Shauna King-Simms is the Director of Transitional Programs at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), where she works with policy and program development targeting economically disadvantaged and educationally under-prepared students. Prior to joining the KCTCS staff in August, 1999, Shauna administered post-secondary education TANF contracts for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and served as staff for the Cabinet’s task force on post-secondary education. Ms. King-Simms spent 10 years as a state level administrator of Kentucky’s adult basic education and literacy initiatives and 7 years as a student services administrator in a two-year college. She was also a regional administrator for the Job Training Partnership Act program.
Shauna initially joined the KCTCS Chancellor’s office staff to implement a statewide TANF funded initiative aimed at recruiting, transitioning and supporting Kentucky’s public assistance recipients in the Community and Technical College System. The success of this nationally recognized effort, “Ready to Work”, led to a parallel initiative targeting the state’s adult education population. This transitions model integrates campus-based targeted case management with a TANF funded work study component. Additionally, she has assisted in the design and supported implementation of innovative transitioning collaborations among KCTCS colleges and local adult education providers statewide. More recently, Shauna has facilitated the KCTCS statewide Career Pathways initiative as part of Kentucky’s Ford Foundation Bridges to Opportunity Initiative. All sixteen KCTCS colleges have developed and implemented at least one Career Pathway in an employment sector identified in collaboration with their local stakeholders. As part of this process, Shauna facilitated the statewide Developmental Education Pathways faculty workgroup.
Shauna has a BA from Eastern Kentucky University and an MA from the University of Cincinnati in Organizational Behavior and Communications.
Shauna King-Simms
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