Calibrating the “Pipeline”

Available Time

Cost

Need for immediate income

Enrollment Process

Choosing the right career Enrollment

Requirements

Transportation

Streamlining the “Pipeline”a collaborative effort (AB 86)

Low PersistenceOrganizational Issues

Poor Study Habits, Attendance, AttitudeTransportation

Childcare

Counseling Support & GuidanceSoft Skills Class(es)

Class Embedded Soft skillsWrap around support services

Online courses

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Forming a Partnership to Build our Pipeline

Curriculum of each program

Capacity of each program

Resources of each program

Flexibility of each program

Classroom locations of each program

Partnership = Getting to know and trust each other

Regulations of each program

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Dual Nature of Adult Education

K-12 • Focus on

Kids• Pre-college

Curriculum

Community College• Focus on

Adults• College

Curriculum

ADULT EDUCATIONAdultsNeeding Pre-College Education

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Impact on All Generations

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Current Programs and Services

Current Need

Supply vs. Demand

Are we preparing our students?

Furthermore, this country cannot rely solely on new entrants to the workforce to meet this demand. About two-thirds (65 percent) of our 2020 workforce is already beyond the reach of our elementary and secondary schools. -Working Poor Families Project. 2007

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One System, Multiple parts