tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68322055893609871962024-03-13T10:53:50.075-07:00Adult Education MattersInformation and Inspiration to Support and Promote Adult EducationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-7742056590848057842023-08-30T12:28:00.001-07:002023-08-30T12:28:18.807-07:00Adult Education Funding Concerns - from OAEF - Older Adults Education Forever<p><i>This letter from OAEF - Older Adults Education Forever - was sent to Paul Steenhausen of the Legislative Analyst Office, and Chris Furguson of the Department of Finance, as well as numerous representatives in the California Legislature, on August 3rd, 2023.</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aWRtxlacPwbtGNl28lK16QenInXirYqQxtK3kZyDGcWqScdjUTxvzFOdIYj5vc5aaM2ImvHN304acZnqqw2LCImBJ6EKUE2sVoPwT5cqCzjOUcS4VyFDu7YVgP88x1-r8NMXZWe_bou_yKRZ6q4y0SnHObtitzt2I5cw4y1h8qdZ9e8deUsXWAhAmCbu/s240/OAEF.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aWRtxlacPwbtGNl28lK16QenInXirYqQxtK3kZyDGcWqScdjUTxvzFOdIYj5vc5aaM2ImvHN304acZnqqw2LCImBJ6EKUE2sVoPwT5cqCzjOUcS4VyFDu7YVgP88x1-r8NMXZWe_bou_yKRZ6q4y0SnHObtitzt2I5cw4y1h8qdZ9e8deUsXWAhAmCbu/s1600/OAEF.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p>RE: <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Adult Education Funding Concerns</p><p>On November 16, 2022 California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) and California Adult Education Administrators Association (CAEAA) sent a letter to you expressing concerns about adult education program coordination and suggesting changes to adult education funding. We are an organization of adult school students, teachers, and community supporters, and we would like to call attention to another problem with the California Adult Education Program (CAEP) – the fact that under CAEP, state funding for Older Adults programs in K-12 adult schools was eliminated. The arguments for defunding these programs were appallingly ageist, and policymakers ignored a large body of research proving that programs that keep elders socially, physically and mentally engaged actually save the state money by significantly improving the health of participants. In California, one quarter of the population will be over the age of 60 in a few short years. The state’s failure to fund educational programs for older Californians is unacceptable and must be corrected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the CAEP system, a statewide network of educational services for California’s vulnerable older adult population was destroyed, with most areas losing these services altogether. In the few areas where some services survived, they were severely reduced, and in most cases could only survive by beginning to charge students money. Thus, even those older adults who lived in one of the few areas where Older Adults education survived lost access to services if they were among the 45% of older adults in California who live below the poverty line. As a result, isolation, which puts older adults at increased risk for disability and can ultimately kill, increased in California. </p><p><br /></p><p>The state’s decision to defund Older Adults education programs was woefully short-sighted. Californians over 60 are the fastest growing portion of the state’s population; by 2030, 10.8 million Californians will fall into this demographic. In recognition of this demographic shift, the state recently adopted a bold masterplan for aging. In furtherance of this plan, the state should restore funding for programs for older adults offered through the state’s adult school system. Educational opportunities for adults are an integral part of healthy aging, combating isolation, providing mental and physical stimulation, and giving seniors access to information that allows them to take control of their lives. When Older Adults education is offered through K-12 school districts, it can also offer unique opportunities for inter-generational learning and give seniors an ongoing stake in their local school district after their children are grown up and no longer in school.</p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring state funding for adult school Older Adults programs would support every facet of the Masterplan for Aging. Seniors need to master technology so they can access services like affordable housing and transportation; adult schools can offer computer courses designed specifically for elders. Seniors need to exercise to maintain good health and mobility; adult schools can offer exercise classes that meet their particular needs. Seniors need information about how to avoid scams and manage their finances; adult schools can provide workshops and classes to help them. Adult schools are very flexible, and can offer any kind of instruction that is needed to support Older Adults students.</p><p><br /></p><p>As CCAE and CAEAA have pointed out, the CAEP system is in need of reform and improvement. In addition to the improvements CCAE and CAEAA, suggest, we respectfully request that you also consider restoring funding for Older Adults education through CAEP. We look forward to your response. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><br /></p><p>Older Adults Education Forever</p><p>Democratic Party of Contra Costa County</p><p>El Cerrito Democratic Club</p><p>City of Pinole</p><p>Democrats of Rossmoor</p><p>Richmond Commission on Aging</p><p>Higher Education Action Team (HEAT)</p><p>Contra Costa Japanese American Citizens League</p><p>Lynette Garcia, Career Education Coordinator, San Mateo Adult and Career Education</p><p>Ligia Andrade Zuniga, MPA, San Mateo Unified High School District Board Trustee</p><p>Hakirat (Kira) Mann</p><p>Lisa Marie Sparks, San Mateo Adult And Career Education ESL/ELD Coordinator, Former President CFT Local 4681</p><p><br /></p><p>CC: Honorable Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Education</p><p> Honorable Sonya Christian, Chancellor, California Community College Chancellor’s Office</p><p> Tom Reid, President, CCAE</p><p> Steve Curiel, President, CAEAA</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-75462786890734188982022-06-07T17:59:00.009-07:002022-06-09T09:03:50.482-07:00Update from Cynthia<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi Folks,</span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Some kind of update felt in order so here it is:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>It's been over ten years since I started this blog in March of 2012.<a href="https://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2012/03/purpose-of-this-blog.html" target="_blank"> (Here's the first post!) </a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Big Changes in Adult Education in California</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>A lot has gone on in Adult Education over those years - since February of 2009, really - cuts and closures, restructuring, narrowing of the mission, the Regional Consortia system, the recognition that equity needs to be centered in Adult Ed work, and lots more - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it mixed, some of it with the potential to be all those things - and more. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Needed Changes</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Pause to say how GLAD I am that discussions of equity are now increasingly common in Adult Education with a special shout out to Daquanna Harrison of <a href="https://elevationed.com/">Elevation Educational Consulting Group</a> for the work she is doing and to COABE for their <a href="https://coabe.org/dei-symposium/">new emphasis on Equity. </a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Years of Advocacy for Adult Education</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>During the years after Schwartzenegger flexed categoricals - making Adult Ed funds available to shore up K12 Districts in need of help after their own cuts, ---- I got heavily involved in advocacy for Adult Ed. I worked with lots of folks at my school, San Mateo Adult School, including Patricia Brown, David Doneff, Marina Kravtsova, Bruce Neuburger, Lisa Sparks; with Karen Arthur of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AllianceForCaliforniaAdultSchools">The Alliance for California Adult Schools</a>; with Kristen Pursley of <a href="https://saveouradultschool.wordpress.com/">Save Your Adult School</a>; with Irma Beserra Nunez of California Coalition to Save Older Adult Education; with John Mears, Sean Abajian, Juan Noguera and others with <a href="https://m.facebook.com/No-Lawmaker-Left-Behind-644989772243236/">No Legislator Left Behind</a>; with the many folks in <a href="https://elderedca.org/">Older Adults Education Forever</a>; with <a href="http://cft.org">CFT </a>- the California Federation of Teachers - as an officer in my local, CFT 4681, and as a representative on the <a href="https://www.cft.org/post/adult-education-committee">CFT Adult Ed Committee,</a> in various ways and spaces with<a href="http://ccaestate.org"> CCAE,</a> <a href="http://catesol.org">CATESOL,</a> the <a href="https://networkforpubliceducation.org/">Network for Public Education</a>, <a href="https://otan.us/">OTAN,</a> and <a href="http://coabe.org">COABE</a>. I served on the OTAN Advisory Committee. I served as advisor - for a year - to the Evening Student Council at our school. I co-founded the San Mateo Adult School Green Team. I did my best to support student voice in wherever I found myself. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Learning As I Went Along</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>In my years as a teacher, I have seen that everyone has their own learning style. Mine is a combination of learning on my own, asking a lot of questions, watching how other people do it, reading biographies (or Wikipedia, lol), getting mentorship from others, working with people I genuinely like and respect, and freaking out. I'm often fueled in my learning by either joy (oh those rabbit holes!) or anxiety (what if I mess this up?!). In the same way that I learned how to teach online just as the Internet was opening up - yes back in year 2000 - mostly because I needed to because I had an infant and teaching online was clearly something that could be a good thing for us - I learned how to run a blog, do social media, create and maintain a website, run a gofundme, use various sorts of technology, and understand how a bill becomes a law and the budget process for the State of California. In other words, I learned as I went along - with a lot of ups and downs and the regular freak out. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">How It Went</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nVBKk_rct1xp44q7crD5VwLKte1YME5SAsjBGy1QTEIxZkyghognXfV4gl6ZWufIGSPn4EcTJnMv32q-aBrJ38SDVGC94OkRP_YxYcgmH8VdguluWLUYYsrDN1f1yvsCNbrbSuFeaQZFgTLgYzXqwfTqZzpkpD0Tz38ubO_W1Z2pcOLsbNSg1uLOkQ/s1024/Victory%20Cyn.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="White woman with long blondish brown hair holds up cup in a "cheers" type gesture" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nVBKk_rct1xp44q7crD5VwLKte1YME5SAsjBGy1QTEIxZkyghognXfV4gl6ZWufIGSPn4EcTJnMv32q-aBrJ38SDVGC94OkRP_YxYcgmH8VdguluWLUYYsrDN1f1yvsCNbrbSuFeaQZFgTLgYzXqwfTqZzpkpD0Tz38ubO_W1Z2pcOLsbNSg1uLOkQ/w150-h200/Victory%20Cyn.JPG" title="Cautious win for Adult Education" width="150" /></a></div>I attended a lot of meetings, sent a lot of emails, made a lot of phone calls, went to a lot of conferences, attended a lot of webinars, <a href="https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/rebuild-adult-ed-k-12">ran a petition</a>, created lots of surveys, took a lot of photos, attended a lot of zooms, served on panels, spoke at hearings & board meetings, and learned how to get around the capital in Sacramento. I was often extremely nervous about at least half those things and could not have gotten through without the help and support of not only those working alongside me but also my family and friends - who might or might not have cared about Adult Education but sure heard a lot about it - and my anxiety when I was faced with speaking to a group. </div><div><br /></div><div>(I know - why does someone with a fear of public speaking become a teacher and an advocate? I still don't know. But I do remember a comment made by daughter's drama teacher: It's the people who want it the most who get the most nervous before the show.) </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Advocacy Is A Learnable, Transferable, and Very Useful Skill</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>I saw that advocacy was something that could be learned, taught, and used in any number of situations. I was often the person in charge of Adult Education Week at my school. Out of that work and working on this blog, I created various presentations and google docs with <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oSK2kpVShvIZO3vYFZdqe3nHPt2Vs9GlTiw5wcNboCk/edit?usp=sharing">info on how to advocate for Adult Ed. </a> Much of what is in those presentations and docs can be used towards any cause. Remember to use The Force for Good! </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Camino Companions</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>A lot of the work I did was with others which led me to friendships I treasure to this day. There is a special bond that comes from walking the same path together - especially in a crisis. Good or bad, I think that's how we humans are wired - and what fires together wires together - so I feel forever connected and grateful to all the folks I've listed above and so many more! </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Looking Back</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>I did everything very imperfectly and when I look back, I sometimes have that "If I knew then what I know now" feeling and I can think of many ways to have done things better, more sustainably - for both self and community, more inclusively, etc. Hindsight is 2020 - so I try to remember to put on my "Look Into The Past" glasses when I make look into the future - understanding I can't change the past - I can only learn from it. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Life Holds Many Things</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUK2fq2yll8adBflp9rpsvUpQoRWD4uSglzojnKLLs0QbZ2R9A0Qg4exV4r_SkogTyVYSqzR4il5aripfZrDUeyOufjbXlJgjkWDzNnOFV-FUcAzhWqd6rn3-AKK2CrDb8G-b6wiXt04FZQ7EdQPz_iaOohidKfXgn-CDGMlaQi-1XKCQSVrpKkZjeg/s4624/20220520_145113.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="3 women standing behind a homemade quilt." border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUK2fq2yll8adBflp9rpsvUpQoRWD4uSglzojnKLLs0QbZ2R9A0Qg4exV4r_SkogTyVYSqzR4il5aripfZrDUeyOufjbXlJgjkWDzNnOFV-FUcAzhWqd6rn3-AKK2CrDb8G-b6wiXt04FZQ7EdQPz_iaOohidKfXgn-CDGMlaQi-1XKCQSVrpKkZjeg/w180-h320/20220520_145113.jpg" title="Graduation Quilt" width="180" /></a></div>Alongside the Adult Ed advocacy, I did all the human things we all do. In my case it was raising my daughter, being a member of my family and friend community, caring about things in addition to Adult Education -- Black Lives Matter, Equity, Sustainability, Surviving the 45 Era, Climate Catastrophes, etc. I loved myself and my people through various crises - divorce, death, dementia, cancer, physical and mental illness, moves - wanted or unwanted, break-ups, make-ups, administrative shake-ups, and of course - <i>COVID!</i> My hair got greyer, my joints got achier, my back got stiffer, the pandemic unrolled - and like so many of us, I did a lot reflecting and I made some choices. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">The New Is Made From The Old</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>These choices included retiring from my job at San Mateo Adult School to build a life that could better include caregiving, work, and my own health. Much like the quilt picture here --- (made for my daughter's college graduation and golden birthday - yay!) -- my new life is an amalgam of new and old - sewn together with love and lots of ouch, I just poked myself again - and uh oh that doesn't fit together quite right - and oh, thank you for that contribution, it fits just perfectly here! Thank you! And maybe my favorite: this old thing becomes this new thing - nothing is ever wasted (if you can learn from it!) </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Fate and State of Adult Education Matters Blog & Social Media</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>So ---- </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm keeping this blog and AEM social media open to make them available for special updates, guest posts, etc. