a ED 259 138 TITLE INSTrTUT1ON PUS DATE NOTE PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS t, IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT This document provides an overview of programs and activities in adult and secondary education, along with statistical data about adult education efforts in the United Statas. The first part of the document presents seven short sections about council functions and programs in adult education. Included in these sections is the following information: council response to the proposed Adult Education Consolidation Bill; council's functions; descriptions of outstanding programs and professionals throughout the country; the ' council at work; a historical overview of, the Adult Education Act, 196C-1981; a summary of major revisions in the Adult Education Act, 1966-1981; and a list of state directors of adult education. The second part of the report contains 13 tables that present statistical data on the following topics: state allotments for adult basic education; state eXpepditures; 1981 level of effort in relation to need; number of organizations providing English (second language) or bilingual education; full-time employees in adult basic and secondary education; part-time employees in adult basic and secondary education; race/ethnic group of participants in functional levels 1 and 2 by state; sex and age of participants in basic and secondary programs; number of participants upon entry into program by state; . achievements of program participants; and number of participants leaving the prdgram and their reasons. (KC) DOCUMENT RESUME. CE 041 807 Opening Doors for Success. FY-1983 Annual Report to the President of the United States. National Advisory Council on Adult Education. Washington, D. C. Mar 84 57p. Reports - Descriptive (141) -- Statistical Data (110) MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. Adult Basic Education; *Adult Education; *Adult Programs; Bilingua1 Education; Blacks; *Demonstration Programs; Education Finance; English (Second Language); *Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Federal,State Relationship; High School Equivalency Programt; *Models; National Programs; Postse.ondary Education; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; *State Programs; Whites Adult Education Act 1966 *****************************************************************%***** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *******************************************************).***************
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ABSTRACTThis document provides an overview of programs and
activities in adult and secondary education, along with statisticaldata about adult education efforts in the United Statas. The firstpart of the document presents seven short sections about councilfunctions and programs in adult education. Included in these sectionsis the following information: council response to the proposed AdultEducation Consolidation Bill; council's functions; descriptions ofoutstanding programs and professionals throughout the country; the '
council at work; a historical overview of, the Adult Education Act,196C-1981; a summary of major revisions in the Adult Education Act,1966-1981; and a list of state directors of adult education. Thesecond part of the report contains 13 tables that present statisticaldata on the following topics: state allotments for adult basiceducation; state eXpepditures; 1981 level of effort in relation toneed; number of organizations providing English (second language) orbilingual education; full-time employees in adult basic and secondaryeducation; part-time employees in adult basic and secondaryeducation; race/ethnic group of participants in functional levels 1and 2 by state; sex and age of participants in basic and secondaryprograms; number of participants upon entry into program by state;
.achievements of program participants; and number of participantsleaving the prdgram and their reasons. (KC)
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Opening Doors for Success. FY-1983 Annual Report tothe President of the United States.National Advisory Council on Adult Education.Washington, D. C.Mar 8457p.Reports - Descriptive (141) -- Statistical Data (110)
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Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the members of the NationalAdvisory Council on Adult Education, I ampleased tó transmit to you, under provisions ofthe Adult Education Act, the Council's 1983Annual Report.
The report contains ctpta relating to the clientsserved, and statistics reflecting the status ofthe-Federal, state and local partnershipprograms.
Sir the program's origin in 1964, there hasbeen a significant effort on the part of the Fed-eral government to address the problems of ,
adult illiteracy. Through these outreachprograms, millions of adults have upgradedtheir educational competencies andimproved their ability to obtain employment orsustain their position in the marketplace.
The Council is presently examining variousalternatives and recommendations, which wewill submit to you and Secretary Bell,concerning the reauthorization of the AdultEducation Act which is scheduled forcongressional review in 1984.
The Council would welcome an opportunity todiscuss with you the thrusts for current andfuture adult learning opportunities.
Respectfully submitted,
Rawlein G. SoberanoChairman
Tho PresidentThe White HouseWashington, D.C.
