Health Care Sector Success Story: Carreras en Salud

Surabhi Jain – National Council of La RazaPatricia Bolivar – Instituto del Progreso Latino

Dr. Ricardo Estrada – Instituto del Progreso Latino

Agenda• NCLR Presentation

– Latino Employment and Education– NCLR Career Pathways Initiative

• IPL Presentation– Career Pathways– Carreras en Salud program

Latino Education

• Low educational levels• Graduation rates

– 53% from high school– Less than 25% graduate from any sort of post

secondary institutions– ~ 10% have a Bachelor’s degree– ~ 4% have an advanced degree– Negligent population in skilled professions

Latino Employment• Latinos are 14% of US population = 42.7 million • 13% labor market share • Employed in some of the lowest paying jobs earning

the lowest weekly median earnings

68%64.2%66.3%66.1%Labor force participation rates

$489$520$672$ 753Median weekly earnings

LatinosAfrican Americans

WhitesAsiansRacial Groups

NCLR Career Pathways Initiative

• Research– Assessment– Gap Analysis– Evaluation of existing support programs

• Planning and Implementation– Stakeholders Identification– Partnership Development

• Improvement and Expansion

NCLR Career Pathways• Targeted Industries

– Research and Assessment• Contextualized learning

– Contextualize text to daily activities• Integrated training

– ESL/VESL training– Job Specific

• Bridges– Linkages between different levels

Career Pathways: A Practitioner’s Definition

A clearly and structured set of academic bridges, courses and programs that articulated prepared students to meet the basic andtechnical skills and/or credentials needed tosuccessfully enter to an specific level of anindustry’s career ladder and to advance within it

Essential Components of an Effective Career Pathway

• Partnership / Collaborations.• Defined Career Ladder (skills needed and

compensation).• Bridges (literacy, career, technical, degree).• Articulations (credit, teaching, resources).• Contextualized curriculum.• Project based assessments.• Academic and none academic Support services.• Financial aid available to participants

Creating a Public/Private Collaboration

When creating collaborations it is important to clearlydetermine, what are those factors that may interferewith the learning goals of the students. Such as casemanagement, family and work counseling, childcare,transportation, healthcare, placement, and find thoseorganizations with a good record of effectively delivering those services to the community.

Essential Partners

• Sector Partners• Educational

Institutions• Community Based

Organizations• Industry

Associations• Chambers of

Commerce

• Commercial Clubs• Local Elected

Officials• Religious

Organizations• Labor organizations• Local Media

BRIDGE PROGRAM

“As It Was In Fall 1999”

