Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation

1. Adult Education Coaches’ Orientation KYAE Common Core Standards Professional Development

2. Introductions • In one minute or less • Your area of expertise in education • Your experience with adult basic education, if any • Your burning question about this year’s professional development

3. Agenda – Day 1 Introduction • Experience with standards • Background of Standards in Action • Overview of 2011-2012 professional development KYAE Common Core Standards Professional Development Reflection

4. Agenda – Day 2 • Overview of adult basic education and literacy education • Coaching tasks & responsibilities • Panel discussion – pilot program directors • Coaching feedback tip sheet • Final reflections

5. Please.... • Questions • Suggestions • Confusion • Want to know more about... • Questions for directors on Friday

6. Your experience with standards • As teachers • As consultants • Past experiences working with ABE (Did the issue ever come up?)

7. Standards Project from OVAEOffice of Vocational & Adult Education, USDOE • 2003 – project to support 14 states • 2004 – Standards Warehouse • 20 state – math • 18 states – reading • + Equipped for the Future • 2005 – development guide for states • 2009 – Standards in Action pilot of material & activities • 2010-2011- 7 states participate, including KY & 5 programs • 2011-2012 – statewide rollout

9. Course Format/Schedule

10. What have you learned about adult basic education in Kentucky? • I used to think _______, but now I know ________. • I still wonder about _________.

11. Kentucky Adult Education (KYAE) • Housed in the Council on Postsecondary Education • Oversees the contracts of an adult basic education program in every county in the state • Programs are federally and state funded. • http://www.kyae.ky.gov/

12. Providers • Boards of Education • Community and Technical Colleges • Educational Cooperatives • Community-Based Organizations • Correctional Facilities • Universities • Local Literacy Councils

13. Locations • K-12 Schools • Community and Technical Colleges • College & University Regional Campuses • Churches • Rented Facilities • Community-based Sites • Jails/Prisons • ??????

14. ABE Classrooms • Open entry/open exit or Managed (scheduled, structured) or Blend • Individual Study or Small Group or Full Class • Wide Range of levels or Narrow Range • Single Subject or Multiple Subjects • Workbooks or Authentic Text

15. KYAE Student Eligibility and Goals • Student Eligibility • Age 16+ • Separated from school • May have GED or HS diploma; functioning at less than HS level • Identified Goals • GED • Get a job • Keep a job • Post-secondary education

16. A Few Facts Kentucky Facts • Numbers in Functioning Levels • GED Pass Rate • GED: tested, completed, passed GED Testing Facts Those passing the GED Tests have demonstrated a level of knowledge equal to or greater than 40% of graduating high school seniors.

17. To find census data on your counties, go to -- • http://kyae.ky.gov/performance/

18. Your questions • Your suggestions • What was confusing? • What do you want to know more about?