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Sweetwater Union High School District

Partnering for a strong California

In 07-08 the adult program served over 39,000 students! Today we serve almost 21,000 students on four campuses:

• Chula Vista Adult
• Montgomery Adult (Includes Imperial Beach)
• National City Adult
• San Ysidro Adult

Administration:

• 1 Director
• 4 Principals
• 1 Assistant Principal
• 1 Consortium Project Director (Shared with

Southwestern College and Coronado Unified)

Counselors

• 6.0 FTE
• Equals to 1.5 FTE per adult school

Classified Staff:

• 31 Office Technical & Business Services
• 2.5 Office Technical & Business Services
• (Funded by WIOA)
• (None funded by CTE)
• 12 Operations Support - Custodians
• 3.5 Campus Assistants
• 2 Computer Operations Support Technicians

Teachers

• 71 Permanent (Between 18-30 hours per week)
• 55 Hourly
• Teachers on Special Assignment (Grant Funded)
• 3.5 WIOA
• 1.50 CTE
• 1.0 High School Equivalency Test Center Coordinator/AEBG

South Bay Adult Education Consortium/Southwestern

• 72 Consortia represent each of the state’s Community College

Districts and member school districts. Every consortium in the state includes a community college and local school districts.

• Requires partnership to coordinate the delivery of adult

education services in the Consortium region

• Southwestern Community College
• Sweetwater Adult Division
• Coronado Unified School District

Consortium 3 Year Plan

• 3 Year Plan to deliver adult education and fill the educational and

workforce gaps within the boundaries of the consortium, as required by AB104

• Identify and close the gaps in services throughout the consortium – “no

wrong door” policy

• Increase course offerings to fulfill the need in the community
• Increase student support services
• Align curriculum throughout the consortium to create “seamless transitions”

for students progressing toward their goals

• Re-brand the consortium to be known in the community as one entity for

adult education delivery, instead of 3 separate entities

New Governance Structure

• Consortium Directors Council (CDC)
• Each member of Consortium has a representative
• Each Board must appoint their representative
• Weighted Vote
• SWC - 3 votes
• Sweetwater - 3 votes
• Coronado - 1 vote
• Meets Quarterly
• Approves AEBG Plan and Budget
• Operations/Management of programs responsibility of

individual Consortium members

Consortium Project Director

• Sweetwater administrator – Program Manager
• Funded by the Consortium budget
• Supports all Consortium members
• SWC – 2 days/week
• Sweetwater - 3 days/week
• Coronado – once a month/as needed
• Responsible for implementation of the CDE/Chancellor’s

Office approved AEBG Plan for the Consortium, and for program compliance

Project Coordinator & Advisory Committee

• Project Coordinator/Liaison
• Key contact person with the Consortium members
• Provides follow-up on communications and tasks to be completed within the

member district

• Funded by Sweetwater District Consortium budget
• Represents Sweetwater District on the Implementation Team, comprised of

the 3 Project Coordinator/Liaisons and the Consortium Project Director

• Advisory Committee
• SWC – 6 representatives
• Sweetwater – 6 representatives
• Coronado – 2 representatives
• Responsibility to discuss and make recommendations to CDC

Consortium Funding

• Fiscal Agent
• Southwestern Community College is the Fiscal Agent for 2015-2016
• The Fiscal Agent has no authority over implementation of the AEBG

Plan or how funds are expended

• The fiscal agent for 16-17 is yet to be determined, deadline for

decision is April, 2016

Consortium Directors Council (CDC): Kathy Tyner-SWC Joe Fulcher-SUHSD Kevin Nicolls-CUSD

AEBG Consortium Project Director Administrative Assistant

Advisory Committee: 6 Reps – SWC 6 Reps – SUHSD 2 Reps – CUSD Community Partners Project Coordinator/Liaison – SWC Faculty & Staff Project Coordinator/Liaison – SUHSD Faculty & Staff Project Coordinator/Liaison – CUSD Faculty & Staff Fiscal Agent (Funds Disbursement to Members) Contracts & Vendors

Consortium Funding

• 2015-2016 Funding
• Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funding for Sweetwater is

$11,650,000.

• Allocated directly to Sweetwater from CDE.
• MOE is based on the amount K-12 districts allocated to adult

education programs during the 2012-2013 school year.

• Consortium Funding is $1,910,648.
• Consortium Funding is allocated to the Consortium and

Consortium Members through the Fiscal Agent.

