Gavilan seeks to inform older students
Published in the December 9 – 22, 2015 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Staff Report
Gavilan College
Gavilan Community College wants to make it easy for adult learners to find what they need through a new website it launched last month. The Gavilan Regional Academic and Career Education Service Consortium (Gavilan Regional ACES) website aces.gavilan.edu is designed to help adults who are seeking to improve their education.
The website brings together in one place all of the adult-learning opportunities provided in the region, said Jan Bernstein-Chargin, public information officer for Gavilan. Partners include the Gavilan College Adult Education Program, the Gavilan College Noncredit Program, Gavilan College for-credit programs, Morgan Hill Community Adult School and San Benito High School.
The ACES Consortium was formed through a State of California grant, AB86, in 2013 when the legislature dedicated funds for creating regional adult education consortia throughout the state. Implementation is now funded through a state educational block grant, AB104. The purpose is to address and coordinate the array of services offered by multiple providers, identify and fill gaps and work together to create a coordinated system that is easy to understand and navigate.
The consortium is also developing classes, workshops, and bootcamps in Adult Basic Education. All members of the consortium will have access to the curriculum and resources.
According to Mary Ann Sanidad, Gavilan College faculty member and project director: “We have looked at the gaps in everything we do and we’re collaborating to look at ourselves as a system for adult learners, to make a pipeline that can take people from literacy or beginning ESL to advanced classes and college, if that is what they choose.”
The ACES website is easy-to-use, organized by student goals. Still under development is a section that will provide resources for teachers.
For more information about ACES, go to aces.gavilan.edu or email [email protected].
