PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE CAREERS FOR WASHINGTONS EMERGING WORKFORCE

PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE & CAREERS FOR WASHINGTON’S EMERGING WORKFORCE CBS Spring 2019 Jon Kerr, Director Basic Education for Adults

WELCOME NICOLE! BEDA PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR I-BEST@ WORK Nicole Hopkins nhopkins@sbctc. edu 2

BEDA ENROLLMENT UPDATE: HEADCOUNT FEDERALLY REPORTABLE (CUMULATIVE) 2017 -2018 § Summer: 12, 480 § Fall: 27, 788 § Winter: 37, 721 § Spring: 45, 636 § Yr. Total: 45, 636 2018 -2019 § Summer: 10, 871 § Fall: 26, 232 § Winter: 32, 338 § Spring: TBD § Yr. Total: 32, 338* *As of: 3/26/19 3

2018 -2019 GED® PASS RATES JULY 1, 2018 - DECEMBER 31, 2018 • Washington State Pass Rate: 82% (2, 370) • National Pass Rate: 74% 4

2018 -2019 CORRECTIONS GED® PASS RATES JULY 1, 2018 - DECEMBER 31, 2018 • Washington State Pass Rate: 80% (462) • National Pass Rate: 75% 5

ABE DATA (SAI 3. 0) (EXCLUDES: SPECIAL PROGRAMS, i. e. , I-BEST, HS 21+, etc. ) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* Students Enrolled 11, 923 10, 075 5, 168 27, 166 State FTE (Annualized) 2, 841 1, 959 999 5, 799 Total Performance Points (SAI) Earned* 7, 063 6, 442 3, 005 16, 510 Performance Points Earned Per Student (SAI) 0. 6 2, 764 2, 481 1, 051 6, 296 Federal Level Gains *Through Fall 2018 6

ELA DATA (SAI 3. 0) (EXCLUDES: SPECIAL PROGRAMS, i. e. I-BEST, HS 21+, etc. ) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* Students Enrolled 16, 090 14, 874 9, 098 40, 062 State FTE (Annualized) 5, 120 4, 574 2, 437 12, 131 Total Performance Points (SAI) Earned* 13, 107 12, 331 8, 633 34, 071 Performance Points Earned Per Student (SAI) 0. 8 0. 9 0. 8 6, 507 6, 197 3, 175 15, 879 Federal Level Gains *Through Fall 2018 7

I-DEA DATA (SAI 3. 0) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* 2, 027 1, 884 882 4, 793 972 926 335 2, 233 Total Performance Points (SAI) Earned* 2, 660 2, 572 741 5, 973 Performance Points Earned Per Student (SAI) 1. 3 1. 4 0. 8 1. 2 1, 082 1, 057 374 2, 513 Students Enrolled State FTE (Annualized) Federal Level Gains *Through Fall 2018 8

HS 21 + DATA (SAI 3. 0) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* Students Enrolled 4, 027 3, 919 2, 151 10, 097 State FTE (Annualized) 1, 846 1, 574 672 4, 092 Diplomas 1, 637 1, 568 489 3, 694 Total Performance Points (SAI) Earned 4, 851 5, 093 2, 718 12, 662 1. 3 1, 232 1, 693 660 3, 585 Performance Points Earned Student (SAI) Federal Level Gains *Through Fall 2018 9

HS 21+ DATA - CORRECTIONS (SAI 3. 0) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* Headcount 145 107 7 259 Diplomas 44 52 1 97 SAI Total Performance Points (SAI) Earned 287 76 0 363 SAI per student 2. 0 0. 7 0. 0 0. 9 Federal Level Gains 45 57 1 103 *Through Fall 2018 10

I-BEST DATA (SAI 3. 0) Data Point 2016 -2017 -2018 -2019* Total* Students Enrolled 4, 891 5, 602 2, 685 13, 178 FTE 2, 662 3, 031 1, 636 7, 329 Degrees & Certificates 2, 237 1, 722 506 4, 465 Total Performance (SAI) Points Earned 22, 497 23, 754 7, 785 54, 036 Performance Points Earned per Student 4. 3 4. 2 2. 9 3. 8 Federal Level Gains 1, 229 1, 411 659 3, 299 *Through Fall 2018

