Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program Introduction

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation
ProgramIntroduction

• Project Director
• Dr. Lucy Madsen Guglielmino
• Florida Atlantic University
• Development and Research Consultants
• Susan Pittman
• Bonnie Vondracek

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program
Why Florida GED PLUS?
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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• Most GED students hope to attend college.
• The workplace increasingly requires higher levels
  of education.
• Many GED grads are under-prepared for further
  education.
• Excessive need for remedial classes can
  discourage completion.
• And the finance issue.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• Most GED students hope to attend college.
• GEDTS reports that 65 of the adults who take the
  GED Tests indicated a desire to continue their
  education.
• Studies show that 28-30 of all GED recipients
  enroll in a two or four year college.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• The workplace requires higher levels of
  education.
• Bureau of Labor statistics indicate
• 70 of the fastest-growing jobs will require
  education beyond high school
• 40 of all new jobs will require at least an
  associates degree.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• Many incoming college students are
  under-prepared, both traditional grads and GED
  grads.
• Only 7 of community college professors say that
  most of their students come to college well
  prepared.
• High school graduates attain associates degrees
  at almost twice the rate of GED recipients over
  five years 54 versus 28.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• Excessive need for remedial classes can
  discourage completion.
• Nationally, 58.6 of incoming freshmen require
• remedial or developmental education.
• Education Commission of the States
• In Florida, only 35.5 of all students entering
  the community colleges obtained sufficient scores
  to be exempt from remedial and/or development
  courses.
• Florida DOE, 2003

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program
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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• WHY Florida GED PLUS?
• The finance issue
• Pell grant monies are being used up for
  remedial, rather than credit-granting classes.
• Eligibility for state-supported class tuition
  is now being limited.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• Florida GED PLUS GOALS, 2004-2005
• Research and Development of two guides for
  Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Programs
• Implementation
• Curriculum and Resources
• GED Online Connection
• Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Programs
  Pilot Training Institute

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Florida GED Plus College Preparation Program

• Resource Materials
• Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program
  Implementation Guide
• Focused on
• setting up the program
• reviewing program requirements and
• recruitment and marketing efforts for the program.

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Florida GED Plus College Preparation Program

• Resource Materials
• Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program
  Curriculum and Resource Guide
• Focused on
• knowledge, skills, and instructional strategies
  required for higher level mathematics,
  college-level reading, and college-level writing
• proposed curriculum strategies and
• a comprehensive list of appropriate curriculum
  resources.

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Florida GED Plus College Preparation Program

• Resource Materials
• Florida GED PLUS Online Connection
• Developed in cooperation with Florida TechNet
• Enables constant communication with Advisory
  Committee members
• Enables teachers and administrators to address
  issues that may arise during preparation for the
  pilot training and implementation process,
  including an opportunity to share recruitment
  strategies, challenges of program setup, and
  additional training issues

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• How Was Florida GED PLUS Designed?
• FAU received initial funding through an Adult and
  Family Literacy Act, State Leadership grant.
• The Florida GED PLUS Advisory Council was
  developed, consisting of representatives from
• community colleges,
• school districts,
• workforce development, and
• corrections.
• A research and design team was identified to pull
  all the elements together and develop all of the
  materials for dissemination.

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• The Advisory Council was charged with the
• identification of
• Administrative challenges and concerns related to
  implementation
• Policies and procedures
• Subject areas that should be included and at what
  level
• Teacher training needs related to subject areas
  as well as cognitive skill development
• Teacher credentialing needs
• Potential pilot sites

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• Purpose of Florida GED PLUS
• Help students pass the GED Tests with higher
  scores than the minimum required
• Provide GED students with skills needed for
  successful transition to college
• Provide students with college-ready skills in the
  areas of
• Writing
• Reading
• Algebra
• Research and word processing
• Goal setting and time management

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• OUR GOAL
• GED PLUS graduates who can succeed in
  community colleges and colleges without
  excessive remediation

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• Programmatic Benefits
• Students exit with higher GED scores and
  college-ready skills
• Students avoid remedial and/or development
  coursework in college thus saving Pell funds for
  credit-granting coursework
• Colleges use less funds and resources providing
  remediation
• School districts and community college adult
  education programs enhance placement rates as
  more students have the confidence to enroll in
  the college system

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Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• Institute Objectives
• Understand why Florida GED PLUS College
  Preparation Program is needed
• Understand programmatic goals and objectives of
  Florida GED PLUS
• Compare and contrast various implementation
  models
• Examine elements of the delivery system
• Determine how best to track student and program
  success
• Review references and resources developed as part
  of Florida GED PLUS, demonstrating teaching
  strategies.

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2005 Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program

• Florida Atlantic University2005 GED Project
  Project Director
• Dr. Lucy Madsen Guglielmino
• lguglie_at_fau.eduDevelopment and Research
  Consultants
• Susan K. Pittmanskptvs_at_aol.com
• Bonnie Vondracekbv73008_at_aol.com