Model Programs

The Advancing CA Adult Education Showcase is one of the tools provided for CAEP to support stakeholders in developing and sharing best practices. This showcase is a collection of successful and proven practices that have been implemented across the state by CAEP consortia. Use these examples to get ideas for what practices may work to help your region achieve its goals or to learn more about how consortia have successfully implemented practices your region is beginning to put into action.

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Affordable Housing Management

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: San Diego - Imperial State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity Submission Year: 2023

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Developing Career Capital in Adult Education Pathways

Program Area(s): ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Orange County State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2023

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Directing Adults on the Right TrAC for Employment (DARTE) Learning Community

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Central Valley State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity Submission Year: 2023

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El Monte Rosemead Adult School - CTE Electrician Program

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Learner Transition, Equity, Leadership, Technology & Distance Learning, Program Evaluation Submission Year: 2023

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Free Rides for 10,000 Adult Students: A Consortium Partnership with the County Transportation Commission

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: Central Coast State Priority: Equity, Leadership Submission Year: 2023

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IET Healthcare Pathway

Program Area(s): ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Technology & Distance Learning Submission Year: 2023

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Montebello Adult School CTE Fair

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Marketing Submission Year: 2023

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Rialto Unified School District

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Technology & Distance Learning Submission Year: 2023

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State Center Adult Education Consortium - Fresno City College

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Central Valley State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Leadership, Technology & Distance Learning, Marketing Submission Year: 2023

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The San Diego/Imperial County Super Region - Collaboration Across Programs and Consortia

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: San Diego - Imperial State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Leadership Submission Year: 2023

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Torrance Adult School

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Technology & Distance Learning Submission Year: 2023

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Twin Rivers Adult School

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Northern California State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Leadership, Technology & Distance Learning, Program Evaluation, Marketing Submission Year: 2023

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CAEP Student Engagement Program – Eliminating Access Barriers With Texting and Mobile Technology

In the fall of 2020, a two-way, bilingual texting platform was launched, intentionally integrated with our student data to address barriers to entry and communication.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Northern California State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Leadership, Technology & Distance Learning, Marketing Submission Year: 2022

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California Property Taxation and Appraisal

Rio Hondo College (RHC), in collaboration with Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor (LACOA) and Workforce Development Aging and Community Services (WDACS), designed and implemented an educational opportunity to employment pathway for students to meet the ongoing hiring needs for appraisers in public and private sectors.

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2022

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Castro Valley Adult & Career Education

Castro Valley Adult & Career Education piloted a fully online citizenship class to make it more accessible and convenient to a larger segment of the community.

Program Area(s): ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship Region: Bay Area State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity Submission Year: 2022

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Electrician Trainee (Certification Program)

Bassett Adult School opened an Electrician Trainee Program to increase the number of individuals who pass the California State Electricians Exam and are placed into jobs as Electricians.

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2022

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Martinez Adult Education Optical Assistant Apprenticeship Program

Martinez Adult Education developed a short-term optical assistance apprenticeship training program that leads to certification and licensure to support the needs of the region and employers.

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Bay Area State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Marketing Submission Year: 2022

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Pathway ESL

Sweetwater Adult Education It is impossible to meet the desired levels of rigor and contextualization in an ESL classroom when all ESL students are grouped together strictly by current performance levels (e.g. beginning, intermediate, advanced). In response, they developed the ESL Pathways program.

Program Area(s): ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship Region: San Diego - Imperial State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity Submission Year: 2022

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Recycling Lives (RL)

Kern Adult School launched the Recycling Lives course to provided adult learners with the principles of recycling glass including entrepreneurship and business fundamentals in response to increased homelessness, long term unemployment, substance abuse, and previously incarcerated individuals in need of job readiness/workforce development opportunities.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Central Valley State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Leadership, Technology & Distance Learning, Program Evaluation, Marketing Submission Year: 2022

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Significantly Increasing ESL students into CTE

ESL enrollment, even before the pandemic, at Whittier Union Adult School had was healthy. However, there were few ESL students concurrently enrolled in CTE courses. There were several reasons this lack of ESL students was occurring. For example, ESL and CTE class meeting times conflicted or were at inconvenient times that lengthened a student’s day. In addition, ESL students were often unaware of the option to take CTE classes. Neither the ESL students nor the CTE instructors had a strong connection to each other. In response, some of the unique features of our program include bringing the CTE teacher into the actual ESL classes twice a week. These embedded courses prepare the students for the second step of the pathway. A 30-minute period of embedded support (tutoring) at the end of each 3-hour lesson was created. This embedded support allows each teacher to work with small groups that need extra instruction. The school provided Chromebook loaners for a $25 deposit so that students could have internet access as well as capacity for word processing and other laptop features.

Program Area(s): ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Learner Transition, Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom, Equity, Technology & Distance Learning, Program Evaluation Submission Year: 2022