Fall 2009 Policy Forum - Shifting State Adult Education Policies to Support Postsecondary Success
The National College Transition Network hosted the Fall 2009 Policy Forum, Shifting State Adult Education Policies to Support Postsecondary Success on November 3, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (EST).
This was part of our interactive webinar series geared to help advance the sharing and formation of policies that support adult learners' access to and success in college. Please contact us by email nctn@worlded.org or call Priyanka Sharma at 617-385-3788, if you have any questions.
Webinar Recording now available!
Please click on the link below to access the recording.
Link: https://jsi.webex.com/jsi/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=49010932&rKey=e531f8efd82e5853 (link will open in a new window)
You can download the presentation in a PDF format by clicking here.
Webinar Overview
Please join Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, and Jennifer Foster, the Illinois State Director for Adult Education, in a forum designed to advance the formation of policies that support adult learners’ access to and success in postsecondary education. Ellen Hewett, Director of the National College Transition Network,
will moderate the forum.
What can we learn from the policy changes pursued by six Midwestern states - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin - to create pathways to college and career success for low-income working adults? What challenges and success were experienced in the formation of these policies? How might these efforts inform the implementation of systemic changes geared to institutionalize innovation in adult education, workforce development and postsecondary education programs in your state?
These questions will be explored by describing these policy changes and by looking at what the policies look like from the ground. The view through the lens of a specific state will be shared as Ms. Foster discusses the changes Illinois has made to ensure more low-skilled adults are achieving postsecondary and career success. There will be a question and answer time during the forum.
The policy changes of these Midwestern states were significantly helped by support from the multi-year, multi-million dollar state policy initiative, Shifting Gears (www.shifting-gears.org) was launched in 2006 to promote regional economic growth by improving the education and skills training of the workforce in these states.
Guest Experts:
Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. She analyzes and advocates for federal and state workforce and education policies that better serve low-income adults and provides technical assistance to state and local advocates and governments in these areas. She spearheads CLASP's work around Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act), the Higher Education Act and related federal postsecondary legislation.
Jennifer Foster is the Senior Director for Adult Education and Family Literacy at the Illinois Community College Board and serves as the State Director for Adult Education and Family Literacy for Illinois. Jennifer came to the ICCB in June 2000 as the Associate Director and later as the Director for Adult Education and Family Literacy. Her responsibilities include overseeing 105 state and federally funded Adult Education and Family Literacy programs throughout Illinois.
Jennifer serves as the treasurer of the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium and the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education, and as a member of the USDOE-Office of Vocational and Adult Education Planning Work Group.
Moderator:
Ellen Hewett is the Director of the National College Transition Network (NCTN). NCTN is a membership organization committed to bridging the gap between what Adult Secondary Education and English for Speakers of Other Languages programs traditionally offer and what most nontraditional learners need to succeed in postsecondary education.
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