Symposium 2014 Opening Objectives

Welcome! Adult Education and Literacy Symposium Objectives Anson Green* Adult Education and Literacy Transition

Thank you We recognize and appreciate the hard work, commitment, patience, and extra hours you have put forth to support a successful transition and 2014 ramp up!

TWC Adult Education and Literacy Staff • • • • • • • • • •

Anson Green, Director Audrey Allen, Lead Contract Specialist Cassie Baker, Contract Specialist Diana Lomas, Administrative Assistant Irene Ramos, Program Specialist Gloria Rodriguez, Program Specialist Ann Savino, Program Specialist Lori Slayton, Contract Specialist Carrie Tupa, Assistant Director Mahalia Webb, Lead Program Specialist

Advisory Committee Member

Organization

Blas Castañeda

Advocate

Tamara Clunis

Amarillo College, Dean

Sheri Foreman Elder

Houston Center for Literacy, President and Chief Executive Officer

David Lindsay

Literacy Texas, Board Member

Alan Miller

Workforce Solutions Capital Area

Dean Ransdell

Texarkana ISD, Adult Education Director

Geronimo Rodriguez

Seton Healthcare Family Vice President of Diversity and Community Outreach

David Russell

Verizon Vice President, External Affairs

Lynda Webb (Presiding Officer)

Midland College, Adult and Developmental Education Director

Agenda Review 8:00-11:30

TCALL Professional Development meeting (invite only)

12:00-5:00

Opening plenary session, panel, and keynote

8:00-5:15

Full day breakout sessions

8:00-12:15

Closing keynote and regional workgroups

Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Agenda Highlights • Comments from our Commissioners and Executive Director • Keynote on adult education redesign for workforce success • Future focus and capacity building efforts to prepare for WIOA

Agenda Highlights • Comments from our Commissioners and Executive Director

Day 2 Tracks • Track 1: College and Career Transition

• Keynote on adult education redesign for workforce success

• Track 2 : Managing Performance Toward Outcomes

• Future focus and capacity building efforts to prepare for WIOA

• Track 3: Completion and Transitions

Goals of the meeting To provide: • TWC’s vision and performance expectations • Examples of best practices to support meeting these expectations • Opportunities to build alliances across regional stakeholders

Opportunities to build alliances across regional stakeholders Today

AEL Symposium

November 19, 2014

TWC Conference Workforce Board planning meeting

Spring 2015

Regional Workforce Integration Events

Opportunities to build alliances across regional stakeholders • Day three will dedicate time to discuss regional needs in groups • Regions are designated by your name tag color and table tents • Spring Integration Events will be a time to regroup and build on the integration progress started this week

PANEL DISCUSSION

THE PROMISE OF SYSTEM INTEGRATION

MODERATOR Reagan Miller Division Director of Workforce Development, Texas Workforce Commission PANEL Laurie Larrea President and CEO, Workforce Solutions Dallas Jacqui Jones AEL Project Director, Panhandle AEL Consortium Nancy Crawford Executive Director, Literacy Council of Tyler

After Networking Break (3:15-3:45)

BUILDING NETWORKS BUILDING CAPACITY (3:45-4:15)

After Networking Break (3:15-3:45)

BUILDING NETWORKS BUILDING CAPACITY (3:45-4:15) Instructions • Introduce yourself to one person who you don’t know with the same color badge as you

• Briefly discuss one intriguing point you heard from the panel or in opening remarks