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Stacking it up: breakthrough strategies for Postsecondary transitions

Stacking it up: breakthrough strategies for Postsecondary transitions. Barbara Endel, PhD Consultant to KnowledgeWorks Foundation Cincinnati, OH. Major workforce issues. 70 Million Americans (45% adult population) with skills below the high school level

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Stacking it up: breakthrough strategies for Postsecondary transitions

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  1. Stacking it up: breakthrough strategies for Postsecondary transitions Barbara Endel, PhD Consultant to KnowledgeWorks Foundation Cincinnati, OH

  2. Major workforce issues • 70 Million Americans (45% adult population) with skills below the high school level • Too few Adult Basic Education students earn a GED or transition to higher levels of learning • Bridge workforce development policy with higher education policy (ECS must have other partners)

  3. Education Barriers:75 M adults have at least one education barrier H.S. Diploma, No college No H.S. Diploma 51.4 M 18.2 M 8.2 M 5.0 M 5.2 M Speak English “Less Than Very Well” Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  4. Systems Issues • Adult Basic Education (ABE) is not connected to higher education • Workforce systems (WIA, One Stop Network, etc.) have inconsistent relationships with ABE • ABE is not connected to employers or employment systems

  5. Break through strategies

  6. Break through strategies: Ohio Board of Regents Community Colleges University branch campuses Four-year colleges and universities Ohio Department of Education (K-12) Adult Basic Education Less than 2% total budget

  7. Break through strategies: January, 2009 via legislative mandate ABE Career-Tech Ed Community Colleges

  8. Break through strategies: • Connected ABE to the state’s higher education system • One agency responsible for ABE’s performance and transition rates • ABE is not competing for funding against higher education

  9. Break through strategies: • Permitted formal ABE program alignment with career technical education and beyond • Integrated ABE into state-wide career pathways (broader regional partnerships) • Connected employers via career pathways to ABE assets

  10. Stackable Certificates What are they? • Academic and technical certificates (including industry recognized credentials) • Start with ABE training and tip into college • Design is regionally driven • Range of what they can be is expansive • Driven by locally important industries

  11. Break through strategies • Ohio is piloting “Stackable Certificates” in all 12 regions of the state • Regional employers and education and training consortia drive the process • Integrating career pathways with ABE academic core programming

  12. End points • States need to develop a policy agenda to connect ABE and literacy systems to higher education and career pathways (regional partnerships) • Formal mechanisms to bolster transitions • Leadership matters

  13. Contact information: Barbara Endel859-640-4296barbara@endelconsulting.com

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