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Out of School Youths
1 Mtaya Miracle School
3 A Letter rom
Dr. Elizabeth Hawa
4 One Step and One
Student at a Time : Th
OSY Workorce Progra
6 Young Adult Educatio
7 Mentoring Youths
8 Serving Virginias OSY
Roundtable Discussio
13 Virginia Institutes or
Lielong Learning
15 Book Review:
Three Cups of Tea
Back Lie Stories
The Mtaya Miracle SchoolbyCarolyn Kulisheck
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At the annual Teachers o English to Speakers o Other Languages convention, held in New
York in April, Virginia teacher Carolyn Kulisheck was awarded the TESOL Best Poster Award.
Kulisheck (ar right) stands with Eliza Nino and Richard Capet, two o the teachers who
participated in the letter writing project, in ront o her award-winning poster, The Caring
ESOL Bridge to Zambia.
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Men in the Arican village o Mtaya (let) read letters written by Virginia ESOL students (right) as part o a letter exchange started by Fairax
County ESOL teacher Carolyn Kulisheck. See ront cover, p. 14 or story.
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What do a 16-year-old mother
o two, 17-year-old restau-rant trainer, and 18-year-old
homeless youth all have in common?
They are all enrolled in the Out oSchool Youth Workorce Program atWinchester, Virginias Youth Develop-ment Center (YDC). While all come
rom very dierent backgrounds, theyare all classied as at risk youthsbased upon specic economic andeducational barriers. These barriers
have prevented these students rom
succeeding in the past, but the Outo School Youth Workorce Program
promises uture educational and oc-cupational success through one-on-one personal and proessional devel-opment counseling and mentoring.
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Providing OportunitiesOne Step and One Student at a Time:The Youth Development Center Out o School Youth (OSY) Workorce Program
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Step #3: Serving Out o
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The most dicult part
in providing services toyouths is guring out
what best meets theirneeds.
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Approaching Young Adult EducationbyJason Guard
Young adult learners pose achallenge or ABE programs,but they also represent
opportunities. Out o School Youths
(OSYs), have a reputation or beingdisruptive in classes where moremature learners are the majority.
Sporadic attendance and lack o ollow-through are particularly commonamong minors who are exhibiting
a resh pattern o dropping out andrejecting educational opportunities.While teaching in GED programs or16- to 17-year-old students, I quickly
learned that the task o teaching
teenagers requires a unique set oskills, exibility, and the will to putthe learners needs ahead o our
own. Whatever approach we adopt,we cannot turn our backs on thegrowing number o OSYs in need o
educational credentials.
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Mentoring Out of (Traditional) School YouthsbyCatherine Norrell andJason Guard
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Jason Guard is GED Specialist at the Vir-ginia Adult Learning Resource Center.
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A Roundtable Discussion withElaine Callahan, Carol Coffey, Mary Ellen Dreybus,and Danielle Robinson
Some OSYs are ready totake ownership o theireducation and need theexibility o our adultprogram, particularly
the night schedule.
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Serving Virginias Out of School Youths(continued from page 9)
I do see a good numbero bright, mostly creatiekids in the 18-21 rangewho ... are able to pass
the test quickly and moveon to college right away.
We hae had to release18-year-olds fomour program due to
disruptie behaiour.
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A Roundtable Discussion with Elaine Callahan,Carol Coffey, Mary Ellen Dreybus, and Danielle Robinson
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Approaching Young Adult Education (continued from page 6)
Mix it up. Young learnerstypically have short
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VAILL 2008: Virginia Institutes for Lifelong Learning
Plan to attend one o this summers Virginia Institutes or Lielong Learning. These highly-attendedconerences provide Virginias adult education and ESOL teachers, volunteers, tutors, and administratorswith valuable proessional development opportunities. Proessionals rom across Virginia will gather tonetwork, share ideas, and get the most up-to-date inormation as well as practical teaching techniques that
they will be able to take back to their classrooms.
For both conerences, a $30.00 registration ee and advanced registration are required. VAILL is supported byederal leadership unds rom the Workorce Investment Act, Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act,administered by the Virginia Department o Education, Ofce o Adult Education and Literacy, and RadordUniversity.
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The Mtaya Miracle School (continued from front cover)
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Jason Guard is the GED Specialist at theVirginia Adult Learning Resource Center.
Approaching Young Adult Education (continued from page 12)
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For more inormation, visit
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or the Central Asia Institute,
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I just didnt like schoolIt seemed like all I could do was get in trouble
I left school when I was a senior, just months before graduationI decided to take the GED
Tests with the encouragement of family and friends
I passed the tests and graduated with honorsI realized that nothing is too far out of reach
Garry Lee Deskins (right) o
Honaker, Virginia, tells a storysimilar to the experiences o
many o Virginias out o schoolyouths. Ater a court order, Garrywas enrolled in his local ISAEPprogram and earned his GEDcerticate. Ater this success,Garry encouraged his mother totake the tests. Jennier Deskinshad studied or the GED Tests in
the past but ailed to pass the
math and science sections. OnJune 5, 2007, both Garry andJennier Deskins walked in theirGED graduation ceremony ;both are eatured in SouthwestRegional Adult Educations Raceto GED Lie Stories promotionalcampaign. Garry hopes to
attend SVCC and study to bea diesel mechanic.