Presidential Appointees to the National
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Dr. Rawlein G. Soberano, Council ChairmanDirector of Continuing Education, Our Lady ofHoly CrOss College, 4123 Woodland Drive, NewOrleans, Louisiana 70114,
B.A., St. Vincent College, M.A., Ph.D.,. St. John's'University. Postdoctoral Fellow, University ofCalifornia at Berkeley, and Harvard. BoardMember, YMCA, Lower Algiers Senior CitizensCenter, Westbank Housing & Drainage Com-mission, Mayor's Task Force for RefugeeResettlement.
Mrs. Nancy H. Hill, Council Vice ChairmanLyndonvilie, Vermont 05851. ,
B.A., Beaver College, Postgraduate Work InEducation and Counseling, Lyndon StateCollege. Publicity Chaliman, Lyndon BloodDrive. Former teacher. Former Chair, LyndonAmerican Cancer Society; Co-chair, Villageimprovement Society; Vermont POlitical Director,Reagan-Bush Campaign.
Mrs. Lily R. BailanAdministrator, Community Affairs; NorthropCorporation, 1800 Century Park East, LosAngeles, California 90067.
Attended University of Southern California,School of Journalism. Member, Women in PublicAffairs; Education Task Force, California Manu-facturers Association; Los Angeles Public AffairsAssociation; Advisory Council on ContinuingEducation, Pasadena City College; CaliforniaRoundtable. Former Executive Assistant, AttorneyGeneral, State of California (1970-78).
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Mr. Daniel E. Brennan, Sr.Brennan, McNamara & Brennan, P.C. 600Brookiawn Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut06604.
A.B Notre Dame University, LLB, Dickinson LawSchool. World War II Service in Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI). Former Publisher, ConnecticutMagazine. Chairman, Connecticut PersonnelAppeals Board. Member, Board of DirectorsFairfield University's Graduate School of Politicaland Corporate Communications.
Mrs. Patric DorseyOwner-Manager, Mulberry Ltd., New Bern, NorthCarolina 28560.
Chairman, Craven County Industrial DevelopmentCommission; Representative, Japan-U.S. SenateScholarship Program; Chairman, North CarolinaGOP First Congressional District; Member, NorthCarolina GOP Central Committee; Member,North Carolina Historical Preservation Society;Former Chair, C.C. Chapter North CarolinaSymphony Society; Member, Platform Committee,1980 National Republican Convention; Delegate,1976 Republican National Convention; C.C.Board of Elections; English teacher, NahaOkinawa High School.
Mrs. Joyce GorringeOwner-Manager, Joy Dale Farms, 4 S 574Radcliff Road, Naperville, Illinois 60540.
B.A. Music, Doctoral Program, Adult Education,Northern Illinois University. Post-graduate study inmusic, Northwestern University; Post-graduatework in sociology, Valparaiso University. B.M.,Cosmopolitan School of Music. President,EduQuest Corporation. Former teacher.Member, Gannon Proctor Commission onWomen, Governor's Advisory Council on Women.Delegate, Illinois White House Conference onFamilies.
rt) tJada,,,Mrs. Mary S. JacksonOwner, Davidsonville Diversified Services, 409Holtzman Road, Davidsonville, Maryland 21035.
B.S., Morgan State College, M.S., Towson StateUniversity. Member, Governor's Commission onMinority Business Enterprise, Arundel BusinessLeague, Maryland Minority ContractorsAssociation. Former Teacher, Secretary of AnneArundel County Board , ;upervisors of Elections.
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Mr. Michael MarinoAssociate, Corporate Finance Department,Lehman ;Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Inc., 55 WaterStreet, New York, New York 10041.
B.A. Haverford College, Studied at the UniversitaDi Firenze. Board member, Program of AuxiliaryServices for Students. Republican candidate forU.S. Congress, 1982.
