Helping all adult Ohioans reach their full potential

Helping all adult Ohioans reach their full potential

Ohio State Advisory Committee on the Transferof Adult Career-Technical Programs

The Challenge

► Knowledge and innovation are the core “drivers” of economic success for individuals, families, communities and the state.

► Advanced learning is no longer an option.

► Upgrading adult workers’ knowledge and skills is the key to Ohio’s future economic growth and prosperity.

Amended Sub. House Bill 119► Craft a strategy for the successful transition

of certain adult workforce development programs from the Ohio Department of Education to the Ohio Board of Regents.

► Complete the transfer of responsibilities by January 1, 2009.


But simply shifting a few programs and the people who carry them out from one administrative structure toanother isn’t the solution.

Ohio needs a newworkforce education system the closes itsadult learning gap.


Ohio’s VisionAll adult Ohioans will have an opportunity tocontinue their education beyond high school and earn the degrees and industry-recognizedcredentials that give them the knowledge andskills needed to get and advance in good jobs that pay family-sustainable wages …


ADULT FRIENDLY

. . . and all Ohio employers will have access to customized, flexible and industry-drivenskills training, giving them a competitive edgein the 21st century global economy.


Ohio’s Vision

DEMAND DRIVEN

Committee MembershipRon Abrams Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Morris Beverage Lakeland Community College

Roy Church Lorain County Community College

Kathy Krendl/Dan Evans Ohio University

Howard Lawson Akron Public Schools

Rick McIntosh Project Learn of Summit County

Sherry Minton South-Western City Schools

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Committee MembershipMark Nutter Washington State Community College

J. Chris Pfister Apollo Career Center

Monica Posey Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Roscoe Schlachter Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

Terry Thomas Ohio Board of Regents

Robin White Great Oaks Institute of Technology

David Burns, co-chair Ohio Department of Education

Jon Tafel, co-chair Ohio Board of Regents

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SubcommitteesHow the Committee Organized Its Work

► Aligned, High-Quality Adult-Learning Services

► Demand-Driven Services

► Improved Access and Affordability

► Integrated Data Systems and Metrics

► Funding and Governance


Critical Facts . . .Ohio’s fastest growing occupations

over the next decade will require

learning beyond high school.


Critical Facts . . .Compared to Ohio, only nine states

have a smaller portion of their adult

populations having earned a

baccalaureate degree.


Critical Facts . . .Almost 75 percent of Ohio’s

current workforce will still

be working in 2020.


Critical Facts . . .Adult learners face many

unique challenges … because

“employees who learn”

are different from

“students who work.”


Ohio’s Adult Learning Resources118 ABLE Providers

91 Adult Career-Technical Planning Districts

23 Community/Technical Colleges

13 Universities plus one free-standing medical school

24 University Regional Campuses


Two Core Strategies

Improve adults’ access to and success in job-relevant education and training, and make adult learning experiences more affordable.

#1


Two Core Strategies

Enhance the quality of Ohio’s adult workforce education and training services and ensure that these learning experiences and the funding that supports them meet employers’ needs and learners’ expectations.

#2


Eight Action Priorities

Raise adult Ohioans’ aspirations forcontinued learning and improve their

awareness and understanding of the state’s adult wokforce education and

training opportunities – and make thoseopportunities more transparent and easier to navigate.

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Create new, accessible pathways that make it easier for learners – particularly those from hard-to-

serve populations – to prepare themselves

for career-relevant postsecondaryeducation and training, and to help them movesmoothly from ABLE and adult career-technicalprograms to a credential or degree program at a two- or four-year campus.


2

Make Ohio’s adult learning programs and services more affordable by creating new supportmechanisms and financial models

that meet the needs of adult learners and other non-traditional students.


3


Expand opportunities for work-basedlearning (e.g., internships, co-ops,apprenticeships and teacherexternships) by increasing employerparticipation and making programsmore flexible and adult-friendly.


4


Ensure that Ohio’s adult career-technical programs

andtwo-year college campuseshelp drive state and regional

economic development through both customized solutions and demand-driven degrees and certificates.


5


Build the adult workforce educationsystem’s capacity to facilitate the transferability of credits and students among all service providers – and actively promote such transfers to encourage adults to continue learning.


6


Develop an integrated data system– built around a focused set of results-oriented metrics – that fosters coordinated decision making by all adult education providers and assists in identifying and meeting employer needs.


7


Develop a governance system for adult workforce programs and services, with appropriate funding mechanisms, that (1) provides

comprehensive oversight; (2) creates incentives for quality practices and services, (3) distributesresources equitably based on results-orientedmetrics; and (4) is consistent with theUSO strategic plan.


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Identifying Next StepsToward an Adult Workforce Solution

►Create new accessible pathways for adult learners by implementing the “Stackable Certificates” initiative.

►Develop concurrent enrollment policies and practices.

►Conduct an inventory of student aid and institutional financing “best practices.”


Identifying Next StepsToward an Adult Workforce Solution


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►Seek funding in the FY 2010-2011 state budget for a Chancellor’s Workforce Initiative Fund.

►Implement the Ohio Skills Bank initiative.

►Work with the employers and organized labor to double the number of postsecondary students engaged in college-level work-based learning experiences.

►Develop a plan for creating an integrated data system by March 2009

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