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TCALL Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning Objectives for the day Become familiar with the PIAAC data Recap the WIOA legislation and the libraries potential role Look at sources for state and local data Share resources Local planningTRANSCRIPT
TRAIN PD Consortium at TCALL
Supporting Adult Literacy: The Role and Resources of Libraries
Beth Ponder, Professional Development Specialist
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Introductions
• Please tell me – – Who you are– Where you work– What your role is– What are you doing
now around literacy issues
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Objectives for the day
• Become familiar with the PIAAC data• Recap the WIOA legislation and the libraries
potential role• Look at sources for state and local data• Share resources• Local planning
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Where does the US stand internationally?
• PIAAC Assessmento International assessment administered in
23 countries in 2011-12o 16-65 yr oldso 36 million Americans have low literacy
skills, nearly 24 million of whom are part of the workforce
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TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Adults from low-educated families are 10 x more likely to have low skills
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US Adults with low skills are 4x more likely to have poor/fair health – 2 x the int’l average
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, 2013
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Making Skills Everyone’s Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States
• Create joint ownership of solutions• Expand opportunities for adults to
improve foundation skills• Make career pathways available and
accessible in every community• Ensure all students have access to
highly effective teachers, leaders, and programs
• Align federal policies and programs to integrate services for adults
• Increase the return on investment in skills training for business, industry, and labor
• Commit to closing the equity gap for vulnerable sub-populations
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TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law on July 22, 2014
• WIOA is a bipartisan effort• WIOA revised and reauthorized the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998• WIOA is authorized until 2020
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TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) – Some of the buzz words
• Partnerships• Career Pathways / Career Awareness• Transitions to Postsecondary• Employment, employment, employment• Digital Literacy
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Resources – where else should I be looking?
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
• Who are you partnering with now? • Who do you need to be reaching out to?
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Where would you start to look for state and local data?
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning
Next Steps
• What are you going to do now?
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Questions?
Beth [email protected]
TCALLTexas Center for the Advancementof Literacy & Learning