Dr. Kathleen McCullough WilcoxsonFiffh-grade Teacher, Garden Oaks ElementarySchool, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
B.S., Southwestern OklahomciState University,M.S., Oklahoma State University: Ed.D.,Oklahoma State University. Former UniversityProfessor, Adult Basic Education Instructor,Executive Secretary, Liberty National Bank,Oklahoma City.
Mr. M. Lester O'Shet..Managing Partner, General Western Company,235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California94104.
B.A., Economics, Stanfcrd University; Studied atOxford as a Fulbright Scholar; M.B.A., HarvardBusiness School. Governor, Commonwealth Clubof California. Member, Commission on CaliforniaState Government Organization and Ecoromy.
Mr. Louis S. RidgewayReal Estate Development and Motel Owner, 882Armada Terrace, San Diego, California 92106.
M.A.. University of Northern Colorado. Member,San Diego County Adult EducationAdministrators Association. Director, NavyLeague, Salvation Army. Former Trustee, SanDiego Community College. Member,Commission on Vocational Education of theCalifornia Association of Community Colleges.
cJitS (LN) L)Mr. J. Ben TrujilloPresident, Lorimer insurance Group, Inc., 1873South Bellaire Street, Denver, Colorado 60222.
M.A., New Mexico Highlands University; B.A.,Wichita State University. President, LorimerFinancial :-.roup; Secretary/Treasurer, HicksPension Services. Member, U.S. Service AcademySelection Board. Life and Qualifying Member,Million Dollar Round Table. Past President,Southeast Denver Exchange Club, Past VicePresident, Denver JayCees.
.....7n.c...r.4Mrs. Patricia Smith
1,..415 Riley Avenue, WorthIngt n, Ohio 43085.
B.Sc. and M.A. In Education Ohio StateUniversity. Member, Ohio State Board ofEducation, Defense Advisory Committee onWomen in the Services, Ohio Arts Council,Columbus Jazz Arts Board of Directors. FormerTeacher, School Board Member, Chair ofMetropolitan Educational Council.
Mrs. Mary E. StrotherBasic Skills Coordinator, Peoria Unified SchoolDistrict 5308 West Maui Lane, Glendale, Arizona85306.
B.Sc., University of Arizona, Doctoral Candidatein Elementary Education, Arizona StateUniversity. Reading Specialist. Former member,Arizona Basic Goals Commission for Science.Former Adult Education Tutor, Teacher andResearch Assistant to members of Arizona StateBoard of Education.
Mrs. Ruth R. Thone3045 Woodsdale Blvd., Lincoln, Nebraska 68502.
B.A., University of Nebraska. Free-lance Writer,Newspaper columnist; Volunteer, NebraskaHumanities Commission; Director, Women's PrisonChapel Committee; Parents Anonymous, Houseof Hope, Nebraska Art Collection Board. Formerreporter for Scottsbluff Star Herald, Lincoln Siar,and columnist, Omaha World Herald. FormerFirst Lady of Nebraska.