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to write a guest post, please let me know! Leave a comment below! Or email me at gcteachercynthia at gmail dotcom. </div><div><br /></div><div>But/And ----</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Change in Focus</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>In general, I'm shifting my focus away from tracking Adult Education in CA and towards</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Promoting Adult Ed Sustainability across the USA</li><li>Regaining state funding for <a href="http://elderedca.org">Older Adults Adult Education</a> in CA</li><li>Sustainability on all kinds of levels - ha! I wrote "lovels" and maybe that's the right word!</li><li>Tutoring, editing, and social media coaching (let me know if you need some!) </li></ul></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3btNyeTaPOB2ilIZ28b5nlUm9shbkabsuik-GmBUXOPsnBBjHkp8xmSI2-qYQo8vP-2BolcxJ0OQCfiHQV0u-7oniNmMPxIS01eUfgX85MUfFgF2kcJQgsYU_aAWKEBsTfcVyuYeZMA4Hz1tPnyUOtP0mgnSxuKALlYSpC4-StqyWByrPBV_WoeMEQ/s500/AE%20Sustainability.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Adult Ed Sustainability logo - circle of flowers and butterflies against green background. Adult Ed Sustainability in red letters in the center" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3btNyeTaPOB2ilIZ28b5nlUm9shbkabsuik-GmBUXOPsnBBjHkp8xmSI2-qYQo8vP-2BolcxJ0OQCfiHQV0u-7oniNmMPxIS01eUfgX85MUfFgF2kcJQgsYU_aAWKEBsTfcVyuYeZMA4Hz1tPnyUOtP0mgnSxuKALlYSpC4-StqyWByrPBV_WoeMEQ/w320-h320/AE%20Sustainability.png" title="Adult Ed Sustainability" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Look for my Adult Ed Sustainability work:</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://Adultedsustainability.com">Adultedsustainability.com</a></li><li><a href="https://www.adultedsustainability.com/blog">Adult Ed Sustainability blog</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Adult-Ed-Sustainability-107098895359170">AES on Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adultedsustainability/">AES on Instagram</a></li></ul><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Support My Work</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div>And you can <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcteachercg">support my Adult Ed Sustainability work here</a>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Almost all the advocacy work I've done - including this blog - has been "for free" as a volunteer. But age and time have taught me that I need to include myself in thinking about how to make things work. Sustainability includes myself and my family. So if you're drawn to do it, I welcome your contributions to my work! </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Contact Me</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Contact me at gcteachercynthia at gmail dotcom if you want to</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Share something Adult Ed related on this blog or AEM social media</li><li>Talk or learn about Adult Ed Sustainability</li><li>Need a connect to someone you think I might know thru my years in AE Advocacy</li><li>This list is free!</li></ul><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hire Me</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Or if you need some</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Social media coaching </li><li>Logo or slogan possibilities</li><li>ESL tutoring</li><li>Editing</li><li>Help with college essay writing</li><li>This list is for pay!</li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7k-pXPCjexecq14lxbrLwwhtYcatlzxJnopvKrrNCBZwORyQM9wtJ0pHhlcFFqOGrHgq3tR3KoE6fzZEJqg_PoNHFA5JS68GwQjVDa-nGdp7CXDaZ8VsdWY2xWhgv4ZFbMwyT186Qx9Ys_7L82BWDnDWVNCiuFAOueu1HH7cl6Vt_g1GGBu2BWQjJQ/s3264/20220510_111739.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Woman with glasses sitting to the side in a leafy green setting." border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7k-pXPCjexecq14lxbrLwwhtYcatlzxJnopvKrrNCBZwORyQM9wtJ0pHhlcFFqOGrHgq3tR3KoE6fzZEJqg_PoNHFA5JS68GwQjVDa-nGdp7CXDaZ8VsdWY2xWhgv4ZFbMwyT186Qx9Ys_7L82BWDnDWVNCiuFAOueu1HH7cl6Vt_g1GGBu2BWQjJQ/w150-h200/20220510_111739.jpg" title="Cynthia today" width="150" /></a></div>I'm still in the Adult Ed and advocacy game - but with an adjusted focus to reflect who I am today - an aging but still alive human who cares about people and planet, is a member of multiple communities, and loves learning new things - in spite of the anxiety I inevitably feel under pressure or when speaking in front of an audience. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Big big gratitude to all the folks I've worked alongside and to those who continue to carry the torch forward for Adult Education. I'm so moved by their/your work, spirit, knowledge, and heart.</div><div><br /></div><div>It won't be long before we are at 200 years of Adult Education in California - a beautiful thing to behold! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Why? </div><div><br /></div><div><b>You already know the answer.</b>.. </div><div><b><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>because <span style="font-size: large;">Adult Education Matters! </span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br /></div><div>Cynthia</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-8881021024800202942022-02-14T10:40:00.002-08:002022-02-14T10:40:22.611-08:00Black History is Adult Education History - Valentine to Septima Poinsette Clark - and Proposal for Scholarship in Her Name<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> Happy Black History Month! Happy Valentine's Day!</span></b></p><p>And do you know of Septima Poinsette Clark? </p><p>Her contributions to human rights, civil rights, voting rights, labor rights, the teaching profession, public education, and Adult Education were profound - yet, as is so often the case with the contributions of Black women, they are rarely discussed in the classroom. </p><p>And by classroom, I mean not only K12 and college classrooms but also teaching training programs - specifically those for Adult Education teaching and administration credentials. </p><p><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 182px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 277px;"><img height="182" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/HHhNYviigGtt3EbT-lXXb5qty41aE7wxFD-A9TqjifCVdDSPNpdCGdB1jshypbcMFJuGCozmlm-3K1Qygd9Qotv8pzVnV3-UOsATzhAis3qEqYvKeFPSEjQ-qW7sec9nko8W01L6" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="277" /></span>We currently face a teaching shortage in all branches of education. Due to the impact of the cuts and closures a few years back, this shortage may be most extreme in Adult Education. We also face in all branches of education a lack of diversity in teachers and administrators. </p><p>Now would be a good time to consider a scholarship in Septima Poinsette Clark's name to invite in more Black women to the profession -- How that scholarship would be funded --What would the parameters would be --Whether the intended recipients should be broader than Black women to include other women of color --These are all questions to consider and discuss. </p><p>Read through the information below to learn a bit more about Septima Poinsette Clark and her phenomenal impact on the US, the Civil Rights movement, the teaching profession, and Adult Education. Ask your colleagues in the field - in professional organizations, unions, and faculty rooms - what they know about her, why they they do or don't know about her, what their thoughts are on the current teacher shortage, and the need for more diversity in teaching and administration. </p><p>Your thoughts and recommendations are welcome here - in the comments or a published guest post.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Septima Poinsette Clark</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is Adult Education History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is Women’s History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is Labor History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is Human Rights History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is Citizenship History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Black History is American History</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://ncwomenofcivilrights.wordpress.com/septima-clark/highlander-and-citizenship-schools/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://ncwomenofcivilrights.wordpress.com/septima-clark/highlander-and-citizenship-schools/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> Highlander Center and Citizenship Schools</span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When Septima Clark lost her teaching job in Charleston, she left South Carolina to work at the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Highlander Folk School</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> in Tennessee. At Highlander, Clark continued her passion for adult education, and taught students and visitors from all over the South to read by reciting parts of the U.S. Constitution. The Highlander School held workshops for Civil Rights activists, and trained its students to become community leaders through a range of seminars on topics including union organization, human rights discussions, voter education, and basic skills like money management. Highlander attracted both white and African American Southerners of all education levels to converge and discuss social issues. Attendees also had the privilege of listening to inspiring speakers including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help spark social activism. Septima’s work at Highlander led to the birth of other citizenship schools across the South.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 7.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1</span></p></li></ul></ul><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/clark-septima-poinsette" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clark, Septima Poinsette | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute</span></a></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: #fbfbf9; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A pioneer in grassroots citizenship education, Septima Clark was called the “Mother of the Movement” and the epitome of a “community teacher, intuitive fighter for human rights and leader of her unlettered and disillusioned people” (McFadden, “Septima Clark,” 85; King, July 1962). </span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: #fbfbf9; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The daughter of a laundrywoman and a former slave, Clark was born 3 May 1898 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1916 she graduated from secondary school and, after passing her teacher’s exam, taught at a black school on Johns Island, just outside of Charleston. For more than 30 years, she taught throughout South Carolina, including 18 years in Columbia and 9 in Charleston.</span></p></li></ul></ul><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://snccdigital.org/people/septima-clark/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Septima Clark</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> - SNCC Digital</span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.9200000000000004; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Septima Poinsette Clark pioneered the link between education and political organizing, especially political organizing aimed at gaining the right to vote. “Literacy means liberation,” she stressed knowing that education was key to gaining political, economic, and social power.</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.9200000000000004; margin-bottom: 19pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Long before SNCC’s </span><a href="https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/culture-education/freedom-schools/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Freedom Schools</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, Clark was developing a grassroots citizenship education program that used everyday materials to think about big questions.” - SNCC </span></p></li></ul></ul><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septima_Poinsette_Clark" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septima_Poinsette_Clark</span></a></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/people/septimapoinsetteclark.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Septima Poinsette Clark (US National Park Service)</span></a></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.biography.com/activist/septima-poinsette-clark" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.biography.com/activist/septima-poinsette-clark</span></a></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Teacher-Life-Septima-Clark/dp/0807872229/ref=sr_1_2?crid=14VK3T0IJCEK6&keywords=septima+clark&qid=1644774090&s=books&sprefix=septima+clark%2Cstripbooks%2C143&sr=1-2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark Paperback – February 1, 2012</span></a></p></li></ul><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Septima’s Life - in her own words:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Within-Septima-Movement-Narrative/dp/0865431744/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2C2UWHTKKMM3F&keywords=septima+clark&qid=1644774221&s=books&sprefix=septima+clark%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ready From Within by Septima Poinsette Clark </span></a></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Septima-Poinsette-Clark-Legette-Blythe/dp/B000OKCX7Y/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2C2UWHTKKMM3F&keywords=septima+clark&qid=1644774171&s=books&sprefix=septima+clark%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-6" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Echo in My Soul, By Septima Poinsette Clark With Legette Blythe</span></a></p></li></ul><p><br /><br /><br /><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 244px; overflow: hidden; width: 434px;"><img height="244" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/4Cn-zfpB7L3vKQzBLewnATnCHnCQoxksnIGSgqTvFX2JnNDdlDc_e8p2cldnVrqq6J1vCyHMozKTrVupDDjESbQk3CigSmsazG0SM9HzSxDZBANtiwKW6kY9Hl2auhU4F9M2-oD1" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Only a relatively small portion of funding is from federal sources. In many other states, the reverse is true. </span></i><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What happens on the federal level determines funding realities for Adult Ed in many parts of the US and influences policy for Adult Ed in every state. </span></i><i>This letter - written by John Mears in conversation with many others - is an important summary of why it is so important that Adult Ed be seen, valued, and funded. </i></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white;">About Mr. Mears: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">John Mears has taught ESL to adult immigrants for Los Angeles Unified School District for more than 35 years. He has advocated for adult education with the California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). This letter was a joint effort, with the generous help of many professional educators and advocates, as well as adult learners, throughout the USA.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">April 26, 2021</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Honorable Joseph R. Biden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">The White
House<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">1600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Washington,
DC 20500<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Dear Mr.
President:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Thank you for leading the fight
against the pandemic with a vigorous national strategy. Now we need an equally vigorous
national strategy to address an ongoing systemic failure that has been long in
the making: increasing numbers of under-educated adults. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">We, the undersigned, are educators who
have dedicated our lives to meeting the lifelong learning needs of adults nationwide.
Our group also includes adult students who have benefited from adult education
programs. We are delighted to see that your American Jobs Plan “will better
tailor services to workers’ job seeking and career development needs through
investments in Expanded Career Services and the (Workforce Investment and
Opportunities Act) Title II adult literacy program.” However, we want to ensure
that <i>all</i> U.S. adults who need foundational skills -- including
immigrants, regardless of their ability to work -- will be served. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">In
the United States, 19% of adults are profoundly in need of literacy skills
development and 29% lack critical numeracy skills. These adults are
overrepresented in communities of color—the same communities that have been
most adversely affected by the COVID-induced health and economic challenges
that are rooted in systemic inequity. They are also especially vulnerable to the
COVID pandemic, as low-skilled adults are often first out of the job market and
last back in during times of economic crisis. A recent U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics analysis indicates that anticipated job growth for those with a high
school diploma or less is 0% to -2.3%, while all other education levels show
positive growth.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">The lack of skilled, well-trained
workers in our nation caused nearly 7 million jobs to be unfilled in the U.S.,
even before the pandemic, according to the Labor Department. Now, as the
economy is rebounding, the unmet need for sufficiently trained and literate
workers is even greater. U.S. industry and business leaders have been sounding
the alarm about this problem since the 1990s -- yet opportunities for adults to
get basic education and job training have eroded substantially in the past
dozen years. These deficiencies cripple our economy, our competitiveness on the
world stage, and efforts to “Build Back Better.” </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Your ambitious goals of
naturalizing immigrants bring additional challenges. Millions of immigrants
need to learn English as a Second Language (ESL), U.S. history and
government, and get on the path to U.S. citizenship. This group already
represents at least half of adult learners and will almost certainly grow in the
near future. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Nationwide, many states and
communities already offer adult basic (or foundational) skills education
programs; but since the 2008 recession, many of these programs have been
drastically curtailed or eliminated due to budget cuts. Surviving programs have
increasingly relied on federal tax dollars through WIOA – the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act -- and matching state and local funds, which may
also be cut. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">The COVID-19 pandemic has further
eroded adult education programs by forcing most instruction online, through
virtual education platforms. Although online instruction presents daunting
challenges, especially for the economically disadvantaged, it also offers
exciting opportunities for educational programs that can be offered
nationwide. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Especially given the educational
challenges that come with your ambitious plans for immigration reform, we
propose the following: </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 10.7pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Increased funding overall</b>. <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">At current levels of funding, adult education programs are able to
serve under 3% of the adults who could benefit from their programs.
Furthermore, in the next five years, adult education programs are expecting a
significant surge in participation, like the surge that happened following
the last economic downturn. Steady yet significant increases in funding over
the next five years will allow programs to build the capacity they need to
address the increased demand. We support Senator Reed's request for $1
billion in initial aid through pandemic response funding and a doubling of the
annual appropriation for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act state
grant program (Title 2 of WIOA) over the next five years, beginning with
an $810 million appropriation for FY 22.</span><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>More free or low-fee lifelong
learning opportunities</b> -- available both in-person and online
nationwide. Adult Education and Literacy, as adult foundational skills are
referred to in the WIOA legislation, should include: adult basic education,
including adult basic literacy; all levels of English language learning instruction
and U.S. citizenship test preparation for immigrants and refugees (ESL or
ESOL); digital literacy skills; adult high school diploma programs; high school
equivalency preparation programs; and other important educational services for
adults such as older adult programs, workplace basic skills, and family or
intergenerational literacy programs). We also believe that occupational
training, including Integrated Education and Training, especially for new
“green jobs” (wind energy, solar, etc.) is important. If offered <b>online</b>,
these programs could be accessed anywhere in the USA. However, <b>in-person</b>
instruction is generally preferable, especially for the economically and
technologically disadvantaged, and it should be expanded and offered through a
wide range of organizations and institutions: district K-12 school systems,
community colleges, community-based organizations, public libraries,
faith-based organizations, correctional institutions, etc. </p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b>A new “amnesty” program for immigrants.</b> In
the late 1980s, many adult education programs in the USA mobilized to
facilitate President Reagan’s amnesty program (the Immigration Reform
and Control Act) by gearing up quickly to offer classes in ESL and
citizenship to many thousands of immigrants who are now proud U.S.
citizens. We believe that a similar program would admirably serve
our nation’s economy and civil society, and reward millions of honest,
hard-working but undocumented immigrants with
well-deserved security. </li></ul><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Coordination of funding</b> among local and
national educational systems, so that federally funded programs, state-funded
programs and community-based groups can function more effectively
together. Components of these systems would include, among others:
learning management systems; shared databases; professional development systems
for everybody (not just funded programs); common assessments for common data;
etc. </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Community and family focus. </b>Educating
parents has a profound ripple effect throughout families and communities.
Critics of adult education say we should “just focus on the kids,” but parents’
educational levels correlate with their children’s success in school. Los
Angeles Unified School District has community adult schools that provide hubs
of learning for children and parents alike. Where possible, they offer
childcare to facilitate parents’ education. This approach is already working
well in other adult education programs across the country.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Senator Reed
(D-RI) and Senator Young (R-IN) have introduced the <b>Strengthening Research
in Adult Education Act</b> (S. 1126). We enthusiastically support this
bipartisan bill and urge your administration to support it as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">As adult educators, as lifelong
learners, and as advocates, we -- and thousands of our colleagues -- would be
delighted to work with your administration to develop new and expanded
educational programs for adults nationwide. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">The stakes are high, the need is
great, and the time is now. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Sincerely, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">John Mears<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">ESL teacher, West Valley Occupational Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">LAUSD Division of Adult and Career Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sharon Bonney<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">CEO, Coalition on Adult Basic Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cicero, NY<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Deborah Kennedy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director, National Coalition for Literacy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Washington, DC<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Michele Diecuch <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Director of Programs, ProLiteracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Syracuse, NY<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Federico Salas-Isnardi</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Director, Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Houston, TX </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Silja Kallenbach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Vice President, World
Education, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="2hwztce1zkwqjyzgqxpmay"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Boston, MA</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Ira Yankwitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Executive Director, Literacy
Assistance Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">New York, NY<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">David J. Rosen <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President, Newsome Associates<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Co-founder and Steering Committee Member, Open Door
Collective <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Board Member, ProLiteracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Boston, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Rosa Aronson, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Interim Executive Director, TESOL
International Association <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Alexandria, VA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Marty Finsterbusch</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Executive
Director, Voice of Adult Learners United for Education (VALUEUSA)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Media, PA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cynthia Eagleton<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">ESL Teacher, San Mateo Adult School<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">CFT Local 4681<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">San Mateo, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Kristen
Pursley <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Adult
School Teacher, West Contra Costa Adult Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Contra
Costa County, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Christine Ramirez,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President, California Council for Adult Education/Los
Angeles Metropolitan Section<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sean Abajian <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Principal, El Rancho Adult Education Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pico Rivera, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Carolyn Quetzal <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Instructional Technology Teacher Advisor, LAUSD<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Diversity, Inclusion, and Educational Equity Advocate<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Veronica
Montes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Director,
School & Family Support Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Culver City
Unified School District<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Culver
City, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Dr. Janet Eyring</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Emerita Professor of TESOL</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">California State University, Fullerton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Fullerton,
CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Dr. Vanessa Wenzell</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Emerita Professor of TESOL</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">California State University, Dominguez Hills<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Dominguez
Hills, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Dr. Cherry Campbell</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Academic Director (ret.), American Language Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">San Diego State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">San Diego, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Wendy B. Smith, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Professor Emerita, Department
of English</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">California State University,
San Bernardino<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">San Bernardino, CA </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><u><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Dr. Ann Snow<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Professor of Education/TESOL<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Chair, Division of Applied and
Advanced Studies in Education<br />
</span>California State University, Los Angeles <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">Los Angeles, CA <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Jean Wong,
Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Associate
Professor, The College of New Jersey<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Dept. of
Special Education, Language & Literacy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Ewing, NJ<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Donna M.
Brinton<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Lecturer/Academic
Coordinator (ret.), Department of Applied Linguistics & TESL<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">UCLA ESL
Service Courses<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Los
Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Sabrina
Peck<o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Professor
Emerita, Linguistics/TESL<o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">California
State University Northridge <o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Northridge,
CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Juan Carlos Gallego</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Professor of TESOL and Spanish, California State University,
Fullerton</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Fullerton,
CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Paula
Rainey<o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Managing
Director, The English School at Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church <o:p></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Lawrenceville,
NJ<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Marina
Kravtsova<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Alumna of
San Mateo Adult School<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">San Mateo
Adult School English Learner Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Advisor to
Student Council and Student Ambassadors<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Volunteer
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Former
Member of California AB86 Workgroup<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">San Mateo,
CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Shara Watkins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Trustee, School Board <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">San Mateo-Foster City School
District <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">San Mateo, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Merari L. Weber, Ed.D. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor/ESL Department Chair <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Coordinator, ESL & SCE Guided Pathways <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">School of Continuing Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Santa Ana College <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Santa Ana, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Osiel “Ozzie” Madrigal, Ed.D. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Workforce Development Coordinator, Associate Professor,
& Department Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Laura Porfirio <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">President, Arizona Association for Lifelong Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Tucson, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Dr.
