Contact CAEP TAP at tap@caladulted.org or (888) 827-2324 if you experience any difficulty accessing the documents or have questions.

Then, join the CAEP Office, on Monday, August 23 at 12:00 p.m. for the three-year plan kick-off webinar. In this webinar, the CAEP Office will review the guidance, tools, training, and resources to prepare your three-year plan.

On Wednesday, September 1 at 12:00 p.m., join Reecie Stagnolia of Stagnolia Strategic Solutions for the Planning Mindset webinar. The planning mindset webinar will focus on engaging consortia leads and members in a series of activities and tools to adopt a long-term planning mindset. The adoption of a planning mindset will support consortia during the planning process through implementation and beyond. A planning mindset will allow consortia and agencies to continually discover, plan and adopt their services to meet the needs of adult learners.

Earlier this month, the CAEP Office released Program Area Hours and Expenses guidance for 2020-21. CAEP TAP also hosted a webinar on Friday, August 13 on the topic and released analysis of the previous three years’ worth of data. As you get ready to process the required data, please remember to include all your leveraged funds by program area that are used to support your classroom instruction and related services. Although the CAEP Office prohibits member districts from reporting service hours that are not part of the instructional hour in the classroom, the CAEP Office strongly encourage member districts to report all expenditures (leveraged funds) that support the classroom instruction. This would include salaries, benefits, administrative costs, overhead, equipment, supplies, contracts, capital outlay, marketing, outreach, supportive services, student services, orientation, testing, placement, staff training, etc. For example, adults with disabilities programs offer many supportive services outside the classroom. Please attempt to capture and report all those related expenses. For the past three years the adult education leveraged funds have ranged between $810M to $820M statewide.

If you have any questions, please contact TAP at tap@caladulted.org or (888) 827-2324.

The CAEP Office wanted to update all CAEP members and consortia directors/leads/chairs that Neil Kelly will join the CDE Adult Education Office later this month. The CAEP Office does not anticipate any disruption in the level of customer service received from the CAEP Office as Neil will continue to work on CAEP related activities in his new position with the CDE. Please remember to send all CAEP related questions to the CAEP Technical Assistance Project at tap@caladulted.org.

In the latest PPIC report entitled, Improving Career Education Pathways into California’s Workforce, investigated the trajectories of nearly one million students who have pursued career education at California community colleges over the last decade. PPIC used stakeholder interviews to probe how employers and workforce intermediaries support students in completing programs and gaining skills valued in the labor market. The report findings include:

Access the full report to learn more about this PPIC study and outcomes.

The planning mindset webinar will focus on engaging consortia leads and members in a series of activities and tools to adopt a long-term planning mindset. The adoption of a planning mindset will support consortia during the planning process through implementation and beyond. A planning mindset will allow consortia and agencies to continually discover, plan and adopt their services to meet the needs of adult learners.