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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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Job Skills - Substitute Preparation Program

Riverside Adult School and the Riverside Unified School District partnered to implement a substitute preparation program to address student challenges with obtaining employment and the shortage of substitutes in the district.

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2021

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Supporting Student Mental Health Through The Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Mental health challenges impeded the success of adult learners at Torrance Adult School. The school's Student Support Services team developed a robust collection of resources and held live virtual workshops on a variety of mental health topics such as stress and anxiety coping skills.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2021

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Supporting ESL & ABE/ASE Students to Career Success through IET Classes

CTE teacher observations determined ESL and ABE/ASE students struggled in CTE classes due to language barriers. In response to this observation, Torrance Adult School implemented a number of Integrated Education and Training models to support learners.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2021

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Consortium-wide Data Study Sessions

To address the need for alignment and consistent student enrollment, outcomes and transitions tracking across the consortium, the quarterly consortium-wide data study sessions were created.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities, K12 Success Region: Bay Area State Priority: Program Evaluation Submission Year: 2021

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Transition Specialist Resource Hub

A network of more than 10 navigators created many resources and tools; however, the constant flow of information led to information gaps and inefficiencies. To address this problem, a comprehensive overview of the Transition Specialist role and the creation of the Transition Specialist Resource Hub promoted a common understanding of the function within and across member agencies.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities, K12 Success Region: Bay Area State Priority: Learner Transition Submission Year: 2021

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Building Communication Infrastructure at the Consortium Level: Lunch with LARAEC

The impact of COVID-19 reinforced the need for the consortium to provide faculty and staff with significant, consistent and targeted professional development to support their transition to remote education. In response, Lunch with LARAEC was created: weekly, virtual, moderated sessions open to all LARAEC member-district personnel as well as practitioners from across the state.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities, K12 Success Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Leadership Submission Year: 2021

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Partnering with Goodwill Industries of San Diego County on the Job Readiness Certificate Program

Southwestern College and Sweetwater Adult School understood there was a need to increase job readiness for adults with disabilities' students and partnered with the Goodwill Industries of San Diego County on the Job Readiiness Certificate Program.

Program Area(s): CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: San Diego - Imperial State Priority: Learner Transition Submission Year: 2021

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SBCC REMOTE ESOL CASE STUDY: Low- and High-Intensity Remote ESOL Options

The SBCC Remote ESOL programs provides students with multiple remote learning options depending on their interest, availability, and life circumstances, and the impact of this program was included in a case study sponsored by World Education, Inc.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship Region: Central Coast State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2021

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The Role of Transition Services in Moving Students to Postsecondary Enrollment

In response to a fragmented network of providers, the Inland Empire Adult Education transitions workgroups developed a vision, strategic direction, specific measurable accomplishments and an action plan to help students transition to postsecondary and employment.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Learner Transition Submission Year: 2021

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Pathways to Success

To inform the Riverside region of the adult education programs and services provided, the ABOUT STUDENTS Consortium partnered with News and Review to create a multi-purpose publication focused on information, outreach and advocacy.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Marketing Submission Year: 2021

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ABE Blended Learning

In response to the three major barriers ABE and ASE students face at Corona-Norco Adult School (CNAS), the CNAS Blended ABE program provides four hours synchronous instruction augmented by two or more hours of asynchronous online coursework via the Canvas Learning Management System.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE Region: Inland Empire State Priority: Program Development / Curriculum / Classroom Submission Year: 2021

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San Diego College of Continuing Education Online Faculty Mentors

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 Submission Year: 2021

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San Diego College of Continuing Education Online Faculty Mentors

The SDCCE Online Faculty Mentoring program supported more than 300 instructors and counselors in providing distance education.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities Region: San Diego - Imperial State Priority: Technology & Distance Learning Submission Year: 2021

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The LARAEC EDGE

In response to the results of an action research study, the LARAEC Edge conference addressed barriers to transition programs in the region.

Program Area(s): ABE / ASE, ESL / EL Civics / Citizenship, CTE / Workforce Prep / Pre-apprenticeship, Adults with Disabilities, K12 Success Region: Los Angeles Basin State Priority: Learner Transition Submission Year: 2021