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Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation

Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation. KYAE Common Core Standards Professional Development. Introductions. In one minute or less Your area of expertise in education Your experience with adult basic education, if any Your burning question about this year’s professional development.

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Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation

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  1. Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation KYAE Common Core Standards Professional Development

  2. Introductions • In one minute or less • Your area of expertise in education • Your experience with adult basic education, if any • Your burning question about this year’s professional development

  3. Agenda – Day 1 Introduction • Experience with standards • Background of Standards in Action • Overview of 2011-2012 professional development KYAE Common Core Standards Professional Development Reflection

  4. Agenda – Day 2 • Overview of adult basic education and literacy education • Coaching tasks & responsibilities • Panel discussion – pilot program directors • Coaching feedback tip sheet • Final reflections

  5. Please.... • Questions • Suggestions • Confusion • Want to know more about... • Questions for directors on Friday

  6. Your experience with standards • As teachers • As consultants • Past experiences working with ABE (Did the issue ever come up?)

  7. Standards Project from OVAEOffice of Vocational & Adult Education, USDOE • 2003 – project to support 14 states • 2004 – Standards Warehouse • 20 state – math • 18 states – reading • + Equipped for the Future • 2005 – development guide for states • 2009 – Standards in Action pilot of material & activities • 2010-2011- 7 states participate, including KY & 5 programs • 2011-2012 – statewide rollout

  8. Course Format/Schedule

  9. What have you learned about adult basic education in Kentucky? • I used to think _______, but now I know ________. • I still wonder about _________.

  10. Kentucky Adult Education (KYAE) • Housed in the Council on Postsecondary Education • Oversees the contracts of an adult basic education program in every county in the state • Programs are federally and state funded. • http://www.kyae.ky.gov/

  11. Providers • Boards of Education • Community and Technical Colleges • Educational Cooperatives • Community-Based Organizations • Correctional Facilities • Universities • Local Literacy Councils

  12. Locations • K-12 Schools • Community and Technical Colleges • College & University Regional Campuses • Churches • Rented Facilities • Community-based Sites • Jails/Prisons • ??????

  13. ABE Classrooms • Open entry/open exit or Managed (scheduled, structured) or Blend • Individual Study or Small Group or Full Class • Wide Range of levels or Narrow Range • Single Subject or Multiple Subjects • Workbooks or Authentic Text

  14. KYAE Student Eligibility and Goals • Student Eligibility • Age 16+ • Separated from school • May have GED or HS diploma; functioning at less than HS level • Identified Goals • GED • Get a job • Keep a job • Post-secondary education

  15. A Few Facts Kentucky Facts • Numbers in Functioning Levels • GED Pass Rate • GED: tested, completed, passed GED Testing Facts Those passing the GED Tests have demonstrated a level of knowledge equal to or greater than 40% of graduating high school seniors.

  16. To find census data on your counties, go to -- • http://kyae.ky.gov/performance/

  17. Your questions • Your suggestions • What was confusing? • What do you want to know more about?

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