Wednesday, September 24, 2025

CAEP TAP Newsletter Contribution

CAEP Deliverable Reminders & Deadlines and Deliverables

Advancing CA Adult Education Model Program: CAER: A New Community Partnership Resource Portal for Adult Education

CAEP Summit is Here!

Ven al Cafe con Pan - Free

LARAEC Events

CALPro Events

Upcoming Professional Learning Events

2025 Conferences

CAEP Consortium Director's Corner

The CAEP Newsletter will now be released twice a month, on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

If you would like to submit an item for consideration, please submit it no later than the Friday before the week of publication.

CAEP Deliverable Reminders

Deadlines and Deliverables

• Sept 30: Member Expenditure Reports certified by consortium in NOVA (Q4)
• Sept 30: Member 25-26 Budget and Work Plan due in NOVA
• Oct 30: 25-26 Member Budgets and Work Plans certified by consortium in NOVA
• Oct 31: Student data due in TOPSPro (Q1)
• Oct 31: Employment and Earnings Follow-Up Survey

SCOE TAP and NOCE TAP are here to provide support to the field. To be able to provide the field with the most timely responses, please submit your request via the TAP Support Box.

This model program streamlines the process of identifying and connecting with nonprofit partners by utilizing rich, filtered data from ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer API. With access to detailed funding insights and mission alignment tools, school leaders can easily foster impactful collaborations. To learn more about how this program can enhance adult education initiatives, explore the full framework and its practical applications.

Learn more about the CAER: A New Community Partnership Resource Portal for Adult Education model program and visit the Advancing California Adult Education website to view other Model Programs throughout California.

Ven al Cafe con Pan is a SVAEC series of presentations for students, community members, adult schools and the general public. The event is provided due to requests from the SVAEC Student Council. All presentations will be recorded and shared with those that register for Ven al Cafe con Pan. 

Ven a Cafe con pan is an event organized by the Salinas Valley Adult Education Consortium. The event is open to students, teachers and the community at large. 

Watch Party topics:

September 26th:

Citizenship with Immigration Attorney Armida Mendoza

October 24th:

Opening your business with / without an SSN

Please register to receive reminders and recordings. 

Join LARAEC for this student-facing event. It's free and on zoom. Teachers are encouraged to bring their classes to LARAEC's high-interest student webinar series. 

Smart Money Moves: Tips and Tricks for Saving, Spending, and Growing Your Money- What Adult Students Need to Know!

What are the best ways to save and stretch your dollars? What are easy and effective ways to grow your money? How can you keep more money in your pocket when sending money to loved ones outside the U.S.? Get answers to these and more money questions. What adult students need to know! (Simulcast in Spanish)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025, 10:30AM - 11:00AM & 6:30PM- 7:00PM

For more information, visit https://laraec.org/ or register at https://forms.gle/1STM9PLM1bg9Nas9A

Refill Your Cup: Wellness Tools for Teachers and ALL Who Support Students

Join LARAEC and LearnED via Zoom on Tuesday, September 30th from 12:30-2:30pm for some self-care.

This interactive and informative virtual session is designed especially for educators. Participants will learn how to:

Recognize and understand burnout

Foster resilience through mindfulness and intentional self care

Set boundaries without guilt

Recognize and understand secondary trauma and its impact on teachers

Recognize and understand compassion fatigue

If you're looking to boost your knowledge and practice around self-care, then this session is for you!

LARAEC is sponsoring the third Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Allied Health Collaborative

Saturday, October 4th from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 

Location: Van de Kamp Innovation Center in Los Angeles. 

This free and in-person event is open to allied health teachers, faculty, directors, administrators, and program developers from throughout Southern California. The Allied Health Collaborative is designed to be a day of networking, sharing, collaboration, and discussing problems of practice. Lunch will be provided, and the day will include:

• panel discussion on measuring student success: How do we track program data and student outcomes to support ongoing program development?
• breakout hot topic sessions: connecting to clinical sites, setting up agreements, and maintaining partnerships; onboarding students-costs and meeting students needs financially; creating pre-allied health pathways, and much more
• opportunities to talk with key allied healthcare exhibitors 
• dedicated time to meet and collaborate with other allied health practitioners

For more information visit: https://laraec.org/ or Click HERE to register. 

