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2008 ABE SUMMER INSTITUTE
Thursday: Opening Address
Dr. Barry Shaffer
MN State Director of Adult Education
Welcome and Thank You
• Literacy Minnesota and MCEA
• Planning Committee
• MDE Coordination – Astrid Liden
• St. John’s University
• Presenters
• Participants and Awardees
• Weather
Captain’s Log:
The ABE Navigation Report
Evolution of:
Navigation
Basic Landmarks
Sun, Stars, Moon
Map
Compass
Radio Beacons
Satellites, GPS
Adult Basic Education
Oral language - mimicry
Mentor, teacher, helper
Printed materials
Schools, programs
Overheads, computers
Internet, distance ed.
ABE Overview – FY 08
 53 ABE consortia,
500 delivery sites statewide
 1200 licensed teachers and 3,000
volunteers served over 80,000 students
 1 out of every 11 diplomas issued in MN
during 2008 was a GED (6,170) or Adult
H.S. Diploma (1,344)
 Of the total students served, 45% were
ESL, 67% were parents and 12% were
unemployed
Number of Students and
Contact Hours
Students
Contact
Hours
Participants
FY 2007
FY 2008
74,708
74,656
(-0.07%)
5,214,101
5,054,208
(-3.1%)
45,407
45,681
(61% of enrollees)
Students by Program – FY 08
ESL
32,271 (45%)
ABE
24,514 (34%)
GED/Diploma
14,674 (21%)
WBPL
3,227
State and Federal Allocations
FY 1999
$16,300,000
FY 2008
41,059,000
FY 2009
42,292,000
Federal $ 4,433,000
6,808,000
6,725,000
$20,733,000
47,867,000
49,017,000
State
Cost/Student = $641
Cost/Hour
= $9.47
• Cost of educating an ABE student….
• Cost of classroom resources….
• Cost of a full time teacher….
• Cost of the GED test battery….
$
641
$
60
$ 51,000
$
85
• Cost of helping an individual to acquire and improve their literacy
skills necessary to become self-sufficient and to participate
effectively as a productive worker, family member, and citizen…..
Top 20
• The largest
2 consortia have 30% of the total funds
and 37% of the state contact hours.
• The largest
5 consortia have 52% of the total funds
and 62% of the state contact hours.
• The largest 10 consortia have 69% of the total funds
and 78% of the state contact hours.
• The largest 20 consortia have 87% of the total funds
and 92% of the state contact hours.
• The smallest 20 consortia have 3.9% of the total funds
and 2.3% of the state contact hours.
Core Performance Indicators
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Level Change
 GED/Diploma
 Entered Employment
 Retained Employment
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Post-Secondary Education
Student Level Completion
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
ABE
34%
31%
36%
41%
ESL
31%
35%
40%
44%
Why is level completion success so important?
Supplemental Services
• Minnesota Literacy Council
• ATLAS (ABE Teaching and Learning
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Advancement System) Hamline University
Learning Disabilities Association
Communication Services for the Deaf
PANDA – Physical and Neurological
Disabilities Assistance
Minnesota Workforce Council Association
St. Paul ABE
SW ABE
PANDA NEWS
Explore the New Minnesota ABE Disability Website:
The new ABE Disability Website, will be launched
Thursday (today) at a concurrent session at 2:15
in the Peter Engel Lab 238. Website authors
include some or our own ABE professionals.
On The ABE Horizon
• New US Citizenship Test
• Distance Education:
 New Policy
 GED-i
 Adult Diploma
• Transition to Post-Secondary
 Year-Two Consortia Plans
 Career Pathways
 Stackable Credentials
• Student Achievement in Reading – STAR
• New MIS System
• Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization ?
On the Commercial Horizon
New Products You Might Encounter…
Transition to Post-Secondary
• What Are College Readiness skills?
 Basic Academic skills – Accuplacer entrance exam:
reading, writing, mathematics
 Communications and personal interaction skills
 Thinking skills, problem solving, scientific reasoning
 Acceptance of criticism, self-reflection
 Study skills
 Culture-of-college skills
 College application process
 ETC.
A job is shared by 4 workers, W, X, Y, and Z.
Worker W does 1/4 of the total hours. Worker X
does 1/3 of the total hours. Worker Y does 1/6
of the total hours. What fraction represents the
remaining hours allocated to person Z?
• 2/3
• 5/12
• 1/3
• 1/4
How many 4 letter permutations can be
made from the letter set: A B C D E ?
• 120
• 100
• 60
• 9
x2 - x - 6 =
• (x - 2)(x - 3)
• (x - 2)(x + 3)
• (x + 2)(x + 3)
• (x + 2)(x - 3)
Which pair of equations does NOT have
a solution?
A) x + y = -1 4x - 3y = 24
B) 4x + 6y = 12 6x + 9y = 12
C) 2x - 3y = -4 2x + y = 4
D) 5x - 4y = 9 x - 2y = -3
MN Education and Economic
Climate
• 325,300 Minnesotans over 25 do not have high school
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equivalency
Only 16% of 18-20 year olds are in post-secondary
education
One-third of Minnesotans 25-54 have no post-secondary
Most ABE students are below economic self-sufficiency
standards
One million (35%) Minnesota workers earn $10/hr. or
less; 1.7 million (62%) earn less than $15/ hr.
By 2014, 54% of all jobs will require post-secondary ed
MN Education and Economic Climate continued
• Current workers will make up 65% of the labor force of
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The high school pipeline for workers is shrinking. The #
of HS graduates peaks in 2009 with steady decline for
next two decades
It will take 21years of high school graduates combined
to equal the same number of current working age adults
who don’t have a college degree.
There is a shortage of replacement workers for those
retiring, and a shortage of workers for economic growth
or expansion
The “Tipping Point”
• Washington State ABE Study
 8 of 10 students did not progress after ABE
 No pathways or support services
 Lost decade – more successful 28+
• Tipping Point
 One year of college plus a certificate or credential
 ABE student = $8,500 average annual wage increase
 ESL Student = $7,000 average annual wage increase
• Created the WA I-BEST Program
• Minnesota FastTrac
Our Partners
 US
• Share common clients of other systems –
e.g.- MFIP, workforce, post-secondary,
other community education programs
• Performance driven – and successful
• Good collaborators – willing, able, flexible
• Partners respect our mission
Our Challenge
• Continue our levels of performance
• Strengthen collaborations with our
workforce and post-secondary partners
• Think “transitions”
• Inform and involve our local legislators
• Be prideful and brazen
For the next program year, I
hope you.….
KEEP YOUR COOL
GET ALL THE HELP YOU NEED
BE SAFE
ENCOUNTER FEW
UNWELCOMED SURPRISES
FIND SUCCESS COMES EASY
TURN CHAOS INTO ORDER
If you can do all that, and smile
along the way, you will have a
pleasant, relaxed year……
THE END