ADULT CAREER PATHWAYS SYSTEM

1. ADULT CAREER PATHWAYS SYSTEM INTEGRATING LEARNING, LIVING, AND EMPLOYABILITY FOR NON-TRADITIONAL ADULT LEARNERS www.moveupct.org Ren Bowen Brockmeyer, M.Ed., MSW Pathways Navigator Move Up! August 27, 2015

2. A Pathways System seeks to create a more efficient path to improve user access and mobility through the system by: • Consolidating literacy education, postsecondary education, skill training, jobs, and • support resources to expedite user access and mobility • Using a coordinated assessment system to determine skill level for appropriate • education and training placement • Intake and resource referral process that is centralized and coordinated (CLASP, 2013)

3. The Pathways System • “Knowns” of the current systems: • Disconnects in education and training delivery systems • Lack structures in place to help students navigate disconnects, access to critical • support services • Basic skills education: • is traditional, drawn-out sequential structure that incurs high costs • does not contextualize instruction • does not make connections to world of work • does not provide support for students who must work and support families

4. Adopting a Pathways Approachmeans: • Redesigning the delivery of education, training, employment, and support services • with partnerships and collaboration • More financially prudent for partners to commit to supporting a shared strategy • Improves collective capacity to meet workforce needs and opens doors of opportunity • for low-income, lower-skilled individuals

5. Local/Regional Pathways Systems involve • A partnership among local and/or regional agencies, organizations, institutions, • employers/industry, and philanthropic entities

6. Structural Elements of a Pathways System: • Well articulated sequence of education and training offerings • Multiple points of Entry to accommodate differing entry level skills • (adult and out of school youth) • Multiple points of Exit at successively higher levels of education • and employment aligned with marketable, stackable, “creditable” credentials • Supportive services and navigation assistance in all pathways

7. Bridge Programs focus on underprepared adults and youth • Basic Education Skills such as ABE, ESL • Employability skills • Parenting and family literacy skills • Finance management skills • Accessing opportunities • Supportive service connections • Career explorations and Guidance

8. Guiding Principles to Manage Local/Regional Pathways: • Create a Sector Partnership with Employers, Education/Training Resources, and Social Service • Providers • Adopt and articulate a shared vision and goals • Determine and clarify Partners’ roles and responsibilities • Ensure Pathways are industry/employer driven, focus on agreed upon sectors/occupations, • and deeply engage employers • Professional Development

9. Types of Interventions of Pathways programs • Learner-center approaches to instruction • Contextualized learning • Dual enrollment • Acceleration • Prior learning assessment • Appropriate and meaningful assessment of participants’ skills and needs • Supportive services: academic, career, family literacy, parenting, social • service needs and access

10. A Comprehensive Pathways Systemincludes: • Traditional academic high school-to-college pathways • Secondary and postsecondary career and technical education pathways • Pathwaysfor underprepared adult and youth, dislocated workers, adults with • disabilities, family interventions, and mental health interventions

11. A Pathways Systemdoes not: replace any existing pathways A Pathways System: connects and enhances existing systems X

12. (CLASP, 2013)

13. Multiple Points of Entry GED, Short-Term Certificates Academic Skills and Credentials customized based on labour market needs and target population Long-term Certificates Two-year Degree Programs and Above Basic Skills Instruction ABE, ESL Jobs that require Intermediate occupational skills: Internships, Pre-Apprenticeships Jobs that require basic occupational skills: Internships, Pre-Apprenticeships Jobs that require High occupational skills: Internships, Pre-Apprenticeships Employability Skills and Work Experience Based on labour market needs and target population Basic Career Readiness Managing your career and life-long learning Parenting, family literacy Financial Management Technology Family and Self Skills to manage finances, parenting, etc. Balancing nutrition, mental health, and stress Managing your living environment Personal management: mental and physical well-being Health insurance, available services and accessing Multiple Exit Point Successively Higher Levels

14. Integrated Career/College Pathways for Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Industry www.moveupct.org 10) Assoc. Deg., Bach. Deg., or further Certification Level VI 9) Employment:Logistics Coor., sched. del. & pickups, arrange freight carriers, track del., develop carrier networks, prep. Imp./exp. docs., comm. with company locations and customers. Level V 8) College courses toward Assoc.Degree (stackable credentials) Level IV 7). Certified Logistics Technician Classes: Product receiving, Product storage, Order Processing, Packaging and shipment, Inventory control, Safe handling of hazmat materials, Evaluation of transportation modes, Dispatch and tracking, Measurements and metric conversions (stackable credentials) Level III 6) Assoc. Deg. or next level per ILP 5) Full or part-time Employment: Logistics Assoc. – Rec., sort, distribute materials; rectify incoming & outgoing orders per manifests; operate computerized logistics equipment 4) College entry courses: Math and/or English Level II 3) Certified Logistics Associate classes: Global supply chain logistics life cycle, Logistics environment, Materials handling equipment, Safety principles, Safe material handling and equipment operation, Quality Control principles, Workplace communications, Teamwork & workplace behavior to solve problems, Using computers (Stackable credentials) • Developmental program : 4 Week Boot Camp for literacy and numeracy in contextualized format applying NCRC skills and • (10th grade) college entry math and English Level I • Transitions Program : Semester(+) for literacy and/or numeracy remediation applying National Career • (below 10th grade) Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Meet with Achievement Counselor to review assessment outcomes and options Other assessment to determine barriers and needs Assessment & Placement Create Individual Learning Plan (ILP) CASAS Accuplacer