CORRECTIONS EDUCATION PATHWAYS FOR WASHINGTONS EMERGING WORKFORCE Safer

CORRECTIONS EDUCATION PATHWAYS FOR WASHINGTON’S EMERGING WORKFORCE Safer Communities, Accelerated Guided Pathways, & Increased Opportunities Corrections Education 2019 Jon Kerr for Pat Seibert-Love, Policy Associate Corrections Education Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

WASHINGTON A NATIONAL LEADER IN CORRECTIONS EDUCATION Through a long and vibrant partnership, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges in collaboration with the Department of Corrections and our state’s community and technical colleges has built an educational system that provides life-sustaining educational opportunities for incarcerated adults: • High school completion • College preparation • High-wage/high-demand workforce skills • College certificates and degrees 2

WASHINGTON’S PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS 8 COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES AT 12 LOCATIONS • Centralia College o Washington Corrections Center (WCC) o Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) • Clark College o Larch Corrections Center (LCC) • Edmonds Community College o Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) • Grays Harbor College o Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) 3

WASHINGTON’S PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONTINUED • Peninsula College o Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) o Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) • Spokane Community College o Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) • Tacoma Community College o Washington Corrections Center for Women WCCW) o Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) • Walla Community College o Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) o Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) 4

PRIMARY GOALS • Offer workforce high-wage/high-demand programs aligned to a career pathway, connected to apprenticeships, and achieve completion targets • Build IT infrastructure that allows education programs to deliver flipped classroom and web enhanced instruction • Create a seamless pathway from prison to postsecondary education with navigational support on community and technical college campuses with crosswalks to workforce programs and connections to community-based programs • Develop an Applied Associate of Arts degree and Associate of Arts degree pathway model for incarcerated students 5

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING Basic Education for Adults • High School Completion (high school diploma & GED) • English Language Acquisition Pre-college • English • Math Workforce Education • High-wage/High-Demand AA Degrees • Workforce • Academic Transfer: Second Chance Pell/Private funding Life Skills • College Readiness 6

RE-ENTRY NAVIGATORS • On-site in all Correctional Facilitates • Campus-based o South Seattle College o Seattle Central College o Edmonds Community College o Clark College o Tacoma Community College o Renton Technical College o Skagit Valley College o Spokane Community College o Bates Technical College o The Evergreen State College 7

DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS • Building Trades • Technical Design • Drywall, Roofing, & Siding • Welding • Horticulture • Pastry & Specialty Baking • Institutional Sanitation • Green Building • Automotive Services • Aerospace Composites • Business Management • Upholstery • Computer Programming • Business Technology • Bookkeeping • Automotive Mechanics • Carpentry • Heating, Ventilation, & Air conditioning • Digital Design • Diesel Mechanics • Graphic Design • Collison Repair • CNC Machining • Associate of Arts 8

CORRECTIONS EDUCATION FUNDING • Funded through an Interagency Agreement between the Department of Corrections and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges o 2017 -2018: $17, 154, 093. 00 (total funds) • Funding is allocated to colleges through sub-grants based on full-time equivalent of students enrolled (FTE) o $16, 997, 963, 00 • Carl Perkins o $84, 000 9

CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 2017 -2018 • Funded Providers § § 8 CTCs Correctional Education Programs 12 Corrections Education Campuses • Students § § § • Age • • • 8, 587 (224 decrease) 8% Female, 92% Male 41% Students of Color 43% Basic Skills 13% Job Search 44% Vocational 507 - under 22 yrs. of age 5, 482 - 22 -34 yrs. of age 2, 784 - 35 -44 yrs. of age 1, 669 - 45 -59 yrs. of age 177 - 60 yrs. of age & older • Academic & Workforce Outcomes § 831 GEDs § 92 High School Diplomas § 1, 933 Vocational Certs. o 394 (45 -89 credits) o 466 (20 -44 credits) o 1, 073 (1 -19 credits) o 53 Associate Degrees • Faculty § § 241 Faculty Headcount 177. 42 Full Time Faculty Equivalent 10

2017 -2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Over 90 Students earned their High School Diploma through HS 21+ • 9% growth in incarcerated students earning a GED®. 831 GEDs earned • Awarded 1, 933 vocational certificates • Over 53 students earned associate degrees at Centralia College, Walla Community College • Colleges exceeded their contracted target of 3, 324 fulltime equivalent students (FTES) 1 by 234 — over $1 million of services at no cost to the state 11

2017 -2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUED • SBCTC expanded its reentry education navigator pilot program to all sites, 9 colleges & The Evergreen State College • SBCTC, DOC and colleges supported SB 6582 — Prohibiting institutions of higher education from requesting criminal history information of the applicant during an initial admissions application • Also supported SB 1298 — Washington Fair Chance Act — “Ban-the-Box. ” 12

LOOKING FORWARD • Develop pathways to high-wage/high-demand professional-technical degrees building on existing professional-technical programs • Create multiple pathways to employment after release including a supported pathway into apprenticeship • Expanding education navigators into the education departments at each DOC correctional facility, to assist in development of a sustainable educational pathway and support a seamless transition to college • Incorporate student voice in program planning, development and evaluation through student councils and advisory boards • Deploy secure laptops developed that can be used in students’ cells. By developing this laptop • Explore creating educational communities within facilities • Expand HS 21+ and dual credit options with I-BEST 13

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CONTACTS "Better Jobs. Better Futures. A Stronger Washington. " Pat Seibert-Love Corrections Education V (360) 704 -4358 E pseibert-love@sbctc. edu _____________________ Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges 1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, Washington 98504 Note: All material licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4. 0 International License.