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Jessie Stadd, Kratos Learning Jeffrey Fantine, Technical Assistance Coordinator

Jessie Stadd, Kratos Learning Jeffrey Fantine, Technical Assistance Coordinator. About Points of Entry. About the Project . Investment through Open Society Foundations Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation Aligned goals with Department of Education Projects Policy to Performance

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Jessie Stadd, Kratos Learning Jeffrey Fantine, Technical Assistance Coordinator

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  1. Jessie Stadd, Kratos Learning Jeffrey Fantine, Technical Assistance Coordinator

  2. About Points of Entry

  3. About the Project • Investment through Open Society Foundations Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation • Aligned goals with Department of Education Projects • Policy to Performance • Designing Instruction for Career Pathways • Project Period of September 2011 – December 2012

  4. About the Project • Eight demonstration sites received funding and customized technical assistance to develop and/or enhance services • Promotes the development of career pathways and transition programs that lead to employment for middle-skilled adults and prisoners in re-entry

  5. Target Population • Enhancing services for three hard-to-serve populations: • Middle-skilled adults (6-8 GLE) • Incarcerated adults (6-12 GLE) • Adults on probation or parole (6-12 GLE) GLE = Grade Level Equivalent

  6. From the News

  7. Project Goals Work with a subset of demonstration sites to: • Build new and strengthen existing partnerships to support transition services • Develop career pathways that integrate academic, career-related, and support services including behavioral interventions • Developing sustainable practices and impacting state and local policies

  8. Vision for Ongoing Impact • President’s 2020 Initiative • Bring national focus to hard-to-serve populations • Improve career and college readiness systems in states • Potential for statewide replication and promotion of promising practices

  9. Project Strategies • Financial resources • Ongoing technical assistance • Access to subject matter experts and transition resources • Training & learning opportunities

  10. Participant Discussion • In your experience in this field, what are some barriers facing these populations?

  11. Demonstration Sites

  12. Demonstration Sites • Funding eight sites in ten locations across the country in both rural and urban areas in: • Alabama • California • Massachusetts • New York

  13. Demonstration Sites

  14. Prison or Jail-Based Interventions

  15. Elk Grove Adult & Community Education • POE Intervention: • Enhanced transition from county jail to academic and workforce services • Transition Specialist • Advisory Board • Elk Grove Adult and Community Education • Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center • Los Rios Community Colleges • Sacramento Works Career Centers

  16. Elk Grove: Project Highlights Elk Grove received a “2012 Promising Practices Award” from CASAS.

  17. Syracuse City School District • POE Intervention • Enhanced pre-release planning • Transition students from the Justice Center to Literacy Zone • Consistent Case Manager • Learner Web/Career Readiness Six-Week Module

  18. J.F. Ingram State Technical College • POE Intervention • Dual Enrollment in CTE/ABE • Academic and workforce services, OSHA training • Behavioral intervention • Better utilization of existing services • Enhanced coordination with Corrections personnel

  19. Ingram: Project Highlight “I try my best to show new students, “look at how the program affected me”, especially the people that knew me before, and they see the newer me now. They can see the change. I am going to try and enroll back into a technical college when I get out . . . My plan is to get an associate’s degree in carpentry.” TravonAckey, Ingram State Technical College, Carpentry Student “Ambassador”

  20. Re-entry Interventions

  21. Hampden County Sheriff’s Department • POE Intervention • Developed new partnerships • Developed academic component • Coordination with AISS services • Enhancing path to Holyoke Community College’s bridge program

  22. Contra Costa County Office of Education • POE Intervention • Cohort approach for POE modules: • Workforce skills certification system • Commitment to Change • CHOICES • Increased outreach to partners • Regional Transition Specialist

  23. Literacy West NY, Inc. • POE Intervention: • Managed enrollment • Mandated enrollment • Re-Entry Team • WIA Title I Resources • Regional approach • Behavioral intervention

  24. Literacy West: Project Highlight “Literacy West funded an 8-week training program for me. I completed the program and through that I was able to get full employment as a tool grinder . . . There’s always opportunity for me to move up.” Stephen Pink, Literacy West NY, Inc., CNC Machining Training

  25. Ludlow Area Adult Learning Center • POE Intervention: • Expanded delivery of services by 3 hrs/wk to include computer and career instruction • Career Integration • Use of blended ESOL/workforce development curriculum (Integrating Career Awareness) • Career-focused conversation classes • New element for this grade level • Continuum of services

  26. Cambridge • POE Intervention • Integrated work-focus to classes • Modified Integrating Career Awareness • Career counselor • Partnerships • Bunker Hill Community College • One Stop • Culture Change

  27. St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES • POE Intervention • Restructured services to the Gateways career pathways model • Managed enrollment • Academic coursework • Career exploration and planning, advising, work readiness • Computers • Expanding to other regional sites

  28. Career Pathways • Enhanced academic services • Enhanced pathway to postsecondary institutions • Cambridge • Elk Grove • HCSD • Literacy West • St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES

  29. Partnerships • Deepened relationships with existing partners • Formal Agreements • Recruitment and referral processes • Literacy West, Contra Costa, Elk Grove • Better utilization of internal and external resources • Literacy West, Cambridge, Elk Grove, HCSD • Shared training opportunities • Literacy West

  30. Support Services/Behavior Change Behavioral Change • Thinking for a Change • Literacy West • Developing Problem Solving Strategies for a Successful Reentry • Ingram • HCSD • Commitment to Change • CCCOE Career Focus • CHOICES • CCCOE • Elk Grove • Integrating Career Awareness • LAALC • Cambridge

  31. Connecting Pre- & Post-Release • Transition Specialist/Case Manager • Elk Grove • Syracuse • Ingram • Contra Costa

  32. Share! • Are you already putting these components into practice in your programs? Tell us about it! • Career pathways for correctional or ABE population • Culture change • Partnership teams • Behavioral interventions • Others?

  33. Evaluation • An evaluation is currently underway by Judith A. Alamprese, Principal Scientist, Abt Associates • For more information, obtain the slides from Monday’s session: Developing Career Pathways for Adults in Reentry: Lessons from Research • Questions? EmailJudy_Alamprese@abtassoc.com

  34. How You Can Join Us! • Learn and share with the demonstration sites, experts, and project staff through a dedicated group on the Adult Career Pathways-Support Center (www.acp-sc.org) forums. • Sign up and we will send you an invitation to join the group to discuss this topic with POE partners and other colleagues.

  35. Questions?

  36. Contact Us Jessie Staddjessie.stadd@kratoslearning.com Jeffrey Fantinejeff.fantine@gmail.com

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