College_and_Career_Readiness_Standards_Webinar_Presentation_-_05-06-13.pdf

U.S. Department of Education (ED) Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)

May 6, 2013

Webinar & Request for Comments Purpose of this Webinar and Request for Comments:

Promote transparency in contracting

Learn of any barriers to competition

Familiarize potential offerors with OVAE's previous investments

Encourage connections with k-12 standards work

Encourage potential partnerships between individuals and organizations with standards expertise

Request for Comments

1. Identify any competition barriers.

2. Based upon your experience in standards-based education and/or professional development for teachers does the Performance Work Statement (PWS), as written, present any barriers to your participation? If so, how?

3. Based upon your experience in standards-based education and/or professional development for teachers, please provide comments and/or questions on the work, scope, and timeline in the PWS.

Request for Comments

Written responses are due by 1:00 pm EST on May 10, 2013.

Responses shall be submitted electronically to heather.watroba@ed.gov with a cc: to stephen.scheffer@ed.gov.

mailto:heather.watroba@ed.gov mailto:stephen.scheffer@ed.gov

Previous OVAE Investments Promoting College and Career Readiness Standards in

Adult Basic Education

National Diffusion of the Standards-in-Action Diffusions

Support for State Implementation of Standards-Based Education

The Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse

Support for State-Level Adult Education Content Standards

Adult Education

This activity is authorized under Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, Section 243, National Leadership Activities, which provides funds to enhance the quality of adult education and literacy programs nationwide.

Adult Education Adult education programs serve youth and adults with basic skills and English language proficiency needs.

Services are provided in local school districts, community colleges, community-based organizations, volunteer organizations, and public or private nonprofits.

Adult education is key to economic recovery as well as the President’s college access and completion agenda.

College and Career Readiness (CCR) for Adult Students It is crucial that adult students have the opportunity to acquire skills they need for postsecondary success.

More than 12 million adult without a high school credential.

Key CCR knowledge and skills are closely linked to being able to get the training necessary to earn a living wage in high-growth industries.

Two times as many jobs over the next decade will require a postsecondary credential.

CCR Standards for Adult Education

Standards-based education—an integral part of OVAE’s program of National Leadership Activities.

New emphasis on the skills and knowledge required for success in colleges and careers.

CCR Standards for Adult Education—a framework for developing or updating state standards.

[https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CCRStandardsAdultEd.p df]

Goal and Objectives of this Project Support development of programs able to better prepare adult students for success in college and careers.

Develop and deploy professional development to address how adult education can best implement CCR Standards in adult education.

For all states and programs

Multi-leveled

Online and face-to-face

Tasks in this Procurement

1. Manage the Project to Ensure Accountability and

Successful Outcomes

2. Establish a Cadre of National Trainers and Experts

3. Develop and Deliver Orientation Institutes

4. Develop and Deploy Targeted Training, Technical Assistance and Leadership Activities

5. Assemble Online Resources

6. Convene Sessions at National Meetings for Adult Education State Directors

1. Manage the Project

1.1. Post-Award Project Management Meeting

1.2. Tri-Weekly Status Meetings

1.3. Annual Reports

2. Establish a Cadre of National Standards Trainers

2.1. Identify Prospective Standards Trainers/Experts

2.2. Plan to Develop, Deliver, and Implement a Trainer

Endorsement Process

Trainers’ qualifications and standards expertise

Training-the-trainer program

Milestone schedule and materials development

Significance of endorsement

Trainer support and attrition

3. Develop and Deploy Orientation Institutes

Introduce states and programs to standards-based education, CCR and the implementation of CCR standards

Face-to-face, multiday institute repeated in three regional settings

Offered twice during the project—six institutes total

Develop materials and implement activities

Develop online professional development modules from select institute activities and resources

4. Targeted Training, Technical Assistance & Leadership Activities

Advanced level professional development to support:

States implement the CCR Standards for Adult

Education in the areas of mathematics and English language arts/literacy.

States and local programs deliver professional development for instructors who must learn to use the standards.

Instructional leaders plan statewide sustainability of standards implementation and support their instructors and programs.

Task 4 Continued Professional development based on:

Priority areas of standards-based education reform

Key instructional shifts in the Common Core for English language arts/literacy and mathematics

Sound rationales and supporting evidence base

Professional development to build state capacity for:

Implementing the CCR standards statewide

Bringing standards-based reforms to scale and full sustainability

Delivering state-based training

5. Assemble Online Resources

5.1. Plan to Create and Identify Online Resources

5.2. Maintain and Modify the Adult Education

Content Standards Warehouse Website

[http://www.adultedcontentstandards.ed.gov/]

Two-year plan to modify and maintain the Website, and input materials

6.Convene Sessions at National Meetings for State Directors

Spring 2014, 2015, 2016 meetings typically held in Washington D.C.

Opportunities for state staff to learn about the implementation of the CCR standards in adult education.

Concurrent or general session, or mini-training institute.

Due Date

Written responses are due by 1:00 pm EST on May 10, 2013.

Responses shall be submitted electronically to heather.watroba@ed.gov with a cc: to stephen.scheffer@ed.gov.

mailto:heather.watroba@ed.gov mailto:stephen.scheffer@ed.gov

Watch http://www.fbo.gov/.

A final Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be posted under the same solicitation number.

A due date for full technical and business proposals will be posted.

There will be a short period for offerors to ask questions of ED/OVAE about the PWS.

An award is expected by the end of September.

What happens next?

http://www.fbo.gov/

Questions?