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Table ofContentsCouncil Responds to Consolidation Bill
Council's Functions
Outstanding Programs and Professionals
Crusading for LiteracyMary HotterWatts Reaches OutSister Cecilia LinenbrinkWest Virginia's Reading TeamEva WarnerSan Diego Program Redesigned To Meet
Student GoalsTreasure IsleRaise-ing Self-Confidence of Disabled
AdultsNashua Center Strives for Student
successFort Hayes Serves RefugeesWichita Educators Work TogetherGlenna Williams
The Council at Work
Meeting Sites & DatesCouncil CommitteesCouncil ActivitiesProgram Visitations and Association
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The Adult Education Act, An HistoricalOverview
Summary of Major Revivions in the AdultEducation Act, 1966-1981
Table 3: 1981 Level of Effort (Based onNumber Served) in Relation toTotal Need, by State 37
Table 4: Number of Agencies, Institu-tion., and Organizations Usedto Provide Adult Educationand Support Services, FY 1981 38
Table 5: Number of Agencies,'Institu-tIons, and Organizations Pro-viding ESL or Bilingual Educa-tion, FY 1981
Table 6: Full-Time Employees In AdtitBasic and Secondary Educa-tion, by State and OutlyingAreas, FY 1981
Table 7: Part-Time Employees in AdultBasic and Secondary Educa-tion, by State and OutlyingAreas, FY 1981
Table 8: Race/Ethnic Group of Par-ticipants In Functional Level 1by State, FY 1981
Table 9: Race/Ethic Group of Par-ticipants In Functional Level Hby State, P/ 1981
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Table 2: Estimated ExpendituresFiscal Year 1981 - State-Administered Program AdultEducation Act, Pub. L. 91-230,Amended 36
Table 11: Number of Participants UponEntry into Program by State, FY1981
Table 12: Achievements of Program Par-ticipants - Educational,Societal, Economic, by State,FY 1981
Table 13. Number of Participan's Leav-ing the Program and [heirReasons, FY 1981
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COUNCIL RESPONDS TOCONSOLIDATION BILL
One of the major duties and respon-sibilities of the members of the Councilduring the year October 1, 1982, to Sep-tember 30, 1983. was preparing aresponse to the proposed Adult andVocational Education Consolidation Bill,S. 2325, submitted by Senator Orin Hatch,(Republican Utah).
The Governmental Relations andLegislation Committee of the Councilstudied the more than 200 surveyresponses from state directors, publicofficials, adult education professionals,and recipients of adult educationregarding their views of the ConsolidationBill. Additionally, Council members metwith state directors and other educatorswithin their regions to discuss majorproblems, solicit their opinions and theirrecommendations regarding the bill.
The committee held special meetings toprepare recommended amendments tothe Consolidation Bill that would over-come the apparent deficiencies in thebill.
Although the Council voted to support theconcept of consolidation, such supportwas subject to the strict parametersdetailed in the report submitted February7, 1983, to the President, the appropriatecommittees within Congress and theSecretary of Education. The Council'ssupport of the concept of consolidationwas in no way intended as an endorse-ri.ient of Senate Bill 2325.
Adult Education ActReauthorization Hearings
loitanOctober 6. 1983
Department of EducationJohn W McCormack Post Office
& Court House BuildingRoom 606Post Office Square
Regional Roo Bayard Waring
San Fiona hooOctober 14, 1983
Deportment of Education50 United Notions PlazaRoom 406
Regional Pop Eugene Gonzales
ChicagoOctober 21. 1983
Department of Education300 South Wacker Drive35th Floor
Regional Rep Harold Wright
AtlantaNovember 4, 1983
Deportment of Education101 Marietta Tower BuildingRoom 2221
Regional Rep Ted Freeman
DallasNovember 7. 1983
Department of Education1200 Main Tower BuildingRoom 1130
Regional Rep. Wayno Thoburn
DenverNovember 8. 1983
Department of EducationFederal Office Building1961 Stout StreetRoom 244
Regional Rep Tom Toncredo
SeattleNovember 10. 1983
Deportment of Education3rd & Broad Building2901 3rd Avenue
Regional Rep George Hood
Washington, D.C.. November 14. 1983
Hate! WashingtorAssembly Room15th & Pennsylvania Avenue. N W
Phi ladolphiaDecember 1, 1983
Franklin Plaza Hotel2 Franklin PlazaRoom Seminar D
Regional Rep J,seph Ambiasino
The Council's suggested amendmentswere intended to provide distinctpurposes for both programs within aspecific funding formula designed tomaintain the separate identity andvitality. of each program. In particular,_heavy emphasis was placed onstrengthening the ability of state andlocal systems of adult education toprovide programs that wouldaccomplish the following purposes.
1. Enable adults to acquire the basicacademic skills necessary to functionin society and/or to continue theireducation or training through theeighth grade.
2. Enable adults to continue theireducation to the level of completionof secondary school in order toenhance their employability,productivity, and ability to meet theiradult responsibilities.
