Download Educ and Life Learning - Greater Bakersfield Vision 2020

VISION 2020 Education & Lifelong Learning
July 26. 2000
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Attendance: Lou Barbich (Chair); Mike Butcher, Laura Dennison, Ray Etcheverry,
Gloria Guerra-Scott, Jim George, Lynne Hall, Joan Herman, Lisa King; JoAnn Merritt,
Doug Miller; Bob Ortiz, Cheryl Palla, Larry Reider, Chantel Washington, Wendy Wayne,
George Lusk (ASQ Resource)
Community members: Jan Minot; Susan Hersberger (Interim Recorder)
Absent: Jean Fuller, Bill Hatcher, John Hefner, Willie Sandoval
TOPIC
Call to order, introductions, review
purpose, role, responsibilities, Vision
2020 background material and Vision
for Education & Lifelong Learning.
DISCUSSION
This is the opportunity for the Vision Force to
enlist support of thousands of people as well as
city, county, and state officials to help achieve the
goals of Education & Lifelong Learning for our
community
ACTION
None
Organizations / initiatives already
addressing one or more elements
of the Vision
The names of vision force members have been
assigned as known and members are requested
to sign up to obtain information on
organizations / initiatives not currently
assigned.
Vision Force members are also requested to
suggest additional that should be added to the
inventory.
Our recorder / facilitator Judy
Newman will coordinate and
follow up on the gathering of
the needed information
Future steps will include
categorizing the programs and
assessing how their respective
strategies can be leveraged to
achieve the Vision
Information should include:

Their objectives / mission
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Short term & long term goals
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Strategic direction
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How does the organization / initiative
serve to achieve the our Vision for
Education
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Number of people served and anticipated
to be served
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Names of members associated with the
process
Jim Burke Education Foundation
 Focus: The transition from early childhood to
elementary to junior high to high school to
junior college to university education
 Participants: Education leaders, Foundation
members (including several members of the
Vision Force
Wendy Wayne
Cal State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) -Various initiatives addressing the transition from
high school to college
 Kern Education Partnership Program
 Testing coordination (Issue: Incompatible
student IDs)
 Upward Bound
 HEP (High School Equivalency Program)
Jim George
West High School – CAP Grant
 Focus: Transition from junior high to high
school
 Participants: CSUB
Member needed
Kern County Local Childcare Planning Council
 Focus: Early childhood education
 Resource to Vision Force: Strategic Plan;
Needs Assessment
Tech Prep Consortium
 Focus: Career education (ag, nursing);
articulation from high school to BC
 Participants: Kern High School District
(KHSD), Bakersfield College (BC)
Youth Council (Workforce Investment Council)
 Focus: Job training for (at risk) youth
 Resource: Preparing to develop a strategic
plan
Member needed
Member needed
Member needed
(Organizations / Initiatives cont.)
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
(KCSOS)
College Night – September 12
Focus: College Prep
Larry Reider
School to Career
Focus: K-College; Career awareness and
development
Resource: Inventory of local programs
Kern County Network for Children
 Resource: Annual needs assessment
contains educational components
Wendy Wayne
CALWORKS / Education Advisory Committee
 Focus: Job training and placement (welfare
to work)
 Resource: Assessments; Referral Matrix
Member needed
Community-Based Programs
 Junior Achievement
 Teacher Seminars:
At Work
Derricks to Desks
Ag in the Classroom
Member needed
Susan Hershberger
Member needed
Member needed
Center for Living and Learning
 Focus: Seniors; life-long learning
Member needed
ABC (American Board of Contractors)
 Focus: Job Training
 Participants: Trade associations; local
employers
Member needed
ISSUES IDENTIFIED:
Transition and articulation from K through
higher education
Contributing factors: number of school districts;
lack of coordination; redundancy; political issues
(local control) l
Lack of awareness/understanding by parents
of the education process
Lack of awareness of the public of programs
that are currently underway and their
accomplishments
Additional information and resource
Material needed
What are the boundaries of “Greater Bakersfield”
Lou to bring a map
Need for school statistics for “Greater Bakersfield”
George Lusk to develop that
information
TOPIC
Future meeting agendas
DISCUSSION
At a future meeting (date tbd) Lou requested that
representatives from each of the levels of
education (early childhood; elementary; high
school, junior college; university; KCSOS) present
an overview of how their educational mission fits
into the overall educational structure. Suggested
points to cover:
 governance
 relationship to overall education structure
(barriers; synergies)
 funding, including amount of discretionary
funding and funding challenges
 relationships with other organizations
affecting the ability to provide a quality
education
 major challenges and obstacles to
accomplishing your objectives
1. Next Meeting
ACTION
KCSOS-Larry Reider
KCSD -Jean Fuller
KHSD -Bill Hatcher
PBVSD-Doug Miller
Small DistrictMike Butcher
BC
-Lynne Hall
CSUB-Jim George
The Vision Force will meet
weekly on Wednesdays, from
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the seventh
floor conference room of the
Office of the Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
Next Meeting: Wednesday,
August 2, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.,
KCSOS Seventh Floor
5. Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned at 6:00PM