A Path Forward: How Castro Valley Adult & Career Education inspires students to be the best version of themselves
In 2018, Iema Becerra was enrolled in Castro Valley Adult & Career Education, working on her high school diploma. Completing her education had been a lifelong goal. However, between having to work at a young age and having children, there had been no time to go back to school. Now she was finally getting the chance. […]
Staff Spotlight: Learn why a counselor and a transition specialist at Castro Valley Adult & Career Education are inspired by their students every day
Linette Escobar, a teacher and transition specialist at Castro Valley Adult & Career Education, has been teaching English as a Second Language to adults for more than 24 years. For the last 10 years, Escobar has been part of the staff at CVACE. […]
Staff Spotlight: Three teachers at Castro Valley Adult & Career Education exemplify the school’s dedicated and warmhearted staff
Teaching can be a challenge, and never has that been truer than in the last few years, when COVID created an unprecedented upheaval educators scrambled to work around. But adult students face a unique situation even without an international pandemic: holding down a job, caring for a family or navigating a new country, all while trying to attend school. […]
All Means All: How Castro Valley Adult & Career Education strengthens the community as a whole
During the economic downturn of 2008, California allowed school districts to close adult schools or reduce their funding. But one school district understood the importance of their adult school and decided not to make any cutbacks. […]
Poway Adult School Student Spotlight: Radhika Devi
Radhika Devi found a Poway Adult School brochure in a local library and made a life-changing decision for herself—to enroll. […]
Light at the End of the Tunnel: How ValleyBuild helps Central Valley residents find high-paying jobs
Finding a high-paying job without a college degree can be challenging, particularly in rural areas. In recent years, a program called ValleyBuild has aimed to rectify thi […]
Poway Adult School’s ESL Teachers Build Relationships and Pathways to Transform Students’ Lives
“It is intrinsic motivation and relationship building which enables Poway ESL teachers to create a pathway for student success,” says Jacquie Uriell, Poway’s Lead ESL Teacher. […]
Poway Adult School trains students for high-paying career and provides employers with a qualified workforce
Poway Adult School, founded in 1965, is a prominent educational institution in north inland San Diego County, annually serving more than 10,000 students and 12,000 enrollees. Poway achieves this by offering a range of academic and personal enrichment programs for adults, including ESL, Career and Technical Education, GED/High School Diploma, and numerous training and personal development courses. […]
Poway Adult School Student Spotlight: Jose Ernesto Quijada Hernandez
Jose Hernandez had been living in the United States for a few years and was having a hard time learning English on his own. Then he moved to Poway, California. […]
Time Is of the Essence in Fresno: Why skilled workers are needed now—and how a program called ValleyBuild is helping that effort
California’s Central Valley feeds the nation. The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board is intent on ensuring the valley doesn’t see its own tables sit empty. […]