SAI POINTS FOR I-BEST AND COMPARISON GROUPS (SAI 3. 0) 2017 -18 Student Achievement Points for I-BEST and Comparison Groups Headcount Transfer Workforce I-BEST Basic Skills No I-BEST Total Basic skills points per student College points Total points per student Total points 134036 0 n/a 190312 1. 42 235824 1. 76 79753 0 n/a 100662 1. 26 134028 1. 68 5600 4579 0. 82 16668 2. 98 23730 4. 24 36729 1. 00 5397 0. 15 39842 1. 08 256118 41308 1. 02 313039 1. 22 433424 1. 69 2017 -18 College-level credits for I-BEST and Comparison Groups Headcount* Transfer Program Credits attempted** Credits earned Credit earned ratio 118, 506 3, 056, 994 2, 631, 194 86% 72, 136 1, 890, 107 1, 694, 361 90% I-BEST 5, 376 164, 540 147, 909 90% Basic Skills No I-BEST 2, 584 41, 764 35, 496 85% Workforce Total points per student HS 21+ 1. 1 I-DEA 1. 3 *Includes students taking courses at multiple institutions **Transcript database, credits attempted (CLVL_IND = Y) credits earned (earn_ind = Y) Cohort definitions (SAI database): Transfer Intent last = B, Kind of basic skills = null, targeted program indicator = not like 1* Workforce Intent last = F, G, M, I, Kind of basic skills = null, targeted program indicator = not like 1* I-BEST Targeted program indicator = 1* Basic skills No I-BEST Targeted program indicator = not like 1*, Kind of basic skills = not null 12

WASHINGTON’S FEDERAL PRIORITIES Reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) • Simplify the FASFSA process • Reform the allocation formulas for Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants & Federal Work Study • Oppose risk-sharing proposals Preserve the Federal Pell Grant Program • Increase maximum award annually to match inflation • Make Pell available for short-term training programs • Increase amount student can receive over a lifetime from 6 to 7 years • Open Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students • Maintain full eligibility for “Ability-to Benefit students 13

WASHINGTON’S FEDERAL PRIORITIES (CONTINUED) Increase Funding for Education & Workforce Development • Increase funding for WIOA Adult Education and Occupational Education programs • Increase funding for colleges, programs, & services that improve equity and completion for diverse & economically disadvantaged students • Ensure access to high-speed Internet including secured access for incarcerated students Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) • Eliminate a 30% cap on the number of people in vocational training a state can count toward required, statewide work-participation rate • Increase lifetime camp on vocational training from 12 to 24 months • Remove the distinction between “core” and “non-core” activities that count toward an individual’s required work rate. 14

WASHINGTON’S FEDERAL PRIORITIES (CONTINUED: SLIDE 3) DREAM Act • Create a path to citizenship for undocumented students • Eliminate federal restrictions on states that offer in-state tuition to undocumented students • Make DREAM Act students eligible for federal financial aid Veterans • Fund new and existing programs to better serve veteran students • Enact reforms that protect veterans against exploitation of their GI Bill education Benefits 15

ABILITY TO BENEFIT CONVENING WASHINGTON DC MARCH 14, 2019 Convened by US Department of Education: • Scott Stump, Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, & Adult Education (OCTAE) • Casey Sacks, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges (OCTAE) This invitation only event brought together federal, state, community college, and other stakeholders with demonstrated commitment to supporting adult students into career pathways programs. o Carla Gelwicks, Skagit Valley was invited to participate on the College Panel to share Skagit’s implementation, successes, challenges, suggested changes, and technical assistance needs. Purpose: • Significantly increase usage of Ability to Benefit in order to increase accessibility and affordability of quality training and education for low-income adults and opportunity youth. Washington’s Sharing & Asks: • WA Ability to Benefit Update • WA Ability to Benefit Survey Results 16

INTEGRATING DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION AND BASIC SKILLS 32 Colleges sent coordinated, strategic interdisciplinary teams to the Guided SUMMIT Pathways Foundations: Integrating Developmental Education and Basic Skills Summit happening on March 8, 2019 Intended Outcomes: 1. Identify & Share Successes and Challenges with Integration of BEd. A & Developmental Education. 2. Provide College teams with foundational pieces of the integration framework within Guided Pathways. For those CBS members that attended, what have been the results? 17

HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY RFP UPDATE Advisory Group Members: o OSPI/Open Doors, WEC, ARC, ACC, Adult Corrections, Youth Corrections, and test centers o CBS: Glenda Cunningham Advisory Group Update: o RFP was released and responses collected o Vendor presentations for the evaluators were completed March 21 (Hi. SET®, GED®, & TASC®) o The evaluators were from OSPI, ARC, CBS, Adult Corrections, Youth Corrections, and tests centers (DSHS participated but was unable to complete the process) o Scoring is currently being finalized Next Steps: o Once scoring is finalized, a summary of the process and results will be sent to the SBCTC Executive Director final approval 18

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CONTACTS "Better Jobs. Better Futures. A Stronger Washington. " Jon M. Kerr, Director Basic Education for Adults V (360) 704 -4326 E jkerr@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.