Managed

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Managed Enrollment
Adult Education
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Flexibility has been the cornerstone of adult
education. Enroll anytime Set your own schedule
Polis, 2006
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But even flexibility has its limits!

• Its all about
• BALANCE!

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What does the research say? Continuous
enrollment is one of the most serious and
understated problems facing adult literacy
education today. Hal Beder

• The Dangerous Cycle

High learner attrition
Classes with continuous enrollment
Reduced effectiveness of instruction
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What does the research say?Turbulence and Focus
Tom Sticht

• The turbulence of open entry classes make it
  difficult for students to focus.
• Persistence rates increase in managed enrollment
  classes.

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Managed Intake Delivery Options

• Centralized Intake
• All new student intake is conducted at one
  location.
• Student information is forwarded to class sites
  upon completion.
• Onsite Intake
• Student intake is conducted at each class site on
  a scheduled basis.

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JPS INTAKE/ORIENTATION SCHEDULES

• August, first and third week
• September, first and third week
• January, first and third week
• March, first Monday
• Off Campus Sites, first Monday of month
• ESL and GED Online by appointment

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• JPS INTAKE/ORIENTATION SCHEDULES/pilot
• November, first MondayStudents possibly will
  have only the option of a holding class/computer
  assisted instruction until next 5 or 10 week
  session.

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JPS CLASS SCHEDULES

• Five Weeks, 4 days per week
• Ten Weeks, 2 days per week
• Holding Class, 2 days per week
• GED Online

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Managed Enrollment in Multi-Level Classes

• Use creative scheduling
• The Backward PIGI
• Individual Study
• Group Instruction
• Individual Study
• Planning

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JPS Managed Instruction

• Only main campus provides literacy class.
  Students at off campus must read at least at
  Scale Score 461 those below are referred to main
  site.

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JPS Curriculum/Instruction

• Literacy
• ABE, basic and intermediate
• GED
• ESL

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JPS Literacy Instruction

• Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Literacy Program
• Challenger Series
• Read On

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JPS ABE Basic/Intermediate Instruction

• Reading (STAR)
• Reading Basics/Achieving TABE Success
• Language Builders
• Number Power
• CAI Read On and PLATO

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JPS GED Instruction

• Steck-Vaughn and Contemporary GED Texts in all
  five subject areas.
• GED Skill Books, ex. Historical Documents
• CAI Read On, PLATO, and GED Online Hybrid

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JPS ESL Instruction

• Publishers New Readers Press, Heinle, Oxford
  Univ. Press, Pearson, and National Textbook
• Texts Now Hear This, Listen to Me, Living in
  the USA, The Salsa is Hot, and Thats Life
• CAI ELLIS and Rosetta Stone