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The
Third Connection: The GED Program
page 4
Do the comments from
Mike sound familiar? You need to think about what he is and is
not saying. As you answered Mike’s questions did you:
- Give Mike an orientation
to the way your class or program operates, including registration,
testing, days and times of classes?
- Explain to Mike
that based on his test results he will focus on the areas with which
he needs the most help?
- Explain that most
programs are open-entry, open-exit – meaning that he can exit
the program as soon as he masters the areas where he has weaknesses?
- Explain to Mike
that the classroom has tables and chairs and not those little desks?
- Explain that the
GED class combines self-directed study with small and large group
activities? Did you tell Mike about the computers that are available
in the classroom or media center?
- Talk to him about
the importance of attendance and how the more he attends, the faster
he will complete?
- Explain to Mike
what it means to be responsible for your own learning – and that
he can set the pace for himself – with guidance from the teacher?
- Tell Mike about
the wonderful activities that you include in your classroom that make
things fun? For example: role-playing, games, group activities,
performance-based projects and Internet activities?
- Tell Mike that
because this is adult education, he is free to leave at any time,
but that you hope he will stick with it and get his GED?
- Tell Mike that
if he is considering dropping out again he should come and talk to
you first – to see if there is something you can do to help prevent
his leaving?
If you included all of
these points in your “interview” with Mike – then good
for you. You understand the basics of working with students like
Mike who need reassurance about what they are doing, but also direction
about how they can achieve their goal of getting the GED.
Scene 2:
Mike has agreed to enroll, but now you have to figure out what he knows
and doesn’t know. He dropped out in the 10th grade and looking
at his academic history tells you virtually nothing, except he had poor
attendance and even worse grades. What are you going to do?
  
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program was developed by Dr. Lucy M. Guglielmino, Florida Atlantic University,
through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department
of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.
Content Developed
by Susan Pittman and Bonnie Vondracek. Web development by Dr. Debra
L. Hargrove. Videography by Steve Foley, Foley Video Productions.
Disclaimer: While
every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based
training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida
Department of Education.
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