CDE Leadership Projects Pat Rickard, CASAS Mariann Fedele, CALPRO Marian Thacher, OTAN

1. ACSA Adult Education Conference: NOT Business as UsualStrategize New Options Plan for the Future CDE Leadership Projects Pat Rickard, CASAS Mariann Fedele, CALPRO Marian Thacher, OTAN

2. CDE Leadership Projects • are funded by WIA Title II to provide services and support to adult education programs for improving programs and student learning outcomes. • CALPRO: Professional Development • CASAS: Assessment, Accountability, and Evaluation • OTAN: Technology and Distance Learning

3. Not Business as Usual: Leadership Projects Support New Joint Initiatives • Need to communicate with other administrators about program changes, fees, collaboration models, and planning for a sustainable program? Participate in the: • Administrators Forum • Addresses important issues, • emerging priorities • Opportunity to network with other administrators,

4. Upcoming Admin Forum Topics • The Adult School Administrator as Business Manager • Nancy Compton, Charles A. Jones Skills Center • Sept. 28, 2009 at 2:30 • Strategic Planning for a Sustainable Adult Ed Program • Brigitte Marshall, Oakland Adult School • Oct. 13, 2009 at 2:30

5. Upcoming Admin Forum Topics • Managing Relations with Your District and Community • Cherise Moore, Burbank Adult School • Cyndi Parulan-Colfer, Hacienda La Puente USD • Nov. 3, 2009 at 2:30

6. Leadership Projects Support New Joint Initiatives • Need support for ABE Programs to meet diverse student needs and goals and improve student learning outcomes? Participate in the: • ABE Initiative • Launched by CDE & supported by the 3 leadership projects • Individual program plans and goals developed • Leadership projects provide technical assistance • 09-10 support activities

7. Leadership Projects Support New Joint Initiatives • Need Professional Development for staff but with budget constraints, staff can’t travel to regional training sessions? • Leadership projects are providing more distance training opportunities, both facilitated and self-paced. Go to www.caadulteducation.org for a listing of course offerings.

8. Distance Learning • Need professional development for distance learning staff? CALPRO and OTAN are collaborating on a series of Webinars on distance learning topics

9. Supporting program and student success • Data Driven Program Improvement • Distance Learning • Site–Based Professional Development

10. CASAS Offers • Assessment and Accountability PD options Online, self-paced and facilitated Regional face to face workshops • Local data reports to support continuous improvement • Resources to support success • Regional CASAS Program Specialists • Online resources • Continuous Improvement Measure

11. Advantages and Benefits Test on demand Immediate results Accurate scoring Improved test security No “bubbling” or scanning Place students with highest precision in least amount of time Automatic selection of suggested next test Students practice real-life computer interface skills Features Reading, math, and listening types Combine appraisal & pretest in one sitting Retention of demographic data Use Technology to Streamline Assessment and Reporting Try out the New CASAS eTests Sampler on our Web site today!

12. Workforce Skills Certification System The Road to Certification What documentation options are available? *

13. TE – Web and Network Advantages Multiple deployment options: Web-based; Standalone database; LAN or WAN Web-based reporting e.g. Online student portfolio Bidirectional correspondence between data grids & reports Replicate data to a central server Next generation interface and usability (.Net 3.0) Ability to slice and dice data cohorts for export TE – Administrative Advantages Executive dashboard indicators to monitor performance Ad hoc reporting tool Reports with color charts and graphs Comprehensive filtering in data grids FERPA and SIF compliant Web-based Reportingand Data Mining forthe 21st Century

14. Professional Development Distance Training Options • New online self-paced training • Independent study • Facilitated asynchronous group learning & communication • Facilitator-led collaborative learning on the Web • ESL and ABE/ASE Teacher Handbooks • Focus on WIA Title II Accountability Requirements

15. Resources To Support Success www.casas.org • QuickSearch- online reference to 1,000 instructional materials linked to skills and levels • EL Civics Assessments and Resources • Sample test items including eTests sampler • ESL and ABE/ASE Teacher Handbooks Other Resources • Continuous Improvement Measure (CIM) • Program and Instructional Improvement Sections • Aligned with WASC Accreditation elements

