Adult Basic Education

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HSE Foundations is a bridge course developed in response to data showing that many students were exiting the program shortly after completing our Student Success Seminar (SSS). Anecdotal evidence for their leaving included students reporting feeling as though there were no clear program plan and feeling lost upon entering classes that were already in progress. Additionally, CBP instructors faced the difficulty of working to shore up the knowledge and skills of incoming students while simultaneously providing stimulating lessons for existing students in order for them to continue progressing. In developing HSE Foundations, the team used location data in conjunction with principles of adult learning theory. The four-week course incorporates primarily in-class instruction along with a hybrid element created by working in Pearson's MyFoundationsLab and is intended to start students off on solid footing. Following completion of SSS, students progress as a cohort through the four-week course which consists of 24 hours of language arts instruction followed by 24 hours of mathematics instruction, creating a closed system- in which the 40-hour state requirement for post-testing is met. Because students remain in a cohort for a total of five weeks, this model also builds a sense of community, providing an academic support system to students beyond that offered by staff. After piloting HSE Foundations at one location in 2014-2015, a refined version was implemented at all program locations in August 2015. Early data since launch has shown outcomes that are on track to far surpass the goals of increasing post-testing by 5% and educational gains by 3%. With several sites having completed eight cohorts of Foundations, there has been a post-test rate of between 90 and 95%, and an educational gain rate of approximately 65%. The initial outcomes are a great improvement from past years' data, and student retention has increased since the implementation of the course. Due to this success, CBP lead HSE instructors are working collaboratively to create a standardized, standards-aligned curriculum for all HSE I courses. The first of its kind in Rio Salado College's College Bridge Pathways program, as well as in Arizona adult education on the whole, HSE Foundations incorporates a standardized syllabus of competencies aligned with Arizona College and Career Ready Standards. HSE Foundation's in-class instruction, along with the addition of MyFoundationsLab, creates a hybrid learning experience that is a major step in standardizing HSE curriculum in the program.   ATTACHMENTS: Closing the Loop 1

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This entry is a four-lesson plan unit designed to assist a Learner understand the tasks and responsibilities of an entry-level restaurant position such as dishwasher. The scenario for these lessons takes place at a restaurant with the Learner gaining knowledge about the physical layout and organization of a restaurant (#1), equipment in a basic restaurant kitchen (#2), specific tasks of a restaurant dishwasher (#3), and the special vocabulary of a restaurant worker (#4). The lessons contain activity suggestions, large vocabulary lists, and discussion questions. ATTACHMENTS: WING Dishwasher Lesson Plans

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Because of its abstract nature, academic vocabulary is challenging to teach and to learn. Many adult learners, including native and non-native English speakers, lack the vocabulary needed to comprehend complex text, making upward transition difficult or impossible. In this COABE Conference 2016 presentation, participants were able to try several engaging and effective classroom activities to improve students' academic vocabulary.  Appropriate for teachers of ABE/ASE and High Intermediate to Advanced ESL students. ATTACHMENTS: COABE 2016 Giving Bigger Better Vocab PPT COABE 2016 Giving Bigger Better Vocab Handout 1 1

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How can we support ELLs as they learn numeracy? Does that happen in "math" class or in "English" class? ABE math teachers (who often teach math conceptually) and ELL teachers (who often teach math contextually, within life-skills topics) have much to learn from each other. ATTACHMENTS: ELL and Numeracy_COABE2015 KnowledgeBase_ESLMathTeacher Knowledge base quiz

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A short, free, authentic professional development video for teachers in which ABE/Pre-GED preparation students learn about and practice problems with negative numbers using a room-floor number line. The video,  Positive and Negative Numbers,  will be found at this web address  http://www.mlots.org/?page_id=133.

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Order of Operations: Sometimes, Always or Never? Many of us learned that the "Order of Operations" as a random rule someone made up, and we all have to follow it to get the same answer. As we dig into math, specifically using the mathematical shifts of the College and Career Readiness Standards, we look at things from a very different perspective.  We no longer need to accept the order of operations as the rule, simply "because", instead let's investigate it and find some meaning. In this session, we will use our mathematical properties (commutative properties, associative properties, distributive property, etc) to explore our basic operations. With a solid mathematical foundation we will then look at "PEMDAS" in the context of the mathematical shift of rigor. ATTACHMENTS: Strom Order of Operations Handout COABE2016 Strom Order of Operations ppt COABE 2016

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New technologies can help offer targeted study paths to personalize and accelerate math review. Hear about early experiences with EdReady.org, a new tool from the non-profit NROC Project--designed to support such efforts. Panelists will share lessons learned in adapting the platform to serve adult learners, in Kentucky and California, and to assist professional development efforts, in Colorado.   ATTACHMENTS: EdReady for Academic Readiness_COABE 2015

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  This lesson plan is for a segment of a session spent with a workplace literacy student. See full curriculum at: http://adultresource.coabe.org/resources/workplace-literacy-curriculum This is a sample lesson plan of activities to help ESOL students prepare for entry-level jobs in our community. Pick and choose activities suitable to your student's goals and skills. These activities are designed to be adaptable to varying levels and easily modifiable to fit your unique student's skills. Start off each meeting by talking with your student, informally determining how much of the previous meeting they recall and what they want out of that day's meeting. This is also a chance to practice and assess your student's greetings and small talk skills, critical components of getting along with coworkers. This informal chit-chat- could take anywhere from 5-10 minutes of a one hour meeting. Each meeting might include two to four topics and should incorporate a variety of activities to develop the student's reading, speaking, and listening skills in English. Be aware that some activities may be tiring because of the amount of language included. It is okay to cover a topic repeatedly for shorter periods of time, ensuring long-term comprehension. Unfortunately some activities are straight memorization and cannot be made as engaging as other topics. Be aware of your student's engagement level and fatigue. If you are having success with an activity, do not feel like you need to stop after a given amount of time. An engaged and happy student will be a better learner! Basic Materials that may be useful in addition to materials for activities: whiteboard with markers, notebook to take notes during your lesson and to store lesson plans for planning future sessions, index cards (covered in contact paper to preserve them for regular use), baggies, sharpies