Meghan R. McBride </span><span style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Alumni
Advisor to the COABE Board of Directors</span><span style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Atlanta,
GA</span><span style="color: #201f1e;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, MPA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">School Board Trustee, <span style="background: white;">San
Mateo Union High School District <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Civil Justice Advocate<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">San Mateo, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Stephen Reder, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Portland State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Co-founder, Open Door Collective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Portland, OR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">San Mateo Adult School Federation of Teachers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">CFT Local 4681<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">San Mateo Adult School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">San Mateo, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lynnette Garcia, Debra Kattler, Debi Rose, Marilynn Kaplan,
Heather Lietch, David Pollack and Sophia Mahoney-Rohri<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Team leaders and moderators, Indivisible SF Peninsula CA14<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">San Francisco, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; padding: 0in;">Consuelo Lara and Jessica Peregrina,
Co-Chairs</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; padding: 0in;">West County Concilio Latino</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; padding: 0in;">Contra Costa County, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #201f1e; padding: 0in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">B.K. Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Co-Coordinator, Richmond Progressive Alliance Steering
Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Richmond, CA <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Jan M. Frodesen, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Emerita Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">English for Multilingual Students Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Department of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">University of California, Santa Barbara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #201f1e;">Santa Barbara, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">cc: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Vice President Kamala Harris<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
(all members)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">U.S. <span style="background: white; color: #201f1e;">House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education (all members)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #201f1e;">Congresswoman
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT 3<sup>rd</sup> District)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Senators <span style="background: white;">Reed (D-RI) and
Young (R-IN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amy Loyd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Career, Technical, and </span>Adult Education (serving as
Acting Assistant Secretary)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-rueI8DRVw/YLl_e_1EyrI/AAAAAAABdu4/xW6tkafPeeM-hhye3fHxZhHws9tMSQhZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Essentials%2B%25285%2529%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-rueI8DRVw/YLl_e_1EyrI/AAAAAAABdu4/xW6tkafPeeM-hhye3fHxZhHws9tMSQhZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Essentials%2B%25285%2529%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adult Education pairs the power of knowledge<br />with the superpowers of connection and accessibility.<br />Fund Adult Education</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"> <o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-36573851893420482422021-03-14T19:46:00.005-07:002021-03-14T19:46:58.274-07:00Adult Ed and Equity Resources - Live Doc<p> Good news! More folks are interested in and having discussions about Adult Ed and equity. </p><p>New resources, articles, and webinars are happening and as I find them, I'm adding them to this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZHgPBfyS7i4x0Fr2qBLwOWUKsF5nF-wBNVhcXbsv2mk/edit?usp=sharing"><i><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">live doc.</b></i></a> </p><p>If you know of more events, resources, webinars, discussions, etc. please leave a comment here and I will them to the doc.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qt5dAcyw-rk/YE7I5CLtQuI/AAAAAAABZS8/krwQjTvLIWYOGBWWpaSjMjvB330QSkyPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210314_191853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=""Equity in Adult Ed" painted in yellow letters against a background of mixed green, yellow and red" border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2048" height="211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qt5dAcyw-rk/YE7I5CLtQuI/AAAAAAABZS8/krwQjTvLIWYOGBWWpaSjMjvB330QSkyPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h211/20210314_191853.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-51653954865232804332021-01-30T09:54:00.001-08:002021-01-30T09:54:08.211-08:00COABE'S State Advocates for Adult Education Fellowship<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6496126064galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="yiv6496126064 yiv6496126064editor-col yiv6496126064OneColumnMobile" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="yiv6496126064gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="yiv6496126064editor-text yiv6496126064editor-text " style="color: #111f33; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div class="yiv6496126064text-container yiv6496126064galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #294b93; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">Introducing</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #294b93; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold;">COABE's State Advocates for</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #294b93; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold;">Adult Education Fellowship</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;">Deadline to apply: 1/31/21</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6496126064galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="yiv6496126064 yiv6496126064editor-col yiv6496126064OneColumnMobile" style="word-break: normal;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="yiv6496126064gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="yiv6496126064editor-text yiv6496126064editor-text " style="color: #111f33; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="yiv6496126064text-container yiv6496126064galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">COABE is looking for activists and leaders to champion the cause of adult education WIOA Title II programs. The State Advocates for Adult Education Fellowship (SAAEF) is a hands-on advocacy training program for adult educators, adult learners, and friends of adult education. During the yearlong program, fellows will learn how to work with the media, their communities, and policymakers to create change benefiting adult learners and adult education programs.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">The Fellowship kicks off in March 2021 with remote orientation, advocacy training, and action which will take place at the COABE 2021 national conference. After receiving coaching and inspiration, fellows will speak directly with Members of Congress, governors, and their staff. Throughout the rest of the year, fellows will receive ongoing training via webinars and one-on-one coaching sessions. They will hone their advocacy skills, taking actions like writing letters to the editor and meeting with their legislators.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px;">SAAEF fellows are passionate, committed, everyday individuals that use their voices to influence political decisions that will impact the field of adult education in positive ways. Fellows receive training, support, and inspiration to become skilled advocates to effectively advise policy makers, guiding them toward decisions that enable lawmakers, the media, and funders to make decisions that support adult education. SAAEF fellows realize the incredible power they possess to use their voices to change the world.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;">As an SAAEF Fellow you will:</span></div><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Receive training and support over 12 months to become a powerful advocate for adult education.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Write pieces that get published in the media.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learn how to influence your Member of Congress and governors on issues specific to adult education.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Become a skilled organizer who mobilizes local programs to respond to “calls for action.”</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Work with the local ambassadors in your state to ensure adult learners’ voices are heard at legislative meetings and lifted up by the media.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Attend the COABE Conference in March 2021 and related spring Capitol Hill Day.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lead your state during the fall 2021 Family Literacy Week.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Receive a press release and certificate of completion. COABE will also serve as a resource for future reference checks.</li><li style="color: #212529; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you have a passion for our field and would like to educate the public and elevate the field of adult education, this position may be for you!</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">$1,000 will be awarded upon completion of the one-year fellowship.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #4a86e8; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;">Timeline:</span></div><div>1/15-1/31: Fellowship applications period</div><div>2/1-2/15: Applications reviewed by Public Policy Committee</div><div>3/1: Fellowship notification to cohort</div><div>3/18: <span style="color: black;">COABE Conference Formal Fellowship Launch - Session 1</span></div><div><span style="color: black;">3/25: COABE Fellowship Launch - Session 2</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv6496126064galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; 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The new and very much needed focus on equity in Public Education is reaching Adult Education. Long overdue and a very good thing. </p><p>Here are two opportunities to learn more - and - to participate in a survey that will lead to a statewide Racial Equity Initiative for the Adult Ed System.</p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-cc6e1e8d-7fff-293d-07c8-d04c12f121a2"></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; text-align: left;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The CAEP (<a href="https://caladulted.org/">California Adult Ed Program</a>) Office held a series of </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=adulteducation&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6746876970392403969" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#AdultEducation</span></a><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> webinars on implicit bias, talking about race, and action steps in its Advancing Equity Professional Learning Series. Listen to recordings and download handouts here: </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://lnkd.in/db5s8Ch">https://lnkd.in/db5s8Ch</a></span></span></p></li></ul><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; text-align: left;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #187196; display: inline-block; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; white-space: normal;">CDE Racial Equity Survey</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 5px; white-space: normal;">The <a href="https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ae/">Adult Education Office</a> (AEO) at the California Department of Education (CDE) will launch a new statewide Racial Equity Initiative for the Adult Education System. This letter is the first step in implementing the initiative, and will assist CDE staff with planning future work, including the development of guidance documents to support the vision of the initiative. In this letter you will find a link for a brief statewide questionnaire regarding the Racial Equity Initiative. Please submit all responses by February 21, 2021.</div><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; white-space: normal;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;"><span style="display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; margin-right: 5px;"></span><a href="https://caladulted.org/DownloadFile/1082" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="background-color: transparent; color: #996600; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Complete Racial Equity Survey</a></div></li></ul><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>***********<a href="https://caladulted.org/RacialEquitySurvey">Direct link to survey for Adult Ed Educators</a>***********</i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>******* <a href="https://caladulted.org/AdminRacialEquitySurvey">Direct link to survey for Adult Ed Administrators</a> ********</i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Please take the appropriate survey and share it with your colleagues.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Please help get the word out about these resources and surveys. Share with colleagues, friends in Adult Ed, Adult Ed organizations you belong to, if union - your union local, etc. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MlTxs8IPvlQ/YAyUthCqlzI/AAAAAAABXNw/jEWGhNsHimAnN5GDzVMS3FooTpYp9_8zACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Equity_LI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Equity - circled in red. "What is equity in Adult Ed?" scrawled in pencial. 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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Governor Newsom,<br /><br />I am Shelley Cheng, from China. My family moved to the U.S. two and a half years ago because my husband’s job brought him here. Now my daughter is in a public high school in Burlingame, and I am an ESL student at San Mateo Adult School in California.<br /><br />I deeply appreciate the strong actions that you and your administration have taken on protecting California populations from the spread of COVID-19. Today, I wrote this letter to you to ask you and your administration to protect the funding for adult education, which may be possible budget cutting for some public institutions and agencies to balance budgets in California. <br /><br />Undoubtedly, adult education is an essential component for California, which is home to almost 11 million immigrants. Adult educators help thousands of immigrants find a better job and life. Even during the quarantine, all the teachers and staff have still been doing their best to make connections with all students by remote classes to teach and support us. Take me as an example, while I was working in China, I didn’t have a chance to use English, so my English skills were very inadequate. Thus I felt anxious and lost my confidence when I first came to the U.S. I was even afraid to communicate with people who speak English. I still remember when my daughter's school teacher first called me, I couldn’t understand anything she said. I was defeated with nowhere to go and nothing to do. My life was stranded because of my language restriction. Fortunately , taking involvement in our school’s classes and programs have improved not only my English skills but also my soft skills. I have made many new friends who are from different countries with different cultures, and we have supported each other like family members and shared information to overcome common barriers. Eventually, I regained my confidence and self-esteem while I volunteered both inside and outside of our school. <br /><br />In addition, in order to build our self-confidence and to guide us in our new lives here in the USA, our school has built a good connection with the local community to offer opportunities for students to contribute to our school and community. Thus, Some classmates found jobs by taking job searching classes or other career training programs. As a student ambassador, I can help new students adapt to the new environment of our school; as the Census 2020 ambassador, I have visited other adult schools and did presentations to help more people feel comfortable to participate in being counted in the Bay Area. <br /><br />I am just an ordinary person who has benefited from Adult Education and is capable of giving back to the society in California, United States of America. In order to help more people and families, please don’t cut the budget from adult education.<br /><br />Thank you again for your continuing leadership and for considering Adult Education. I am proud to stand with you, other advocates for Adult Education, and all people to keep our communities safe and healthy.<br /><br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br /><br />Shelley Cheng<br /><br />San Mateo, CA, 94401</span><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-56842541978663897872020-05-17T08:50:00.001-07:002020-05-17T09:06:08.621-07:00May Revise Follow Up Letter Writing<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 144pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">We know: the COVID crisis costs a lot of money. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Governor Newsom </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">had to change the budget proposal and make some cuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">All public Ed has some cuts. Adult Ed has bigger cuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Adult Ed has never recovered - been adequately funded again - from </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">California needs strong Adult Ed for a strong recovery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Adult Education can help people survive the crisis and recover. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">English, job skills, health information, GED, High School Diploma, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">and citizenship can help people take care of their families, help their </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">children with remote learning, work from home, find new jobs, and </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t0l03ZiqP2d0QJybH5qzPZ0hWLRu_MZuuKwMhWIJoVQ/edit?usp=sharing">Basic info on how to write a letter to a legislator.</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">You can write one basic letter and send it to several legislators. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Change the name, of course!</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Find out here: </span><a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>* </b>He is on the </span><a href="http://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/sub2educationfinance" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Budget Subcommittee about Education</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">* He is also the Vice Chair of the</span><a href="https://www.assembly.ca.gov/legislativebudget" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Joint Legislative Budget Committee</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assemblymember Phil Ting </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://a19.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;">Website</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;">Contact info:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office:</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0019</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Tel: 916 - 319 - 2019</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;">District Office</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">455 Golden Gate Ave, Suite 14600, San Francisco, CA 94102</span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTt7uUt5KEY/UYh-g2HncvI/AAAAAAAABNU/AVj8Bx5YMHcBnZ7HKKMd1KxrY6DDlxVyACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Letter%2BWriting%2BGroup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTt7uUt5KEY/UYh-g2HncvI/AAAAAAAABNU/AVj8Bx5YMHcBnZ7HKKMd1KxrY6DDlxVyACPcBGAYYCw/s200/Letter%2BWriting%2BGroup.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Mateo Adult School<br />
students with letters to legislators</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">Tel: 415 557 1178</span></li>
