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This August 29th, 2015 Modesto Bee article by Nan Austin provides a good portrait of what's happening in Ceres, a community in the Central Valley, as it utilizes the new Regional Consortia system to provide Adult Education. New Ceres campus home to adult education classes, part of regional effort Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/local/education/article32762943.html#storylink=cpy Highlights: Ceres Unified and Modesto Junior College spearhead consortium Dropouts, immigrants, low-income adults served by classes Recession-slashed programs rebuilding with collaboration, oversight Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/local/education/article32762943.html#storylink=cpy CERES Of all the cuts to education during the Great Recession, classes for grown-ups likely took the hardest hit. The patchwork of offerings given at neighborhood schools fell apart in most places, chopping off the bootstraps long used by low-income parents who wanted to get ahead. Click on the "read m...

Here's an opportunity for an Adult Education student to receive recognition and reward for their writing.  Please share widely. Adult Level Student Essay Writing Contest Sponsored by Cambridge University Press Please Share with Your Colleagues   Click on the "read more" link to learn more. Sponsored by Ca m bridge U niversity Press Califor n ia Teac h ers of E n glish to Speakers of O t h er La n guages proudly prese n ts t h e 2015 Adul t -Level Stude n t Essay Co n test for E S O L stude n ts in adult education a n d n o n -credit co mm u n ity college progra m s t h roug h out t h e state of Califor n ia. Technology through the Ages is the theme of the 2015 Annual CATESOL conference to be held at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, California, November 12-15, 2015. In keeping with the conference theme, the writing prompt for the annual student essay contest is: "Technology in My Old and New Country" Technology is important in every co...

George Porter, a fourteen year veteran teacher of Older Adults classes at Berkeley Adult School, two term chair of the City of Berkeley's Aging Commission, and member of CCAE (California Council of Adult Education) and CFT (California Federation of Teachers), wrote this perspective piece in response to the news about Acalanes Adult School's survival and their Older Adult program.  ( You can read the news report here .) A PERSPECTIVE ON ACALANES ADULT SCHOOL'S "OLDER ADULT PROGRAM": Congrats to Acalanes Older Adult Ed. for surviving, but at what cost and should they be viewed as a model? Click on the "read more" link to learn more. First off, please bear in mind that Acalanes Adult Ed. is immediately adjacent to Rossmoor, a close to 10,000 strong, gated, 55+, "active senior" community. This is a highly regarded, award winning development that in years past provided an affordable option for middle-class retirees to relocate. That, though (to my ...

From The Contra Costa Times : Acalanes Adult Ed tightens belt, drops some classes, survives to see another year By Lou Fancher Correspondent Posted:   08/14/2015 05:52:21 PM PDT 0 Comments | Updated:   a day ago The first thing that Steven France, director of Del Valle Education Center, wants people to learn this fall is that the Acalanes Adult Education program is open for business. Then he wants them to sign up for their favorite classes. Last year things were not looking good for the district's popular adult ed program. But a combination of belt tightening, increased course fees, fundraising initiatives and other measures have afforded the 70-year-old program a one-year reprieve. Click on the "read more" link to learn more. "We will be fee-based primarily," says France, who succeeded longtime director Frank Acojido. "We've had to increase our fees an average of 25 percent and no longer can a class continue if enrollment means we're on...

The Change Agent is a magazine for Adult Learners and Adult Educators.  It addresses issues that are important to Adult Learners.  Many of the articles are written by Adult Learners. Here is information about their latest call for writing: Write for Us! The Change Agent  features writing by adult learners. All submissions must be received by the deadline to be considered for publication. Suggested length is 200-1000 words. We pay $50 stipends to adult education students whose work is accepted for publication. All submissions are reviewed by our Editorial Board. Final decisions are made by  The Change Agent  Editor. Please see the current call for articles for more details about our current theme. Click on the "read more" link to learn more. Here is a PDF of the Call for articles Issue 42 . The deadline for submission is November 6, 2015. Here are the details: The Change Agent CALL FOR ARTICLES Race (Issue #42) YOU MUST include in all articles and...

This was sent out August 8, 2015 to CCAE members: Some Advice from CCAE As some of you might have noticed the previous message was sent out last year. (Note from Cynthia:  I deleted the post from this blog.)   Seems like the important issues then are still the important issues now. Below is updated advice on MOE vs MOC which should be relevant to your current consortia conversations.As Adult Schools move into challenging conversations with our consortia partners we in CCAE realize that if we are to be successful providers of adult education services in this new world we must be successful within our consortia. As such CCAE will be providing advisories that are intended to give the best advice from state leaders of Adult Education within our organization. These advisories are not intended to represent state policy or Ed Code but rather guidance based on the most current information (laws and policies) available and best Adult Ed practices within the state. Our goal is ...

Kristen Pursley COSAS  Communities Organized to Support Adult Schools The following is a perspective piece from Kristen Pursley, founding member of COSAS  (Communities Organized to Support Adult Schools) and author of the Save Your Adult School Blog .   She is against charging fees for Adult Education.  She lays out her reasons for this and gives background on the topic in this letter to CCAE (California Council for Adult Education).       To: California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) Dear CCAE, As I renew my membership in CCAE, I wish to register my opposition to legislation that will lock in fees for adult school ESL and Citizenship classes.  As an ESL instructor in an adult school that has managed to survive without charging fees for these classes, I am very concerned that legislation allowing districts to  permanently charge for ESL and Citizenship  classes would greatly damage our program and shut many of our students out ...