16. OTAN Offers… • News, announcements, links • Email lists, online meetings, Webcasts, video • Online applications and reporting • Professional development at your site or online • Hosting for online courses and course Web pages • ePortfolios for students and teachers • Technology support for ABE and more (TIMAC/ABE) • Online tools for lesson plans and course outlines

17. OTAN.US • News and announcements • Technology planning info • Video Gallery • Teacher Resources • Member Directory • Legislative Info • Students Succeed • Online Documents

18. Adult Ed Students Succeed • Use the stories in your PR • Make your legislators aware • Nominate a former student • Next deadline • October 30

19. Electronic Collaboration • Email lists • Online meetings and Webinars • Webcasts • Video production • Streaming video • Videoconferencing

20. Online Applications and Reports • One site • Contact info • Support materials

21. Workshops, Webinars, Support • F2F Workshops at your site • 14 topics • Online Workshops • 37 topics • Mentors, coaching • Schedule a workshop at your school • Schedule an online workshop and gather staff in a lab to participate

22. Course Hosting with Moodle • Moodle site for any instructor • Orientation and training • Networking • Tech support • Customize your • site

23. ePortfolios for Teachers and Learners • Portfolio.otan.us • Students maintain their work, resume, goals, through more than one class • Access for friends, teachers, employers • Teachers showcase achievements, awards, professional development

24. TIMAC • Technology training and mentoring • Mentors support site mentors support colleagues • Site-based projects • Networking and statewide presence

25. Lesson Plans & Course Outlines • Updating lesson plan collections • ABE • STAR • ESL • EL Civics • Course Outline Builder • Disseminate this year

26. CALPRO Supports Site-Based Professional Development • Statewide Capacity Building and “Turn- Key” PD • Regionally Offered Workshops • School and Agency-based Workshops • Workshop Facilitators Network • Online PD on Critical Adult Education Content

27. Statewide Capacity Building and “Turn-Key” PD • California College Transition Institute and Summit Meeting (October 2009) • Professional Learning Communities Institute (December 2009 and May 2010) • Study Circle Facilitators Training (January 2010) • Adult Education Leadership Institute (February 2009 and July 2010)

28. Statewide Capacity Building and “Turn-Key” PD (continued) • Training-of-Trainers Event (June 2009) • New modules: Contextualized Workforce Instruction in the ABE Classroom and Contextualized Workforce Instruction in the ESL Classroom • Learning To Achieve: Serving Adults with LD (July 2010)

29. Regionally Offered Workshops • CALPRO is coordinating agency-based regionally offered workshops across the state • Workshops listed on the CALPRO online events calendar • Information about how to host a regionally offered training at the CALPRO exhibit table and online www.calpro-online.org

30. School and Agency-Based Workshops • Support in identifying and prioritizing PD needs with agency PD self-assessment tools • Identify and connect agencies with certified facilitators on all CALPRO workshops • Provide reproducable masters of all workshop handouts

31. To support and build a network of professional development leaders in agencies and throughout the state CALPRO Facilitators Network

32. CALPRO Facilitators Network • Discussion list, online and face-to-face meetings for collegial support and PD opportunities • Manages contact information of more than 300 facilitators and pairs facilitators with agencies that request agency-based and regionally offered workshops • Issues certificates of attendance to workshop participants • Provides mentoring opportunities between seasoned and new facilitators

33. Online Professional Development • 2009-10 catalog available at exhibit booth and www.calpro-online.org

34. Online Courses • Self-Directed Courses • Orientation for New ABE Teachers • Orientation for New ESL Teachers • Learner Goal Setting (available Nov. 09) • Facilitated Courses • 13 classes offered on eight different topics • Content experts facilitate discussions over four weeks • Asynchronous format allows flexibility in accessing course content and interacting with colleagues New!

35. Virtual Workroom and related e-PLCAvailable Dec. 09

36. E-Professional Learning Community (PLC) The e-PLC allows you to network with colleagues, ask for support from subject experts, share ideas, exchange materials, and more!