They Are College Material

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They Are College Material!

• Presented by
• Trish Schneider
• Jefferson County Public Schools
• Adult and Continuing Education

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What is Your Purpose?

• Are you preparing the students for an exam or are
  you providing an education?

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Why Do They Come to You?

• Keep a job
• Find a job
• Earn more money
• Be an example for their children
• Court-ordered

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How Does this Help Your Program?

• Helps meet the performance indicator of students
  entering postsecondary education
• Retains more students
• Attracts more than GED students

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The GED Class of 2005

• GED graduates are the largest incoming KCTCS
  class
• KCTCS schools with GED as the largest incoming
  freshmen class for Fall 2005
• Big Sandy Community and Technical College
• Bluegrass Community and Technical College
• Gateway Community and Technical College
• Hazard Community and Technical College
• Jefferson Community and Technical College
• Maysville Community and Technical College
• Somerset Community and Technical College
• Southeast Community and Technical College
• West Kentucky Community and Technical College

KY CPE July 18, 2006
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The Need for Remediation

• 53 of Kentucky students need at least one
  remedial course in college
• 44 need remediation in math
• 32 need remediation in writing
• 25 need remediation in reading

Source KY CPE
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Start Tomorrow!

• Change the atmosphere
• post college and career posters
  www.postsecondary.org
• scheduled classes
• Incorporate work and college into your
  discussions
• Introduce college vocabulary (syllabus, term,
  transcript, etc.)
• Encourage note-taking
• Call local colleges for recruitment material

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For the GED and Beyond

• Managing test anxiety
• Test-taking tips
• Learning styles
• Study skills
• Time management skills
• Technology skills

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What Works for Our Students

• Focused educational planning for students
• Small-town or rural location
• Small class size
• Special advising
• Structured support and retention programs (ex.
  First Year Experience courses)
• Source Pell Institute

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Goal-Setting

• Link career goals with education
• Take interest inventory and career quizzes at
  www.mycoolcareer.com
• Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to research
  education needed for careers www.bls.gov/oco/

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Placement Exams

• COMPASS www.act.org/compass
• used by KCTCS
• use the TABE/COMPASS concordance table
• Reading, Writing, Math and ESL
• CPAT www.act.org/cpat
• often used by career colleges
• Accuplacer www.testprepreview.com/accuplacer_pract
  ice.htm
• often used by four-year colleges

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Barriers

• Money!
• www.fafsa.ed.gov Students can fill out federal
  financial aid forms online.
• Encourage them to file in January or February
  even if they are unsure they will attend.
• Free application workshops in your area
  Call 1-800-4-FED-Aid
• Review common errors at www.finaid.org/fafsa/error
  s.phtml
• Scholarships www.fastweb.com and www.finaid.org

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Barriers

• Disabilities
• Free book from the Office for Civil
• Rights www.ed.gov
• Watch video College -You can DO IT! at
  http//www.washington.edu/doit/Video/college.html
• Lessons from www.postitt.org
• Contact disability office at local colleges

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Incorporate Higher Education into Lesson Plans

• Math lessons
• Use earnings charts as a math lesson
• Writing lessons
• Have them write about educational attainment,
  unemployment, etc.
• Essay prompts dealing with education and goals
• Reading lessons
• Use college textbooks for reading comprehension
  assignments

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Resources

• Request a free copy of Its My Life by emailing
  your name and address to PostsecondaryEdGuide_at_cas
  ey.org
• www.collegeforadults.org
• has resources for admissions, financial aid,
  study skills, etc.

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Resources

• This presentation and hand-outs are available at
  www.ged4u.com Click on Transition to
  Postsecondary Education.
• Contact Trish Schneider trish.schneider_at_jefferson
  .kyschools.us