1. Minnesota’s ABE Students

2. WHO does ABE serve? Who among you has ESL students in your program?
Who among you has GED students in your program?
Who among you has diploma students in your program?
Who among you has college prep students in your program?
Who among you has career prep students in your program?
Who among you has basic skills students in your program?
Who among you has other types of ABE students in your program? Who are they? (share)
Who doesn’t know what types of students you have in your program?

3. ABE Student Eligibility
ABE students must be:
At least 17 years old AND
Not enrolled or required to be enrolled in high school AND
Meet one or more of the following:
Unable to speak, read or write fluent English
Do not have a high school diploma
Need basic skills (literacy or math) development
Participants can read the full eligibility policy section of the binder
Give participants a few scenarios & they decide if students are eligible for ABE:
-15 year old wants to get GED instead of high school (no)
-17 year old high school student wants to come to ESL classes in evening (no)
-25 year old with high school diploma & 5th grade reading level (yes)

4. Is this student eligible?
A potential student comes in asking for GED classes. He is 16 years old.
Student: JH

5. Is this student eligible?
A potential student is 18 years old.
Student: Ariana

6. Is this student eligible?
A potential learner is a high school graduate.
Student: Raj

7. 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?

8. Minnesota ABE Student Demographics
In program year :
Minnesota ABE programs served 66,000 students, for 5.5 million contact hours
39% identified as ESL
17% incarcerated
8% reported no prior education
686* completed a secondary credential (GED or adult diploma)
* under-reported
Participants can read the full eligibility policy section of the binder
Give participants a few scenarios & they decide if students are eligible for ABE:
-15 year old wants to get GED instead of high school (no)
-17 year old high school student wants to come to ESL classes in evening (no)
-25 year old with high school diploma & 5th grade reading level (yes)

9. WHY do adults want to participate in ABE?

10. Student goals ESL students from Mankato ABE
The Many Faces of the American Dream
Video time range = 7: :41

11. Student goals https://vimeo.com/93285887 GED students
Video time range = 7: :41

12. Student goals Consider the student profiles. Discuss:
What are these students’ goals?
What are the goals of the students you work with?
Video time range = 7: :41

13. WHAT do we need to know about ABE students?

14. Information collected at intake
Name
Address, phone number, 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)

15. Labor Force Status Three options: Employed Unemployed
Not in the labor force
Brad
Enforce Labor Force status; quiz
Say that this category will be increasingly important in the NRS

16. 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
Actively looking for work:
Contacting:
An employer directly or having a job interview
A public or private employment agency
Friends or relatives
A school or university employment center
Sending out resumes or filling out applications
Placing or answering advertisements
Checking union or professional registers
Some other means of active job search

17. 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.
Actively looking for work:
Contacting:
An employer directly or having a job interview
A public or private employment agency
Friends or relatives
A school or university employment center
Sending out resumes or filling out applications
Placing or answering advertisements
Checking union or professional registers
Some other means of active job search

18. 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
Brad
Enforce Labor Force status; quiz
Say that this category will be increasingly important in the NRS

19. 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
Brad
Part of answer response: (Although he has taken specific steps to find a job, Ahmed is classified as not in the labor force because he is not currently available for work. Students are treated the same as other persons; that is, they are classified as employed or unemployed if they meet the criteria, whether they are in school on a full- or part-time basis.)
For more information, check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics at
Student: Faduma

20. 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
Brad
Part of answer response: (Although he has taken specific steps to find a job, Ahmed is classified as not in the labor force because he is not currently available for work. Students are treated the same as other persons; that is, they are classified as employed or unemployed if they meet the criteria, whether they are in school on a full- or part-time basis.)
For more information, check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics at
Student: David

21. 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
Brad
Part of answer response: (Although he has taken specific steps to find a job, Ahmed is classified as not in the labor force because he is not currently available for work. Students are treated the same as other persons; that is, they are classified as employed or unemployed if they meet the criteria, whether they are in school on a full- or part-time basis.)
For more information, check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics at
Student: Omar

22. 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
Brad
Part of answer response: (Although he has taken specific steps to find a job, Ahmed is classified as not in the labor force because he is not currently available for work. Students are treated the same as other persons; that is, they are classified as employed or unemployed if they meet the criteria, whether they are in school on a full- or part-time basis.)
For more information, check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics at
Student: Mai

23. Labor Force Status of Students in Profile?
What do you think the labor force status is of the students in our profiles? Why?

24. WHAT do we teach ABE students?

25. ABE Eligible Content Reading Writing Mathematics Speaking Listening
Core Content Areas:
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Speaking
Listening
ESL/ELL
GED/H.S. Diploma

26. Conditional Content Citizenship/civics Basic technology skills
Conditional content is supplemental to core content instruction
Conditional content areas:
Citizenship/civics
Basic technology skills
Employability skills
Study skills
Health or financial literacy
ABE students need to be receiving instruction in core content area; conditional content is supplemental
Give a few examples of what is acceptable integration of conditional content

27. Conditional content? Student: Sheldon
You have a potential student who only wants to learn computer skills so he can get a job. Should you enroll him in ABE?
He can enroll in ABE if A) he also enrolls in core content (ESL, GED, career or college prep) or B) if he has a referral from the workforce center.
If you want more information about conditional work referral, look at the policy and accountability section B, page 8.
Also, intake staff are strongly encouraged to attend the Support Services Conferences Nov 30 – Dec 1.
Student: Sheldon

28. Enroll Sheldon in ABE? Student: Sheldon 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.
If you want more information about conditional work referral, look at the policy and accountability section B, page 8.
Also, intake staff are strongly encouraged to attend the Support Services Conferences Nov 30 – Dec 1.
Student: Sheldon

29. More information on all of these areas throughout this pre-conference and remember…
There’s no test!