TABE

BRIDGE

6.0 – 8.5

33 Students

© Prepared by: Dr. Ricardo A. Estrada

TABE 1153 Students

WSTI ADVANCED

CERTIFICATE

CAREER BRIDGE I

CAREER BRIDGE II

427 TEST TAKERS WHO SCORED BELLOW 3.0

196 8 6

17%

6.1 – 8 5 296

56

4.0 – 6.0

530 Students

PRE-TECH BRIDGE PROGRAM

1648 TEST APPOINTMENTS

© Prepared by: Dr. Ricardo A. Estrada

APPOINTMENT TEST

1648 STUDENTS

TABE 1153 Students

WSTI ADVANCED CERTIFICAT

Level I

Level II

Level III

Contextual ESL

CAREER BRIDGE I

CAREER BRIDGE II

8.6 > 196

Students

0 – 3.9 427 Students

4.0 – 6.0 6.1 – 8.5

1- 2 – 3 3 – 4

8.6 > 8.6 >

* Students need a TABE score for Financial Aid applications

530 Students

296 Students

An Inclusive Admissions Model for Community College Programs

© Dr. Ricardo A. Estrada

Inclusive Model Phase 1 to 4

TABE

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE

Level I

Level II

Level III

Contextual ESL

CAREER BRIDGE I

CAREER BRIDGE II

ASSOCIATE

DEGREES

8.6 >

0 – 3.9

4.0 – 6.0 6.1 – 8.5

1 – 22 – 3

3 – 4 8.6 > 8.6 >

* Students need a TABE score for Financial Aid applications

COMMUNITY COLLEGES & CBOsOPEN ENROLLMENT

ESL - LITERACY

L1

L2

L3

L4 L5 – 8GED

FOUR YEAR DEGREE

INSTITUTIONS

GED

An Inclusive Admissions Model for Community College Programs

Developed by Dr. Ricardo A. Estrada

Facilitating Advancement in a Career Pathway Through Articulation Agreements

VESL + Manufact + Career + Basic + Advance + AAS + BA Bridge Bridge Cert. Cert.

Technical Supervisor

$ 22.70

Socially visible professional member of

organizations & clubs, source of

information to family and friends VESL + Manufact + Career + Basic + Advance + AAS

Bridge Bridge Cert. Cert. Skilled Technician

Journeymen $ 17.30

Inspired to complete a professional degree, involved in community & school activities, member of school council

VESL + Manufact + Career + Basic + Advance Bridge Bridge Cert. Cert.

VESL + Manufact + Career + Basic Bridge Bridge Cert.

VESL + Manufact + Career Bridge Bridge

VESL + Manufact Bridge

Contextual ESL 5 – 6

ESL 3 – 4

ESL 1 – 2

Entry Level Technology Apprentice

$ 12.50

Entry Level Skilled Jobs

$ 8.73

Semi-Skilled Jobs

$ 7.00

Unskilled Labor & Jobs

$ 6.00

Physical Work $ 5.45

Able to plan family and personal future, interested in initiating a career or its own business, file their own tax return, critical thinking

Able to read and understand technical literature, complete work, school, and government forms, maintain a conversation on day to day topics, able to discuss news

Good understanding of laws, rights and obligations, write short letters, good understanding of school system and careers

Able to ask for directions, and use of short sentence, first communication in second language

Remove fear of living in an unfamiliar environment

Impacting Employability

Impacting Social/Family

(60 Credits in IAI)

(17 Credits in Escrow)

(10 Credits in Escrow)

(GED Assessment TABE)

(5 Credits in Escrow)

© Prepared by Dr. Ricardo A. Estrada

Levels

Context

&

Basic Skills

Credentials

Learning

paradigm

Testing &

Evaluation

Literacy Beginning Intermediate Advance

Adult Education Curriculum Contextualizing Model

ENG MATH PC ENG MATH PCENG MATH PC READING

WRITING COMPREH

GENERAL - CONTEXT MACRO - CONTEXT MICRO-CONTEXT VOCATIONALIZATION

NONE COURSE BASIC CERTIFICATE ADVANCED CERTIFICATE

PEDAGOGY

ANDRAGOGY

PEDAGOGY

ANDRAGOGY

PEDAGOGY

ANDRAGOGY ANDRAGOGY

STANDARD

PROJECT BASED

STANDARD

PROJECT BASED

STANDARD

PROJECT BASED

PROJECT BASED

CTH PS TM CTH PS TMSH TTS TM

Health Care Industry

• Nationally high employment growth – 2.4 million jobs

• Latino population in Chicago – 26%– Hispanic Nurses in the country – ~ 2%

• Provides opportunity for growth• Greater need for Hispanic

(bilingual/bicultural) health care workers

• Association House of Chicago

• Humboldt Park Vocational Education CenterOf Wilbur Wright College, One of the City Colleges of Chicago

• Instituto Del Progreso Latino

• National Council of La Raza

Carreras en Salud: A Chicago Bilingual Health Care Partnership

Purpose of “Carreras en Salud”

“Carreras En Salud” will provide local healthcare providers with bilingual healthcare professionals who can improve these organizations’ competence and cultural sensitivity when serving the large and rising numbers of Latinos in the Chicago Metropolitan area

