Redefining Accountability : The Federal Game is Changing

1. RedefiningAccountability: The Federal Game is Changing Understanding the 2012 Changes to the National Reporting System Todd Wagner Brad Hasskamp Minnesota Department of Education

2. NRS doesn’t stand for NeRdS?

3. A Potential Adult Learner Walks in the Door… 1 Think about a recent student or group of students that enrolled in your program. Write out their first steps with your program. The steps should include your intake process.

4. A Potential Adult Learner Walks in the Door… 2 Share your process with another person. What similarities and differences do you notice?

5. ABE Student Labor Force Status

6. Labor Force Status: Who is counted as unemployed? Persons are classified as unemployed if they: • Do not have a job, • Have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, AND • Are currently available for work. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm)

7. Labor Force Status: Who is counted as unemployed? Actively looking for work may consist of any of the following activities: • Contacting: • An employer directly or having a job interview • A public or private employment agency • Friends or relatives • A school or university employment center • Sending out resumes or filling out applications • Placing or answering advertisements • Checking union or professional registers • Some other means of active job search From the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm)

8. Labor Force Status: Who is counted as unemployed? Passive methods of job search do not have the potential to result in a job offer and therefore do not qualify as active job search methods. Examples of passive methods include attending a job training program or course, or merely reading about job openings that are posted in newspapers or on the Internet. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm)

9. Now, let’s check your understanding with… Employed, Unemployed, or Not in the Labor Force?

10. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • Faduma has completed applications with three hospitals for jobs. However, she won’t finish the FastTRAC CNA course until June 15 and doesn’t want to start work before then. • Probable Answer : Not in the Labor Force

11. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • David has not had roofing jobs yet for this summer. He typically works only during the summer and not in the winter. He has been asking his buddy who has a construction crew about jobs. • Probable Answer: Unemployed

12. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • Mara has been looking for work the past 3 weeks. She said that her daughter was sick last week so she couldn’t work. • Probable Answer : Unemployed

13. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • Lee is 22 years old, and is about to be released from the county jail. He has been completing applications and resumes, hoping to find work. • Probable Answer : Not in the Labor Force

14. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • Two months ago, Ines was locked out from the local manufacturing plant. Ines knows she will be called back to work as soon as the labor disagreement ends. She also knows it is unlikely that she would be able to find a job for the period she is locked out. Although she is available to work, she is not seeking a job. • Probable Answer : Unemployed

15. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? • Omar is registering for classes. He has difficulty with conversation in English. When you ask him if he has a job, he says he helps his brother at his restaurant on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. That is all the information you get from him; you don’t know if he gets paid. • Probable Answer : Employed

16. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? What can you do to get accurate information from students?

17. Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? Why is this important?

18. 2012 NRS Changes (starting May 1, 2012) • Replace NRS Goal Setting with “Cohort Identification” to track: • Employment • Obtain Secondary Credential / GED • Enter Postsecondary Education or Training • Add new measures for programs to report • Students’ Highest Educational Level or Degree Obtained • Teacher Experience and Certification

19. 2012 NRS Changes From NRS Goal Setting to Identifying Cohorts Participants grouped by characteristics to be automatically tracked for outcomes upon exiting Based on participant demographics & classes attended

20. 2012 NRS Changes From NRS Goal Setting to Identifying Cohorts This applies for: Participants(12+ hours during the program year) Who have been exited

21. 2012 NRS Changes • For all exited participants: • Marked as “unemployed” • State checks for obtaining employment • Marked as “employed” • State checks for retaining employment Who took all five test of the GED • State checks for obtaining a GED • Enrolled in Adult Diploma Classes & are at the High Adult Secondary Level • Local programs check for obtaining diploma • Who have a diploma, GED OR are in a “transitions” class • State checks for entering post-secondary CohortTracking

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27. 2012 NRS Changes • Students’ Highest Educational Level or Degree Obtained • Teacher Experience and Certification New Measures to Report

28. 2012 Database Changes • New data elements added • Goal-setting feature in database

29. 2012 Database Changes • Goal Feature • Required: Still need to use goal setting and completed features to track obtaining a diploma • Strongly recommended: Use goal setting feature for GED and post-secondary goals • Goal features will continue to be available and can be used for local purposes

30. Social Security Numbers 50%

31. 2012 NRS Changes From NRS Goals to Cohorts Obtain employment • Exited “unemployed” participants Retain employment • Exited “employed” participants Obtain a GED/diploma • Exited participants in Adult Diploma class tested at High Adult Secondary • Exited participants who took all five GED tests Enter post-secondary • Exited participants with a diploma or GED • Exited participants in a “transitions” class

32. 2012 NRS Changes Sample Intake Form • In small groups, mark up the form with areas that may need changing, deletion or additional attention regarding the NRS changes

33. 2012 NRS Changes Reviewing Intakes & Sharing Information • Refer back to your intake process. Flip the sheet over. • What parts might need to be reexamined and/or changed? • How will you get this information to your colleagues?

34. 2012 NRS Changes What do we do?

35. 2012 NRS Changes Cohort This! • Hear the stories of the following ABE students. In which cohort(s) would they be included?

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39. 2012 NRS Changes Key Messages • Review & align your intake process • Check the NRS definitions • Ensure you are accurately documenting the necessary student information

40. Questions?

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