1. A – Z: DESIGNING A WORKPLACE TRANSITION COURSE FOR THE ABE CLASSROOM Stephen Hunt & Kevin Avise – District 191: Burnsville - Eagan - Savage School for Adults

2. SWBAT: Identify general principles and framework for creating pilot ABE course. Recognize successful and unsuccessful methods in the course design methods and practices. Utilize principles to design & implement a career transition course for their own ABE programs.

3. Questions expected & encouraged !

4. Presenters Kevin AviseStephen Hunt 2003 – 2013 ABE/ESL instructor 1987 – 2000 Secondary English teacher B.A. – English/History (1985) M.A.T. – Education (1991) MAESL – ESL (2013)

5. Background & Overview Jan. - July 2012 > Course designed, curriculum written/students recruited Sept. 2012 > 16 students start cohort 1 Dec. 2012 > 12 students complete class Jan. 2013 > 11 students take Parapro Praxis; 6 pass Jan. - March 2013 > 12 students in cohort 2 April 2013 > 6 students take praxis; 4 pass March 2013 > 2 students hired in ISD 191

6. Who were the students? 18 total completed 17 Female/1 male 13 nationalities Somali/Hispanic largest background Prerequisites: 225 CASAS reading Math pretest (new)

7. Cohort One

8. Cohort Two

9. Curriculum Design 3 Guiding Principles 1. Parapro Praxis. Three sections – math, reading, writing. 2. State & National Paraprofessional Competencies. 3. Practical & Reflective K-12 Classroom Practices.

10. Contextual Instruction Creates explicit connections between the teaching of reading, writing, and math AND instruction in a discipline area (i.e. paraprofessional prep.) Integrates basic reading, math, and language skills AND industry AND occupation knowledge Source: Adult Career Pathways

11. Curriculum & Course Design Resources Adult Career Pathways www.acp-sc.org Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education www.acp-sc.org Minnesota FastTRAC Career Pathways http://www.mnfasttrac.org/about.html http://www.mnfasttrac.org/about.html Hubb Center – St. Paul www.hubbs.spps.org

12. PARAPROFESSIONAL PRAXIS National Exam administered by ETS. ($50.00) Given 6 times per year. Three sections 1/3 – math; 1/3 reading; 1/3 writing (90 questions – 2 hours & 30 minutes) Passing standard differs in each state 55% of our students have passed

13. State & National Paraprofessional Competencies Ethics Instructional Skills Classroom Management Historical Foundations of Education

14. Practical & reflective K-12 classroom practices. Journals K - 8 Classroom Visits Education Vocabulary Classroom Management Read Alouds Reading & Writing Process Translation/Interpreting skills Films Basic Math Instruction

15. Read Aloud Practice

16. Read Aloud

17. Media Coverage Print: Immigrants train to work in Burnsville classrooms as teacher aides Minneapolis Star-Tribune; April 6, 2013 Burnsville-Eagan-Savage: Adult immigrants being trained to help students learn English St. Paul Pioneer Press; Feb. 10, 2013 Television Adult Immigrants Learn to be Teaching Assistants in Burnsville KSTP News, February 26, 2013 http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2941004.shtml Education Conversations – Education Commissioner Cassellius & Curriculum Coordinator Kathy Funston discuss classroom assistants program; April 23, 2013 http://www.ctv15.org/index.php/progr ams/local/education- conversations.html

18. QUESTIONS

19. SWBAT: Identify general principles and framework for creating pilot ABE course. Recognize successful and unsuccessful methods in the course design methods and practices. Utilize principles to design & implement a career transition course for their own ABE programs.