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Presented by Robyn DeMars Washington County Workforce Center Carol Libson Century College and Shane Mueller South Washington County ABE 9182014 Collegial Cooperation Creating a Successful FastTRAC Partnership ID: 681510

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First Year Cooperation:

Opportunities & AccomplishmentsPresented by Robyn DeMars (Washington County Workforce Center), Carol Libson (Century College) and Shane Mueller (South Washington County ABE)

9/18/2014

Collegial Cooperation: Creating a Successful FastTRAC PartnershipSlide2

Partners:

Adult Basic Education: South Washington County ABEMnSCU: Century CollegeWorkforce Center: Washington County Workforce Center (Woodbury)Slide3

Recruitment

What we’ve done…

What we’ve learned…

What we’ve changed…Slide4

Recruitment

What we’ve done…

Planning

Selection

AssessmentSlide5

Recruitment

What we’ve learned…

Ask the right questions

Don’t make assumptions

Have realistic goalsSlide6

Recruitment

What we’ve changed…

The questions we ask

Our expectations

Emphasize the bridge

Emphasize the opportunity

and

the commitmentSlide7

FastTRAC: Career Pathways into Office Administration Slide8

What is it?

This project is a collaboration between South Washington County Schools Adult Basic Education, Washington County Workforce Centers and Century College

Students earn 6 credits by completing 2 classes at Century College CAPL 1010: Introduction to Software Applications and CAPL 1023: Microsoft Word

Students receive support from an Adult Basic Education instructor and a Navigator

Navigator will assist students with registering for continuing education, job placement and/or internship placement

Students also work on their job readiness skills

Students may be eligible to complete the Microsoft Word Certificate (One of Seven exams to get the Microsoft Office Specialist certification) Slide9

Program Structure

Outreach, recruitment, orientation and assessments

July-September 2014

Attend Info Session

Meet with Navigator for Intake

Take TABE Exam and NCRC

Adult Basic Education Bridge

September 16-December 4

Tuesday-Thursday 9:30am-12 pm

Students work with Adult Basic Education to prepare for courses

Students take National Career Readiness Certificate & Digital Literacy

Students take job readiness : Career X & Workplace Success

Classroom Training-Occupational Skills

January12-May 14 2015

Monday-Thursday Class: 9:30am-10:45am/Tutoring: 10:45am-12pm

CAPL 1010 - 3 credits

CAPL 1023 -3 credits

Student Success Day & Igniting Service Professionalism Seminar

Work with Navigator on job readiness and goal planning

Complete Microsoft Word Certification

Continuation with

Post-secondary education

Assistance with placement into Employment

Entry into WISE Internship Program Slide10

Eligibility:

Completion of High School Diploma or GEDBy the end of the bridge, have the following scores or higher on these three assessments:

TABE/CASAS

: 520 scale score or higherDigital Literacy: 80% or higher on all

7 sections of the NSDLA

National Career Readiness Certificate: Bronze level or higher

Previous academic and/or financial holds may be taken into consideration

Good attendance during the bridge portion of the program Slide11

A.B.E. & “The Bridge”

TABE pretests and goal settingNorth Star Digital Literacy AssessmentNational Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)EduTypingSlide12

A.B.E. & “The Bridge”

What it looks like: Meets three times per week (for 2 ½ hours)

Tuesday – Basic numeracy and literacy skills

Wednesday – Workforce skills Thursday – Digital literacy & keyboarding skillsSlide13

How do we gauge if our bridge is successful?

*Attendance – 75% for participantsBasic Skills Improvement – TABE G.E. of > 8.0Career Readiness – NCRC BronzeDigital Literacy Skills – NSDLA Certificate (85% on all 8 sections: Basic Computers, Operating Systems, Using the Internet, Using E-Mail, Word Processing, Spreadsheet Software & Social Media) Keyboarding – 35+ WPM

* Your bridge may look different; our program is designed to meet the skill set for Office Administration and Customer Service

Slide14

Integrated Instruction – What type are you?

One instructor is responsible for teaching the content; the other provides follow-up activities

One instructor is responsible for teaching the class; the other monitors for understanding Slide15

A FastTRAC Success Story:

Cheyenne

Cheyenne…

w

as a single parent of three childrenwas a high school dropout

was addicted to methamphetamines

was unemployed more than a yearwas without goals or direction

She made a promise to set a good example for her children

She got her GED (on December 30, 2013)

She enrolled in Career Pathways into Office Admin

She completed her two CAPL classes and registered for additional classes at CenturySlide16

Attendance-to-Grade

ComparisonSlide17

STUDENT PERFORMANCESlide18

FastTRAC Celebration of Completion!Slide19

A model of Success!

Our program stakeholders (Tina Simonson, Robert Lawrence, Robert Crawford, Senator Al Franken, Susie Evans, Shane Mueller, and Robyn DeMars)Slide20

Contact Information

Robyn DeMars – Program NavigatorWashington County Workforce CenterRobyn.DeMars@co.washington.mn.us(651) 275-8694

Carol Libson – MnSCU Faculty

Century College

Carol.Libson@century.edu

(651) 779-3345

Shane Mueller – Integrated Instructor

South Washington County ABE

smueller@sowashco.k12.mn.us

(612) 309-6237