{"id":3442,"date":"2014-09-25T16:46:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2014-09-25T16:46:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:46:30","slug":"what-is-ab-86-and-how-will-it-affect-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/what-is-ab-86-and-how-will-it-affect-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What is AB 86, and How Will It Affect You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ACCEL_logo\"<\/a>Recent legislation called AB 86<\/a> has the potential to radically change Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP) all across the state of California.\u00a0 You may have heard about AB 86, but it’s likely that you don’t know all of the details.\u00a0 You may have heard that adult schools are going away, or you may have heard that they are being absorbed into community colleges.\u00a0 Neither of those is true, but what is<\/i><\/b> true is that AB 86 has the potential to create stronger CDCP than ever before.<\/p>\n

So what is AB 86?\u00a0 In a nutshell, it is legislation that allows for planning grants given to consortia throughout the state to redesign adult education into pathways that truly work for students from the basic literacy and GED levels all the way up to college and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0 SMCCCD’s consortium, called ACCEL for Adult-Education College and Career Educational Leadership<\/i>, was formed in Spring 2014 and has emerged as a collaborative and innovative group whose work is being held up as a model for other consortia throughout the state.\u00a0 Visit the ACCEL web site at http:\/\/www.accelsmc.org\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The ACCEL consortium has faculty involvement from the steering committee on down to the Collaborative Action Teams, or CATs.\u00a0 Skyline College is proud to have the following faculty on our CAT:\u00a0 Garry Nicol (ESOL), Julie Carey (ESOL), Leigh Anne Shaw (ESOL), Javier Urena (COUN), and Jon Freedman (MATH).\u00a0 There are four CATs working on plans for aligning adult education to community colleges, and they are arranged as follows:<\/p>\n

North CAT<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0 Skyline College, Jefferson Adult School, South San Francisco Adult Education
\n<\/b>Co-chairs:\u00a0 Leigh Anne Shaw (Skyline College) and Marta Bookbinder (SSFAE)<\/p>\n

Mid-county CAT<\/span>:\u00a0 College of San Mateo, San Mateo Adult Education<\/b>
\n<\/b>Co-chairs:\u00a0 Marissa Pienaar (CSM) and Lisa Dolehide (SMAE)<\/p>\n

South CAT<\/span>:\u00a0 Ca\u00f1ada College, Sequoia Adult Education<\/b>
\nCo-chairs:\u00a0 Nadya Sigona (Ca\u00f1ada College) and Natacha Matute (SAE)<\/p>\n

Coastside CAT<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0 Ca\u00f1ada College, County Office of Ed, Cabrillo Unified School District<\/b>
\nCo-chairs:\u00a0 Jenny Castello (Ca\u00f1ada College), Joan Rosas (COE), John Corry (CUSD)<\/p>\n

At the September 22, 2014 Board of Trustees meeting, Board President Schwartz and Trustee Mohr praised ACCEL for its work to date and pledged its continuing support of ACCEL’s efforts.<\/p>\n

How will AB 86 affect you?\u00a0\u00a0 If you work with students in basic skills, career development, or college preparation (and we’re pretty sure you do!), the work of AB 86 will impact you and your work directly.\u00a0 You may consider contacting the North CAT team members to find out how you can get involved.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more?\u00a0 All faculty, staff, and administrators are invited to a forum held at Skyline College on October 14, room 6202, from 1:30 to 4:00pm to learn more about AB 86 and its impact.<\/p>\n

Article by Leigh Anne Shaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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