Career and College Readiness

Intensive Skill and College Readiness Programs at Community Colleges will be an online discussion starting on November 7  and ending on November 11, 2016 from 9 am – 5 pm (EST).  This discussion will focus on postsecondary programming which provides opportunities in skill development, college and work readiness, competency development, and career guidance. The models and strategies introduced in this discussion will be drawn from the U.S.

Looking for an inspirational story which shows that career pathways are possible for all students?  The U.S. Department of Education's blog, Homeroom, recently published "The Pathway to Success at King/Drew Magnet High School"  

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Hi all,

The Workforce One newsletter recently highlighted several of their most often viewed resources.  Have you participated in and/or viewed  any of these webinars and/or publications?  Which have you found most beneficial to your work? 

Gail Cope, LINCS Program Management Group

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Hello friends, Many of us are now starting to look to the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) to guide teaching and assessing. Communicating effectively with others through academic talk is deeply integrated into these standards in a variety of ways -- very explicitly in the English Language Arts standards as well as in the Mathematics Practices.

http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards

I recently read an article profiling a new book, Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Education. This book focuses on a mentoring model that supports students who are at a higher risk of dropping out of college because of academic, financial, and other related reasons. The book highlights the importance of the ability to navigate the "hidden curriculum" of college, which includes institutional culture and social networks.

Hi, everyone.

The Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) conference was held this past week in Pittsburgh. At the risk of being like the blind man who describes the elephant by only the part he is standing by and hence can feel, my observations of dominant themes that surfaced are as follows:

*Preparing students –both native speakers and English language learners – for the high school equivalency exams or tasks

*Using all levels of Depth of Knowledge (DoK) skills with all learners, no matter their English or basic skill level DOK Level