• Consortium - $357,559
• SWC - $ 435,648
• Sweetwater - $1,011,094
• Coronado - $106,347

Continued:

• 2016-2017 Funding and Beyond
• Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funding for Sweetwater

($11,650,000) and Coronado ($109,654) and Consortium Funding ($1,910,648) will be combined. Total Consortium funding will be $13,670,302

• All FUTURE funding will be allocated DIRECTLY to the
• Consortium. The Consortium Fiscal Agent will then distribute

funds to the Consortium Members.

Pop 18+ 367,499 HS Grad

57,611 15.7%

Some College

73,821 20.1%

Total Unemployed

19,651 5.3%

Not HS Grad

67,238 18.3%

Poverty

30,026 8.2%

Illiteracy

36,746 10%

ESL

41,111 11.2%

7th Grade Education

26,898 9.88%

Census data variables related to potential adult education students within the Southwestern CCD boundaries. Consortium funding for 15-16 was based on the need that this data displays.

Program Area: 2013/2014 SWC SUHSD CUSD Total Elementary/Secondary Education and Basic Skills

6,278 7,654 7 13,939

Programs for Immigrants (ESL and Citizenship)

915 7,287 22 8,224

Programs for adults with Disabilities Short Term CTE

750 5,871 6,621

Programs for Apprentices

19 19

Total

7,943 20,831 29 28,803 Number of adult education students served in the 2013/2014 academic year in the South Bay Adult Education Consortium/Southwestern

State law authorizes consortia to use block grant funds for adults 18+ in seven adult education instructional areas:

• Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including

programs leading to a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.

• Programs for immigrants eligible for educational services in

citizenship, English as a second language, and workforce preparation.

• Programs for adults, including, but not limited to, older adults,

that are primarily designed to develop knowledge and skills to assist elementary and secondary school children to succeed academically in school.

Continued:

• Programs for adults with disabilities.
• Programs for adults, including, but not limited to, older

adults, that are primarily related to entry or reentry into the workforce.

• Programs in career technical education that are short term in

nature and have high employment potential.

• Programs offering pre-apprenticeship training activities

conducted in coordination with one or more apprenticeship programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for the occupation and geographic area.

Improve reading, writing, and math skills to enter High School Diploma or High School Equivalency programs and/or to better workplace skills.

• Basic Communication Skills (BCS): Transition course

between ESL and ABE, provides the rigor in reading and writing.

• Vocational ABE (VABE): Prerequisite course to medical
• pathways. Improves students reading skills while

addressing workforce competencies.

• High School Diploma: Earn credits toward a diploma
• Independent Studies (IS): students can earn credits from

home and meet with teacher once a week to complete assessments.

• High School Equivalency (HSE): GED or HiSET preparation

courses to earn a high school equivalency diploma

• HSE preparation is offered in both English and Spanish.
• HSE Distance Learning (DL): students study from home and

meet with teacher weekly to review work.

Program Chula Vista Adult School Montgomery Adult School National City Adult School San Ysidro Adult School Total

Adult Basic Education (ABE)

915 752 553 553 2773

Adult Secondary Education (ASE)

3634 733 410 767 5544

Total

4549 1485 963 1320 8317

• Site counselors use assessment data to register students into

program areas.

• Career/College Pathway presentation.
• Student Guidance Plan
• Provide referral services based on student need.
• Counselors work with students transitioning to the community

college system or workforce.

• Coordinate trip to SWC for placement testing
• Number of student contacts 1074
• Of these, 81% were low income and potential first generation college

students.

• 87% of College Ready students applied for college.
• 65% enrolled in college.

• Language acquisition program for non-native English speakers
• 5 levels: Beginning Literacy through Intermediate High
• Our courses follow the Adult College and Career Readiness

Standards

• This is the Common Core for Adult Education
• Conversation, Pronunciation classes offered in the community at

elementary schools/middle schools/high schools/ libraries/CBOs

• Orientation and placement

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 CVA MOA NCA SYA 2056 1097 2411 2411 1675 798 1107 1970 1764 938 1253 2106 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

• Ten classes located at adult school campuses and

libraries and our sites

• 100+ new citizens in 2014-2015
• Our classes work closely with United States Customs and

Immigration Services

• Our classes visit the USCIS offices and see the interview

process to relieve anxiety

This program connects literacy to the lives of learners and reflects their experiences as community members, parents and participants in the workforce

• Making a doctors appointment
• Job applications and interviews
• Talking to your child’s school
• Educational opportunities
• Soft skills
• Computer literacy

• Workshops designed to empower adult students in the

knowledge base needed in the local school systems

• Understanding the California State Standards
• Understanding the transition to Middle School
• a-g requirements
• How to communicate with teachers and counselors
• FAFSA and College applications

• Collaborate with SUHSD Special Education Support

Services

• Partnership with ARC, a program for adults with

disabilities

• Exploring other curricular areas
• Established a process for verifying a disability
• Established a process for request of accommodation,

as needed

• Adult CTE encompasses 3 program areas of AEBG
• Workforce preparation in 21 Career Pathways to prepare students

to become skilled and productive workers.

