Department of Adult Education

Clark County School District

Dr. Robert HenryDirector

Jennifer KeiserInstructional Program

Coordinator

CCSD ABE/ESL Update

Program bifurcation few years ago Now many more students seeking GED

and HS Diploma with English literacy needs

Adult HS Partnerships

Hispanic-American Partnership IncGED ProgrammingESL Services

MGM Partnership Comprehensive HS for credit retrieval Workforce Investment

Grants

Program mission Grants management Know the expectations Don’t be dazzled by the $$$$

Issues for CCSD AHS

Repurposed classroomsChurchesCommunity Centers

Dropout prevention vs. dropout interventionCommunity advocacy

GED HIGHLIGHTS AND PEARSON VUE

Nevada A.B.E. Directors’ Meeting and Training

Department of Adult Education

30 November 2011

Washington, D. C.

GED CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

JULY 2011

U.S. Dept. of Education Cheryl Keenan Director Adult Ed. And Literacy

Three factors changing for future educational success.

Career and College Standards○ Levels (where our students are at)○ Standards (quality of life our students have and want)○ Common Core Standards

How they apply and don’t apply to Dept of Adult Ed.How are the applicable to students?How do we train teachers?How do we test students?

U.S. Dept. of Education

Adult Ed. students’ lack of time to earn credentials.○ Move along continual pathways while

condensing and streamlining goals to make more achievable.

○ Developing “Career Pathways”Partnering with Dept. of Labor, Workforce agenciesBridge ModelsConcurrent ModelsGrowing sectors and areas that have value in the

market place.

U.S. Dept. of Education

Teacher Quality- CRITICAL!○ Being able to teach to the Common Core

Standards○ Teaching Ability/Accountability

Deliver ContentIncorporate PathwaysProblem solving skills/techniquesDirect instructionRigor, rigor, rigorProfessional Development

U.S. Dept of LaborGrace Kilbane - Employment and Training Administration

Concerns facing D.O.L.Unemployment

○ 14 million unemployed○ Youth unemployment 25% higher than 1948.○ 15% lack a high school diploma○ Half have nothing earned past a high school

diploma○ Employers want other education and

credentials beyond high school and GED.

U.S. Dept. of Labor cont:

Youth dropout:Integrating employment with training.Credentials! Linking up training with

credentials that count.Myskillsmyfuture.org site for job seekers

and information for what skills are needed for different types of employment.

Workforce Innovation Fund- competitive grants and services- fall time launch.

GED PROGRESS:

New partnership between GED Testing Service and Pearson Vue.

By 2014, GED will be administered electronically.

Fees will be increasing in each jurisdiction.

$24.oo per battery or $120.00. Subject to change.

GED Cont:

Some changes to GED exam:

By 2014, exam will follow the Common Core Standards and computer lab setting computer skills required.

Students will know their scores (minus Writing) upon exiting the exam.

S.S. essay to be added to the exam. Essay to be eventually scored by the

computer. Revised accommodations for students.

GEDTS ASSISTANCE A.C.E. RESEARCH

“Survey Says”

A.C.E. 2009 Study

307 out of 1,000 G.E.D. recipients enrolled in postsecondary education five years later.

77 dropped out after one semester.

17 completed a degree or certificate.

A.C.E. 2010 study

43% G.E.D. recipients enroll in certificate or college programs within six years.

Compared with 20% of those who do not pass the test and 64% of high school graduates.

Few complete more than a year of coursework.

A.C.E. 2010 study cont:

Why? What would bring them back?

Lack of supports College too difficult Too expensive Lack of certain skills to be successful Negative life experiences that interfere Lack of confidence as a postsecondary

student

GEDTS Assistance will:

Create professional development modules that guide instructors through the new content.

Help instructors adapt a “quasi-counseling role” which can help students see the exam as a step towards postsecondary education.

Set up an approval process for curriculum developed to reflect the new GED. The GED website will be used as a “hub” housing GED resources.

Nevada Adult Educators

Membership NAECOABEMPAEA

Winter WebinarApplied Analysis possible presenter