3. Provide equal educationalopportunity for adult students, whohave special needs including theeducationally disadvantaged, thehandicapped and those with limitedEnglish proficiency.
Additionally, the Council, in response tonumerous requests from state directorsand other professionals in the field,recommended uniform procedures forreporting basic information in order toprovide comparative data for programevaluation.
Although consolidation was not affected,the C uncil believes that its recom-mend lions (equal status for bothprograms, standardization of the database, and a fair funding formula)overcame the obvious deficiencies of S.2325, and could have providedsubstantial economies and efficientdelivery of services for both prograrr
COUNCIL'SFUNCTIONS
The National Advisory Council on AdultEducation was established by Congress in1970, P.L. 91-230, and extended by theEducation Amendments of 1978, P.L. 95-561.Its members are appointed by the President.
The Council advises the President, theCongress, and Secretary of Education in thepreparation of general regulations and withrespect to policy mcitters arising in theadministration of the Adult Education Act,InclUding policies and procedures governingthe approval of state plans under section 306of this Act and policies to eliminateduplication, and to effectuate thecoordination of programs'under the AdultEducation Act and other programs offeringadult education activities and services.
The Council reviews the aipiministration andeffectiveness of programs under this Act,makes recommendations with respectthereto, and makes annual reports to thePresident of its findings and recommendations(including recommendations fcr changes inthis Act and In other Federal laws relating toadult education activities and services). Ti 9President transmits each such report to theCongress together with his comments andrecommendations.
Rick VenturaExecutive Director
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The National Advisory. Council on AdultEducation is pleased to re-Cognize severalprograms and professionals in adult basiceducation whom Council members visited thisyear. They are representative of a great manyoutstanding programs and educatorsthroughout the country who have demon-strated commitment, dedication, andimaginative use of resources and volunteers inmeeting the needs of adult learners. In thefuture the Council will continue to devo'e aoGrtion of its annual report to the recognitionof worthy programs and professionals.
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CRUSADING FOR LITERACY
The staff of the Jefferson County AdReading Program (JCARP) is conductinga crusade for literacy and over the pastfive years they've taught 3,000 peopleolder than 16 to read while retaining 78per cent of entering students. Theirstudents have accomplished unusuallyhigh reading gains.
Sharon Darling; who heads the program,is largely responsible for the.program'sinnovativeness and success. Frustratedby the lack of success of previous literacyprograms, she submitted a proposal tothe Kentucky State Department ofEducation to research the problems anddemonstrate a better method. She foundthat nearly one-third of Kentucky adultshad completed no more than eight yearsof schOol and about half had not com-pleted high school. In Jefferson County, it
,was estimated that 30,000 adults couldread neither the labels on cans norinstructions for a job.
Armed with this information and a \S57,000 grant from the KentuckyDepartment of Education under Section310 of the Adult Education Act,shebegan to design a program. The targetwas adults that tested below the sixthgrade in reading. The 293 students in thepilot during the 1978 -7't school yearwere all reading below the fourth-gradelevel.
The impact of the program is based on itsrecruitment techniques, ability to .tractvolunteers, staff preparation and itsinstructional design. Much of the recruit-ment is word-of-mouth from currenistudents, their friends and relatives. The
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Staff training focuses on the criticalcounseling Involtied In the staff-studentrelationship, including the psy.chology ofdisadvantaged adults as well asteaching methods. The program hasattracted about 16 volunteers for everypaid staff member, Including VISTAvolunteers.
The instructional design stresses theacquisition of basic reading skills andindividual life needs Classes are flexibleenough to meet any work schedule. .
Teachers also visit students in their homes.Eacfi student has an individualizedinstructional plan based on the skills he ofshe already has. Teachers are trained tocreate support networks and theyencourage students to stay in close touchwith each other outside the class.
