Durango Adult Education Center A 501 c3 Nonprofit Organization

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Durango AdultEducation CenterA 501 (c)(3)
Nonprofit Organization

• Our Second Chance Program
• Paulette Church, Executive Director
• October 2008

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Valued Relationship

• Durango District 9-R and Durango Adult Education
  Center have partnered on Second Chance for 17
  years
• Positive, collaborative relationship has provided
  funds for a top quality dropout recovery program
  and for 9-Rs general use
• Past PPOR funds have enabled DAEC to serve DeNier
  students and LMB reading students at DHS

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DAECs Programs

• GED Preparation (at DAEC County Jail)
• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• Lindamood-Bell Reading Program
• English for Speakers of Other Languages
• Community Education Classes
• Family Literacy Partner with Durango 9-Rs Even
  Start Program
• Free childcare during ABE GED, ESL classes

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Total Number of Second Chance Students
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Who are our Second Chance students?

• Learning disabilities, diagnosed or not
• Single parents
• Low reading skills
• Minorities
• New to the area
• Pregnant teens
• In criminal justice system
• Formerly home-schooled
• Short-term challenges

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Where do they come from?
Resided outside of 9-Rs boundaries but included
in Second Chance..
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Components of Our Second Chance Program

• 1. Assessment with Test of Adult Basic
  Education (TABE) and CASAS
• 2. ABE taught day (M-F) and evening (T Th)
• Remediation for those below 9th grade
• One-on-one and very small groups
• Lindamood-Bell Program
• 3. GED taught day (M-F) and evening (T Th)
• Small classes and individually

Mandated by USDOE for placement and evaluation
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Components of Our Second Chance Program
(continued)

• 4. English language (ESOL) in 6 levels
• Day and evening classes
• Volunteer tutors for one-on-one
• 5. Free childcare with parent mentoring
• 6. Daily access to computer lab
• 7. Support for post-secondary transition into
  PCC through intensive course
• 8 Job skills training

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Initial 2nd Chance Reading Levels
GED
ABE
25 of PPOR students were at the GED level at
entry
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2nd Chance Student Success
76 of PPOR Students Advanced One Level or More
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Skills to Address the 50-70 of Students with
Learning Differences

• Lindamood-Bell Reading
• Bridges to Practice training in best practices
• Three weeks of training from National Institute
  for Literacy, division of the USDOE
• Learning Needs Coordinator
• Most teachers are certified and 5 are LIA/CDE
  endorsed in adult education
• 1 with PhD
• 3 with MA
• 5 with BA in Education and/or Teacher Training

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Pass Rates for Students Taking All 5 GED Tests

• DAECs pass rate of 94 is significantly higher
  than national GED pass rate of 68

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DAEC GED Completersand Second Chance

• 36 of our 64 GED completers in 2007-08 were under
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• These 36 students count as completers for 9-R
  with CDE Annual Performance Formula (only 22 were
  shown on CDE website)
• Total number of Second Chance students served was
  202
• 88 students, part time and full time, were
  included in The Count and PPOR funding (78.5
  FTE)

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Second Chance Financial Picture
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Benefits of Second Chance

• Keeps youth in school
• Increases 9-R completion rate
• Second Chance students do not take CSAP or
  Colorado ACT -- GED Program
• Provides additional income to 9-R
• Provides quality dropout recovery program
• Provides specialized remediation
• Improves student academic confidence for
  entry into post-secondary programs
• Supports 9-Rs Even Start Program

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Quality of the 2nd Chance Program

• Meets best practice standards (P. Leone)
• Ranked one of the top three adult education
  program by CDE
• Students meet or exceed Colorados Adult
  Education Standards
• El Pomar Award of Excellence for Education in
  2005
• National and regional award-winning program and
  staff

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DAECs ABE, GED, and ESOLTeaching Staff
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DAECs ABE, GED, and ESOL Teaching Staff (cont.)
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DAECs ABE, GED, and ESOL Teaching Staff (cont.)
The Commons Child Activity Center is operated by
DAEC and the staff is led by Patsy Ey, who is
Director Certified with CDE. Her staff of five
assistants are updating their skills and
obtaining the training required to meet QualiStar
standards.
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DAECs Administrative Team