• Pathways are linked to Southwestern Community college through

articulation, which means students earn college credit while training in adult education.

• Our instructor's meet annually with their industry advisory to keep
• ur programs up to date to industry standards.
• CTETEACH mentor program provides early teacher support to CTE

instructors in 7/12 and Adult programs.

• 17 Career Pathways are specific to entry or

reentry into the workforce.

• 1649 graduates entered into employment.
• 1349 graduates continued their education
• 2014 graduate survey

• 9-week Patient Care Certified Nurse Assistant with students

employed before they graduate!

• 89% of our Marketing Sales & Service graduates obtain a

California Real Estate License and begin selling homes immediately!

• 9-week Customer Service graduates move into retail sales.
• Saturday Welding class focused on entry skills in 9 to 12

weeks.

Residential and Commercial Construction pathway:

• Local Education Agency (LEA) for 2 apprenticeship programs.
• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers
• Apprenticeship
• Allied Workers and Cement Masons JATC Apprenticeship

program

• Pre-apprenticeship

Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education provides local educational agencies with funding for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs.

• Allocation is based on 3 factors:
• Number of economically disadvantaged students

served

• Number of non-traditional participation i.e. men in

nursing

• Core Indicators in technical attainment, certifications,

and placement

Core Indicator 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 State Level Requirement 2014-15 1A1 Technical Skill

Attainment

100.00% 99.75% 99.91% 80.10% 2A1 Credential

Certificate or Degree

95.57% 98.51% 95.82% 72.72% 4A1 Student Placement

(work or continued education at higher level)

92.26% 92.52% 93% 73.22% 5A Non-Traditional

Participation

37.19% 32.32% 31.97% 20.07%

• The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

(WIOA) was signed into law on July 22, 2014 and it supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and reauthorizes the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).

• The grant provides supplementary funding to

address the needs of individuals and communities by providing adults with the literacy skills and knowledge necessary to become positive contributors to their families and local economies.

• 2015-16
• The yearly award amounts are based on payment points

generated by the gains acquired through the CASAS testing administration system. The value of each payment point vary per year and program.

Program ABE/ESL ASE EL Civics Total Amount $601,806 $691,209 $177,096 $1,470,111

PROGRAM 2013-2014 2014-2015

ABE/ASE/ESL 103% 91% Adult Secondary Education (ASE) 169% 206% English as a Second Language (ESL) 90% 90% Civic Participation 55% 88% Citizenship Preparation 78% 58% Totals 95% 99%

• Books/Supplies
• Supplemental materials
• Needs List
• Equipment
• Computers
• Tablets
• Interactive boards
• Document Cameras
• Software
• Professional Development
• Professional Learning Communities
• Program specific training
• Conferences/workshop

• Strong leadership structures in place
• Accessible computer labs and Wi-Fi access for students
• Implementation of Professional Learning Communities and Daily

Learning Targets to support instruction

• Counseling program provides guidance so that students can pursue

college/career goals

• Strong and long-standing community partnerships

• Continuity of State Funding for Consortia
• Governor’s tentative 16-17 budget has

provided same amount of $500 million

• State COLA for Consortia Funding
• Salaries
• Step-in-Class
• Health & Welfare Benefits
• STRS/PERS Contributions

Continued: Continued District LCFF support for non-Consortium funded costs

• Parenting classes – Salaries & Benefits
• Salaries, Step-in-Class, Health & Welfare Benefits, and

STRS/PERS Contributions if NOT funded by COLA

Continued: Meeting New Accountability Measures

• Future funding tied to accountability/performance measures
• Accountability/Performance Measures are yet to be defined!
• CDE and Chancellor’s Office are working on developing

guidelines for implementation of this new model for adult

• education. There are still many unknowns!

• AEBG Website: http://aebg.cccco.edu/
• Adult Education Consortium Tracker:

http://lao.ca.gov/Education/WorkforceEd/Consortia?utm_source =subscription&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=traditional

• College-To-Career Pathways: Getting From Here to There on the

Roadmap for a Stronger California Economy.

• California Community Colleges Board of Governors: Task Force on

Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy.

• Success in the New Economy by Kevin Fleming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcNSpKX8kVs

Sweetwater Union High School District

Partnering for a strong California