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On Ramp to I-BEST Program

On Ramp to I-BEST Program . Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge, Director of WorkForce Grant Programs Gretchen Robertson, On Ramp Faculty Lisa Krivanek, On Ramp Faculty. First, we Thought……. Then, we felt like this…. Then, we did this…. Finally, we arrived here!. Who We Serve:.

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On Ramp to I-BEST Program

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  1. On Ramp to I-BEST Program Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge, Director of WorkForce Grant Programs Gretchen Robertson, On Ramp Faculty Lisa Krivanek, On Ramp Faculty

  2. First, we Thought……..

  3. Then, we felt like this….

  4. Then, we did this…..

  5. Finally, we arrived here!

  6. Who We Serve: • Students eligible for various WorkForce Grant Programs • Students overcoming poverty, trauma and/or transition • Professionally and academically under-prepared • Students who test too low to enter and succeed in an I-BEST pathway- ABE levels 3 and under

  7. Program Rationale • This program takes a holistic approach for students overcoming poverty, trauma and/or transition. • We designed a contextualized basic skills course that familiarizes students w/ academic and workplace cultures, expectations & challenges. • Additional instruction time allows instructors to assess students’ deficits and adjust instruction to backfill knowledge gaps.

  8. Course Components On Ramp Course • IBEST Model: 100% overlap • English: 55 hours • Math: 44 hours • College Success Skills: 22 hours • Basic Skills: 33 Total credits: 14

  9. Key Successful Instructional Strategies • Use assessments to inform instruction and skill remediation • Community building • Integrate workplace expectations • Apply Reading Apprenticeship strategies to math instruction • Embedded college success skills into curriculum and instruction • Wrap around support services

  10. Rethinking Math Instruction • Our students’ math barriers: • Confidence and past experiences • Reading comprehension • Knowledge gaps • Lack conceptual understanding of processes • See skills in isolation • Don’t see relevance

  11. Framework • Personal Math History • So What? Logs • Whole Group Topic Analysis • Word Problem Reading Strategies • Self Directed Remediation (Khan Academy) • Explanation of Themes • Post Test Self Evaluations

  12. Sample Assignment • Word Problem Reading Strategies • (Adapted from: Dr. Yu-Chung Chang, http://www.cfkeep.org/html/stitch.php?s=66561915414931&id=29150028181402) • Incorporate RA strategies to help decode word problems. • Define and select data to be used in solving the problem. • Identify words and phrases that suggest mathematical operations. • Targets community and workplace objectives by having students working in pairs. • Develops metacognition by encouraging self assessment and remediation.

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