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From California Council for Adult Education ccaestate.org Student Success: Isela Jimenez   Submitted by Northern Section   When you walk into Folsom Cordova Community Partnership Job Center, located on the Folsom Cordova Adult School campus, you are greeted with the smiling face of Isela Diaz Jiminez with either a "hello" or an "ola." Isela is an administrative assistant at the Job Center. She is one of Folsom Cordova Adult School's (FCAS) many shining success stories. Isela started out in FCAS's Adult Basic Education to work on her math, reading, and writing and to prepare for the HiSET Class. After about a year Isela passed the HiSET tests and set her sights on the office Technologies CTE pathway. At FCAS she completed Office Technologies along with the QuickBooks Certification. After graduating and receiving the office certifications, Isela started an internship at the Job Center. Eventually, she was promoted to a full-time paying job with benefits. Isela...

The LAO - the Legislative Analyst Office - has recommended getting rid of the K-12 Adult School credential.  ( Read more here .) Please take this survey to share your own opinion and ideas on this topic. The survey will be closed at the end of April and results will be shared here on the Adult Education Matters blog.

It's time to contact your local legislators and Governor  Jerry Brown and advocate for including immigrant integration as part of AEBG - the Adult Ed Block Grant.  The challenges that the Trump administration have brought upon us have also brought a deeper understanding of the value of immigrants in California and the importance of supporting immigrant integration through Adult Education. Both the California Immigrant Policy Center and CCAE - the California Council of Adult Education - are advocating for this important change to happen.   Contact your local legislators and Governor Jerry Brown .  Explain to them why immigrant integration matters. Here is information from the California Immigrant Policy Center and from CCAE about advocating for including immigrant integration into AEBG.  California Immigrant Policy Center Workforce Development & Adult Education Administrative Advocacy & Budget Advocacy   CIPC is c...

An example of immigrant integration in action at San Mateo Adult School , a K-12 Adult School: New San Mateo Program Educates Immigrants About Local Government News Desk, March 19th, 2018 From the City of San Mateo : A diverse group of immigrants are getting an exclusive look at critical city services as part of the new English as a Second Language (ESL) City Government Academy. The City of San Mateo, in partnership with the San Mateo Adult School of the San Mateo Union High School District, recently launched the program to educate this new segment of the community about how local government works and to empower them to be able to access available resources and programs provided by the City. This first class of 25 students hail from 10 different countries. The four-month program, which began in January, aims to expand participants' awareness of local government, and increase civic engagement, leadership and volunteerism. "Our key goal is for participants to feel empowered an...

From Kristen Pursley's Save Your Adult School blog: LAO Adult Education Analysis 2018-19 The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently issued an Adult Education Analysis as part of the 2018-2019 budget process. A link to the report is here: http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3752 The report recommends eight changes to the adult education system in California. Some of the recommendations are intriguing, others problematic. Just for fun, I’m going to rate them on the following scale: YES    YES,BUT   PROCEED WITH CAUTION NEED MORE INFORMATION   NO Here are the recommendations and their Save Your Adult School ratings: The adoption of a student ID number that could be used to identify students in both the adult school and community college systems  PROCEED WITH CAUTION A uniform funding rate for community colleges and adult schools NEED MORE INFORMATION The elimination of course fees or adoption of a single “nominal” charge ELIMIN...