Training Module: Adjunct Instructor Learning Center

Presented by Pamela Schield

ICT 710 Learning Technology

UW Stout

Introduction•Learning Center objectives

•Sequence of daily events

•Student Assessment

•Module Quiz

•The presenter is the instructor for the Learning Center at the Taylor County Jail

Training Outline - link or do in sequence

•<1.0>: Learning Center Objectives

•<2.0>: Daily Events

•<3.0>: Student Assessment

•<4.0>: Module Quiz

<1.0>: Learning Center Objectives

•Adult Basic Education – GED/HSED

•College Prep

•Academic Support

<1.1>: Adult Basic Education – GED/HSED • The GED assessment,

credential awarded by state Department of Instruction

• HSED - adds Civics, Health, Employability skills, and Careers Job Search in the 21st Century

An Overview of GED 2014 Changes

Click the above link and follow the arrows, at the end exit

<1.2>: College Prep

• Pre-Program areas:

MathReadingWritingComputer BasicsIntro. to Blackboard

<1.3>: Academic Support• An instructor may

recommend that a student work with the Learning Center (e.g. writing).

• A student may self-refer, in order to get assistance (e.g. adv. Math).

</1.0>: Learning Center Objectives

•Adult Basic Education – GED / HSED

•College Prep

•Academic Support

<2.0>: Sequence of Daily Events•New student completes demographic form

•TABE Assessments

•Each student working toward improvement

demographicform

TABEAssessment

self-improvement

TABElocator

TABESurvey Test

NRS level

<2.1>: Demographic Form

<2.2>: TABE Assessment•Test of Adult Basic Education - TABE• There is no “passing” score – gauge

coursework• Results identify NRS educational functional

level

<2.3>: Self Improvement• Create/Update student enrollment and tracking sheets

• Students mentored & work independently

• Assignments are submitted and reviewed

• Instructor facilitates, coaches, and guides

</2.0>: Sequence of Daily Events

•New student completes demographic form

•TABE Assessments

•Each student working toward improvement

<3.0>: Student Assessment• TABE Locator Test• TABE Survey Test• NRS Level• Enroll the student in the course

according to NRS level

<3.1>: TABE Locator Test

• Locator Test determines which TABE Survey Test to use• Locator consists of:

Math Computation and Applied Math (each 8 questions)

Reading and Language (each 12 questions)

<3.2>: TABE Survey Test• TABE – Forms E, M, D, A

• HS graduates usually D or A

• Each Form has a separate Score Key and Norms Table

<3.3>: NRS Level

• Scale Score

• Grade Equivalent

• NRS Level

Corresponding Norms Table:

Entered on the demographic form

</3.0>: Student Assessment

• TABE Locator Test

• TABE Survey Test

• NRS Level is determined

• Enroll the student in the course according to NRS level

<4.0>: Module Quiz

We’ll take a moment to review what we’ve covered so far – then conclude.

<4.1>: Module Quiz

1. Which is not an objective of the Learning Center.

Career guidance

College Prep

Academic Support

GED/HSED

<4.2>: Module Quiz

2. About How many people have passed the GED test since 1943?

500,000

18,000,000

60,000,000

1,880,000

<4.3>: Module Quiz

3. The biggest change to the 2014 GED test is:

new touch screens

old tests must be completed or started over

there is no Math test

a Spanish version is being introduced

<4.4>: Module Quiz

4. The meaning of the acronym TABE is:

Training Aptitude Belies Effort

Technical Ability Baseline Evaluation

Teaching And Basics Examination

Test of Adult Basic Education

<4.5>: Module Quiz

5. Passing the TABE test is required for entrance into a technical college.

True / False

One Last Thing

Outcome-based performance standards are an important scorecard for the Learning Center.

Just More One Thing

Grant funding is provided by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFL) the target criterion are:

A student must have ≥ 12 hours of service

Age, ethnicity, & gender must be known

Must have progressed to a higher NRS level in one instructional area within one reporting year, based on pre and post TABE tests

Resources

Getty Images. 2012.

http://prisonaftershock.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/3384730036_b4a9ffc9b9.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/by-sa-2.0/ photos/in/photostream/

http://www.rappahannock.edu/workforce/news-updates/ William Saunders

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. (2012). Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education, Washington, D.C.

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