February 17, 2012

Friday News from the State’s Adult Basic and Literacy Education Team:

Jeff Gove, Jandi Adams, Donna Albanese, Sharon Brannon,Cheryl Brueggeman, Lauren Massie & Cindy Zengler

A major goal for the Parma CS ABLE Program is for ABE/GED and ESOL students to transition into postsecondary education, jobs and/or careers. Parma CS ABLE has a team of transitions counselors who travel to all 35 Parma class sites in Cuyahoga County. The counselors focus on employment, labor market trends, careers, postsecondary schools and applicable topics, such as business etiquette, financial a i d , a d m i s s i o n s testing, resumes and cover letters and interviewing skills. Technology is vital in the transitions counselors’ role. They incorporate the EMSI program that requires students to use the computer as they learn important information about schools, careers and economic trends.

Two of the counselors are currently completing the National Career Awareness Project and have been implementing the curriculum into classrooms. They serve as coaches—assisting teachers in providing lessons that are integrated with transitions topics.

In addition, two counselors are involved with the Cleveland-area English for Healthcare Professionals Program. Counselors help with resumes, job searching, locating career information and finding programs that students may want to attend.

On February 23, 2012, Parma ABLE’s Transitions Team is sponsoring a Postsecondary Fair for adults. Postsecondary institutions and training

SAVE THE DATEDon’t forget to check out OAACE’s Awards and Scholarship information at http://www.oaace.org.

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Parma City Schools ABLE ProgramLOCAL PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

Transitions counselors (from left to right): Stephanie Schab, Shannon Pelsnik and Angie Farson

FRIDAY’S FACT

Thinking about setting up a Facebook page for your ABLE program?

C o n s i d e r c r e a t i n g a Facebook organizational page/fan page instead of a personal page.

Creating a Facebook fan page has many advantages, including measuring your page traffic.

Fans will “like” your page i n s t e a d o f b e c o m i n g “friends” and comments or posts by your fans will be documented on the news feeds on their personal pages, so their friends can see the news feed and check out your organization.

February 17, 2012Friday Facts

Ohio values the service and sacrifice of its veterans. Those transitioning out of the military and into civilian life can benefit from the Ohio Means Veteran Jobs website.

Looking for postsecondary resources for your students? Check out the Ohio Association f o r C o l l e g e A d m i s s i o n C o u n s e l i n g w e b s i t e a t http://www.oacac.org.

While you need to be a member to access the entire

COLLEGE CORNER

programs will be participating.

More than ever before, the ABLE Programs in Ohio are required to take their students beyond the GED and/or just completing an educational functioning level. Parma CS ABLE is doing just that!

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site, you can still access valuable information on their homepage i n c l u d i n g t h e i r annual Ohio private and p u b l i c c o l l e g e s /u n i v e r s i t i e s g u i d e s and local college fair information.

2012 Community College Ohio Math SummitZane State College is hosting a math summit on April 27, 2012 from 10:30am - 3:00pm. One of the greatest challenges community colleges face as it relates to increasing persistence and graduatiojn rates is improving successful completion of math courses. The Ohio Community College Math Summit will provide solutions to this challenge by presenting the innovative work of Uri Treisman and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in developmental mathematics. More information to follow.

Ohio Means Veteran Jobs WebsiteAt Ohio Means Veteran Jobs, veterans will find a wealth of information including lists of veteran friendly employers, top careers, federal and state benefits and tools like the Military Skills Translator to help them locate that next career.

Veterans can also learn how to translate military experience into civilian terms, create a new financial plan or even understand t h e f e d e r a l e m p l o y m e n t system, as well as connect with those who are going through similar experiences.

https://my.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/vetcenter/home.aspx

1-800-AFFORD-IT (233-6734)http://students.OhioHigherEd.org/ABLE

February 17, 2012Friday Facts

GED Testing Service has released The Assessment Guide for Educators to help you learn about the new assessment as well as involve the adult education community—starting now—to begin incorporating the new direction in their preparation programs.

The Assessment Guide for Educators is a comprehensive and definitive source about the new GED® test—providing an overview of the assessment, the assessment targets for each content area, description of cognitive levels and item types—just to name a few topics covered by the Guide.

To make it easier to digest the material, the Guide will be

GED® 2014

Manufacturing and Information Technology Jobs in Demand in OhioIn addition to Insurance and Oil and Gas, Ohio has identified two additional growing workforce areas for the state: Manufacturing and Information Technology (IT). These industries will require workers with diverse skills and Ohio’s higher education institutions can provide a wide

released in three installments—t h e f i r s t i n s t a l l m e n t i s a v a i l a b l e i m m e d i a t e l y a t http://www.gedtestingservice.com/assessment.

Just register to download the first and each subsequent chapter. You will also be invited to attend one of the four one-hour webinars focused on the first installment’s content. Chapters 2 and 3 will be released on February 28 and March 13 respectively and will also have webinars to overview the content and, most importantly, to provide a forum for getting answers to any questions you may have. Additional resources will be available on the website and there will be plenty of opportunities to hear more at key national and local conferences this spring and summer.

range of education and training, from short-term certificates to professional degrees. For more information on jobs in demand, training including downloadable fact sheets, visit the industry spotlights for Manufacturing and IT in Ohio.

“GREATEST HITS” TECH TIPS

Submitted by Kate Fergus

Did you know that you already have many of the tools that can help your students with special learning needs succeed? Take a tour of the Windows Ease of Access Center in Windows Vista and 7 and discover the resources that are currently at your fingertips. The Ease of Access Center, located in the Control Panel, is a centralized location where you can adjust accessibility settings and manage accessibility programs. Here’s where you can magnify your screen, change the contrast, use an onscreen keyboard or control the system with your voice. Further, you can surf the web with voice-recognition and screen reading functions or create accessible documents in Office without installing additional software or downloading unnecessary, expensive applications.

If you have questions about how to adjust settings in Windows, visit http://www.microsoft .com/enable or contact your resource center TPP.