WORKPLACE/LIFE SKILLS LITERACY AND DISTANCE EDUCATION
Adults learn through association with what they know and want. Most
adults who come to us have work-related goals. We encourage learning
academic skills within the context of workplace situations and
vocabulary. Through partnerships with the College of Eastern Utah
and San Juan Basin Technical College, we currently offer training
and certification in medical coding, medical lab assistant, and
business and office fundamentals. Future training programs will
include dental assistant, veterinary assistant, radiology
technician, and uranium mining.
FAMILY
LITERACY
Our learners are family members: parents, siblings, offspring,
relatives. As we work with parents we influence their families. As
we work with children and parents, they both learn more about
building healthy relationships and confident selves.
Our
Even Start partnership with Pinon Project develops
healthy family habits through hands-on, interactive instruction.
Classes meet regularly throughout our project area and focus on
parent-child time (PACT), child development, parent support time,
and adult education.
COMPUTER TRAINING
We
offer computer training that covers basic computer literacy and
introductions to Microsoft Office applications. All of our computer
training includes the completion of projects that emphasize work
related skills.
PROJECT-BASED/THEMATIC LEARNING
We
offer onsite instruction to adults (17 and over) in adult basic
skills education, English as a second language, pre-GED and GED
preparation. Our instructors encourage students to relate academic
content to real life needs through completion of hands-on projects.
On-site instruction is delivered to small groups or by individual
tutoring. The instructors assist students in developing an
individualized learning plan which includes a portfolio of
demonstrated competencies.
TECHNOLOGY GRANTS IN PROGRESS
Rural Utilities Services (RUS) - We were awarded a significant Distance Education and
Telemedicine grant (Rural Utilities Service grant of $430,300) from
the Department of Agriculture in 2006 to implement a variety of
distance education opportunities among our partners in the region.
This rural development grant (RUS) furnishes the equipment needed to
connect us with schools and hospitals in Colorado and other parts of
the Southwest, including the Navajo Reservation.
Independent Learning Project
Our Independent Learning Project has been enrolling students since
spring of 2007. ILP was funded through the Colorado Workforce
Development Office of the Colorado Department of Labor. This
innovative project has parolees and probationers in the Four Corners
region use handheld computers to practice skills eventually required
for passing the GED.
4Corners Online Project
Through a grant awarded by the Colorado Workforce Development
Office, we are participating in an online GED preparation project
that includes four adult education programs in our southwest region.
The curriculum and accountability tools used in this project were
developed by McGraw Hill Publishing Company.
OCCUPATIONAL
CERTIFICATION
Hospitality Industry Certification
We offer training and certification in hospitality careers for the
hotel industries in Colorado. We have a record of 100% placement
among students who complete our hospitality training program.
Medical Billing and Medical Assistant Certification
We offer certification for Medical Coding and Medical Lab
Technician, in partnership with the College of Eastern Utah. Courses
are offered through distance education formats, to include live
interactive video conferencing.
WORKSHOPS: ONGOING OR UPON REQUEST -
offered
in a variety of onsite and distance learning formats
Navajo Language -
We collaborate with the College of Eastern Utah to teach Navajo
through our distance education equipment. Our second session will
begin in January of 2007.
Student-Centered Instruction
and Intake in Adult Ed Programs
- Identify basic characteristics of adult learners and practice
strategies that help identify student goals and develop instruction
to support them.
Basic Grant-Writing Tips
- Practice meeting the essential elements required for getting
funded by government and foundation grant sources.
Lesson Planning with or without
Technology - Plan
instruction that appeals to adult students and leads them toward
becoming independent learners.
Multiple Intelligences and
Learners - Engage
different intelligences in teaching any topic to students from many
different backgrounds and cultures.
Teaching the Learning Disabled (LD)
Adult - Identify
characteristics of LD students and practice strategies that help LD
adults overcome the challenges that face them in classrooms and the
workplace.
Technology as an Ideal Classroom
Tool - Identify uses of
different technologies to engage learners and help them become
independent.MS Office
Applications for Educators
- Use MS Office applications to create projects with and for
students.
The Impact of Culture on Learning
- Identify the characteristics of two major social groups as defined
by Edward Hall and develop skills to address the learning
preferences of each, to include Native American learners in the
United States.
The
Second Life Experience - Practice
ways in which to use Second Life, a virtual environment for
interaction, for instruction and enterprise development
Reading Development
- Practice basic skills in teaching phonemic
and phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary and
fluency among children and adults. Integrate technology and the
Internet into teaching reading.
OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL SEGMENTS UPON
REQUEST
- offered in
a variety of onsite and distance learning formats
GED Prep
- online instruction for students preparing to pass the GED exam.
Remedial Basic Academic Skills
- Pre-GED and basic skills instruction online for students in and
out of high school who want to get ready to work on their GED
skills.
English as a Second Language
- conversational and functional English for students whose first
language is not English.
MS Office Business Applications
- the use of computer applications in the business world.
Conversational Spanish
- Spanish for non-native speakers who want to deal with Spanish
speakers in the United States or abroad.
Conversational Portuguese
- Portuguese for non-native speakers who want to deal with Portuguese
speakers in the United States or abroad.
Effective Practices for Online
Instruction - online course with
assignments on how to create learning segments and effectively
deliver them to learners.
