clients by Age • Adult Literacy/Basic Education: • Grades 0-3.9: 4,656 (16%) • Adult Intermediate Low Education: • Grades 4-5.9: 7,062 (25%) • Adult Intermediate High Education: • Grades 6-8.9: 7,968 (28%) • Adult Secondary Education: • Grades 9-12: 4,648 (16%) • English as a Second Language: • 4,457 (15%) • 16-18 Yrs: 5,467 (19%) • 19-24 Yrs: 7,869 (27%) • 25-44 Yrs: 11,909 (42%) • 45-59 Yrs: 3,146 (11%) • 60+ Yrs: 400 (1%) • Total 28,791

4. Adult Education Transformation • Public Law 7-2011 Allowed For: • New program standards, new policies, statewide commonality with regional inflection; new emphasis on professional development • Comprehensive regional approach – leverage partnerships; division of labor model across partners (WorkOnes, Adult Education, Post-Secondary, etc.) • Emphasize occupationally-based education and training – focus on nationally recognized certification/credential/degree • Career counseling and intensive case management for academic and employment goals; use of assessments in developing academic and career plan • Braided funding; streamlined services; no wrong entry point • Design new data system with real-time tracking; new focus on performance outcomes; emphasis on speed and educational attainment • And more!

5. Paradigm Shift: Adult Education for Workforce Preparation

6. Regional Consortium Model

7. Consortium Alignment with EGRs

8. PY11 Statewide Outcomes

9. U.S. Department of EducationCollege Completion Toolkit

10. AccessState Administrators

11. Promising Practices in IndianaAccess

12. AccessLocal Practitioners

13. College Access in Southern Indiana Scott County Economic Development Corporation

14. Indiana Career Explorer

15. KentuckianaWorks College Access Center

16. QualityState Administrators

17. Promising Practices in IndianaQuality

18. Quality in Southern IndianaScott County Economic Development Corporation

19. CompletionState Administrators

20. Promising Practices in Indiana Regional Consortium Model

21. CompletionLocal Practitioners

22. Completion in Southern IndianaScott County Economic Development Corporation

23. Referral Process Scott County Economic Development Corporation

24. Action PlanWhat are your next steps? What ideas/action items related to the Adult College Completion Toolkit do you have that you will take back to your state or local programs?

25. Contacts & Resources Jackie Dowd Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Education and Training jdowd@dwd.in.gov Marie Mackintosh Director of Adult Education Programs mmackintosh@dwd.in.gov Chris Deaton Director of Adult Education Accountability cdeaton@dwd.in.gov Indiana’s Adult Education Website www.in.gov/dwd/adulted.htm Indiana’s Adult Education Administrative Website http://www.in.gov/dwd/adultedadmin/ Jackie Dowd Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Education and Training jdowd@dwd.in.gov Marie Mackintosh Director of Adult Education Programs mmackintosh@dwd.in.gov Beth Pattison Region 10 Adult Education Coordinator bpattison@dwd.in.gov Relevant Websites www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/resource/adult-college-completion-tool-kit.pdf www.in.gov/dwd/adulted.htm http://www.in.gov/dwd/adultedadmin/