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Subject: [NCL Members] Policy Call agenda
From: Peter Waite <pwaite@proliteracy.org>
Date: Thu, January 28, 2016 10:03 pm
To: John Segota <jsegota@tesol.org>, "National Coalition for Literacy
Members List" <members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>

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John,

Thanks for the update on the recent blog by Sec. King. Very relevant to our work. On our policy call we can touch base on this as well. Would be interested to know if anyone was at the convening.

Here is an draft agenda for our call next Wednesday at 4pm EST. 607-477-2100 passcode 240804# Judy will not be able to make this call so we will self moderate on this call.

Agenda:

National WIOA convening

Appropriations/Budget

OCTAE/DAEL 15-7 on IEL Civics - reactions?

GED testing service announcement - potential to advocate for use of GED as placement test? Credit for prior learning test?

WIOA state plan changed due date

ProLiteracy candidate survey update

Please forward any other items of note.

Talk to everyone next week.

Peter

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From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of John Segota
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:17 PM
To: National Coalition for Literacy Members List
Subject: [NCL Members] John B. King, Jr.: Workforce Training Programs Should Consider Equity

NCL Members –

I thought you might be interested in the following article that appeared on Education Week yesterday:

Workforce Training Programs Should Consider Equity, Acting Ed. Secretary Says

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/01/john_king_workforce_training_p.html

States, communities, school districts, non-profits, and the federal government need to make sure equity is the watchword for implementation of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (aka that other big education law Congress was able to push over the finish line in recent years).

That was the message John B. King Jr., the acting U.S. Secretary of Education, delivered Tuesday to the Workforce Opportunity and Investment Act national convening, a conference of 700 state leaders and other organizations working to implement the new law.

King is hoping that job training facilities, community colleges, and adult-education providers will think about the needs of English-language learners, minority students, low-income students, students with disabilities parents, and other "nontraditional" students as they implement WIOA, which generally governors job training programs.

The landscape for postsecondary education has shifted in recent years, King said.

"The nontraditional has become the traditional," said King. "The defining postsecondary student is the student who needs support beyond just enrollment in that post-secondary opportunity."

He urged job training programs, post-secondary institutions, and other adult education providers to think about potential barriers students might face in completing their training or degree, such as lack of access to child care or transportation.

And he encouraged them to think carefully about teacher development. For instance, programs may need to ensure that they have bilingual staff and have trainers who understand the needs of adults who may be juggling other jobs and families.

If King's message on WOIA sounds familiar, that's because it's pretty similar to his messaging on the Every Student Succeeds Act, the latest iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which also puts a heavy emphasis on equity.

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