Approximately 900 adults are currentlyenrolled. In 1982 the personalachievement-of JCARP students wereimpressive: '"
24 per cent voted for the first time12 per cent obtained a job7 per cent obtained a better job13 per cer it entered anothereducational program5 per cent obtained a dri' 'er's licensefor the first time
These results have helped to generatepublic support for the program ah Borneinstances, private employers workdirectly with the program. One com-pany, for example, paid for adult basic
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education for illiterate employees aboutto be affected by a plant relocation.
The-program was recognized as anexemplary one in September 1982 by theJoint Dissemination and Review Panel ofthe U.S. Office of Education. In June 1983the JCARP was approved for fundingthrough the National Diffusion Network. Ithas already been replicated in over 130counties In Kentucky, Tennessee andOhio. Staff members are continuing theirliteracy crusade by training others .
become literacy coordinators andtrainers of volunteers.
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Mary Halter RemovesEducationdi BarriersMary Halter wants to make a significantdifference in educating adults. As teacher -In-charge of the Cincinnati (Ohio) CorrectionalInstitute (CC!) Education Program, she'scurrently removing educational barriers forInmates of the Hamilton County CommunityCorrectional Institution.
Mary has.set up and taught classes in avariety of adult learning situations, Including adrug rehabilitation center, a mental hospital,public library, evening classes and county jail.She has worked as an ABE satellite counselor,providing educational counseling and testingto students in adult classes at sites withoutspecial services.
She is well qualified for her position at CCI, arole she has held for the past five years. Shehas a bachelor's degree from Saint Mary ofthe Woods College and amaster's degreefrom Ohio State Univer 'iv .ine has completedadditional graduate st: rind is certified insuch.areas as administrc supervision,counseling and data prcassing.
Her program at CCI offers a full range ofeducational services to inmates, includingextensive diagnostic jesting, educationalplanning and counseling, and on-siteclassroom instruction: Since 1976 the numberof inmates participating in the program hasincreased by 130 per cent, which Maryattributes to a conscious effort to keep up withthe changing and growing educationalneeds of the inmate population. She hasincorporated into the program the completerange of high school diploma courses, on-siteGED and college testing, and hands-onvocational aptitude testing.
Along with her staff of 12 dedicated pro-fessionals, Mary derives much professionalsatisfaction from the educational successes ofthe inmates. One of her goals for the CCIEducational Program is to use computertechn9logy to teach developmental skills suchas problem solving, logical thinking andtechnological understanding. She also ho9esto expand community awareness of theprogram by involving more agencies in thesuccessful re-integration of ex-inmate studentsinto the community.
Mary plans to continue in adult education.She believes that developing and providingrealistic and effective educational andvocational services for adults is one way toensure that her professional endeavors willmake a difference. 7
WAITS REACHES OUT
Attracting adults in need of basiceducation skills was the goal of the WaftsOutreach Program in Los Angeles. Theresult was an innovative recruitmentprogram and integration of Job develop-ment skills Into the curriculum of the WattsAdult Basic Education Center.
Census figures and other statisticsdemonstrated the need within the blackcommunity for the Watts OutreachProgram. According to the 1972 U.S.Bureau of Census, the percentage ofblacks with less than five years ofschooling was 15 per cent while the totalpopulation was 5 per cent, The percent-age of blacks unemployed in urbanpoverty areas was 1-1/2 times the whitepopulation, Moreover, in the,,LosAngeles/Long Beach metrorSalltan areas,the median family income for blacks wasS7,573 as compared to S10,972 for allother families, Individuals living in theWatts area and agencies serving thiscommunity needed to be made moreaware of the existing educationalopportunities available to them.
