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Washington's I-BEST. Renaissance. Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. The Comprehensive I-BEST Pathway Models. The Comprehensive I-BEST PATHWAY. A. On-ramp to I-BEST.
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Washington's I-BEST Renaissance Washington State Board for Community and TechnicalColleges The Comprehensive I-BEST Pathway Models
On-ramp to I-BEST • Programs integrate ABE/ESL with academic and/or workforce skills----that may include SCANS Skills • Courses must be contextualized in academic content areas in preparation for transition into Academic I-BEST or contextualized in a workplace specific content in preparation for transition into professional technical I-BEST programs • Courses are team-taught with a minimum of 50% overlap • Program design and implementation must involve ABE, academic transfer, and/or professional technical and student services in a rigorous planning process to ensure student success • Program results in educational delivery in both basic and content skill gains • Programs use a cohort mode of instruction • Students must qualify for federally supported Levels 1-3 basic skills upon enrollment based on the CASAS • Students must be coded as basic skills students and pre & post tested
Professional Technical I-BEST • I-BEST professional technical programs/courses (CIP, EPC, title, & credits) must be included on the college’s official State approved professional-technical inventory • Programs must appear on the local occupational demand list and qualify for Opportunity Grant funding • All programs must include college-level professional technical credits • An ABE instructor and professional-technical instructor must jointly plan and instruct at least one course critical to the pathway in the same classroom, or same online “classroom space” with at least 50% overlap • I-BEST courses must include integrated outcomes with contextualized instruction • A rigorous planning process involving ABE, Workforce, and student services administrators and faculty is used to ensure program success • Student progress is evaluated jointly by ABE/ESL and professional technical faculty • Team-taught classes are coded with a Fee Pay Status of 42. Students are charged the current tuition rate for professional-technical course credits. • The ABE $25 tuition is not charged for ABE/ESL students when enrolled in an I-BEST program • Students must qualify for federally supported Levels of basic skills upon enrollment based on the CASAS • Students must be coded as basic skills students and pre & post tested
I-BEST for Developmental Education • Develop a model that extends I-BEST to Dev. Ed. (DE) with the explicit intention of moving students further, faster through DE to college level Math and English • The college program must be on the college’s Workforce Inventory and have an existing I-BEST program • Design new curricular materials and approaches that integrate DE and professional-technical curriculum. • Use data and culture of evidence to modify, refine, and improve practices that advance student success. • Provide shared/coordinated faculty curriculum development and planning time • Provide learning that is contextual and integrated including integrated learning outcomes, cohort and learning community-type models • Provide professional development tools and resources to help students succeed • Emphasize the sustainability of the work
Academic I-BEST • Provide access and support for ABE/ESL students to progress further and faster along an academic or vocational transfer pathway to a four-year degree • Provide holistic, outcomes-based, contextualized learning that allow students to successfully bridge the gap between ABE/ESL, Dev. Ed., and college-level classes swiftly and efficiently • Instruction requires at least a 50% overlap of instructors’ time • Focus on the integration of college level English and/or quantitative skills and an additional course that is part of the DTA • Course must be college-level and transcripted the quarter earned • Design and implementation must involve ABE, academic transfer, professional technical, and student services in a rigorous planning process • Students must qualify for federally supported Levels of basic skills upon enrollment based on the CASAS • Students must be coded as basic skills students and pre & post tested
I-BEST Coding On-Ramp to I-BEST Check appropriate “Special Programs Box in WABERS+ (e.g., Skillup On-Ramp, I-DEA On-Ramp, etc.) Professional Technical Team-taught classes must be coded with: • Fee Pay Status of 42 (46 if contract or self support) • Institutional Intent of 21 Academic I-BEST Team-taught classes must be coded with: • Fee Pay Status of 42 (46 if contract or self support) • Institutional Intent of 14