Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System (ICAPS)

Transitions Academy: 2024 Virtual Fall Convening

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Welcome and Setting the Stage

Linking Education and Employment (The Roles of CTE, Adult Education, and Workforce Education)

  • Angela Gerberding, Director for Work-Based Learning, ICCB
  • Janelle Washington, Director for CTE, ICCB
  • Rupa Sameer, Director for Adult Education and Literacy, ICCB

CTE, Adult Education, and Workforce Education are collaborating to connect Education and Employment.  Some activities are specific to each area, while others overlap and it therefore makes sense to build relationships around those pieces.

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Innovative Supports for Refugees in Bridge and ICAPS

  • Sarah Taylor, World Relief DuPage and Aurora
  • Heather Davis, World Relief DuPage and Aurora
  • Aimee Schneider, Heartland Human Care Services 
  • Natalia Lishchynska, Heartland Human Care Services 
  • Catherine Porter, ALRC
  • Laurie Martin, ALRC
  • Jenny Seigfried, ALRC

Join two programs as they share what they have developed and implemented to support refugees. Focusing on the assets of these individuals and the needs of their communities, hear how they are leveraging education and training programs to overcome barriers. Multilingual approaches to support English learners will also be addressed.

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Innovative Ways to Use Other Grants to Support Bridges and ICAPS

  • Angela Gerberding, Director for Work-Based Learning, ICCB
  • Marybeth Hentrich, Lincoln Land Community College
  • Tiffany Olson, Oakton College
  • Laura DeMerle, Oakton College
  • Itri Papanikolla, Oakton College

Are you looking for ways to fill funding gaps in your AEFLA budget? Hear from IBT grantees on how they use these funds creatively to support Bridges and ICAPS. This includes marketing documents, job fairs, and Support Guides.

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Resources, Credentials, and DAISI…Oh my!

  • Kathy Olesen-Tracey, Senior Director for Adult Education and Literacy, ICCB
  • Angela Gerberding, Director for Work-Based Learning, ICCB
  • Dee Reinhardt, Illinois workNet
  • Aimee Julian, Director, ICSPS
  • Sarah Goldammer, Director, SIPDC

Hear a brief overview of the Illinois Worknet-Employment 101 course, resources, and certificate, including how to use the classroom access, assessments, and opportunities. Join Kathy Olesen-Tracey to learn the difference between Certificate vs Credential in Bridges and ICAPS and how this should be inputted into DAISI. Explore tons of resources as part of the FY25 Transitions Academy, including an updated ICAPS Manual.

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Success through Partnerships with Literacy Chicago and UHCHI

  • Rich Dominguez, Literacy Chicago
  • Marisol Guzman, Literacy Chicago
  • Sheryl Morris, UHCHI
  • Chef Victor Martinez, UHCHI

Gain insight and best practices for cultivating strong partnerships to deliver ICAPS and apprenticeship programs to support learners and the community. Hear about the value of the Literacy Chicago – UHCHI partnership. 

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ICAPS and i-Pathways: The I’s Have It 

  • Nancy Heuer-Evans, i-Pathways

Come and learn about ways that i-Pathways pairs with ICAPS using distance learning models that work for you and your learners. i-Pathways can also support the adult education and workforce preparation components of ICAPS.

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Innovations and Examples of ICAPS Marketing

  • Marybeth Hentrich, Lincoln Land Community College
  • Patty Mendoza, Lincoln Land Community College
  • Margaret Segersten, Regional Office of Education #33
  • Ellen Burns, Regional Office of Education #33
  • Ann Eads, Illinois Central College

Programs from around the state will share their innovative and effective ICAPS marketing tools, tips, and tricks.

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Building a Pipeline: Bridges and ICAPS

  • Angela Gerberding, Director for Work-Based Learning, ICCB
  • Sarah Taylor, World Relief

Are establishing a pipeline of students to your ICAPS?  Are you wondering how IELCE funds can be used to build that pipeline?  World Relief is currently doing this.  Come hear how that is happening and what they have learned along the way.  Bring your questions, as we are saving time for those.

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IELCE Strategies and Success

  • Kathy Olesen-Tracey, Senior Director for Adult Education and Literacy, ICCB
  • Mark Mesle, Director for Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education, ICCB

Join Kathy Olesen Tracey and meet the new ICCB ICLCE Director in this session. See successful models of ICAPS using IELCE funds and hear how to use IELCE as a funding stream as part of braided funding.

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