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<a href="https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/20200514-ting-statement-governors-may-revise" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Phil Ting’s statement on the May Revise</span></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-13399917874996680932020-04-29T12:01:00.001-07:002020-04-29T12:24:23.239-07:00SMAS Student Edy Vasquez Writes to Governor Newsom<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Edy Vasquez is a student at San Mateo Adult School. <a href="http://smaceesl.blogspot.com/2020/04/student-success-story-edy-vasquez.html">You can read more of his story here</a>. </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>In the midst of this pandemic, as we face economic uncertainty, he writes a letter to Governor Newsom:</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Governor Gavin Newsom</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1303 10th St., #1173</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sacramento, CA. 95814</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">April 23, 2020</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dear Governor Gavin Newsom,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I am Edy Vasquez, from Guatemala. I’m a student at San Mateo Adult School in </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">California, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">United States of America. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">With all due respect, I am writing this letter to you. thanking you for the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">effort made in the state of California, keeping everyone safe from COVID 19, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">looking after our health and coming to town. This was an excellent job done </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">as a governor. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">From the bottom of my </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">heart, I thank you for everything. '</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">The reason for this letter is because I understand there may be </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">possible budget</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">cutting for some public institutions and agencies. To continue to function properly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">we need balanced budgets. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For this reason I took the liberty of writing this letter and to concentrate on adult</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">education in our county. I attend San Mateo Adult School. Education is very </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">important for both children and adults. By educating ourselves, we can better </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">serve the State of </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">California and provide </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">a better economy </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">by producing work. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">On the other hand, if our school continues to be funded, teachers will not be </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">unemployed, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">they will be able to contribute to the state that which is valuable, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">which is education. I hereby ask you to reconsider aid for all adult schools. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">As a student, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">I see education as the key to success for the future of my family and to improve the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">education of my children. On the other </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">hand, I help my community from school</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">by participating in the programs that exist in the school, which are census, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">green team, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">hot food service, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">student ambassador, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">and more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Please don’t cut our budget. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Edy Vasquez</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edy with the message:<br />
Adult Education Matters!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-86104169040133499662020-04-27T20:10:00.000-07:002020-04-27T20:10:53.687-07:00Letter to Legislators: Keep Adult Ed Funding Strong and Stable! <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkYfTcsp5Wc/XqeZN0LoJxI/AAAAAAABMyk/aCwCqoYDrwQBtO0Ww9LGWUQBk6MpHGAOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200225_123330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="112" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nkYfTcsp5Wc/XqeZN0LoJxI/AAAAAAABMyk/aCwCqoYDrwQBtO0Ww9LGWUQBk6MpHGAOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/20200225_123330.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>My personal letter to legislators:</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">April 26, 2020</span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-0386f701-7fff-abc5-6ced-b214b05c6249" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Re: Stable Funding for Adult Education</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dear Legislator, </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I’m a veteran ESL Teacher at San Mateo Adult School, former union officer in our local CFT 4681, and a representative on the CFT Adult Ed Committee. I’m a member of CCAE - the California Council for Adult Education. I author the Adult Education Matters blog. I work with other advocates around the state to reveal the secret that Adult Ed is the hidden gem of California.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I am writing to you about the possibility that Adult Education may once again see horrific cuts - and what a disaster that would be for California.</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We know that the current pandemic is severely affecting the economy and will for a while. We know the revised budget for California will need to be leaner and it necessarily be “meaner” in several difficult but necessary ways. We know that the choices we make now will be long-lasting and will shape what comes after probably for decades - similar to decisions made during the Great Depression and World War II. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">That’s why I’m writing to ask you to ensure that funding for Adult Education remains STABLE. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I am very concerned that where Adult Ed is concerned, there might be a repeat of what happened the last time we had a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">less severe</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> economic downturn. In 2008, when Wall Street crashed into Main Street, Governor Schwarzenneger flexed K12 Adult Ed funding so that K12 Districts could use it to survive their own cuts - forgetting that Adult Ed educates and supports the families and communities raising the kids the K12 districts serve.</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This was disastrous on multiple levels. Over 70 Adult Schools closed, all were cut, and Californians across the state lost access to ESL, Job Training, Citizenship, GED, High School Diploma Programs, Parent Education, Financial and Health Literacy, and Older Adults Programs.</span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When Governor Brown restructured Adult Education, he narrowed it to a more “workforce” focus, eliminating funding for Financial Literacy, Home Economics (Life Skills!), Parent Education, and Older Adults Programs, forgetting that ending free Financial LIteracy programs right after a housing meltdown in which thousands of Californians lost their homes was not a wise idea and that life skills are crucial to community health (See: Problems with Pandemics), and that Parent Education and Older Adults programs support healthy communities which raise healthy kids, lower medical costs, and boost community contributions.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">What will happen now? What rationalization might be used to eliminate Adult Ed funding or narrow the focus even more?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We know - already - that this pandemic is going to reshape our culture, state, and economy in deep and long-lasting ways. We need to think carefully about what we fund and why as we work our way out of it and into a post-pandemic California. </span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We need low-cost programs that encourage physical, mental, economic, family, community, and civic health ---- THAT’S ADULT EDUCATION!</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Some industries - such as the restaurant and entertainment industries - will be deeply impacted for a while. Those Californians who were working in these jobs will need free or low-cost, short-term job training in new fields ---- THAT’S ADULT EDUCATION!</span></div>
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April 20 to 24 is Adult Ed Week 2020 - but not the way we thought it would be.</div>
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Many of us were revving up to attend CCAE Leg Day followed by the CCAE State Conference in Sacramento. We were going to push again on the 110 million ask for Adult Ed Funding. (Remember - Adult Ed has been under-funded for over ten years!)</div>
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Then COVID happened.</div>
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Does Adult Ed still matter? Do K12 Adult Schools have a special role to play in the COVID Recovery process?</div>
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Will English language skills, job skills, health literacy, citizenship, GED and high school diplomas, make a positive difference as we navigate and recover from this crisis?</div>
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We know the answer is YES! Adult Education Matters! Now more than ever! </div>
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Do crises sometimes mean disaster for K12 Adult Schools?</div>
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<a href="https://www.ccaestate.org/covid19-resource-center#kit">Here's what Dawn Koepke, CCAE Legislative Analyst says:</a></div>
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<i>This is a critical point and one that needs to be remembered as we talk to our legislators about the importance of Adult Education, especially as we move through this crisis and into what we expect to be rough financial times ahead. As communicated very clearly from the Governor and our Legislature, there are difficult financial decisions ahead. The last time we faced a similar situation Adult Education experienced the <span style="font-weight: bold;">effect of local flexibility, and the Adult Education system statewide was almost dismantled in its entirety.</span> The Department of Finance and legislators openly admitted after that this was a mistake in policy.</i></div>
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K12 Adult Ed as a means to COVID Recovery needs to be</div>
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in Governor and Dept of Finance mind and discourse</div>
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Adult Ed Week is all about that - So how can we make that happen while we shelter at home?</div>
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Here's how:</div>
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<b>1. Dialogue with your students</b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Ask your students how and why Adult Ed is especially important now as we cope with this crisis</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Ask them how they plan to rely on it as we work to recover from the crisis</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Provide your students with info about the situation</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">We need make sure the Governor and Legislator knows Adult Ed Matters </li>
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<b>2. Social Media</b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">This week, take photos of yourself wearing #Red4AdultEd</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Ask your students to do the same</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you're zooming, with student permission, grab a screen print of you and your students wearing Red for Adult Ed - maybe holding up signs saying Adult Education Matters</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Share the photos on social media with hashtags and stats and stories about Adult Ed</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Post stories old or new that showcase the value of Adult Ed - especially now when we are facing a Recession/Depression situation.</li>
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<b>3. Emails and letters - <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ccaestate.org/covid19-resource-center?utm_source%3D2020-04-17_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D2020_leg_day_reimagined_webinar%23legislative&source=gmail&ust=1587432970674000&usg=AFQjCNEVfNiNCjRdSR335hRycxzDn4v5fQ" href="https://www.ccaestate.org/covid19-resource-center?utm_source=2020-04-17_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_leg_day_reimagined_webinar#legislative" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">click here for help from CCAE</a></b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Write your State Senator, Assembly Member, and the Governor about Adult Ed Funding - and mention K12 Adult Ed specifically</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Letters on paper have more impact than emails</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Phone calls are super fantastic - call and ask to talk to the aide in charge of education</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you make a phone call, dialogue with the aide you speak with - ask them what their Member plans on pushing for in this new budget, what their priorities are, what their questions about the role of Adult Ed might be</li>
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<b>4. Join <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ccaestate.org&source=gmail&ust=1587432970674000&usg=AFQjCNEueLhFY0O5FQwnnDyLipE5oBX7UA" href="http://ccaestate.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">CCAE </a></b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">CCAE is the only organization specifically devoted to K12 Adult Ed - and remember, K12 Adult Ed gets the worst cuts - much worse than CC Adult Ed</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">This week they are having a<a href="https://www.ccaestate.org/events/legislative-advocacy-reimagined-webinar"> webinar - Legislative Advocacy Reimagined </a> - sign up for it!</li>
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<b>5. If you work at a school with a union, join the union if you're not a member, and get involved if you are!</b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Unions are doing a lot right now to to help educators, students, and families cope with this crisis</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Be part of that good work and have a stronger voice in advocacy for K12 Adult Ed, by joining the union and being active in it</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-1891040834514809852019-05-18T13:41:00.003-07:002019-05-18T13:41:44.031-07:00CFT Local 4681 Letter to Governor Newsom: Increase Funding for Adult Education - Adult Schools!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dear Governor Newsom,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We are the teachers of <a href="http://smuhsd.org/smas">San Mateo Adult School</a> Federation of Teachers, California Federation of Teachers Local 4681. We provide Adult Education to the central and eastern part of San Mateo County: English as a Second Language, Career Tech Education, GED, High School Diploma, Citizenship, Parent Education, Older Adults and Community Integration programs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">You left Adult Ed out of your budget and May Revise thinking, understanding, and increases. You increased funding for Community Colleges - maybe in the mistaken idea they are the main providers of Adult Education. They are not. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your May Revise provided millions in a special program to support undocumented students and staff at Community Colleges. Wonderful! But did you know that our system - Adult Schools - is mandated to NEVER ask about immigrant status - whereas the Community College can and often does? We have many undocumented students. We can’t give you an exact number - because we are not allowed to ask! But we wager we have more than the Community College system. If you want to help undocumented students and immigrants, you must fund Adult Education!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">California is one of the biggest and strongest economies in the world - but funding for Adult Education still lags behind the funding it received prior to the global financial crash of 2008-09. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2019/03/tell-governor-and-your-legislators.html">For more on that topic and why now is the moment to ask for adequate funding, go here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gather together with students, staff and community members.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reach out to key legislators who sit on the Budget Subcommittees and to the Chairs of the Budget Committees to ensure they understand the importance of adequately funding Adult Education. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell them why it is so important to fund Adult Education - what it does - and what it <i>can</i> do with adequate funding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a list of legislators important to contact. Click on the link to find their contact information. Send letters to their Sacramento office if you don't live or work in their district.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://sd30.senate.ca.gov/" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Holly Mitchell</a>, <b>Senate Budget Committee Chair</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nielsen.cssrc.us/" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Jim Nielsen</a>, S<b>enate Budget Committee Vice Chair</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 on Education</b> –</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Senate Education Committee</b> –<a href="https://sd20.senate.ca.gov/" style="font-weight: 400;"> </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://sd20.senate.ca.gov/">Senator Connie Leyva (Chair)</a>,</span> <a href="https://wilk.cssrc.us/" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Scott Wilk</a>, <a href="https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr4xJP9KMdcXIwAHQlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyaXA3ZXE1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQUJBQ0tfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1556584830/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fchang.cssrc.us%2f/RK=2/RS=9KQYwVIcDIGTSkcPsLp5DGd6c84-" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Ling Ling Chang</a>, <a href="https://sd24.senate.ca.gov/" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Maria Elena Durazo,</a> <a href="https://sd07.senate.ca.gov/contact" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Steve Glazer</a>, <a href="https://sd02.senate.ca.gov/" style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Mike McGuire</a> and<a href="https://sd06.senate.ca.gov/" style="font-weight: 400;"> Senator Richard Pan</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education</b> –
<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://a07.asmdc.org/">Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (Chair)</a>,</span> <a href="https://ad73.asmrc.org/" style="font-weight: 400;">Assemblyman Bill Brough</a>, <a href="https://ad03.asmrc.org/" style="font-weight: 400;">Assemblyman James Gallagher</a>, <a href="https://a37.asmdc.org/">Assembly member Monique Limon</a>, <a href="https://a61.asmdc.org/">Assembly member Jose Medina</a>, <a href="https://a66.asmdc.org/">Assembly member Al Muratsuchi</a>, <a href="https://a70.asmdc.org/">Assembly member Patrick O’Donnell</a></span><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-34473100902540105762019-03-10T21:47:00.000-07:002019-03-11T08:45:46.704-07:00Tell the Governor and Your Legislators: California Needs Adequate Funding for Adult EducationIt's time.<br />
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California is the 4th biggest economy in the world.<br />
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And it is 17th most unequal "nation" on earth.<br />
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Adult Education has what California needs to serve the people who grind to give it power.<br />
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Adult Education holds keys - civic, social, economic, educational - to address the challenges we face: climate change, income inequality, social injustice, among others --- if it is adequately funded.<br />
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Tell <a href="https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/">Governor Newsom</a> and <a href="https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9Jm_V54Vc8G4Aaj9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1552308309/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2ffindyourrep.legislature.ca.gov%2f/RK=2/RS=UtHsSvPGXU1rj7OxCVpCIVb7.90-">your legislators</a>: Adult Ed needs adequate funding.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-44483571699897507822019-03-10T21:34:00.000-07:002019-03-10T21:34:19.187-07:00From Adult School Teachers United: Open Letter to Governor Newsom re Adult School Funding<h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px;">
