3. Project Achieve Presentation Project 10 Northeast Region Fall Institute November 15 th, 2011 Santa Fe College Gainesville FL Presenter: Daniel West Project Achieve Coordinator Florida State College at Jacksonville 101 West State Street Room A 1021P Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Phone: 904-633-8456 Email: DaWest@fscj.eduDaWest@fscj.edu

4. Project Achieve is a collaboration between Florida State College at Jacksonville, Duval County Public Schools, Nassau County School District and the FDDC to provide a comprehensive inclusion model vocational training program at a post-secondary institution for Dual Enrolled students from Duval and Nassau counties with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The Goal: Sustainable Independent Employment

5. Students Nassau Duval 2 Counties 10 students 18-21 5 from each county 7 males 3 females Must meet Dual Enrollment standards 2.0 GPA Must take the TABE Achieved TABE Reading range: 0.7-5.6 Must have an intellectual and/or developmental disability Not eligible for a standard high school diploma 6 th grade reading level requirement is waived for Project Achieve

6. Programs Cosmetology Auto Service Technology Diesel Engine Repair Carpentry Distribution and Logistics Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing Applied Welding Technologies Child Care Facials Specialty Electrical Commercial Vehicle Driving Project Brownfields Insulation Installer Aircraft Coating Technician Commercial Foods and Culinary Arts

7. Services: Mentoring Soft Skills Inclusion Meetings Assisted Preparation Readers for tests TABE Waiver Requirements Independent ‘Beginning to Work it Out’ © Steve Parese www.WorkinItOut.com Transportation Resources Nassau County Council on Aging (COA) Jacksonville Transportation Authority Family Vocational Preparatory Instruction (VPI) Reading

8. Paint mixing materials consist of all of these EXCEPT: A. Mixing ratio cups and sticks. B. Lint-free strainers. C. Viscosity cups. D. Air sanders. Test Accommodations

9. Difficulties Enrollment/Registration processes Dual Enrollment Doubts and concerns within programs -lack of knowledge of Project Achieve -lack of knowledge of Dual Enrollment, specifically what it DOES and DOES NOT pay for -Record keeping: FTEs, Adopting Course Coding, Eligibility! Scheduling and long term completion -Could students keep up? Support?

10. Solutions Enrollment/Registration processes Dual Enrollment Doubts and concerns within programs -Advanced Timeline -Program Familiarity -Advanced Timeline Scheduling and long term completion -Meetings, assurances, demonstration -Access to funds: VR, Duval, Nassau

11. Keys to Success Advanced timeline Improved collaboration of resources Vocational Rehabilitation School Districts FSCJ TechnologyProcess GuidesMentoring

12. Advanced Timeline Years 1 & 2: Freshman/Sophomore Years of High School -Present post-secondary as an option to students -Begin identifying potential students

13. Advanced Timeline Year 3: Junior Year of High School First Semester -Project Achieve Introduction Meeting @ FSCJ -Refer prospective students to VR -Begin interest inventory and aptitude assessments -Identify possible program options

14. Advanced Timeline Year 3: Junior Year of High School Second Semester -Begin background advanced work in industry specific vocabulary and skills. -Emphasis on independent transportation skills and scheduling in community living -Participate in Project Achieve Industry Tours -Narrow candidates

15. Advanced Timeline Year 4: Senior Year of High School First Semester -Intensify advanced preparatory material -Confirm program selection -Apply to Project Achieve

16. Advanced Timeline Year 4: Senior Year of High School Second Semester -Acceptance to Project Achieve -Apply to specific programs -Complete Dual Enrollment paperwork -Establish transportation plan -Continue advanced preparatory material through summer

17. Advanced Timeline Year 5: Start at FSCJ -Pre-class orientations to campus, programs, transportation, and Project Achieve resources -Begin classes Requires collaboration!!!

18. The good stuff!!!

19. Student Successes Four-week and eight-week block classes: 12/12 passed Testing skills: Jim: 9/15 - First test unassisted: 20% 9/16 - First test retake with a reader: 80% 10/19 - Final without a reader: 84% Reading!! Internship toward employment!!

21. Soft Skills

22. *** Instructor Support Darrell High – Distribution and Logistics Program Advisor and Instructor

23. Instructor Support Darrell High – Distribution and Logistics Program Advisor and Instructor I am pleasantly surprised. I have two students in our program who didn’t pass the TABE test, had low TABE scores. They are Dual Enrollment students. They are doing very well in the class. Both wound up with a ‘B’ in our last class for Inventory Management. Both students are motivated Mr. P. and Mr. K. They both show up early, they leave late, they ask for extra credit, they both are very eager and both are doing a very good job.

24. Are students moving toward the goal of sustainable, independent employment? YES!

25. Project Achieve Presentation Child Development & Education Task Force Meeting October 28 th, 2011 Renaissance Hotel Tampa, Florida Presenter: Daniel West Project Achieve Coordinator Florida State College at Jacksonville 101 West State Street Room A 1021P Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Phone: 904-633-8456 Email: DaWest@fscj.eduDaWest@fscj.edu