Progress 09/01/08 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: In the third year of the grant our enrollment was 120 students. We remained at 20 hours per week. We had 30 students who attained their GED or HSED. Forty six additional students passed one or more GED test. Twenty two students enrolled in higher education classes.One Student intern was funded and five Work Based Learning student interns have worked on this project throughout the past year. These students received training on adult basic literacy and basic office work related activities. Fliers and posters describing and advertising the program were produced and distributed at the college and in the surrounding community. We sponsored a Health Literacy Flu Clinic (partnering with Wisconsin Literacy) that taught 22 students how to avoid the flu and provided them with a voucher for a free flu shot. PARTICIPANTS: Students Funded: 1 Faculty Hours Funded: 0 Last year 30 students earned their GED or HSED certificates. 25 students are now attending college. Forty eight students completed a partial GED. The total number of students testing was 68. TARGET AUDIENCES: In addition to our local La Courte Oreilles Tribal comminty target audiance our adult literacy and GED service plans that were extended to incarcerated populations last year have now added GED instruction to the Bayfield County Jail. Students there can now take the "Intro to Higher Education" course and receive credits from LCO College. We are also now offering GED instruction at the Ashland County Jail. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Last year 30 students earned their GED or HSED certificates. 25 students are now attending college. Forty eight students completed a partial GED. The total number of students testing was 68. At the end of the project we have documented some short term impacts from our efforts at improving adult basic literacy. These would include an increase in the number of students achieving their goal of being awarded a GED resulting in a significant increase in GED graduates now enrolled in a course of study at this and other colleges. This grant has helped stabilize our program for the college and the community and our program is going forward this year in tact under another grant. The number of students it has impacted is in the hundreds. We are continuing our work with incarcerated populations. We are in the process of initiating a program that will offer ITV classes to inmates. We continue to work with the Men's Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. Last year we had 22 Halfway house residents attending GED classes. Five achieved a GED certificate and eight achieved partial GED's.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/10
Outputs
This Grant has enabled us in the second year to increase our GED program from 12 to 20 hours per week. Our enrollment went from 108 to 150. Students attaining their GED Certificates rose from 27 to 32. 42 students associated with the GED program are now enrolled in College. We have also work with 30 low skilled students. Our GED instructor received training from the STAR Teaching Institute. We can diagnosis specific reading problems and have added a one hour reading class that specifically helps students who test below the 8th grade reading level. This helps increase the retention and improves skills in low skill students enabling them to progress through the GED classes. PRODUCTS: One Student intern was funded under this grant and five tutors were funded under Wisconsin Literacy with all receiving 16 hours of tutor training each under this grant funding. Five Work Based Learning student interns have worked on this project throughout the past year. These students received training on adult basic literacy and basic office work related activities. Fliers and posters describing and advertising the program were produced and distributed at the college and in the surrounding community. OUTCOMES: Last year 32 students earned their GED or HSED certificates. 42 students, 28% of all GED students, are now attending college. 39 students completed a partial GED. The number of students testing has improved to 61 since 2008/09. Eight classroom hours per week were added. Student enrollment has risen by 31 percent. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: A promotional interview was conducted and aired on the local Tribal radio station, WOJB, during the month of October in 2009. The adult literacy and GED service plans were extended to incarcerated populations. The instructor is working with adult literacy students at the Bayfield County jail 7 hours a week and teaching both "On Course" and "Staying Healthy". FUTURE INITIATIVES: We are continuing our work with incarcerated populations. We are in the process of initiating a program that will offer ITV classes to inmates. We continue to work with the Men's Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. We have had 15 halfway house residents attending GED classes. 4 achieved GED certificate and 9 achieved partial GED's.
Impacts
While we are midterm in the project and have not had the requisite amount of time to realize long term impacts, we have noticed and documented some short term impacts from our efforts at improving adult basic literacy. These would include an increase in the number of students achieving their goal of being awarded a GED. Furthermore, 42 of our GED graduates are now enrolled in a course of study at the college.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/08 to 08/31/09
Outputs
This Grant has enabled us in the first year, to increase our GED program from 8 to 12 hours per week.. Our enrollment went from 60 to 108. Students attaining their GED Certificates rose from 12 to 27 of the 27, 23 are now enrolled in College. We have also worked with 12 low skilled students. Our GED instructor received training from the STAR Teaching Institute (3 session, final session in January 2010) we can diagnosis specific reading problems and next semester will add a one hour reading class to specifically help students who test below 8th grade level in reading. This will help increase retention and improve skills in low skill students so they can progress though the GED Classes. We are not able to start the "on Course" classes as the training was not available last year. However, the Star Reading class reaches the same low skill group and also helps increase retention. PRODUCTS: 1 student intern was funded under this grant and 15 tutors were funded under Wisconsin Literacy with all receiving 16 hours of tutor training each under this grant funding. 3 work based learning student interns have worked on this project throughout the past year. These students received training on adult basic literacy and basic office work related activities. Fliers and posters describing and advertising the program were produced and distributed at the college and in the surrounding community. OUTCOMES: 23 out of 33 Students who competed their GED/ABE Certificates are now enrolled in College or 76% of our students are now attending college. Number of students testing has greatly improved since 12 classroom hours/week were added. *Student enrollment rose 79%. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: A promotional interview was conducted and aired on the local Tribal radio station, WOJB, during the month of October in 2008. An informational article explaining our program was published in the Sawyer County Record, and the Bayfield County Press, on Dec 18, 2008. An article explaining the Tribal community service we provide was published in the "Tribal College Journal" Volume 20 Summer Issue No. 4. An article was published in May 2009 in the Sawyer County Record, outlining the award of the Wisconsin Literacy Advocate of the Year to the past LCOOCC Extension Department Director, for her work in promoting adult literacy through our NIFA funded program. FUTURE INITIATIVES: There are plans for extending our adult literacy and GED services to incarcerated populations within our service area. We would like to see this service developed as this particular group is undeserved in our area. In addition, we would like to expand the program to include basic health literacy for our service community.
Impacts
While we are midterm in the project and have not had the requisite amount of time to realize long term impacts, we have noticed and documented some sort term impacts from our efforts at improving adult basic literacy. These would include an increase in the number of students achieving their goal of being awarded a GED. Furthermore, 75% of our GED graduates are now enrolled in a course of study at the College.
Publications
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