WA State I-BEST Program Planning and ApprovalLouisa EricksonProgram Administrator – Workforce EducationWA State Board for Community and Technical

Colleges

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Fidelity

What do we mean by Fidelity? Why is it important? How do we ensure Fidelity?

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Program Planning: SelectionConsiderations For A.O. – 12 credits? Pathway length, bridging the

certificates Enrollment Instructors/Potential Teams Labor Market

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Labor Market/Demand

Ultimate goal living wage job with opportunities for wage progression

Establishing regional criteria Employer needs, interest and buy

off Real demand data Adhering to Demand (Fidelity)

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SBCTC Program Approval

Must have approved program on file with SBCTC to generate enhanced FTE

Approved programs automatically eligible for Opportunity Grant

I-BEST specific coding allows us to track I-BEST student outcomes, allows us to recognize colleges coding for I-BEST not on approved list.

Program Planning and Approval

Professional-Technical

Sign off at college level by both Workforce and ABE administrators

Programs must be on the college’s Workforce Inventory

Must be on the demand list with local data supporting demand. Local data defined as the actual number of job openings available for completers that are greater than the number produced by program colleges in the area

Basic Skills Students must qualify for federally

supported level of basic skills education. Students must be pre-tested using CASAS

at the start of the program and must be post-tested upon program completion or the end of an academic year, whichever occurs 1st.

CASAS results must be recorded in WABERS

A plan for continued gains and reaching English language proficiency must be developed for students who transition into prof-tech programs who have not yet reached proficiency.

Instructional

During a quarter, an instructor from basic skills and an instructor from the professional technical program must jointly instruct in the same classroom, the same students with at least 50% overlap of the instructional time.

Labor Market Demand Local and Regional Demand Data Evidence of exiting with ability to

earn a living wage: $13.00/hr. unless in King County, then $15.00/hr. (exception: ECE)

Evidence that local and regional businesses, labor, WDC, and CBOs are active in supporting the college’s effort to begin or expand this program. Partners must be listed.

Long-term results Allows SBCTC to track and monitor for

student impacts Identify high performing (and low

performing ) colleges and programs Positive results allow us to use data and

information to cultivate stakeholder support Ensures certificates mirror traditional,

“real” workforce pathways and certificates. Colleges provide consistent content

delivery with different instructional model