1. Workforce and Adult Education Integrated System

2. Outreach Employers and Industries Target industries with potential ABE and/or English language deficiencies Outreach employers in the community with AEL needs through: Career Fairs Events Professional Networking Meetings

3. Collaborate with Employers Understand employee educational needs affecting the company’s business growth Communicate the value-add of AEL Increasing employee skill levels Improving work quality Targeting talent development Retaining employees

4. Coordinate Connect the AEL Consortium partner to the employer Establishes an AEL relationship with the employer Create a plan of action Develop the employee class schedule Introduce the employer to the AEL Consortium partner

5. Implement Workforce Solutions on-site services Employee Information Sessions Registration/Co-Enrollment with workforce programs (WIOA, childcare) Orientation/Pre-Assessment Testing AEL Consortium on-site and Distance Learning services Provide employee classroom instruction (or hybrid model) Administer post-testing

6. Results AEL Consortium communicates Successes Challenges Additional employer needs Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas partners with employers to meet employers’ workforce needs Build upon the successes Understand the challenges Address additional business needs Contact information: Demetria Robinson, Vice President, Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas 214-290-1013 Teresa Yun, Business Development Leader, ResCare Workforce Services 214-475-2478

7. Irving ISD, Jilmer Sorto Irving ISD – AEL Consortium Partnership Success Stories