Is your screening process published or available for distribution; ditto for the training of screeners?  This is exciting stuff; I trust other states and programs will benefit from your innovative processes and trainings.  

Bonnita Solberg,
Teacher on Special Assignment
Oakland Adult and Career Education
Oakland Unified School District
 
"Rennegarbe, Candyce" <crennegarbe at tacomacc.edu> wrote:     Hi Rochelle,            st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }            
   
  Through support from our State Office of Adult Basic Education and Israel Mendoza, Washington State ABE programs have developed 
    
   A screening process      for identifying ld and at risk students  
   A training process      for screeners or points of contact within ABE programs who meet with      students to do the screening and discuss strategies  
   A certification      process to train learning specialists who can provide free or low cost      learning evaluations for students who need GED accommodations.  This      training was modeled on the California Eligibility Model and adds a sign      off by a licensed psychologist.  
   Trainings      facilitated by learning specialists for faculty on universal design,      memory strategies, study strategies, etc. 
   
  What we don’t have in Washington is state policy that funds these positions on a regular basis within our community colleges where our ABE programs reside.  This is where we are stuck.
   
  What we have learned is that the issue can’t be changed unless we approach it systemically and state wide.  We have also learned that the issue is broader than providing assistance for ABE students – it is about providing assistance for all adults who need help.  The Department of Education Grant on Universal Design Learning in Washington at Renton Technical College in its fifth year has also provided a big picture change in the way we are able to work with all students.
   
   
   
   
  Candyce Engquist Rennegarbe
  Learning Specialist
  Tacoma Community College
  6501 S. 19th   St. – Bldg. 9
  Tacoma,  WA  98466 
  (253)  566-5055
  Fax:  (253)  566-6070
  crennegarbe at tacomacc.edu 
   
  
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