Newport-Mesa Adult Education

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Newport-Mesa Adult EducationPromoting a
Lifetime of Learning

• You Are the Key
• to Our Success
• Community Council Meeting
• April 1, 2008

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Adult Education Community Council

• Welcome and Introductions
• Program Overview
• Student Profile
• Program Offerings
• Locations
• Our Mission
• Expected Schoolwide Learning Results
• Goals
• Accountability Data

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Adult Education Community Council

• How Can We Refine Our Program?
• What New or Innovative Programs Can We Offer to
  Better Meet Community Needs?

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2006-07 Highlights

• Last year we served 4359 (unduplicated) students
  for a total of 455,767 attendance hours
• 706 concurrently enrolled
• 8528 course enrollments

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Mission

• Our mission is to provide lifelong
  educational opportunities and services which
  address the unique needs of individuals and
  communities by providing adults with the
  knowledge and skills necessary, including
  technology, to participate effectively as
  citizens, workers, parents and family members,
  and be contributing members of the local and
  global community.

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Expected Schoolwide Learning Results

• Personal Success
• Academic Success
• Workplace Success
• Social Success

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Personal Success as Measured By

• P1.   Ability to set and meet goals
• P2.   Ability to improve through self-
  discipline and motivation
• P3.   Persistence

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Academic Success as Measured By

• A1.      Mastery of skills identified in course
  outlines
• A2.      Ability to think critically, problem
  solve, and make informed choices
• A3.      Ability to communicate effectively,
  both orally and in writing

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Workforce Success as Measured By

• W1.    Acquisition of workforce readiness skills
• W2.    Application of professional and technical
  skills
• W3.    Ability to transfer personal, academic
  and social skills to the workplace

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Social Success as Measured By

• S1.     Ability to work cooperatively
• S2.     Acceptance and understanding of
  diversity
• S3.     Community involvement

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Programs

• English-as-a-Second Language (ESL)
• Family Literacy
• Citizenship
• High School Diploma
• Career/Technical Education
• Older Adults
• Adults with Disabilities
• GED Preparation

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2007-08 Program Sites

• BESST Center
• College Park Elementary
• Costa Mesa High School
• Estancia High School
• Fairview Developmental Center
• Kaiser Elementary
• Matt Kline Head Start
• Mission Bay Villa Senior Care Facility

• Newport Sub-Acute and Recovery Center
• Orange Coast College
• Paularino Elementary
• Pomona Elementary
• Silverado Senior Care Facility
• Victoria Elementary
• Whittier Elementary
• Wilson Elementary

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Program Goals

• Facility
• Communication/Community Involvement
• Curriculum
• Technology
• Professional Growth

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Facility Goal

• Maintain world class facilities to meet student
  needs.

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Communication/Community Involvement

• Enhance communication and collaboration among
  adult education staff, K-12 staff, district and
  community members and institutions, creating a
  focused effort designed to promote an increase in
  both the presence and the value of the
  Newport-Mesa Adult Education Program.

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Curriculum

• Provide a challenging, interesting, meaningful
  and sequential curriculum, including appropriate
  assessments, to meet the needs of the diverse
  adult learner population.

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Technology

• Create and implement an Adult Education
  Technology Plan that addresses
• curriculum
• professional development
• infrastructure
• budget and funding
• monitoring and evaluation

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Professional Growth

• Provide the necessary training and technical
  assistance to the adult education staff and
  administrators to encourage the integration of
  technology into curriculum and instruction, and
  overall tech proficiency.

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Accountability Data

• From Fall 04-05 school year to Fall 07-08 school
  year, we nearly doubled our average per student
  hourly attendance from 54 to 100 average hours of
  attendance per student.
• In all seven levels of ESL, our students have
  performed above the California performance goal
  for the past three consecutive years.
• During the 2006-07 school year, 33 adult
  education students received a high school diploma
  or successfully passed the GED, an increase of 10
  students when compared to 2005-06.

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How You Can Help

• How Can We Refine Our Program?
• What New or Innovative Programs Can We Offer to
  Better Meet Community Needs?

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• Alone we do so little
• together we can do so much
• Helen Keller
• Thank you for your time and feedback!