The Watts program used a variety ofoutreach techniques. Some made use ofthe mcss media; others rellA oninterpersonal communications. Spotradio and television announcements,direct-mail flyers, bulletin boardannouncements in churches, bus benchadvertising and T-shirts were used tocreate awareness. The staff andvolunteers also contcted door-to-doorcanvassing and att ded staff meetingsof social service and employment
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To increase the total enrollment at theWatts Adult Basic Education Center andreduce the number of students droppingout of the program, the staff emphasizedjob skills in all aspects of the curriculum.They provided drect contact withcounselors from various businesses tohelp students see the reiationshipbetween classroom activities and theworld of work. In many cases wherestudents' skills and abilities matched job
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Recognizing students' accomplishmentswas also a key to the success of theoutreach program. Each year cityofficials and other dignitaries andcelebrities continue tO join the staff for a.student recognition breakfast to demon-strate the pride which the communitytakes in th'e students' progress.
The Watts Outreach Program wassuccessful for many reasons. One primaryfactor was caring staff members whothrough their understanding of theirstudents' problems insisted that nothingless than their best would be accepted.
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Sister Linenbrink TutorsDenver's AdultsApproximately 1,500 adults, mostly poor, inDenver have a place to learn, thanks to thework of Cecilia Unenbrink, a MaycrestFranciscan Nun, and 300 volunteers. SisterCecilia started her program, the AdultEducation Tutorial Program, about 19 yearsago. Tutoring is conducted during the dayand evening in classrooms located in sixchurch basements.
The majority of the prOgram's students pay notuition. About one-third of the students studyfor equivalency diplomas. The remainderlearn English or takeradult basic educationand career. development classes.
Many of the program's tutors are retiredprofessionals who provide students withacademic preparationand lots ofencouragement. Sister Cecilia's staff consistsof six workers who do everything fromdesigning curriculum to presiding over thechurch-basement learning center.
Sister Cecilia keeps a watchful eye over theprogram she founded in 1964 while looking tothe future. Her educational experience spansfrom elementary and secondary education tothe college and adult education level. Theseteaching, administration and communityexperiences have put her at home with avariety of people. . .from cote city residents ofdiffering ethnic backgrounds.to college andadult education colleagues, and even morebroadly, to the corporate and foundationworld.
She is a master of fundraising. She raisesabout $225,000 per year In state money andcorporate gifts to pay for books and staffsalaries. She also receives some federal fundsto support the English-as-a-Second-Languag3program.
Acive in professional organizations, she is thepresident of the Mountain Plains Adult
, Education Association and a member ofAAACE and the Minoru Yasul CommunityVolunteer Awards Committee. She is a strongadvocate for adult education programs andhas testified before Congressional committeesto address Adult Basic Education needs.
Sister Cecilia believes the biggest challengefor professionals in adult education is deter-mining what direction programs should takeas we enter the age of high technology andcomputers. She is concerned about theimpact of advanced technological develop-ments on low-income adults, who are oftenthe last to learn relevant skills. 9
WEST VIRGINIA'S READING TEAM
Professional stall and a corps ofvolunteers are working together In WestVirgibia to make instruction in basic skillsmore readily available to adults.
In 1980 Linda Andresen, learning centercoordinator of the Garnet Career andLearning Center in Charleston, WestVirginia, developed a proposal toextend Adult Basic Education (ABE) serv-ices to the non-reader through volunteerefforts. She sought funding of theprogram through 310 grant moniesdesignated for special projects, The plancalled for professional ABE staff membersto initiate and support local affiliates ofLiteracy Volunteers of American, Inc.(LVA), a national volunteer organization.
LVA, .a nonprofit organization head-quartered in Syracuse, New York, trainsvolunteers to teach functionaiiy Illiterateadults how to read and to teach newAmericans how to speak English.Teaching is done on a one-to-one basisand training programs are conductedthrough community-based LVA organ-izations. LVA has more than 8,000volunteer tutors working with over 13,000adult students through 130 programs in25 stales and three provinces ofCanada.
The match was perfect. Both the WestVirginia ABE program and LVA weredesigned to meet the heeds of adults in,basic reading and English as a SecondLanguage (EL) LVA was also selectedbecause its teaching techniques used avariety of methods, rather than depend-ing on one technique.
