Kendra, Can you give more information about the SUN Initiative? I am in
Monte Vista Colorado at the DELTA Center....

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On Behalf Of Stephanie Moran
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:51 PM
To: 'The Assessment Discussion List'
Subject: [Assessment 1696] Re: Feedback on Potential Transitions Model?



 

 

Debra,

Kendra [see ontact info below]  can explain more about how our
eight-week intensive college transition program runs. I think the
recruiting works much more effectively at the adult education center
site because each aec knows its student populations and can present the
benefits and buy-ins powerfully.

 

Kendra Rodriguez

Project Manager

Colorado Success UNlimited (SUN) Initiative

Colorado Community College System Foundation

9101 E. Lowry Boulevard

Denver, Colorado   80230

720-858-2787 (office)

303-620-4094 (fax)

 

 

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On Behalf Of Debra Morris Smith
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:04 AM
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 1693] Feedback on Potential Transitions Model?

 

I'm the GED Coordinator for an adult education agency in Missouri. We
understand our mandate to be serving adults with a need for basic or
secondary-level education whether or not they are working toward a GED
credential. Among the things we're doing to expand the perception of
what we do is offering a Transitions to College class. We have what I
think is an excellent class that combines a lot of
information/conversation about college issues with higher-level reading,
writing, and math, and the few students who have completed it agree.
However, we have a lot of trouble recruiting for the class. Students
want to do it, but they have transportation problems or schedule issues
and can't commit to the eight-week attendance requirement. We serve
seven school districts, so trying to offer a class in a central location
is difficult.

 

We are considering changing models and having our Transitions teacher,
who is also an ABE/ASE instructor as well as a community college English
teacher, do the traveling. She would hold one Transitions to College
session per month at each of our sites. She would address issues such as
time management, financial aid, the work load, and so forth. Then we
would hope/expect that the demand for academics beyond the level
required to pass the GED Tests would increase systemwide, and all our
sites would be working on academics with Transitions students. 

 

We might pilot this model for a few months to find out whether having
the teacher providing a teaser onsite would increase interest in and
commitment to the eight-week class, or alternatively, whether the
traveling teacher could provide enough information about college and the
transitions academics could be done on an individual basis so that the
new model would address our need to provide support for students
transitioning to postsecondary education.

 

I would be interested to hear any feedback, suggestions, or cautions you
all might have about our experience and our thinking here. Thanks!

 

Debra Morris Smith

 

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