1. Immigrant Integration Pathway
EL Civics Conference
Santa Clara Adult Education
March 3, 2017
Ilse Pollet

2. Overview Introduction: Project and Purpose
Immigrant Integration Framework
What’s Next?
Discussion

3. Why Immigrant Integration?
New administration urges us all into action
California stands with immigrants
Increased public awareness
National, state and local immigrant integration initiatives

4. Why Adult Education?
Adult Education plays a central role in welcoming newcomers:
AEBG restored funding to adult education
Focus on workforce development and career pathways / integration with WIOA
Risk of overshadowing central mission of supporting immigrant integration
Immigrant Integration Pathway = opportunity for adult education to be intentional about immigrant integration

5. SBCAE Annual Plan
“Our consortium will continue work to develop a structured pathway for immigrant integration, including addressing the specific needs and options for unauthorized residents.”
Through the current fiscal year our consortium will:
Identify a sequence of education, training and support services for immigrants to integrate into their communities, explore all potential avenues for documentation, and connect with realistic employment opportunities.
Develop approaches to access "traditional" college and career pathways requiring documentation by attaining DACA, DAPA or other right to work status.
Identify metrics of progress along Immigrant Integration Pathways which include, but
are not limited to:
- developing English language proficiency
- building cultural competency and capital,
- a deeper understanding of the rights and responsibilities resulting from civic awareness,
- a facility to access mainstream resources for the learners’ personal and
professional goals.

6. Goals of the Immigrant Integration Pathway project
Develop a framework for holistic immigrant integration to be used across multiple stakeholders.
Create a set of immigrant integration metrics to measure success
Influence state policy to include measures of immigrant integration

7. Framework Development Process
Design group including multiple stakeholders
Community input from July 2016 Immigrant Integration Forum
Stakeholder input from 2016 ALLIES ESL Provider Network (EPN) meetings
Briefing of SBCAE Transition Specialists

8. Immigrant Integration Framework

9. Immigrant Integration Framework
ACTIVITY:
What are priority areas for your students?
How does the framework correspond with EL Civics?

10. Goal Map Example: Financial Security
Meeting essential needs and managing household expenses
Financial Security
Living Wage Job and Career Progression
Asset Building and Asset Protection
Maintaining Household Income
Work/Self-Employment
Disability
Family/Community Support
Retirement
Parent/Caregiver Support

11. Goal Map Example: Civic Engagement
Volunteering, Organizing and Leadership
Civic Education
Participation in Civic and Community Life
Building Cultural Capital
Understanding Immediate Community
Expanding personal and Community Networks
Visit communal public spaces
Socialization and celebrations with immigrant groups
Shop for goods or services in diverse communities
Strengthen relationships with co-workers
Participation in organized activities

12. Immigrant Integration Metrics
Goal Area
Sample Metrics
English proficiency
Level of English language proficiency
First Language Literacy
Level of first language literacy
Educational and Career Advancement
Enrollments, certificates, job readiness, job attainment
Financial Security
Income, Credit score, Debt, Bank Account
Health and Well-being
Health insurance, managing (mental) health conditions
Providing for Family
Childcare, PTA, support networks
Credentials and Residency
Green card, driver’s license, DACA
Participation in Civic and Community Life
Leadership positions, library card, volunteer hours

13. Immigrant Integration Metrics
ACTIVITY:
What could be measured in each of the goal areas?
What is currently measured?
What could be added?

14. What’s Next? Policy Advocacy AEBG Consortia System level change
CBOs
Teachers
Public Agencies
AEBG Consortia
Case manage-ment
Policy Advocacy
System level change
SBCAE initial activities
Framework
Immigrant Integration

15. SBCAE initial activities Immigrant Integration
What’s Next?
Policy Advocacy
System level change
SBCAE initial activities
Framework
Immigrant Integration
SBCAE INITIAL ACTIVITIES
Cross reference II Framework with EL Civics curriculum
Assessment of SBCAE programs
Inform Transition Specialist Procedures
Community Partnerships

16. SBCAE initial activities Immigrant Integration
What’s Next?
Policy Advocacy
System level change
SBCAE initial activities
Framework
Immigrant Integration
SYSTEM LEVEL CHANGE
Landscape: programs and services using framework
Landscape: ID and assess current collaborations
Analysis and gaps in stakeholder community
Develop options for improved regional collaborations
Develop system change strategies
Common data

17. SBCAE initial activities Immigrant Integration
What’s Next?
Policy Advocacy
System level change
SBCAE initial activities
Framework
Immigrant Integration
POLICY ADVOCACY
Advocate for inclusion of II Framework metrics in AEBG data requirements
Distribute and present II Framework at local, state and national level

18. Discussion How could you use the framework in your current role?
Who could you partner with?
Questions?
Comments?