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Basic Skills and Continuing Education:
Working Together for the Future
Randy Whitfield, Ed.D.
Associate Vice President of College and Career
Readiness
North Carolina Community College System
NCCCAEA Conference
September 26, 2014
Randy Whitfield
“The horse we’ve been riding on in Adult Education, the one we’ve had for
over 30 years is dead. According to an old story, the best advice you can
give someone who is riding a dead horse is to get off.
• Some people will continue to ride and say, ‘But we’ve always ridden
horses this way.’
• Some will complain about the state of dead horses today.
• Some will want to increase standards for riding a dead horse.
• Some will blame the dead horse’s parents.
• Some will form a committee to study the dead horse.
But the thing to do is if the horse you are riding on dies, GET OFF!”
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Werner Erhard
“Ride the horse in the direction that
it’s going.”
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Dale Carnegie
“Remember, today is the tomorrow
you worried about yesterday.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“We can’t become what we need to
be by remaining what we are.”
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Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act of 2014
(WIOA)
• Title I, Workforce Development Activities
• Title II, Adult Education and Literacy (AELA)
• Goes into effect July 1, 2015, but State
Plans not due until 2016 and outcome
measures will be implemented in 2016.
• Regulations for Act are currently being
written by the US Department of Labor and
the US Department of Education
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• Increase access to opportunity for
employment, education, training, and support
services
• Encourage alignment and coordination among
the primary federal programs that support
employment services, workforce development,
adult education, and vocational rehabilitation
activities
• Emphasize increased accountability and
results among the core programs
• WIOA is authorized until 2020
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WIOA Requirements
• Unified state plan
• Regional plans and applications with all
partners to be reviewed by local Workforce
Development Board
• Funds from all partners to support
infrastructure of the One-Stops
• Same performance outcome measures as
the One-Stops
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WIOA Outcome Measures
• The percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during
second quarter after exit
• Percentage of program participants in unsubsidized employment
during the fourth quarter after exit
• Median earnings of participants in unsubsidized employment during
second quarter after exit
• Percentage of participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary
credential, secondary school diploma or equivalent during
participation or within 1 year after program exit
Will receive credit only if such participants, in addition to obtaining such diploma
or its recognized equivalent, have obtained or retained employment or are in an
education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential
within 1 year after exit from the program.
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WIOA Outcome Measures
• Percentage of participants who during a
program year are in education that leads to
a recognized postsecondary credential or
employment and who are achieving
measurable gains towards those goals
• Indicators of effectiveness in serving
employers
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1. Integrated education and training
 aims to provide adult education and literacy
activities concurrently and contextually with
workforce preparation activities and
workforce training
 targets training in occupations or clusters
that assist adults in their educational and
career advancement
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2. Workforce preparation activities
 Activities, programs or services to help
individuals gain basic academic, critical
thinking, digital literacy, and selfmanagement skills
 Includes competencies in utilizing resources
and using information, and acquiring other
skills necessary for successful transition into
postsecondary education, training, or
employment
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3.
Integrated English Literacy and Civics
Education (IEL/CE)
• Codifies the IEL/CE program, previously funded
through annual appropriations
• Provides instruction in literacy and English language
acquisition, the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship and civic participation, and workforce
training
• Focuses program design and goals on integrated
education and training activities and coordination with
local workforce system
• Reserves 12% of appropriations to support IEL/CE
activities
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• Revises considerations that must be used in
awarding grants
• Sets forth five new local application
requirements, including those aimed at
alignment with local workforce plans and
participation in the one-stop system
• Title I-B requires AEFLA applicants to submit
applications to local Workforce Boards for
alignment with local plans
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 Adds four new required activities to be supported with funds
(1) Alignment of adult education and literacy activities with core
programs and one-stop partners to support Unified State plan
strategy
(2) High quality professional development programs to improve
instruction, including essential components of reading
instruction and dissemination of models and promising
practices
(3) Technical assistance to providers based on rigorous research
on instructional practices, local one stop responsibilities and
effective use of technology
(4) Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of adult education
activities in the State
 Includes additional permissible activities
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New Funding
Considerations
• Effectiveness of local program in meeting
primary indicators of performance
• Extent to which provider demonstrates
alignment between proposed activities and
activities and services of the one-stop
partners
• Whether the provider’s activities provide
learning in context and integrated education
and training
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