Adult School Teachers United represents the teachers of West Contra Costa Adult School. Here is their letter to Governor Newsom (posted with permission from Kristen Pursley's <a href="https://saveouradultschool.wordpress.com/">Save Your Adult School </a>blog):</h2>
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Posted on <span class="postdate" style="color: #a12a2a;">February 10, 2019</span> by kpursley</div>
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Governor Gavin Newsom</div>
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Dear Governor Newsom:</div>
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Adult School Teachers United, representing adult school teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, respectfully urges you to include increased funding for California’s adult schools in the 2019-2020 budget. We applaud the increases in spending on education in the proposed budget, particularly the increase in spending on the youngest children. However, we were very disappointed to see that there was no increase in funding for adult schools, which are severely underfunded and have not received an increase in funding since 2008. California’s adult schools provide basic literacy and low-cost job training for the most vulnerable adults in the state: immigrants who need to learn English, adults who need to earn a high school diploma or the equivalent, and adults with disabilities. Our students are frequently low-income because their lack of basic literacy shuts them out of better paying jobs. Because job prospects for our students improve dramatically as they reach their potential, an adequately funded, thriving adult school system is key to the economic health of the state. Adult schools also provide an important support for children, especially children in low-income families, because as parents become more educated, outcomes for their children improve in a variety of ways.</div>
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California has a vast need for adult education that has never been met. According to the last U.S. Census, about 5.3 million adults in California, about one-fifth of the population, are in need of basic literacy services. In the best of times, California’s adult school and community college systems combined have only served about 1.5 million. During the Great Recession, both adult schools and community colleges lost funding, and both systems lost capacity to serve adult students. Adult schools were particularly hard hit; some closed their doors entirely. Since 2013, funding for community colleges has been restored, while funding for adult schools, which were even harder hit by the recession, has remained flat. The failure to increase funding for adult schools has not only prevented them from regaining their former capacity, but also locked in inequities because adult schools in low-income communities were frequently hit harder by cuts than adult schools in more affluent areas. For example, before 2008 Oakland had an adult school system that served 25,000 students. They had several adult school buildings in different parts of the city, enabling them to serve students in the neighborhoods where students lived, worked, or sent their students to school. Oakland currently has 11 classes and shares a building with a high school. They have never been able to restore even a fraction of their capacity.</div>
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California needs a robust adult school system. Not every community is close to a community college, but every community has a school district and thus the capacity to have an adult school. California has a large immigrant population that needs to master the English language. Adult schools have been providing English language instruction for immigrants since the 1850s, and still provide more English language instruction than credit and non-credit community colleges combined. Adult school teachers are professionals who must earn a credential in order to teach. We know how to do the job and have been doing it for a long time. We need adequate funding that matches the importance of our contributions.</div>
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Since 2013, state funding for adult schools has been distributed to the Adult Education Consortia. A portion of the consortium funding was dedicated to the adult schools in the consortium, based on what adult schools were receiving from their districts in 2013. This is the amount that needs to be increased. Our community college consortium partners have funding independent of the consortium; in fact, the vast majority of their funding is not tied to the consortium. But adult schools are almost entirely dependent on the consortium funding, and their portion never gets an increase. This is an untenable situation, as costs keep going up, and the adult schools continue to lose capacity as they struggle to keep up with rising expenses. In order to be true partners with the community colleges, adult schools need that measure of security and autonomy that comes with adequate and fair funding.</div>
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Adult schools could be doing so much more for the state of California with improved funding. A 2011 California Department of Education study found that the return on investment in adult education included not only economic benefits for the state and individuals, but also increased civic engagement including improved voting levels, more immigrants attaining U.S. citizenship, improved individual and family health, reduced recidivism and improvements in children’s education. These are all improvements that will contribute to stronger, more vibrant communities and, in the end, save the state money. Please consider increasing funding for California’s adult schools and unlocking our potential to bring the benefits of adult education to the state.</div>
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Sincerely</div>
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Kristen Pursley, President</div>
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond</div>
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Senator Nancy Skinner</div>
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Assembly Member Buffy Wicks</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Posted on the <a href="https://saveouradultschool.wordpress.com/">Save Your Adult School blog</a> and sent from the Pinole Progressive Alliance - and many others, including myself (Cynthia Eagleton) and the teachers of CFT Local 4681 (San Mateo Adult School): </i></span></h2>
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Posted on <span class="postdate" style="color: #a12a2a;">March 9, 2019</span> by kpursley</div>
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March 9, 2019</div>
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Pinole Progressive Alliance</div>
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Governor Gavin Newsom</div>
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Re: Save Adult School Older Adult Programs</div>
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Dear Governor Newsom:</div>
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We are writing to request that the State of California find a way to fund adult school Older Adult programs. The cities of Richmond and El Cerrito are in danger of losing, as early as June, an adult school program that serves hundreds of older adults. Other cities may lose similar programs in the near future if something is not done soon. These highly effective and inexpensive programs are at risk because of a decision the California State Legislature made in 2013 to withdraw state funding for adult school Older Adult programs. Acting dishonestly and in bad faith, legislators promised to find other funding for these programs, but never did, leaving the programs in limbo. This is an injustice we hope your new administration will correct.</div>
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The programs at risk in Richmond and El Cerrito are the Christ Lutheran Senior Center, St. John’s Senior Center, and the Sakura Kai program for Japanese-speaking seniors. If these programs have to close down, it will be a loss to the community as well as to the students. Assumptions about aging often blind us to the contributions seniors can make with the proper support. Many of the students at Christ Lutheran Senior Center volunteer in the schools with programs like the Read Aloud and Writer Coach Connection. Through the Center, seniors find volunteer opportunities and access the support that helps them keep volunteering. Sakura Kai provides docents for museum exhibits on Japanese-American history in the Bay Area, and has several performance groups, including a Taiko drumming group, that perform at local schools and at community events. If these programs close, their cultural resources will be lost to the community, while cities are left to deal with a more isolated senior population, and families will have to cope with the loss of a service that was helping their older relative stay healthy and independent.</div>
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Adult school programs for Older Adults are a good investment for the state. They combat isolation, which is one of the most serious challenges facing older Americans, and provide opportunities for socialization and mental stimulation that contribute to healthy aging. Studies have repeatedly shown that programs where older adults learn new things, socialize, and stay active in civic life through volunteering and other opportunities actually save the state money by helping seniors stay healthy and active longer. Healthy, active seniors need fewer government services, and they also make significant contributions to their communities in the form of volunteer labor.</div>
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When the state eliminated funding for adult school Older Adult programs, many adult schools were forced to close those programs. But others, feeling an obligation to students they had served for years, found ways to keep their Older Adult programs open with whatever other funding they could find. This often required them to start charging at least some money for classes that had once been free, which put these much-needed services out of reach for low-income seniors. But the schools did their best to subsidize the programs as much as possible and make them accessible to as many elders as they could. Now some of these programs that were struggling are beginning to falter, and they, too, may be lost if the state does not remedy the situation.</div>
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Whatever the reason the state had for pulling the funding for adult school programs for seniors, it wasn’t really economic. Under state law, community colleges can still run similar programs with state funds, and these programs are more expensive than adult school programs because community college teachers make more money. Many community colleges do not have Older Adult programs, as they are primarily institutions of higher learning concerned with offering college level courses for credit. When an adult school has to close its Older Adult program for lack of funding, there is no guarantee that a nearby community college has a similar program, or is willing to start one. Even if a community college is willing to pick up an adult school Older Adult program, it is more expensive to break down an existing program and start a new one than to keep an existing program going.</div>
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Adult school advocates were told, at the time the state pulled funding for Older Adult programs, that the legislature did not think programs for Older Adults belonged in the education budget. Perhaps money would be found in the health budget. This seems to have been a dodge, since they never did anything, but simply left these programs to close or languish. Yet they left funding for Older Adults in the community college budget, which is part of the education budget. Californians deserve an education policy that is consistent and fair. We ask that funding be found for adult school Older Adult programs, and we feel that they should be part of the education budget, as they are for the community colleges. It is an insult to older Californians to suggest that they don’t deserve education, and that everything for seniors belongs in the health budget; to be old is not necessarily to be sick. Older people continue to learn, grow and contribute. California needs to invest in them and treat them like the assets they are.</div>
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Consuelo Lara, Concilio Latino</div>
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Jessica Peregrina, Concilio Latino</div>
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Cynthia Eagleton, Adult School Teacher, San Mateo Adult School, Adult Education Matters Blogger</div>
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California Federation of Teachers CFT Local 4681, representing San Mateo Adult School teachers</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-43304350332300610342018-09-27T11:33:00.000-07:002020-04-18T10:17:04.486-07:00Words of Wisdom from SMAS Student Wendy Samayoa<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>Wendy Samoyoa served as 2017-18 Morning Student Council President </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>at San Mateo Adult School. At the 2018-19 Candidate Forum, she said</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>her farewells in a powerful speech which speaks to the value of Adult</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>Education not just at San Mateo Adult School but across our nation. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i>Here, with her permission, is her speech. Please read it and share.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Farewells seem to always have a bittersweet flavor with </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">feelings that are </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">intertwined, although their nature is different. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">I feel sadness, satisfaction and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">also, a certain relief to be able </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to transfer the responsibilities of the position </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">b</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">ecause it’s time </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">for new leaders. But, above all, the feeling that gains the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">most strength is, without a doubt, gratitude. Today culminates </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">an important </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">period in my life, a period in which it was a privilege </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">and an honor to preside </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">over this Student Council. It was a year </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">of commitment and, in turn, a year </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">of projects, opportunities and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">challenges, of hard work, meetings, struggles</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">for the improvement </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">of student services, community work and professional </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">and human growth. I must admit that it was not easy to carry </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">out this task, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">but it was worth the effort and, in exchange, we </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">obtained achievements and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">agreements for the benefit of all </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">of us. As President of the 2017-2018 Student </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Council of the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">San Mateo Adult School, I want to thank you for your support </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">and all the work you do every day so that adult education in San </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Mateo is </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">getting better and better.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Thanks to the administration, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">especially to Director Tim Doyle for welcoming </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">us, for listening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to our complaints and supporting our activities. Thanks to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Stephanie Kriebel, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">our teacher adviser, for the trust and </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">responsibility placed </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">in us, for her never-ending support. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Thank </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">you to all the teachers and staff </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">members who in different ways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">always give their support. Thanks to those </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">who with their work </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">and enthusiasm accompanied me in this adventure, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">because </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">they have </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">believed in us and always supported us. Also, I would </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">like to acknowledge </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Vice President Jackie Lhereux and Secretary </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Williams </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Avelino, who were key leaders in the work done and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">who accompanied me </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">in the quest for better student services. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">I would also like to thank the </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">representatives of each classroom, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">for the work they did and for always </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">showing up to participate </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">in our activities.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">For me it is very humbling to be in front of you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">today; Being president of </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">this school taught me something </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">important: believe in myself and believe </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">in what we can </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">achieve together. This "faith" in us has materialized over </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">the course of a year, work that I have done with selflessness, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">honesty and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">team effort.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">During my time at this school, one of the areas that most </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">interested me </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">was being able to collaborate in various activities. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">The possibility of going </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">with my colleagues to different experiences </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">allowed me to know the </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">difficult realities in which we live day by day </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">and also to understand </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">that adult education is the only transforming </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">force that can make a </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">difference in many families. Beyond solidarity, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">we need adult education </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to be the driving force of a country, so that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">we all advance alone and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">achieve the merits, not thanks to the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">charity of a few, but to our own work.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">We are not numbers nor are </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">we the results of a test; We are people </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">who want to change the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">world and for that we need tools that are not </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">only learned in </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">classes, but with experiences that allow us to get out of </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">bubble in which we live and open our eyes so that we can see the </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">reality of this country that today, more than ever, needs our </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">critical look as </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">a starting point for real structural changes in the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">country.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">I am talking with you as a student and partner committed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">generating a </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">positive impact in our school. Today, this country </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">needs </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">young people and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">adults who strive not only to be better, but </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">offer their efforts for all and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">do it selflessly, and we are the ones </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">who have the tools to transform this </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">country.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">To you, the candidates. I wish you much encouragement and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">strength </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">in this new stage, and no advice because I know that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">you are </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">committed </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to yourselves and this school, and have the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">vision, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">qualities and experience </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">to carry on this journey. Know that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">you </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">can count on my support at any time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It has been a pleasure for me to represent all of you and to be able </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to work </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">so that our vision is always within reach. I thank you all for </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">the support and </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">I hope that my work has been to your liking and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">that you will carry on this </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">mission. The sky is not the limit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;"><i>Thank you, Wendy, for your service as a leader and for taking </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;"><i>the time to write this inspiring, empowering, and important speech</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre;"><i>- and then share it with us.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After her speech, SMAS Student Council Adviser Stephanie Kriebel<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephanie Kriebel and Wendy Samayoa<br />
