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College Bound

College Bound. Presented by Trish Schneider Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education May 30, 2008. KentuckyCAN Grant. Aims of $10,000 grant: Transition 50 GED students to postsecondary by April 1, 2009 Train GED instructors in postsecondary options

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College Bound

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  1. College Bound Presented by Trish Schneider Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education May 30, 2008

  2. KentuckyCAN Grant Aims of $10,000 grant: • Transition 50 GED students to postsecondary by April 1, 2009 • Train GED instructors in postsecondary options • Distribute materials to learning centers • Provide GE 100 online • More about KentuckyCAN www.kentuckycan.org

  3. What is Your Purpose? Are you preparing students for an exam, or are you providing an education?

  4. What’s in it for you? Helps retention Helps performance indicators Provides motivation Attracts more than GED students

  5. Why Do Students Walk Through Your Door? • to get a job • to get a better job • to keep a job • to earn more money • to be an example to children • court-ordered

  6. Challenge

  7. What is Postsecondary?

  8. Activity

  9. Easy Ways to Incorporate Higher Education into Lesson Plans • Technology • Use computers for essay lessons, math drills • Math • Use degree earnings charts in math lessons • Writing • Provide topics such as educational attainment, unemployment, etc. • Reading • Use college textbooks for reading comprehension assignments

  10. COMPASS Computerized Calculator on all parts of math Untimed Covers reading, writing, math Writing is editing passages GED Pencil and paper Calculator on one part of math Timed Also covers science and social studies Writing is an essay and multiple choice Test Comparison

  11. Goal-Setting • Link career goals with education • Take free interest inventories at www.mappingyourfuture.org • Encourage the student to visit the CREW Center • Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to research educational needs www.bls.gov/oco • Find Kentucky specific information at www.kentuckianaworks.org/outlook/

  12. Did you know . . . Facts about • 10% of the 15,478 students are GED graduates? • 42% are first-generation college students? • The average age is 26? • 53% are women? • 70% work more than 20 hours per week? • 22% are African-American?

  13. The Need for Remediation at JCTC GED graduates have to take developmental writing and math 83% of new students need one or more developmental classes

  14. Student Barriers • Money • www.fafsa.ed.gov Federal financial aid forms • Kentuckiana College Access Center • Scholarships: www.fastweb.com and www.finaid.org • Disabilities • Contact disability office at local colleges • Watch clip “You Can DO IT!” at www.washington.edu/doit/Video/college.html • Free book from the Office for Civil Rights www.ed.gov

  15. Introduction to College • FREE to GED students • 100% online • Learn: • Time Management • Study Skills • Test-taking Strategies • Career Choices • Financial Aid Options • Self-advocacy GE 100

  16. Trish Schneider (502)485-7279 trish.schneider@jefferson.kyschools.us

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