Minnesotas ABE Students WHO does ABE serve ABE
Minnesota’s ABE Students
WHO does ABE serve?
ABE Student Eligibility ABE students must be: 1. At least 17 years old AND 2. Not enrolled or required to be enrolled in high school AND 3. Meet one or more of the following: A. Unable to speak, read or write fluent English B. Do not have a high school diploma C. Need basic skills (literacy or math) development
Is this student eligible? A potential student comes in asking for GED classes. He is 16 years old. Student: JH
Is this student eligible? A potential student is 18 years old. Student: Ariana
Is this student eligible? A potential learner is a high school graduate. Student: Raj
Is this student eligible? Look at the profiles on your table. Discuss: Are these students ABE eligible? What do you need to know about them to decide?
Minnesota ABE Student Demographics In program year 2015 -2016: 1. Minnesota ABE programs served 66, 000 students, for 5. 5 million contact hours 2. 39% identified as ESL 3. 17% incarcerated 4. 8% reported no prior education 5. 686* completed a secondary credential (GED or adult diploma) * under-reported
WHY do adults want to participate in ABE?
Student goals ESL students from Mankato ABE The Many Faces of the American Dream
Student goals https: //vimeo. com/93285887 GED students
Student goals Consider the student profiles. Discuss: What are these students’ goals? What are the goals of the students you work with?
WHAT do we need to know about ABE students?
Information collected at intake • • • Name Address, phone number, email address Sex Ethnicity and race Social security number (student may decline) Primary language Date and country of birth Location of and highest grade level completed Employment status (labor force status)
Labor Force Status Three options: ○ Employed ○ Unemployed ○ Not in the labor force
Labor Force Status Who is counted as employed? Persons are classified as employed if they: ○ Are currently working This includes: ○ Temporary work ○ Contract work ○ Part-time work ○ Owning a small business ○ Working in a family business (such as a restaurant or small farm), whether or not an hourly wage is received From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Force Status Who is counted as unemployed? Persons are classified as unemployed if they: ○ Do not have a job, ○ Have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, AND ○ Are currently available for work.
Labor Force Status Who is counted as not in the labor force? Persons are classified as not in the labor force if they: ○ Have not actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks OR ○ Are unable or choose not to work Examples include: ○ Stay-at-home parent ○ An individual who does not work due to a disability or health issue ○ An individual who is studying or preparing to work in the future but does not currently work ○ A recently arrived refugee who is waiting for a work permit
Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? ○ Faduma plans to be a Certified Nursing Assistant. However, she is currently studying in a CNA prep course that will end in two months. She doesn’t plan to start work before then. ○ Probable Answer : Not in the Labor Force Student: Faduma
Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? ○ David has not had roofing jobs yet for this summer. He typically works only during the summer and not in the winter. He has been asking his buddy who has a construction crew about jobs. ○ Probable Answer : Unemployed Student: David
Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? ○ Omar is 22 years old, and is about to be released from the county jail. He has been completing applications and resumes, hoping to find work. ○ Probable Answer : Not in the Labor Force Student: Omar
Employed, Unemployed or Not in the Labor Force? ○ Mai is registering for classes. She has difficulty with conversation in English. When you ask her if she has a job, she says she helps her brother at his restaurant on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. That is all the information you get; you don’t know if she gets paid. ○ Probable Answer: Employed Student: Mai
Labor Force Status of Students in Profile? ○ What do you think the labor force status is of the students in our profiles? Why?
WHAT do we teach ABE students?
ABE Eligible Content ○ Core Content Areas: ○ Reading ○ Writing ○ Mathematics ○ Speaking ○ Listening ○ ESL/ELL ○ GED/H. S. Diploma
Conditional Content ○ Conditional content is supplemental to core content instruction ○ Conditional content areas: ○ Citizenship/civics ○ Basic technology skills ○ Employability skills ○ Study skills ○ Health or financial literacy
Conditional content? ○ You have a potential student who only wants to learn computer skills so he can get a job. Should you enroll him in ABE? Student: Sheldon
Enroll Sheldon in ABE? YES, if: ○ He is eligible for and enrolls in core content (e. g. reading, math, GED prep). OR ○ He has a conditional work referral from the workforce center. If neither A or B, consider referring Sheldon to local library or workforce center. Student: Sheldon
More information on all of these areas throughout this preconference and remember… There’s no test!
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