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Aligning adult and postsecondary education in ohio

Aligning adult and postsecondary education in ohio. Barbara Endel, PhD Consultant Cincinnati, OH. Overall System Problems:. Adult Basic Education (ABE) is not really connected to higher education Workforce systems (WIA, One Stop Network, etc.) have inconsistent relationships with ABE

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Aligning adult and postsecondary education in ohio

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  1. Aligning adult and postsecondary education in ohio Barbara Endel, PhD Consultant Cincinnati, OH

  2. Overall System Problems: • Adult Basic Education (ABE) is not really 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

  3. The Problem: • Ohio has more than 7.2 million working age adults (ages 18-64). Nearly 70% have not completed college (2 yr or 4 yr). • About 1.2 million adult Ohioans don’t have a GED or HS diploma. Of this target population, just 48,209 (4.27%) were enrolled in some form of adult education program in 2008. • Just over 3,000 Adult Basic Education students in OH transitioned to higher levels of learning last year.

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

  5. Break through strategies: • Connected ABE to the state’s higher education system • One agency responsible for the state’s entire adult delivery system, including ABE’s performance and transition rates • Ohio joins 13 other states organized with integrated systems to develop better student outcomes

  6. Policies • One primary policy objective to integrate Ohio’s adult education and training delivery systems into one cogent and comprehensive agency. • Four years of policy work in a “ground up” strategy, involving group of 35 passionate stakeholders • Governor’s Executive Order to convene an independent council to address adult education system issues

  7. Barriers • “Leave us alone!” Strong resistance from education and training institutions . • Cultures of the systems are very different and how to form deep integration. • You’re just moving the deck chairs…what’s the plan?

  8. Organizational Leaders • Engaged employers who understood educational pipeline issues to chair the independent council. • Engaged a group of 35 proactive ABE, Community College, and Career-Technical Education institutional leaders to develop the policy agenda. • Backing of two formidable foundations (Ford Foundation and KnowledgeWorks Foundation).

  9. Results Emerging local integration models benefitting studsents that are very sophisticated: • Career pathways • Integrating ABE and Developmental Education classes • Adult Basic Education remediation for community college students

  10. Adult Basic Education and Community College Developmental Education

  11. Adult Basic Education and Post Secondary Integration Model Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate

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

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