with OTAN award.<br />
SMAS Director Tim Doyle in the background.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-10067867226095189142018-09-21T17:40:00.001-07:002018-09-21T17:40:27.363-07:00Results of Surveys about Possible Changes to Credentialing System for Adult EducationThis Spring the Legislative Analyst Office recommended getting rid of the K-12 Adult School credential. <a href="http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2018/02/adult-ed-credential-requirements-and.html">You can read more about that here.</a><br />
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I created a survey asking folks their thoughts on this entitled, "Keep, Change, Throw Away." <a href="http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2018/04/survey-k-12-adult-school-credential.html">You can see that post and the survey here</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-P35TTCHTL/">Results of survey intended for Adult Ed folks across the state of California</a>. <br />
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<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-WHVWG23BL/">Results of survey intended for San Mateo Adult School teachers</a>.<br />
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Be sure to click on "Responses" to read the details of what people think.<br />
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Two things seem clear from the surveys:<br />
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* The credential system needs improvement<br />
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* Many people in Adult Education do not feel their voice and ideas are heard or valued.<br />
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I do feel my voice is valued - and perhaps that is because I have engaged in so much advocacy work - including starting and running this blog. But closer to the truth, I think, is that I started the blog and engage in advocacy work because I think our ideas and voices matter and have power. Skills and organization amplify our voices and bring our ideas to the table. How the larger conversations go depends on many factors - who else is at the table, how much our ideas threaten the status quo, what else is going on at the table and in the larger zeitgeist, etc. But as we have seen over and over throughout history, skill, organization and commitment played as a long game have tremendous power.<br />
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Thank you to each of you who took the time to answer the survey. Your voices and ideas make a difference and I will do my best to get them out there through these survey results. <br />
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I was very late in taking the surveys, myself, in closing the survey, and now in sharing results due to my efforts to to keep shoes on my child's feet (said the shoemaker). You can see I also bungled my responses in a way that doesn't misrepresent my views but make it a bit hard understanding them.<br />
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But finally! Here they are! The results!<br />
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Please take a look at them and consider the responses, ideas, views, etc. <br />
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Discussion of this recommendation by the LAO to drop the Adult School credential went quiet this summer - but I am sure it will return. We must be ready to engage in meaningful dialogue about the value of a credential in Adult Education. With facts and good ideas, we must push for what we think best serves the profession and our students.<br />
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- Cynthia Eagleton<br />
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Mom, blog author, ESL teacher at SMAS, vice-president of CFT Local 4681, sometime ball dropper.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-38079897496662769392018-07-14T12:32:00.000-07:002018-07-14T20:07:18.320-07:00CFT Local 4681 Endorses AB 2098 - Immigrant Integration Metrics<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dear Assembly Members McCarty and Thurmond,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We the teachers of CFT Local 4681 are writing to thank you for authoring AB 2098 - </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We are teachers at </span><a href="http://www.smuhsd.org/smas" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">San Mateo Adult School</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">. Most of us teach English as a Second Language. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A few facts about the area we serve:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">As of 2010, San Mateo County ranked fourth among counties in California and eight </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">across the nation in the concentration of foreign-born residents. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Between 2000 and 2010 San Mateo County’s immigrant population increased more than any other county in California, from 25.5 to 33.3 percent. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Our school excels at immigrant integration. We are often cited as a model of “how to do it” for </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">EL Civics -- special learning units for ESL students focusing on health, education, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">finding jobs, safety, community engagement and volunteering, disaster preparedness, and more</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="http://smaceesl.blogspot.com/search/label/Student%20Council" style="text-decoration: none;">Student Council </a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- democracy in action - and sometimes the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">first </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">experience an immigrant has with democracy</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Student interaction with elected representatives at the </span><a href="http://smaceesl.blogspot.com/2018/02/smas-team-presentation-to-smuhsd-school.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">local</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> and </span><a href="http://smaceesl.blogspot.com/2018/04/adult-ed-week-2018-being-part-of-rally.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">state level</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Student engagement with </span><a href="http://smaceesl.blogspot.com/2015/01/edsource-article-about-adult-education.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the press</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Adult Education was restructured during the period of public education cutbacks following the global </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">financial meltdown. The focus was narrowed from a broad mission that had always included </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">immigrant integration to college and career readiness. It’s place in the budget was even changed </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">from K-12 and/or Higher Ed to Work Force. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">College and career are important. But they don’t stand unless they are founded on community. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">As we see when we look at the current state of our nation - this is not just about Adult Education or </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">immigrants. This is about human beings and what enables us to function in healthy ways. STEM - without ethics - becomes abuse. Knowledge - without values - is dangerous. A nation - without civics - courts collapse. Human beings - however much they seem able to thanks to technology - do not live in isolation. They - we - live in community. In order to do so relatively peacefully, with some measure of health for both the group and the individuals which constitute it, we must understand each other, have and use relational skills, abide by a set of common rules and customs, and agree on methods to address the problems which invariably arise. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Adult Education has always emphasized these points and taught the skills that support them -- </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">until it was restructured in the recent financial collapse. In the midst of a recession, one can </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">understand how an emphasis on workforce skills might seem the answer. But back up a minute </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and look at how we got into that financial meltdown. Were the bankers and Wall Street executives </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">responsible for that catastrophe </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">gainfully employed? Very much so. What then, caused the collapse? Failure to regulate themselves or their industry - a lack of ethics - was embedded in what happened. Workforce training isn’t all of what is needed in the midst of a recession. That’s why the New Deal included more than just jobs - it included civic renewal projects, banking regulation, history, the arts, and protection for labor. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">cruelty, or abuse. It doesn’t stop trolling on the Internet, hacking of elections, or manipulation of </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">great parents raising great kids, friendly neighbors who pitch in and help out in times of need, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">coworkers with skills to help workplaces thrive and businesses excel, contributors to the mighty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">enterprise that is California, shoulders to the wheel, hearts open and wide, hands ready to help. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>because let's face it, right now at this point in US history, everything has to be measured --- </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">community "success" </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">--- specifically immigrant integration metrics.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>Why is this important?</i></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Because in order for something to get funded, legislators need to see and measure it. That's how things work. If we want something funded - we need to show a need, show how the need is met, measure results, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">If we can measure immigrant integration, it will be possible to get it funded.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Some schools promote college, career, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> community --- but officially, statewide, the mission of Adult Ed is essentially college and career.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">AB2098 COULD CHANGE THAT!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">AB 2098 is legislation sponsored by </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">* Kevin McCarty - a former Adult School student out of Sacramento - </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">* and co-sponsored by Tony Thurmond - out of West Contra Costa, who has been a big supporter of Adult Ed and is running for Calif Superintendent of Education ---</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">From CCAE: This bill would require CDE to categorize the various EL Civics COAAPs into eight categories that paint a complete picture of effective integration into American society. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Immigrant integration is when immigrants successfully merge into US culture.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Examples of immigrant integration:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Disaster preparedness - earthquakes, fire, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Attending a PTO meeting at your child’s school</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Attending a parent-teacher or IEP meeting regarding your child</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Attending a City Council meeting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Getting a library card, accessing educational resources</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Volunteering - at the Second Harvest Food Bank, SPCA, Neighborhood or Beach Clean-Up, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Participating in democratic systems, including Student Council</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Becoming a citizen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Voting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Getting involved in local community events and organizations</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Safe health practices - individual/public health</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Safe driving, safe disposal of motor oil</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Info from CCAE and Allies</span></h3>
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<a href="http://adulteducationmatters.blogspot.com/2018/07/from-ccae-key-facts-about-ab-2098.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You can read all about AB2018 here.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> in this info sheet from </span><a href="https://www.ccaestate.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">CCAE</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - California Council of Adult Education.</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.allies4innovation.org/our-work/iif/">Read about Immigrant Integration on the Allies website.</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Chancellor of Community Colleges is pushing back on AB2098. This is a big problem. We need to act now to show our support.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">You can - and should - write a letter or email and share a copy of it with CCAE</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Write a letter or email in support of AB2018 - explain why you think immigrant integration is important</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Give examples - disaster preparedness, civic engagement, understanding and participating in democracy, volunteering to help elders, people in need, children, animals, the environment, etc., support and engagement in children’s education, using the library, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Send the letter or email to Kevin McCarty, Tony Thurmond, and the state legislators who represent you and/or our local San Mateo reps (listed below)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Send a copy of your letter or email to Dawn Koepke who is spearheading support for AB2098 for CCAE --- </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #1d2228; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">dkoepke@mchughgr.com</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">To know who you are - teacher, staff member, former student</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to know how much people want something - is there a big need for it?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stories that illustrate why something is needed and/or why it works</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Offers of help - it’s hard to get legislation pushed through into law</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sample Letter</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dear ------------------,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I’m a ESL teacher at San Mateo Adult School writing in support of AB 2098. I know how important immigrant integration is - I see it every day. When our students learn how to volunteer in the community, participate in events at their child’s school, or become an officer in our Student Council - everything changes. From even a single one of these events, they grow in confidence and then begin to seek out new opportunities to participate in and contribute in civic life, their child’s education, and day to day interactions with neighbors and co-workers. It changes how they view themselves and the community in which they live. They become real participants and contributors - empowered and empowering. That benefits everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Right now, we can’t measure that - and we need to - because it’s a vital part of what we do in Adult Education. It needs to be recognized and funded - and measuring its success is part of how that happens.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thank you for sponsoring this bill. Please push as hard as you can for it. If there is something specific staff at my school can do, please let us know. We are very much in support of the bill. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cynthia Eagleton</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ESL Teacher at San Mateo Adult School 20 years plus</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Other possibilities</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Provide a bullet point list of immigrant integration of your students</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Note that this needs to be measured because Adult Ed is not just career and college readiness - that doesn’t capture everything we do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Provide links to blog posts about student accomplishments.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Provide student quotes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">To see a fancier type letter which really goes into the facts and lays out a case for AB 2098, here’s </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V5jTEG-mcoqhKR7o-pELedEKCGeCIU-kDHgzU5R4G0A/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the South Bay Consortium for Adult Education’s letter</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Don’t stress out about writing a perfect or fancy letter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Write your own letter. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brief is okay. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Writing an imperfect letter is more effective than stressing out about not being perfect and then not doing anything and then rationalizing that your letter wouldn’t have been good enough anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Think about what you tell students, friends, and family when they are afraid of making mistakes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assembly Member Kevin McCarty </span><a href="https://a07.