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Hot Topics, New Projects and Current Challenges

Hot Topics, New Projects and Current Challenges. ACSA Adult Schools Matter September 26, 2008 Debra Jones California Department of Education Adult Education Office. Changes, Challenges, Opportunities. As we value the best of what is, we envision what might be.

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Hot Topics, New Projects and Current Challenges

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  1. Hot Topics, New Projects and Current Challenges ACSA Adult Schools Matter September 26, 2008 Debra Jones California Department of Education Adult Education Office

  2. Changes, Challenges, Opportunities • As we value the best of what is, we envision what might be. • Envisioning involves passionate thinking in which the exceptional becomes everyday and ordinary. • Together we seek to find innovative ways to move adult education closer to the ideal.

  3. Adult School Enrollment

  4. Enrollment by Program Area

  5. Enrollment by Program Area

  6. Demographics

  7. Age by Instructional Program

  8. Highest Degree Earned Prior to Enrollment

  9. California Earnings and Educational Background

  10. Labor Force Status by Instructional Program

  11. Employment Outcome Results

  12. Persistence by Program Area

  13. Exit Reasons by Gender

  14. Positive Learner Outcomes

  15. Agency Types

  16. Agency Types

  17. Where We Serve

  18. California’s Central Valley is expected to triple its population by 2040, making it the 2nd largest region in the state.

  19. Distribution of ADA vs.Number of Adult Schools

  20. Our Charge… To serve the hardest to serve and those most in need…

  21. CDE Adult Education Office Informed by research… Driven by data… • ABE Initiative • Transitions • Managed Enrollment • Curriculum and Instruction

  22. AEO Teams • CTE • Small Schools • Jail Education • Innovations focus Group • WIA Grant Team • Leadership Projects Team

  23. Leadership ProjectsCALPRO, OTAN, CASAS • Online Resource Guide • California Impact Report • CDE Digest

  24. Strategic Plan • POE • Standards • Department of Aging • GAO Visit • Oregon Science and Math Initiative • CTE

  25. Think passionately. • Value the best of what is, envision what might be. • Strive to make the exceptional become everyday and ordinary. • Find innovative ways to move adult education closer to the ideal.

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