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California Adult Education Older Adults Program Collection at the California Adult Education Archives
OTAN FA 009
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Title: California Adult Education Older Adults Program
Date (inclusive): 1988-2000
Identifier/Call Number: OTAN FA 009
Creator:
California. Dept. of Education. Adult Education Unit
Physical Description:
22 cm.
Repository:
Sacramento County Office of Education. Outreach and Technical Assistance Network.
P.O. Box 269003
Sacramento, CA 95826-9003
Abstract: The core of the collection covers the years 1993-1999 and focuses on two initiatives by different administrations in the California
Department of Education, Adult Education Unit, to involve the field in the development of program standards for older adult
programs in the state. Other series in the collection are brochures and handouts about California's older adult initiatives,
information about six exemplary older adult programs in California, and resources on older adults.
Language of Material:
English
Physical Location: The materials are in the California Adult Education Archives maintained by the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network at
the Sacramento County Office of Education. For current information on the location of the materials, please consult the OTAN
Web site at http://www.otan.us.
The collection is open for research by appointment. Please call the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network.
California Adult Education archival materials are publicly funded and not subject to copyright restrictions. Publications
should properly reference the Archives and the specific collection that contains the quoted materials. See Preferred Citation.
Guide to the California Adult Education Older Adults Collection at the California Adult Education Archives. OTAN FA 009. Outreach
and Technical Assistance Network, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA.
The items in this collection were donated to the California Adult Education Archives by a Susan Sundell, a consultant in the
California Department of Education, Adult Education Unit, later named the Adult Education Office. Ms. Sundell had responsibility
for support of California's effort to develop model standards for older adult programs for several years prior to her retirement
in 2008.
In the early 1990s, the California Department of Education (CDE), Adult Education Unit, in response to the recommendations
in
Adult Education for the 21st Century: Strategic Plan to Meet California's Long-Term Adult Education Needs (Adult Education Advisory Committee, 1989) formed a field committee to develop model standards for adult English as a second
language programs. Following the publication of that project, in January 1992, five additional task forces were created and
charged with developing model standards for other core programs: adult basic education, adult secondary education, parent
education, older adults, and adult with disabilities. The model program standards for adult basic education and adult secondary
education were published by CDE in 1996. The standards for the other program areas, including older adults, went through several
development cycles. The materials in this collection, donated by Susan Sundell, a CDE consultant with responsibilities for
an older adults standards development effort in the 2000s, document two of the early development cycles for the older adult
standards. The drafts produced in 1994 and 1997 are included, along with working committee data, resources, and correspondence.
In the 2000s, an additional development cycle was undertaken to add performance measures to both the published and unpublished
program standards. As of 2008, none of the revised model standards documents had been released.
California. Dept. of Education. Adult Education Unit
Virginia Donnellan
Adult Programs
Older Adults
Program Design
Program Effectiveness
Standards
Scope and Content of the Collection
The primary focus of this collection is the effort by the California Department of Education, Adult Education Unit, to develop
model standards for older adults programs during the 1990s. Included in the collection are drafts produced in 1994 and in
1997, along with working committee data, resources, and correspondence. There is also material related to the decision in
1998 to delay publication of the 1997 draft until performance standards could be added. Other series in the collection are
brochures and handouts about California's older adult initiatives, information about six exemplary older adult programs in
California, and resources on older adults. For further information and a 2001 draft (still unpublished as of 2008), see the
Olga Uribe files in the CDE Adult Education Staff Collection, FA 007, i.d.#5880.
The collection is arranged in seven series: background information on older adult programs in California from 1988-1991; the
standards effort from 1993-1995; the standards effort from 1996-1997; the issues related to adding performance standards,
1998-1999; papers related to other California older adult initiatives during the period; materials about six California exemplary
programs for older adults; and resources on older adults.