ESLHealth ContextIDPL/HPVEC

VESLCNA context

IDPL

CNA HPVEC

Pre LPNA

IDPL

Pre LPNB

IDPL

LPNWright College

RNschools

16 weeks

16 weeks

12 months

EKG, Phlebotomy

16 w

eeks

BIO 226, Math 118ENG 101, PSY 20116 weeks

ENG Grade level 10-12Pre LPN-A or CNA

ENG Grade level 8-10, CNA

16 weeks

ESL Grade level 6th

GED, Compass test

PCT

NCLEX-PN NCLEX_RN

$9-12

$10-16

$24-27

1

ESLHealth ContextIDPL/HPVEC

VESLCNA context

IDPL

CNA /GED

HPVEC

Pre LPNA

IDPL/AH

Pre LPNB

IDPL/AH

LPNWright College

RNschools

16 weeks

16 weeks

12 months

16 weeks

BIO 226, Math 118ENG 101, PSY 20116 weeks

ESL level 10-12Pre LPN-CNA

ESL level 8-

10, CNA

16 weeks

ESL level 6th

GED, Placement test

$9-12 hr

$14-16 hr

$24-27 hr

$22-35 hr

Certified Medical AssistantCMA

PhlebotomyEKG

PharmacologyMedical Terminology

Medical billing/Coding

ESLHealth Context

IDPL

Basic Foundation Skills Online Course

Level 1IDPL

Intermediate Foundation Course

On-LineTruman College

LPNWright College

RNschools

14 weeks

12 months

14 w

eeks

Core Curriculum Courses Biology, Microbiology, MathEnglish, Psychology, and Electives

12 months

16 weeks

ESL Grade level 6th

GED, Compass Exam

NCLEX-PN NCLEX_RN

$9-12

$24-27

C.N.A Blended Online Certification

CourseTruman College

Under 8.9 level

Over 9.0 level

8-10 weeks

Additional Skills• Advance Computers• Test Taking Skills• Study/Note Taking Skills• Problem Solving• Critical Thinking• Leadership / Team Building• Priority Management• Communication

Funding Sources• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic

Opportunities• Local Initiative Support Corporation• Lloyd A. Fry Foundation• Chicago Community Trust• Illinois Community College Board• Chicago Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development• National Council of La Raza• Polk Bros Foundation• Employer’s Tuition Reimbursement

$312,000.00

-0-

$100,000.00

$70,000.00

$30,000.00

$12,000.00

$90,000.00

$10,000.00

Year One

$709,000.00$ 471,000.00TOTALS

233,000.00Eleanor Foundation (P)

80,000.00Individual Investors (P)

$40,000.00Polk Bros

$40,000.00$40,000.00MOWD (WIA /ITA)

-100,000.00156,000.00Illinois Community College Board

-0-$100,000.00Chicago Community Trust

$70,000.00$60,000.00Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

76,000.00-0-Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC)

45,000.00Illinois Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

70,000.00$70,000.00National Council of La Raza

Year Three (projection)Year TwoOrganization / Foundation

First Two Years Funding

Employer Partners

• Lakeshore Health Center

• St Anthony Hospital• Erie Family Health

Center• Hispanic Nurses

Association• Metropolitan Chicago

Health Council•

• Chicago Department of Health

• Casa Central• Mount Sinai Hospital• Saint Mary, Saint

Elizabeth Hospital• Norwegian Hospital• West Town Clinic

84.132489.3385431TOTALS

N/A8352776280ESL-Health

N/A72351004848Pre-C.N.A

24 or 75%9432873439C.N.A

N/A6749847387Pre-LPNN/A100811008181PQ

44/48 or 92%9785918796LPN

NCLEX/Placement

%Advancement%RetentionEnrolmentPathway Level

Program Outcomes

Contact Information

Surabhi Jain – National Council of La Razae: sjain@nclr.org / p: 312.269.9250

Patricia Bolivar – Instituto del Progreso Latinoe: paty@idpl.org / p: 773.890.0055

Ricardo Estrada – Instituto del Progreso Latinoe: ricardo@idpl.org / p: 773.890.0055