Below you will find sample resources taken from the Retention Toolkit that was developed by the Resources Service Coordation Ad Hoc Committee. A complete copy of the Retention Toolkit can be found here.
Persistence Screensaver
Goal Setting | Grab and Go Tools | Mentoring Ideas | Needs Assessment Activities | Research
Goal Setting Tools (from the Kentucky Adult Education Retention
Toolkit website)
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Process for Working with Adult ESL Students on Short-Term Goals
(from Arlington Public Schools, Va)
Integrating
Goal Setting into Instructional Practice for ESOL Learners (from
the SABES website, Boston, Ma)
Adult
Learner Goals Toolkit (from the Colorado Dept. of Education)
(Checklists, Sample
Guides, Welcome letter, Contract, Expectations, Schedules, etc.) (From Dr. Lennox McLendon and Kathi Polis, and the Kentucky and Minnesota Departments of Education)
McLendon/Polis Strategies for:
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Sample Welcome Letter | Sample Schedule | Sample Classroom Contract
The following resources were discovered in the Kentucky Adult Education Retention Toolkit found at:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/educators/retention_toolkit.htm
How to Start an Adult Student Group by Laura Beach and Sue Snider
http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07studentgroup.pdf
TLC for Volunteer Tutors by Kim Rossman
http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07tlc.pdf
Peer Mentoring Works—for Mentors, Partners, and Programs by Sharyn Yanoshak
http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07mentoring.pdf
National College Transition Network-Mentoring:
http://www.collegetransition.org/counseling/mentor.html
Peer Tutors/Mentors: Effect on Motivation and Persistence in the GED Classroom by Kathleen A. Guglielmi and Gayle Dzekevich
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/crans.html
Affinity Diagramming Activity:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E1AB1D2D-E81A-40D3-A1B5-08E011D3A5E6/0/AffinityDiagramming.doc
Brainstorming and Prioritizing Activity: http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/5CA23DFA-D888-49E3-86BB-5FAAC1E49A9D/0/BrainstormingandPrioritizing.doc
Acting It Out:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/54A234CB-DFE2-494D-A0E9-1FD9213DBC0A/0/ActingItOutClassActivity.doc
Student-to-Student Interviews:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/F593EF4F-AA08-4695-89DF-BF33D3D1F43E/0/StudenttoStudentInterviewspublicspeaking.doc
Snowball Consensus:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/09508F41-3DA5-4D3C-8A59-FF966A263CBF/0/SnowballConsensus.doc
Student Learning Plan:
http://www.kyae.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/0CBCD3F7-0EB1-4923-AEA8-1CCC2B372DB8/0/SampleLearningPlans.doc
Various Articles and Research Papers on Learning Persistence
Learner Motivation and Persistence by Katherine R. Stamler http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07persistence.pdf
Retention Revisited by Martha Hunter http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07lfpretention.pdf
Will Cooperative Learning Affect GED Retention by Mary Jeannette Kelly http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/lfp/lfp97kelly.pdf
Why Students Stay: Retention and Persistence Factors by Trish Link
http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes03/fn03retention.pdf
Research to Practice: Increasing Retention through Student Success by Kari Malitz and Sarah Nixon-Ponder
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0200-11.htm
Boosting Retention by Ensuring Tutor/Student Match by Cathy Roth
http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes04/fn04match.pdf
Making It worth the Stay-Findings from the New England Adult Learner Persistence Project by Andy Nash and Silja Kallenbach
http://nelrc.org/persist/report09.pdf
Distance learning for the Adult Learner: Improving Persistence and Effectiveness by CSU Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International Education
http://www.cdlponline.org/pdf/AdultLearner.doc
