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

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.

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. Pop 18+ 367,499 57,611 15.7% HS Grad 73,821 20.1% Some College 19,651 5.3% Total Unemployed 67,238 18.3% Not HS Grad 30,026 8.2% Poverty 36,746 10% Illiteracy 41,111 11.2% ESL 7 th Grade Education 26,898 9.88%

Number of adult education students served in the 2013/2014 academic year in the South Bay Adult Education Consortium/Southwestern Program Area: 2013/2014 SWC SUHSD CUSD Total 6,278 7,654 7 13,939 Elementary/Secondary Education and Basic Skills 915 7,287 22 8,224 Programs for Immigrants (ESL and Citizenship) 0 0 0 0 Programs for adults with Disabilities 750 5,871 0 6,621 Short Term CTE 0 19 0 19 Programs for Apprentices Total 7,943 20,831 29 28,803

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.

Chula Vista Montgomery National San Ysidro Program Adult School Adult School City Adult Adult School Total School Adult Basic Education 915 752 553 553 2773 (ABE) Adult Secondary 3634 733 410 767 5544 Education (ASE) 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

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