Questions about LARAEC events? Contact Justin or Michele

Justin (jmg05591@lausd.net)

Michele (michele.stiehl@lausd.net)

Trauma-informed Instruction Webinar Series

Join LARAEC, Sherry Mackay , and Tarana Patel of LearnED  via Zoom on Tuesdays from 12:30-2:30pm on October 14th, 21st, and 28th; November 4th and 18th; and December 2nd. This series of 6 zoom webinars covers all aspects of implementing trauma-informed practices in the classroom.  Each webinar is interrelated, but registrants can attend one or all 6. Topics covered include:

• Tuesday, October 14th: The Teacher-Self: Harnessing Core Values for Personal and Professional Growth
• Tuesday, October 21st: CASEL’s SEL Framework: Exploring Competencies for Personal and Student Growth
• Tuesday, October 28th: Enhancing Self-Awareness and Self-Management: Practical Strategies for Stress Reduction
• Tuesday, November 4th: Understanding Trauma: Impact on the Brain, Body, and Learner
• Tuesday, November 18th:Trauma-Informed Teaching: Creating Supportive Classroom Environments
• Tuesday, December 2nd: Developing a Self-Care Model for Personal and Professional Well-Being

If you're looking to integrate trauma-informed approaches and social-emotional learning practices into your work, then these sessions are for you!

For more information and to register: 

https://forms.gle/TvWeXb5BKsKsq8tk9 

Upcoming CAEP Professional Learning Events

Virtual Offerings

CAEP Carryover Compliance and the Written Expenditure Plan (WEP)

October 7, 2025 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Register today!


TE Portals

October 16, 2025 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Register today!

Overview: TOPSpro Enterprise (TE)
November 20, 2025 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Register today!

CALPRO's Upcoming Research Forum Webinar: Strategies for Effective Instruction: Fundamentals of Adult Education Instruction 


Adult learners bring a wealth of prior knowledge and experiences to the classroom. Their unique learning motivations and expectations call for instructional approaches that are both responsive and intentional. To support adult learners in achieving their personal, academic, or career goals, educators must design engaging and effective instruction that acknowledges and builds upon learners’ strengths and meets their needs. 

In this webinar, we will explore strategies for differentiating and scaffolding instruction, as well as using formative assessment to guide learner progress. The session will highlight the value of data-informed, learner-centered design in adult education and offer actionable insights for creating supportive learning environments. 

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM 

Presenter: Sachiko Oates 

Registration Link:

CALPRO’s Fall 2025 IET Implementation Clinic – Application Closing Soon 

There’s still time to apply for CALPRO’s next Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic! Applications for the Fall 2025 clinic are due by Friday, September 26.  


 CALPRO’s IET Clinic is designed for program staff who seek more support in meeting the IET implementation challenges they face and are interested in learning from other IET practitioners. Agency teams participate together as a team of three—ideally an ESL instructor, a CTE instructor, and a program administrator. 


The Fall 2025 IET Clinic runs from October 2025 through January 2026, followed by coaching to support the team’s implementation efforts after completion of the clinic. 

 
All clinic activities take place online and include the following: 

•    Two day-long virtual training sessions 

•    Three live, interactive webinars (75–90 minutes each), with topics tailored to the needs and interests of the participating teams 

•    Ongoing discussions in an online community of practice  

•    Team capstone project 

•    Coaching (following completion of the clinic) 


Find a complete list of session dates and additional clinic details via this link: 

CALPRO Application: IET Implementation Clinic, Fall 2025 


Applications are due by Friday, September 26, and each member of your team must submit an application. 

Contact CALPRO with questions — calpro@air.org or 916-286-8803 

CALPRO 2025-2026 Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Institute: Application Still Open 

The application to the 2025-2026 Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Institute is still open until September 29, 2025. Participating teams and individual members can choose to attend the full-day sessions in November and May either virtually or in person.  


The Institute will consist of the following training schedule and topics: 

•    October 10, 2025 12:30-2:00 This kick-off and orientation webinar will focus on institute expectations and process. 


•    October 10, 2025 - November 6, 2025 Teams are expected to complete online assignments. 


•    November 6-7, 2025 This two-day session in Sacramento, CA will focus on the framework and the training needed to craft plans and start a PLC process of school improvement focusing on student learning through ongoing professional development embedded in the agency’s school calendar. 


•    November 7, 2025 - May 7, 2026 Participating schools are expected to use the intervening time between the November and May sessions to take action on plans to lay the groundwork for PLC implementation for the 2023–24 school year and complete online assignments. 

•    January 23, 2026, 12:30-3:30 This webinar will focus on PLC big ideas and essential questions. 

•    March 6, 2026 12:30-3:30 This webinar will focus on team assessment collaboration. 

•    May 7-8, 2026 This two-day session in Sacramento, CA will focus on continuing training, feedback, evaluation, and problem-solving in support of implementation. 

Applications must be received by September 29, 2025. To learn more about the Institute, including a overview video and application information, please click on this link.  

Upcoming Confrences

CAEP Directors' Corner