1. Group C ( AE State Leadership) Group Report to General Session

2. Section I: Current Transition Practices Section I contains the following topics which you will address on the subsequent slides:  Organizational Role  Current Transition Efforts  Effective Components  Evidence of Effectiveness

3. Organizational Role  Tri-Agency Work-plan  Pending Legislation regarding alignment of AE to Post-secondary education  TX LEARNS assumes the primary role of leadership in providing successful transition  Professional Development  Responding to Rider 77 (AE /Postsecondary objectives)  Contractor for Workforce Development and student transition

4. Organizational Role  Texas AE Content Standards Development  Shop Talk (Workforce & Transitions Newsletter)  TELL Research Study (ESL to ABE)  TISESL (ESL students to work)  Implementation of the Lexile framework  Lexile Pilot (Aligning TABE to Lexile scores)

5. Organizational Role  Texas Success Initiative-College Readiness Standards  TBEC-Texas Business Education Coalition contracted to Lexile reading requirements for 16 industry clusters and college entry reading requirements  TWC Technology Grants  Participation in Web Portal for transitions to college (Higher Ed sponsored)

6. Current Transition Efforts  Transition Coordinators (full-time)  iBest Models  Project Quest  Working with EOC’s  Conferences for Adult Ed/Developmental Ed Instructors (Collaborative)  Intensive ABE Instruction for (Reading, Writing and Math) to transition students into higher levels of developmental ed

7. Current Transition Efforts  College for a day for ABE Students  Collaboration between agencies (joint summits)  Capital IDEA (Austin Community College)  Local Foundation Funding (for transition)  Family Literacy to support eventual transition of children  ISP-Intensive Summer Program  Drop Out Recovery Programs  Childcare funding through workforce for GED students entering higher ed/developmental ed

8. Effective Components  Transition Counseling  Mentoring  Partnerships with businesses and other agencies  Professional Development for Adult Education and Developmental Education Instructors  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

9. Evidence of Effectiveness  TEAMS Data  Data Matching  Special Project Data  Anecdotal evidence  Drop Out Recovery-Successful completion of an academic course

10. Section II: Recommended Transition Practices Section II contains the following topics which you will address on the subsequent slides:  Recommended Content  Recommended Key Components

11. Recommended Components  Rider 77 Components Outreaching and advising Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction Persistence Interventions State Level Accountability to monitor performance Service Provider Performance levels and program evaluation Standards to enhance data quality and sharing among agencies and service providers Needs assessment of students and service providers to identify other structural issues and barriers Grants including federal and other funds to maximize revenue

12. Recommended Key Content  Orientation (Comprehensive intake)  College 101  College Readiness  Financial Aid  Historical and Social Context  Integration of transition to college at all levels  Personal readiness and career exploration  Intensive/accelerated classes