Taking Alamo I-BEST to Scale

Integrated Basic Education Skills Training

Building Structured Career Pathways for Low Skilled Adults

The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (1 of 7)

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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (2 of 7)3

The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (3 of 7)4

The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (4 of 7)

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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (5 of 7)6

The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (6 of 7)

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The Alamo Colleges I-Best Model (7 of 7)

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12/16/2016

Replicating the ModelWorkforce Transition Centers

Independent Colleges

Employers

Community Collaborations

DISTRICT: ECONOMIC

WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT

ALAMO I-BEST CORE TEAMDistrict

CE

Alamo University Center

Brackenridge Education Training Center

Central Texas Training Center

Westside Education Training Center

Kerrville Center

Workforce Center of Excellence

PACSACNVCSPCNLC

Table: Project or Initiative, Purpose, Eligibility, Number Served

Project or

InitiativePurpose Eligibility # Serve

Adult Education & Literacy (AEL)

• Increase basic skills • Vocational ESL• Career EASE• Support Instruction (IET)• Workplace Literacy

• ABE 16+ below college ready• Officially withdrawn from High

School• ESL 18+

• 629 Unduplicated• 100 Duplicated• 500 Transitions• 525 Career Pathways

Alamo Youth CompletionSkills Initiative Consortium (AYSCIC)

• Continuing Education (CE) Tuition

• High Demand Living Wage Career Pathways

• 16-25 year old Credit RecoveryStudents (in school)

• 16-25 year old AEL Students• Able to work in the U.S.

• 265 complete CE courses• 238 complete

Certifications• 201 obtain employment

Accelerate Texas- Texas Workforce Commission (ATX-TWC)

• Continuing Education (CE) Tuition

• High Demand Living Wage Career Pathways

• ABE 16+ below college ready• Officially withdrawn from High

School• ESL 18+ • Able to work in the U.S.

• 300 Complete IET• 275 Complete

Certifications• 75% Employment

Distance Learning (DL) Consortium

• Provide a DL option between enrollment

• Tablets as support instruction

• All Alamo I-BEST Participants • 25% or more of the AEL population

AARP Back-to-Work 50+ • Job information & coaching

• I-BEST scholarships

• 50+ years of age with high school diplomas

• Eligible to work in the U.S.

• 250 Information Sessions

• 48 Training scholarships

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Typical Student Characteristics

• Female

• Age 34

• Hispanic

• 6th Grade Reading level

OUR STUDENTS

COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP

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COLLEGE TRAINING WITH SUPPORT

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CAREER PATHWAYS FOR HEALTH

NOW WHAT?