Rosemary MattNYS Director of Accountability

Priority Strategies for FY2015Central Southern Tier RAEN

• Important Dates to Remember• ITAP and Corrective Action changes• Confusion Surrounding Case Management• Planned Post Testing• Introduction to WIOA• Implications in Your Own Program

Today’s Topics

• WIA contracts, Technology Plan was due October 1st…many are without!

• Quarter II Data is due February 28, 2015• EPE

• Last day to enter data for July 1, 2014 – December 1, 2014 is February 2nd

• February 3rd, data on the SA160 is frozen, must fax the SA160 to NYSED

• February 18th, hard copy with original signature must be mailed to NYSED with FULL YEAR PROJECTIONS

Important Dates to Remember

• EPE II

• Maximum claim is 3% of allocation• Are you including all EPE II hours in your totals?• Reallocation in February/March 2015

EPE cont’d

• Corrective Action• Performance, missed one or more of the 3 NYS Benchmarks

AND in Quartile 1• WIA Enrollment < 90% of proposal• EPE is habitually under allocation

• ITAP• Poor performance• Big 5 Districts automatic• New administrator or high staff turnover

ITAP and Corrective Action Changes

• Follow your WIA proposal• Follow your Literacy Zone proposal

• Is time spent with students documented appropriately?• At intake, are student’s needs in terms of employment, assessed? • If student is aiming toward the HSE, how soon is there a discussion about

postsecondary education? Employment?• At what point do you engage students in a discussion surrounding postsecondary

education or training?• Is time spent with students recorded in ASISTS?

•If not, is MUST be

Confusion Surrounding Case Management

Active Case Managers will serve 400 adult students in the course of one fiscal year

WIA Title II Accountability Metric

• Prioritize Post Testing• Identify students on the “cusp” of showing educational gain

• Strategize the scheduling of post testing

Planned Post Testing

TABE RANGES AND CUSP SCORESNRS Level Educational Level TABE Range Cusp Range

1 Beginning ABE Literacy 0 – 1.9 1.7 – 1.9

2 Beginning ABE 2.0 – 3.9 3.7 – 3.9

3 Low Intermediate ABE 4.0 – 5.9 5.7 – 5.9

4 High Intermediate ABE 6.0 – 8.9 8.7 – 8.9

5 ASE Low 9.0 – 10.9 10.7 – 10.9

BEST PLUS RANGES AND CUSP SCORESNRS Level Educational Level BEST Plus Range Cusp Range1 Beginning ESL Literacy 85 – 400 385 – 4002 Low Beginning ESL 401 – 417 413 – 4173 High Beginning ESL 418 – 438 433 – 4384 Low Intermediate ESL 439 – 472 465 – 4725 High Intermediate ESL 473 – 506 500 – 5066 Advanced ESL 506 ‐ 540 536 – 540

BEST LITERACY RANGES AND CUSP SCORESNRS Level Educational Level BEST Literacy Range Cusp Range1 Beginning ESL Literacy 0 – 20 17 – 202 Low Beginning ESL 21 – 52 47 – 523 High Beginning ESL 53 – 63 59 – 634 Low Intermediate ESL 64 – 67 65 – 675 High Intermediate ESL 68 – 75 71 – 756 Advanced ESL Not valid as pre‐test Not valid as pre‐test

Workforce Innovation

and Opportunity

Act (WIOA)

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed into law by the President on July 22, 2014 focuses on: Building a Skilled Workforce.

Programs And Activities (Required Partners):

•Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth (Title I)

•Adult Education and Literacy (Title II)•Wagner Peyser (Title III)

•Rehabilitation Act (ACCES-VR) (Title IV)

•Older Americans (Title V)

•Career & Technical Education (Carl D. Perkins Act)

System Alignment Opportunities

1. Unified State plan must address education and skill needs of the workforce and strategies for aligning core programs

2. One Stop partner programs include the core programs and postsecondary career and technical education

System Alignment Opportunities

• Career pathways and integrated education and training: "a service approach that provides adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose of educational and career advancement"

#1

System Alignment Opportunities

• Workplace adult education and literacy activities: "adult education and literacy activities offered in conjunction with an employer or employee organization at the workplace or an off-site location that is designed to improve the productivity of the workforce”

#2

System Alignment Opportunities

• Workforce preparation activities: "activities, programs, or services designed to help an individual acquire a combination of basic academic skills, critical thinking skills, digital literacy skills, and self-managementskills, including competencies in utilizing resources, using information, working with others, understanding systems, and obtaining skills necessary for successful transition into and completion of postsecondary education or training and employment."

#3

System Alignment Opportunities

• Ability to serve individuals whose reading, writing, math skills are less than grade 13 level for purposes of postsecondary transition: "Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit or discourage the use of funds provided under this title for adult education and literacy activities that help eligible individuals transition to postsecondary education and training or employment , or for concurrent enrollment activities."

#4

How Does This Change the day to day operation of an adult education program?

1. Adding career counselors as part of the Case Manager’s job description

2. Develop strategies to empower the most vulnerable populations on how to maintain public benefits3. Increase their learning opportunities to create a seamless transition to postsecondary education or training

4. Develop strategies to empower the most vulnerable populations on how to maintain public benefits5. Develop deep relationships with local One Stop providers who can assist your students in moving into employment or training6. Provide support, encourage, and create opportunities for them to exercise greater control over decisions that affect their employment & training options

How Does This Change the day to day operation of an adult education program?

Caveat: For indicators relating to credential attainment, program participants who obtain a secondary school diploma or HSE will only be included in the percentage counted if:

they have obtained or retained employment or

are in an education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential within 1 year after exit from the program.

Performance Accountability Under WIOA

TimelineSpring 2015:

Draft regulations to implement WIOA July 1, 2015:

Provisions take effect

January 22, 2016: Final Rules to implement WIOA

March 3, 2016: Deadline for States to submit Unified State Plan

July 1, 2016: Unified State Plan, performance accountability provisions, and One-Stop infrastructure cost requirements take effect