1 Role of Literacy in the One-Stop System Wendi Maxwell Adult Education Office California Department of Education

Adult Education Act “ One of the primary changes in this legislation is the new connection between job training and adult education systems. Too many individuals seeking job training find themselves unable to benefit from programs because they do not have the literacy skills necessary to benefit from training programs.” President Lyndon B. Johnson

3 Agenda  Overview of Workforce Investment Act  California partnership model  Research findings  WIA Title I State Plan  New directions

4 Workforce Investment Act  Demand-driven system  Business-focused  Legislated agency cooperation –Labor –Education –Health and Human Services –Housing and Urban Development

5 Role of Partners  Industry defines the workforce challenges  Education develops competency models and curricula  Public workforce system accesses human capital and places trained workers in jobs

6 California Model of State Partnership  CA Workforce Investment Board  Employment Development Department  CA Department of Education

7 Interagency Agreement  EDD funds education positions at the CWIB  Title II funds a liaison to the CWIB  Results: –Knowledge of both systems –Improved communication –Work teams –Combined planning

8 IA Accomplishments  –Youth Council –Subsequent ETPL designation –One-Stop Survey  –One-Stop Report –Information Directive –VESL pilot –White paper –Learning disabilities –Local models  –Title I State Plan –Regional Economies Project ca.gov/pan el –GPS mapping

9 Products  Partnership Guidelines  Information Directive –Letters from CDE, EDD, and CWIB –Recommend comprehensive planning –MOU guidelines  CDE Web page

10 Research Findings  One-Stop Survey  Voices from the Field  Youth Survey

11 CA One-Stop Survey Report  2002 survey of 65 agencies  High correlation between MOU and referrals  Recommendations: –Improve communication –Develop comprehensive plans –Streamline bureaucracy  Reports/OneStopSurveyReport.pdf

12 Key Issues  Create liaisons or share staff  Create comprehensive plans  Assure adult ed representation on LWIB  Reduce red tape  Improve state-level communications and guidance

13 Voices from the Field  Survey of 291 adult education agencies during  70 % have some interaction with One-Stops; 65% with local Board  Increase in “very effective” interactions and decrease in “very ineffective” from prior year  Large agencies reported more effective interactions

14 Youth Survey – WIA Title II  32% of participants are years  Proportion has not changed in five years  Primary reason for both youth and adults is learning English  Youth more prevalent in ASE programs  Youth learn faster than adults

15 WIA Title I State Plan  Two-year transition plan  Work plan

16 Governor’s Priorities  Understand and meet needs of business  Target resources for greatest economic impact  Collaborate to improve CA educational system  Ensure accountability of public and private workforce investments

17 State Planning Process  Identify priority issues –High-wage, high-growth jobs –Advancing workers with barriers –Statewide job shortages  Meetings of stakeholder groups  Public input  State plan  Work plan

18 CA State Plan for WIA Title I  Executive Summary  Issues paper  Survey of Local WIB Executive Directors 

19 New Directions  Input into WIA Title II Plan  State-level MOU  Identify best practices

20 Challenges and Opportunities  Education –NCLB –Research base  Labor –Employment outcomes –Business driven  Five years’ experience  Stable infrastructure  Combined planning efforts

21 Resources  USDOL –  USDOE –  Title I / Title II Partnership – html  California model

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