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CCAE STRONGLY OPPOSES the Governor’s Weighted Student Formula As you may know, the Governor’s proposed Weighted Student Formula (WSF) would consolidate most categorical programs and would no longer provide funding for adult education as it would all be consolidated and provided to districts on a weighted basis for K-12 students only. This ultimately leaves adults in need of basic skills, GEDs, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, short-term career technical training, and more without any options. The populations most affected by this will be underserved and disadvantaged adults who are in desperate need of these services. With the Governor set to release his May Revise Monday, May 14th and the Legislature gearing up to make decisions related to the future of adult education as it relates to the WF budget proposal, the next few weeks will be critical to sustaining adult education in California. It is essential that our voices be heard in Sacramento. Get Involved! Contact Your Legislator Today! Identify Your Legislators (Senate & Assembly) See: http://192.234.213.69/amapsearch/ Opposition Letters—Send Immediately! Please mail, email and fax letters to your Assembly and Senate Representatives urging them to oppose the Governor’s Weighted Student Formula and to protect adult education. In addition to sending letters, please place calls and schedule meetings (member or staff) to discuss the importance of protecting adult education and our opposition to the Governor’s proposed budget plan. Please ask your staff, family, friends, students and more to also send letters and place calls. CAEAA and CCAE have prepared a sample letter for ease of use. We encourage you to personalize the letter with your district-specific impacts and perspectives. Be sure to copy membership@ccaestate.org or fax a copy to 866-941-5129 so we may present hard copies while lobbying the issue. We greatly appreciate your help generating as many letters, calls and meetings as possible. In order to prevent the passage of this harmful proposal that will ensure the elimination of adult education in California, it is critical that you take action and fast! Thank you for your time and assistance on this important matter. Be sure to let as many people as possible know about the option to join the fight to keep funding in adult education. Additionally, the following members are members of the various ethnic caucuses who have long been champions for adult education and those that rely on our programs and services. For those of you within the following members’ districts, CCAE encourage you to double your efforts.
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Here's What CCAE Has Been Doing to Fight • Working collaboratively with CAEAA Send us your student profiles and share your successes, and we'll post them to the website for legislators and community partners to view. Also, if you have any adult education press releases, articles, or reports send them to membership@ccaestate.org and we will post them on the website.
Critical Thinking vs. Manipulating Political Advocacy A couple teachers have asked about “political advocacy” during class time… is it OK to have students sign petitions or write letters? Circulating a petition? No. Having students sign letters they don’t understand? No. (One of the ongoing challenges in adult education anyway is avoiding condescending activities that manipulate our students. We need to be careful not to replicate structures of privilege and cultural domination at all costs.) That said, having a student study the issues that confront them, understand the state budget and what impact it has on them, critically thinking about how one’s own situation is connected to that of others, and then reflecting on how to make your voice heard. This is pretty much exactly what El Civics was intended to do, and in some places “writing letters” is what was the assessment of that El Civics activity. There are schools that actually received “payment points” for writing letters to local representatives. Don’t shy away from facilitating learning. That’s what a teacher does. This is, in my opinion, a powerful teachable moment. Contributed by Bob Harper, Ed.D.
Fighting for Adult Education: Tips from CCAE Members Colleagues, Many ESL, ABE, ASE and CTE classes that are currently available to Adult Education students are not available at the local community college and when they are, the cost a great deal more MONEY. Visit www.ccaestate.org for information on how you can help to protect the California Adult Education System.
Final Draft of the Adult Education Strategic Plan The Adult Education Office of the California Department of Education is announcing the posting of the final draft of the strategic plan, Linking Adults to Opportunity: Transformation of the California Department of Education Adult Education Program. A message is also posted from Patricia Terry, the new administrator of the Adult Education Office, outlining the next steps, which include taking the plan to the State Board of Education as an information item, and the development of processes to facilitate broader implementation.
Patricia Terry, Administrator of the California Department of Educations's (CDE) Adult Education Office As the newly appointed administrator of the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Adult Education Office (AEO), I am pleased to announce that the AEO is now a part of the Coordinated Student Support and Adult Education Division in the Student Support and Special Services Branch. Gordon Jackson is Division Director and Dr. William Ellerbee is branch Deputy Superintendent. We are looking forward to enhanced adult education outcomes in large part due to the development of an adult education strategic plan. Linking Adults to Opportunity: Transformation of the California Department of Education Adult Education Program is the result of the efforts and perspectives of over two hundred stakeholders and practitioners who participated in work groups, meetings, and committees. This plan reflects revisions made after careful consideration of extensive commentary from the field and various stakeholders. It is important to note that the strategic plan and the California State Plan are two distinctly different documents. The strategic plan is, however, aligned with the federal priorities in the Workforce Investment, Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act as outlined in the California State Plan 2003–2012. The strategic plan is not subject to the same approval process as the California State Plan. It has been gratifying to learn that many leaders of adult education programs in the state have already embraced the themes of the strategic plan and are actively implementing parts of it. Next steps include a presentation of the strategic plan to the State Board of Education as an information item and the development of processes to facilitate broader implementation. As the new AEO administrator, I support ongoing communication to the field about aspects of the plan and its implementation. I look forward to working with the adult education community in implementing the recommendations of this plan so that the state can more effectively support the largest possible number of persons seeking to enhance their lives through the programs in adult education. |
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May 15, 2012—Governor Releases May Budget Revise...More May 15, 2012—CCAE 2012 Conference, A Resounding Success! Thank you to the dedicated volunteers, presenters, and exhibitors for making the 2012 CCAE State Conference a huge success! With representation and collaboration from high level regional, statewide, and local partners, a sold out exhibit hall, and state of the art presentations, this conference was truly fantastic! In addition, excellent keynote speeches were delivered by Fresno’s Mayor Swearengin, CDE’s Gordon Jackson, and Dawn Koepke, CCAE’s legislative advocate. You can download Dawn’s presentation and keynote speech to share with colleagues that were unable to attend the conference. May 15, 2012—Viewpoints from CCAE Members: • Critical Thinking vs. Manipulating Political Advocacy • Fighting for Adult Education: Tips from CCAE Members May 14, 2012—The CCAE Northern Section May 19, Mini Conference turns it up a notch by planning sessions to entice adult education students to make a new connection with CCAE through participation outside the classroom. The time is now to get our students involved in CCAE and in the fight to Save Adult Education...More May 8, 2012—Help Us Save Adult Ed Student Success Story: Mr. Valdovinos, East LA Occupational Center May 7, 2012—CCAE Strongly Opposes the Governor's Weighted Student Formula. Get Involved Contact Your Legislator Today...More May 7, 2012—Ending California's Public Adult Education through Policy...Will you let it happen?...More May 7, 2012—Conferees, please complete this very short conference evaluation, and we will enter you into our raffle for next year’s CCAE 2013 Conference in Sacramento, California on April 18–20, 2013. May 7, 2012—Presenters, please email your presentations to: membership@ccaestate.org for upload to the CCAE website. Click here to view the presentations. April 25, 2012—The program for the 2012 CCAE State Conference in now available...2012 CCAE State Conference Program (PDF) April 23, 2012— 2012 CCAE State Award Winners Announced!...More March 18, 2012—California Adult Schools Respond to State's Changing Needs...More Membership
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A primary objective of CCAE is to assist in the development and passage of legislation that provides positive benefits for adult schools, students, staff members, and communities. We work with State Legislators and...
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