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a07.asmdc.org/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0007</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tel: (916) 319-2007</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">District Office:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">915 L Street, Suite 110, Sacramento, CA 95814</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tel: (916) 324-4676</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assembly Member Tony Thurmond </span><a href="https://a15.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a15.asmdc.org/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0015, Tel: (916) 319-2015</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">District Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Elihu Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street, Suite 2201, Oakland, 94612</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dawn Koepke: </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #1d2228; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">dkoepke@mchughgr.com</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tell them who you are</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tell them you support AB 2098</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Remind them you are a constituent or work in their area</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Local legislators for San Mateo area:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Senator Jerry Hill:</span><a href="http://sd13.senate.ca.gov/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://sd13.senate.ca.gov/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">State Capitol, Room 5035, Sacramento, CA 95814 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Phone:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> (916) 651-4013 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">District Office </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 303, San Mateo, CA 94402 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Phone:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> (650) 212-3313</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">2. Assembly Member Kevin Mullin:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://a22.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a22.asmdc.org/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0022 Tel: (916) 319-2022</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">District Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 302, San Mateo, CA 94402 Tel: (650) 349-2200</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">3. San Francisco area legislators</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assembly Member David Chiu</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://a17.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a17.asmdc.org/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assembly Member Phil Ting</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://a19.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a19.asmdc.org</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">State Senator Scott Weiner</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Assembly Member Bill Quirk:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://a20.asmdc.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://a20.asmdc.org/</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capitol Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0020</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tel: (916) 319-2020</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">District Office: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">22320 Foothill Blvd, Suite 540, Hayward, CA 94541</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dawn Koepke: </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #1d2228; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">dkoepke@mchughgr.com</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-55055687641362873482018-07-11T11:49:00.001-07:002018-07-11T11:49:23.624-07:00From CCAE: Key Facts about AB 2098
<strong><em>From CCAE - </em><a href="http://ccaestate.org/"><em>California Council for Adult Education</em></a></strong><br />
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Grant Program: Immigration Integration<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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show effectiveness through other metrics<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The data is
already there<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We don’t
have to do more<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is not
a mandate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s who we are<br />
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">California Adult Education was founded in the K12 system with a focus of
integrating immigrants into California so that they could be productive members
of their communities. This is one of our most distinguishable aspects and
separates us as unique among the education providers in California.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We need to show effectiveness through other metrics<br />
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Demonstrating effectiveness through our current Adult Education Program
metrics does not adequately capture this data, especially for programs that do
not offer CTE. If you consider the current outcome data we annually report, we
can assume a student to most likely report a positive outcome within that year must
be at a minimal Educational Functioning Level when they start. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-color: rgb(68, 114, 196) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(68, 114, 196) rgb(68, 114, 196); border-style: solid none solid solid; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #4472C4 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4472C4 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4472C4 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.05pt;" valign="top" width="143">
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Positive Outcome Reporting
Areas<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-color: rgb(68, 114, 196) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid none; border-width: 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #4472C4 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4472C4 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 118.75pt;" valign="top" width="158">
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Literacy gains<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(pre/post)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AEP Outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(HSD/HSE, PS Achieved
Employment, Increased Wages, Transition to PS)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Services<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(217, 226, 243); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.05pt;" valign="top" width="143">
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Population most likely to attain positive outcome by Educational
Functioning Level (EFL)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(217, 226, 243); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 118.75pt;" valign="top" width="158">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All ASE EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All ESL EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All CTE<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ASE EFL High<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ESL EFL Advanced<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(217, 226, 243); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.25pt;" valign="top" width="159">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All CTE<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ASE all EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ESL all EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 107.05pt;" valign="top" width="143">
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Population most likely to attain positive outcome by Percent<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 118.75pt;" valign="top" width="158">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% ASE
EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% ESL
EFLs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 122.45pt;" valign="top" width="163">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% of CTE students<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11% of ASE students<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">22% of ESL students</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(142, 170, 219) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #8EAADB .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent5; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 119.25pt;" valign="top" width="159">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% of CTE
students<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% ASE
students<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100% ESL
students<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In column two (Literacy Gains), all levels of ABE/ASE and ESL
could annually report a positive outcome. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In column three (AEBG Outcomes), the minimal EFL for a
student to start with a report a positive outcome for ABE/ASE would be High and
for ESL it would be Advanced.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With these conservative assumptions the bulk of our students
in we report on, 82% overall, would not fall within the range to be a position
to report a positive outcome under AEP Outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The data is already there<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Under EL Civics, and specifically through COAAPs, many of the
K12 and CC programs are already reporting positive outcomes for students under
immigrant integration. CDE already has the data and this bill would just require
CDE to categorize the various EL Civics COAAPs into eight categories that paint
a complete picture of effective integration into American society. The
following table is an example of how these COAAPs could be categorized by CDE
and the CCCCO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Integration Metric as per AB
2098<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">EL CIVICS COAAPS <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased economic security<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Health Insurance 26.3, 26.4, 29.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Clinics 26.3, 26.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Obtain housing 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7,4.8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rental Agreements 5.3, 5.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tenant Rights 6.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Banking 1.5, 1.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Improved English proficiency<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn basic study skills 13.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Write an email 47.1 - 47.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased credentials and residency<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Immigrant Rights/Agencies 19.4, 19.6-19.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Voting/Political Process 39.4-39.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Environmental Issues 43.2-43.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Research/address community issues 8.4, 8.5, 8.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Workers' Rights 35.4, 35.5, 35.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Safety 37.3, 37.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased health and well-being<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Access health care 28.5, 28.6, 28.7, 28.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Access substance abuse treatment 31.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Keep family and home safe 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Understand medication usage 30.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased educational and career advancement<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Career Plan 14.5,14.7, 33.5, 33.9, 51.1, 51.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Identify Skills, Aptitudes 51.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Job Application 33.6, 33.7, 33.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Resume 33.6, 33.11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Interviewing 33.7, 33.8, 33. 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased first language literacy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Internet Safety 47.1, 47.2, 47.3, 48.1, 48.2, 48.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Online Communication 48.1, 48.2, 48.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Improved provision for children and family<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(255, 242, 204); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Successful Learners 13.5, 13.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parenting Skills 21.4, 21.5, 21.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Prevent/report home accidents 24.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">School Enrollment 13.4, 13.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;">
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increased participation in civic and community
life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(255, 217, 102) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #FFD966 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent4; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 233.75pt;" valign="top" width="312">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Immigrant Rights/Agencies 19.4, 19.6-19.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">U.S. History and Gov't. 40.4, 40.5, 40.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Local, State, Federal Govt. 42.3, 42.4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Naturalization Process 40.4, 40.5, 40.6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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are systems in place to pick the COAAPs and administer the assessments, there
is not an increase in workload. We continue the good work we are doing and get
credit for it at the state level. If programs want to expand their COAAP
offerings to address other areas of integration, they are free to do so, or
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outcomes under immigrant integration. Just like programs now “may” report outcomes
under pre-apprenticeships, Adults with Disabilities, or any other area under AB
104. We are not mandated to produce outcomes under all areas and so some of us
focus in a few areas while larger programs might provide services in all areas.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832205589360987196.post-58721196163280713892018-07-11T10:33:00.001-07:002018-07-11T10:33:56.235-07:00Update and Call to Action from CCAE - July 2018<strong><em>From the <a href="http://ccaestate.org/">California Council for Adult Education</a>:</em></strong><br />
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Adult Education Field Update<br />Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget & AB 2098<br />
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On behalf of CCAE and CAEAA, thank you for your engagement to help move adult education forward this year. We have made tremendous strides through the budget process this year and are excited about the prospect of moving forward our first policy bill in years. More specifically, the FY 18-19 budget included a number of the key asks we included in our priorities framework including:<br />
<ul>
<li>$21.6 million to reflect a cost-of-living adjustment for 2018-19 and 2017-18</li>
<li>Renames the Adult Education Block Grant as the "Adult Education Program"</li>
<li>Includes trailer bill language providing a cap on the indirect rate that may be charged to an adult school or community college at 5% or less</li>
</ul>
Additionally, the Governor and Legislature included the following additional provisions:<br />
<ul>
<li>As a condition of receiving state or federal funds, adult education providers must document that they are participating in their regional planning consortia and report adult education services and funding</li>
<li>$5 million for a data sharing platform</li>
<li>Additional budget bill language to require that up to $500,000 be used to contract with an external entity to survey adult schools on the fees being charged for different categories of courses, and an average per student cost of adult education</li>
<li>Trailer bill language to specify that adult education providers must assign statewide student identifiers (SSID) for students without social security numbers</li>
</ul>
Unfortunately, we were not granted additional funding above COLA in this budget cycle. There was appreciation expressed for the lack of growth in funding but given competing priorities and the fact that the Legislature doesn't feel as though adult education has sufficient data to demonstrate the need and outcomes associated with the funding currently in place, much less support the ask for new, additional funding. Also, not included was our proposal to include immigrant integration metrics in the adult education framework.<br />
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As you may know, the current adult education framework provides for academic literacy and career/workforce-based outcomes and metrics. The framework does not, however, provide metrics to measure progress and outcomes for immigrant and refugee students who may not have the competencies as of yet to measure up against those metrics. Adult schools already report such outcomes based on EL Civics; however, they are not currently recognized by the state. This leaves adult education providers without the tools to demonstrate to the state the great work they are doing with immigrants and refugees beyond strict academic literacy and workforce outcomes, much less recognizing metrics to substantiate the resources spent supporting these students. Additionally, as it relates to our push for additional funding for adult education overall, we are hindered by the inability to substantiate the need when current statutes do not officially recognize EL Civics metrics that demonstrate outcomes for these students. While these metrics are reported for the purpose of WIOA, they are not recognized nor used for state purposes.<br />
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Although the metrics were not incorporated as part of the budget, the administration indicated support for pursuing incorporation of such metrics as part of the policy process. As such, we moved quickly to identify an author and legislative vehicle in order to meet the legislative deadlines and have them enacted this year. Having worked with Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) on the issue as Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education, we approached the member as well as Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, to carry the bill and were pleased to have them accept. In the last couple weeks, we gutted and amended AB 2098 to this end, and it is now moving forward in the Senate with unanimous, bipartisan support. The next stop - Senate appropriations committee.<br />
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Over the course of the last year, in particular, there has been a lot of discussion, support, and concerns raised about incorporating such metrics and what they would entail. In this regard, we've developed the attached <strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Gbu2naxj7_2-pxdEdilTA1P8yj4PGac3O8Zyq8UO3tLY2V5la7xJaMUUCmmuwc9SPy2pVMNM58gGjLRBAr63ySl2PPr_0P-Be15GNU7uuy5Y1x0QYoXXaMCqrFjGoLx5wYIDBg2zTxx0a4tsYKQkCON20nEkhGTfAXOctS4AYafzP9WncNHLq6cvxZziLrBDz7WFMXOXLZJMY42mtHc06swLn3qeNHdnUS5uCe-L9eYfx2YCHpDFT8m_XWRBs-J8&c=LKBhknbNbyeifIgj8teLmERXUBl754i3Q3gucvj5jM5AE90ZpNIafA==&ch=RI274NDr6hf0uGOg7dwdgyRxeINN0jFEg3Edz8RQCAWi2FEcD_irHw==" target="_blank">overview document</a> t</strong>hat provides good insight into the metrics, EL Civics applicability and attempts to dispel concerns about their incorporation and the perception of additional work and responsibility. Additionally, we are working with the field and other stakeholders on further refinements to the bill to ensure a workable, seamless approach going forward.<br />
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We hope you'll join us in support of AB 2098. We'll continue to keep you posted on its progress. In the meantime, if you have any questions, concerns or if you would like additional information, please see the attached <strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Gbu2naxj7_2-pxdEdilTA1P8yj4PGac3O8Zyq8UO3tLY2V5la7xJaMUUCmmuwc9SPy2pVMNM58gGjLRBAr63ySl2PPr_0P-Be15GNU7uuy5Y1x0QYoXXaMCqrFjGoLx5wYIDBg2zTxx0a4tsYKQkCON20nEkhGTfAXOctS4AYafzP9WncNHLq6cvxZziLrBDz7WFMXOXLZJMY42mtHc06swLn3qeNHdnUS5uCe-L9eYfx2YCHpDFT8m_XWRBs-J8&c=LKBhknbNbyeifIgj8teLmERXUBl754i3Q3gucvj5jM5AE90ZpNIafA==&ch=RI274NDr6hf0uGOg7dwdgyRxeINN0jFEg3Edz8RQCAWi2FEcD_irHw==" target="_blank">overview</a></strong> and feel free to contact me to discuss further. Thank you!<br />
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Dawn Koepke<strong> </strong><br /><em>Legislative & Government Budget Advocateact</em><br />McHugh & Associates<br /><strong><a href="mailto:dkoepke@mchughgr.com">dkoepke@mchughgr.com</a></strong><br />
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