Washington State Council for Basic Skills Work Plan for 2017-18 – The Council for Basic Skills (CBS) has identified the following list of priorities. CBS aspires to integrate advocacy, retention and completion, evidence of success, professional development, and equity between colleges and community-based programs into their work. Goal 1: Implement and comprehensive innovative college and career pathways to accelerate student completion and foster economic growth. Goal 2: and support transformational instructional practices that accelerate students toward completion of diplomas, equivalents, certificates, the Tipping Point, and AA/BA degrees leading to family-sustaining employment. Goal 3: Create and maintain strategic alliances to leverage local resources and increase navigation support to students. Goal 4: Develop system leadership and sustainable practices to encourage overall system stability. Goal 5: Create an environment of inclusion on our campuses and in our institutions Goal 1: Implement and scale comprehensive innovative college and career pathways to accelerate student completion and foster economic growth. Objective Strategy Group(s) Involved Expected Outputs or Outcomes Increase participation and 1.1a Monitor and share successes of CBS, CBS Executive Committee, 1.1a Increased career pathway success of underrepresented I-BEST Expansion Grant SBCTC , Retention Committee, options; increased FTE for populations. institutions WSSSC underrepresented populations. 1.1b Fully implement WIOA IC 1.1b Increased collaborations BEdA programs, WDCs, 1.1c Establish increased navigational CBS Executive Committee, WEC, Workforce Education, and CTE support to BEdA students. ATC, LLC, AEAC programs; increased FTE for underrepresented populations. 1.1d Work with WSSSC to strengthen wraparound services to BEdA 1.1c & d Definitions of wrap around students. services and models. 1.1b Distribute common definitions of wraparound services and models. Continue system-wide 1.2a Continue building a relationship 1.2a Appropriate placements into discussions about with executive Committees of options, HS 21+ options, overlap/alignment with WEC and/or ATC ,and CESC and other BEdA programming developmental education and options. basic skills transitions to 1.2b Work with ATC to support strengthen pathways to college precollege instructional 1.2b Seamless pathways for BEdA and careers. alignment between Dev Ed programming students leading to /BEdA. AA and certification completions
Washington State Council for Basic Skills – Work Plan for 2017-18 The Council for Basic Skills (CBS) has identified the following list of priorities. CBS aspires to integrate advocacy, retention and completion, evidence of success, professional development, and equity between colleges and community-based programs into their work. Goal 1: Implement and comprehensive innovative college and career pathways to accelerate student completion and foster economic growth. Goal 2: and support transformational instructional practices that accelerate students toward completion of diplomas, equivalents, certificates, the Tipping Point, and AA/BA degrees leading to family-sustaining employment. Goal 3: Create and maintain strategic alliances to leverage local resources and increase navigation support to students. Goal 4: Develop system leadership and sustainable practices to encourage overall system stability. Goal 5: Create an environment of inclusion on our campuses and in our institutions Goal 1: Implement and scale comprehensive innovative college and career pathways to accelerate student completion and foster economic growth. Objective Strategy Group(s) Involved Expected Outputs or Outcomes Increase participation and success of underrepresented populations. Continue system-wide discussions about overlap/alignment with developmental education and basic skills transitions to strengthen pathways to college and careers. 1.1a Monitor and share successes of I-BEST Expansion Grant institutions 1.1b Fully implement WIOA 1.1c Establish increased navigational support to BEdA students. 1.1d Work with WSSSC to strengthen wraparound services to BEdA students. 1.2a Continue building a relationship with executive Committees of WEC and/or ATC ,and CESC 1.2b Work with ATC to support precollege instructional alignment between Dev Ed /BEdA. CBS, CBS Executive Committee, SBCTC , Retention Committee, WSSSC IC CBS Executive Committee, WEC, ATC, LLC, AEAC 1.1a Increased career pathway options; increased FTE for underrepresented populations. 1.1b Increased collaborations BEdA programs, WDCs, Workforce Education, and CTE programs; increased FTE for underrepresented populations. 1.1c & d Definitions of wrap around services and models. 1.1b Distribute common definitions of wraparound services and models. 1.2a Appropriate placements into options, HS 21+ options, and other BEdA programming options. 1.2b Seamless pathways for BEdA programming students leading to AA and certification completions
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