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Group A ( ISD, ESC, CBO). Group Report to General Session. Section I: Current Transition Practices. Section I contains the following topics which you will address on the subsequent slides: Organizational Role Current Transition Efforts Effective Components Evidence of Effectiveness.
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Group A(ISD, ESC, CBO) Group Report to General Session
Section I: Current Transition Practices Section I contains the following topics which you will address on the subsequent slides: • Organizational Role • Current Transition Efforts • Effective Components • Evidence of Effectiveness
Organizational Role • To help students get ready by • Providing a bridge with doable steps • Focusing on persistence • Planting seed of post secondary education through goal setting • Providing a counseling/advising component • Providing an intensive computer literacy component • Assisting with information about financial aid options • Incorporating a community outreach component
Organizational Role • Focusing on demystifying and developing a ‘college going culture’ • Identifying post secondary options • Increasing the rigor of ABE/ASE curriculum
Current Transition Efforts • Create professional development to facilitate transitions by interfacing developmental education staff/teachers with Adult Education • Get advisory board members to take active role in transitions plan • Current transitions model with EPCC and El Paso ISD • Two current models—one at a community college and one at a CBO that provide counselors to help grads to transition
continued • Assist grads with registration and financial aid processes • Post-GED advising session • Assist students to develop personal goals • Conduct career interest surveys • Use college professors to teach GED students • Informational college visits
Effective Components/Evidence • College tours and informational sessions create interest • On-on-one counselors form a personal bond with GED grads throughout the transitions process; grads say they feel safe and comfortable • That caring connections permeate the process • Quantitative data which proves effectiveness ; i.e. #grads, #transitioned, % transitioned
Evidence of Effectiveness • #1 Del Mar has tracking evidence of students completions in college, i.e., 77 • % in the 2008 year have transitioned into college. (those with goals to get a GED). • #2 Feedback (surveys, End of Year Evaluations, Antidotal, TEAMS) from teachers and students. • #3 Follow-up data Note: Higher Ed needs to mandate at least one or two Entrance assessments for the Texas Colleges – right now there are THEA, ACCUPLACER, etc.
Section II: Recommended Transition Practices Section II contains the following topics which you will address on the subsequent slides: • Recommended Content • Recommended Key Components
Recommended Content • Literacy ( Reading, Mathematics, Writing) • Study Skills • Technology Skills
Recommended Key Components • Collaborating with higher education campuses • Counseling • Follow-up to gather data • Visits to higher ed institutions • Partnerships with business/corporations to find our GED Graduates jobs • Fund longer programs for transitions • Set attendance requirements for workforce centers to ensure program participants stay in the program length of time required to pre/post test.