Newport-Mesa Adult Education

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Newport-Mesa Adult EducationPromoting a
Lifetime of Learning

• You Are the Key to Our Success
• Student Council Meeting
• May 9, 2008

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council Agenda

• Start Time 1000am
• 1. Review April 4 Meeting Minutes Discussion
• 2. Office Assistant Certificate
  Opportunity Information
• 3. Putting your ideas to work Update
• 4. Feedback and ideas Continued Discussion
• 5. Next Meeting, June ______, 2008 Check your
  calendars
• End Time 1100am
• Lets keep moving forward!

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Office Assistant Certificate

• Keyboarding
• Introduction to Computers
• Word (typing up meeting minutes, creating
  proposals)
• Excel (tracking attendance)
• PowerPoint (creating presentations for DELAC,
  other students)
• Publisher (informational flyers)
• Clerical Reception (phoning absent students,
  tracking responses)
• Office Occupations (interpersonal skills)

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Office Assistant Certificate

• Keyboarding
• Introduction to Computers
• Word (typing up meeting minutes, creating
  proposals)
• Excel (tracking attendance)
• PowerPoint (creating presentations for DELAC,
  other students)
• Publisher (informational flyers)
• Clerical Reception (phoning absent students,
  tracking responses)
• Office Occupations (interpersonal skills)

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council Guiding
Question

• How can we increase student attendance and
  participation?
• Cómo podemos aumentar a asistencia y
  participación de nuestros estudiantes?

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council Guiding
Question

• How can we refine our program to better serve
  student needs and interests?
• Cómo podemos refinar nosotros nuestro programa
  para servir mejor las necesidades y los intereses
  de nuestros estudiantes?

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas Reasons
Students Stop Attending

• Limited space in day care
• Transportation problems
• Parents w/children in class make it difficult to
  concentrate
• Concerns about teacher(s)
• Favoritism Teacher favors some students more
  than other students.
• Teacher does not motivate students and/or provide
  a dynamic learning experience.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas Reasons
Students Stop Attending

• Limited space in day care (see Day Care FAQs)
• Transportation problems
• Parents w/children in class make it difficult to
  concentrate (see Classroom Policy)
• Concerns about teacher(s) (see Suggestion Box)
• Favoritism Teacher favors some students more
  than other students.
• Teacher does not motivate students and/or provide
  a dynamic learning experience.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas How can we
increase attendance/participation?

• Add a pronunciation class to class offerings.
• Put an anonymous suggestions/concerns box in the
  office so students feel comfortable sharing their
  concerns about teachers.
• Use students as school leaders students
  motivating students.
• Give students flyers to distribute to friends,
  community members, and local businesses.
• Create learning activities in the infant/toddler
  room so parents dont feel theyre wasting time
  when its slow.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas How can we
increase attendance/participation?

• Add a pronunciation class to class offerings.
  (See survey)
• Put an anonymous suggestions/concerns box in the
  office so students feel comfortable sharing their
  concerns about teachers. (Done)
• Use students as school leaders students
  motivating students. (See Office Assistants
  Certificate proposal)
• Give students flyers to distribute to friends,
  community members, and local businesses. (See
  O.A.C proposal)
• Create learning activities in the infant/toddler
  room so parents dont feel theyre wasting time
  when its slow.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas How can we
increase attendance/participation?

• Permit more babies in the day care.
• Do phone calls to absent students office
  personnel.
• Do phone calls to absent students students.
• Offer a Spanish GED class at the BESST Center .
• Try it out during the summer?
• Continue and expand technology offerings.
• Continue and expand motivation strategies.
• Funny money
• Reopen the Saturday class.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Ideas How can we
increase attendance/participation?

• Permit more babies in the day care. (See FAQs)
• Do phone calls to absent students office
  personnel. (See Absent Student Phoning Policy)
• Do phone calls to absent students students.
  (See Absent Student Phoning Policy)
• Offer a Spanish GED class at the BESST Center
  (See Summer Schedule)
• Try it out during the summer?
• Continue and expand technology offerings. (See
  Summer Schedule)
• Continue and expand motivation strategies.
• Funny money
• Reopen the Saturday class.

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council

• How can we refine our program to better serve
  student needs and interests?
• Cómo podemos refinar nosotros nuestro programa
  para servir mejor las necesidades y los intereses
  de nuestros estudiantes?

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council

• We took a group picture. ? We asked permission
  to use the picture for District purposes, and all
  student council members agreed. Do we also have
  permission to post it on the blog? ?

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NMUSD Adult Education Student Council

• Thank you so much for your participation!
• You are our key to success!!
• We appreciate you!!