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2008 ABE SUMMER INSTITUTE Thursday: Opening Address

2008 ABE SUMMER INSTITUTE Thursday: Opening Address. Dr. Barry Shaffer MN State Director of Adult Education. Welcome and Thank You. Literacy Minnesota and MCEA Planning Committee MDE Coordination – Astrid Liden St. John’s University Presenters Participants and Awardees Weather.

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2008 ABE SUMMER INSTITUTE Thursday: Opening Address

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  1. 2008 ABE SUMMER INSTITUTEThursday: Opening Address Dr. Barry Shaffer MN State Director of Adult Education

  2. Welcome and Thank You • Literacy Minnesota and MCEA • Planning Committee • MDE Coordination – Astrid Liden • St. John’s University • Presenters • Participants and Awardees • Weather

  3. Captain’s Log:The ABE Navigation Report

  4. Evolution of: NavigationAdult Basic Education Basic Landmarks Oral language - mimicry Sun, Stars, Moon Mentor, teacher, helper Map Printed materials Compass Schools, programs Radio Beacons Overheads, computers Satellites, GPS Internet, distance ed.

  5. ABE Overview – FY 08 • 53 ABE consortia, 500 delivery sites statewide • 1200 licensed teachers and 3,000 volunteers served over 80,000 students • 1 out of every 11 diplomas issued in MN during 2008 was a GED (6,170) or Adult H.S. Diploma (1,344) • Of the total students served, 45% were ESL, 67% were parents and 12% were unemployed

  6. FY 2007 FY 2008 Students 74,708 74,656 (-0.07%) Contact Hours 5,214,101 5,054,208 (-3.1%) Participants45,407 45,681 (61% of enrollees) Number of Students and Contact Hours

  7. Students by Program – FY 08 ESL 32,271 (45%) ABE 24,514 (34%) GED/Diploma 14,674 (21%) WBPL 3,227

  8. State Federal FY 1999 FY 2008 FY 2009 $16,300,000 41,059,000 42,292,000 $ 4,433,000 6,808,000 6,725,000 $20,733,000 47,867,000 49,017,000 Cost/Student = $641 Cost/Hour = $9.47 State and Federal Allocations

  9. Cost of educating an ABE student…. $ 641 • Cost of classroom resources…. $ 60 • Cost of a full time teacher…. $ 51,000 • Cost of the GED test battery…. $ 85 • Cost of helping an individual to acquire and improve their literacy skills necessary to become self-sufficient and to participate effectively as a productive worker, family member, and citizen…..

  10. Top 20 • The largest 2 consortia have 30% of the total funds and 37% of the state contact hours. • The largest 5 consortia have 52% of the total funds and 62% of the state contact hours. • The largest 10 consortia have 69% of the total funds and 78% of the state contact hours. • The largest 20 consortia have 87% of the total funds and 92% of the state contact hours. • The smallest 20 consortia have 3.9% of the total funds and 2.3% of the state contact hours.

  11. Core Performance Indicators • Level Change • GED/Diploma • Entered Employment • Retained Employment  Post-Secondary Education

  12. Student Level Completion FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 ABE 34% 31% 36% 41% ESL 31% 35% 40% 44% Why is level completion success so important?

  13. Supplemental Services • Minnesota Literacy Council • ATLAS (ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System) Hamline University • Learning Disabilities Association • Communication Services for the Deaf • PANDA – Physical and Neurological Disabilities Assistance • Minnesota Workforce Council Association • St. Paul ABE • SW ABE

  14. PANDA NEWS Explore the New Minnesota ABE Disability Website: The new ABE Disability Website, will be launched Thursday (today) at a concurrent session at 2:15 in the Peter Engel Lab 238. Website authors include some or our own ABE professionals. 

  15. On The ABE Horizon • New US Citizenship Test • Distance Education: • New Policy • GED-i • Adult Diploma • Transition to Post-Secondary • Year-Two Consortia Plans • Career Pathways • Stackable Credentials • Student Achievement in Reading – STAR • New MIS System • Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization ?

  16. On the Commercial Horizon New Products You Might Encounter…

  17. Transition to Post-Secondary • What Are College Readiness skills? • Basic Academic skills – Accuplacer entrance exam: reading, writing, mathematics • Communications and personal interaction skills • Thinking skills, problem solving, scientific reasoning • Acceptance of criticism, self-reflection • Study skills • Culture-of-college skills • College application process • ETC.

  18. A job is shared by 4 workers, W, X, Y, and Z. Worker W does 1/4 of the total hours. Worker X does 1/3 of the total hours. Worker Y does 1/6 of the total hours. What fraction represents the remaining hours allocated to person Z? •   2/3 •   5/12 •   1/3 •   1/4

  19. How many 4 letter permutations can be made from the letter set: A B C D E ? •   120 •   100 •   60 •   9

  20. x2 - x - 6 = •   (x - 2)(x - 3) •   (x - 2)(x + 3) •   (x + 2)(x + 3) •   (x + 2)(x - 3)

  21. Which pair of equations does NOT have a solution?A) x + y = -1 4x - 3y = 24 B) 4x + 6y = 12 6x + 9y = 12C) 2x - 3y = -4 2x + y = 4D) 5x - 4y = 9 x - 2y = -3

  22. MN Education and Economic Climate • 325,300 Minnesotans over 25 do not have high school equivalency • Only 16% of 18-20 year olds are in post-secondary education • One-third of Minnesotans 25-54 have no post-secondary • Most ABE students are below economic self-sufficiency standards • One million (35%) Minnesota workers earn $10/hr. or less; 1.7 million (62%) earn less than $15/ hr. • By 2014, 54% of all jobs will require post-secondary ed

  23. MN Education and Economic Climate - continued • Current workers will make up 65% of the labor force of 2025 • The high school pipeline for workers is shrinking. The # of HS graduates peaks in 2009 with steady decline for next two decades • It will take 21years of high school graduates combined to equal the same number of current working age adults who don’t have a college degree. • There is a shortage of replacement workers for those retiring, and a shortage of workers for economic growth or expansion

  24. The “Tipping Point” • Washington State ABE Study • 8 of 10 students did not progress after ABE • No pathways or support services • Lost decade – more successful 28+ • Tipping Point • One year of college plus a certificate or credential • ABE student = $8,500 average annual wage increase • ESL Student = $7,000 average annual wage increase • Created the WA I-BEST Program • Minnesota FastTrac

  25. Our Partners  US • Share common clients of other systems – e.g.- MFIP, workforce, post-secondary, other community education programs • Performance driven – and successful • Good collaborators – willing, able, flexible • Partners respect our mission

  26. Our Challenge • Continue our levels of performance • Strengthen collaborations with our workforce and post-secondary partners • Think “transitions” • Inform and involve our local legislators • Be prideful and brazen

  27. For the next program year, I hope you.….

  28. KEEP YOUR COOL

  29. GET ALL THE HELP YOU NEED

  30. BE SAFE

  31. ENCOUNTER FEW UNWELCOMED SURPRISES

  32. FIND SUCCESS COMES EASY

  33. TURN CHAOS INTO ORDER

  34. If you can do all that, and smile along the way, you will have a pleasant, relaxed year……

  35. THE END

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