Once the LVA affiliate has been organ-ized, ABE pi ofessional staff membersgenerally volunteer their time after workhours to provide assistance.
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LVA tutors are requested to attend an18-hour training workshop and oneinservice session during each tutoringyear. They are also asked to make acommitment to work with a student withwhom they are matthed for at least oneyear.
In Kanawha County and other counties inthe state ABE professionals have con-ducted workshops for tutors in basicreading and ESL. Other inservice sessionshave covered such areas as creativetutoring techniques and learningdisabilities in adults.
The ABE professionals serve a meaningfulsupport system for tutors and students. InKanawha County they also coordinate alocal LVA office and serve on the board .
of directors of Literacy Volunteers of WestVirginia and Kanawha County. At theGarnet Career Center the ABE staff hastrained approximately 75 tutors whohave served 85 students in the past twoyears, 4
The LVA program in West Virginia Isexpanding rapidly. Theraare now a totalof 12 provisional to full affiliates whichserve approximately 16 of 55 counties.Local affiliates are co-supported by avariety of community grdups that shareABE's concern for adult literacy. TheAltrusa Club of Charleston, for 3xample,has worked in cooperation with ABE andis one of the major financial supporters ofthe program.
ABE staff in West Virginia believe the keyto the effectiveness of yolunteerism inadult education is the involvement oftrained professionals. The support ofprofessionals, who lend their academicand financial expertise, is essential to astable, on-going volunteer program.
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Eva WarnerMakes Life RicherEva Warner seems to have been born toteach. At age 4 her first students were a dolland several sticks of wood.
She has never stopped teaching.
Today she is supervisor of the Adult BasicEducation (ABE) program for three counties inthe mountainous northeast corner of Vermontknown as the Northeast Kingdom. During theintervening 30 years or so, starting at age 17,she was an elementary school teacher.
Recognizing that all children do not learn atthe same pace, she developed individualizedlearning programs in reading, social studies,math and spelling. While teaching young-sters, she became interested in instructingadults and through a maitiest grant looked forvays to help undereducated adults.'
"I went strictly by instinct In those early days,"gthe laughs, recalling that she felt a bit weak in
the knees as she stood before her first class ofadults and wondered what to ( lo with them.
Her instincts served her well and Adult BasicEducation grew rapidly. She was a pioneer indeveloping basic education programs foradults ( d she has always looked ahead.
Eva started with a center with two classroomsin Newport in 1969. She now has 12 rooms, twoadded recently to house a computer centerand video library. She also coordinates adultclasses at minicenters in several towns.
Early in her new work, Eva wanted to reachthose who were housebound and originatedtheiwme tutor program in Vermont. Throughher "Education in Kitchens" plan, she trainedcommunity aides to work with adults in theirhomes.
"I had to climb over rubble and car enginesand all sorts of things to get to that first house,"she recalls. "The yard was really a shambles,but next to the front step was a lovely stand offlowers. I've never forgotten that."
Today, her program has 14 fulitimetutors. Shecredits the success of the program, whichreaches over 1,400 adults each year, onthese home tutors.
Eva is an articulate advocate for the cause ofadult education. Each.year she travels to thestate legislature to seek funding for her pro-gram and others. With arms full of reports shedocuments the success of her ABE programfor legislature, many of whom she knows on a
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first-nay oe basis. She also serves on theGovernor's Advisory Council on AdultEducation.
The ^'awport center is open five weekdays,three nights and all day Saturday. Eva's theremost of the time.
The ABE program is a careful blend of tra-ditional down-to-earth teaching and newtechnology. Computer-assisted instruction hasbeen part of the center's program since 1983and computers have been incorporated intothe home tworing program.
Many have praised Eva for her work in adulteducation. Lloyd "Pete" Kelley, formerVermont Commissioner of Education, creditsthe success of adult basic education in thenortheast part of the state on Eva's corn-passion for others, drive and determination."She's the most selfless persOn I know," headds.
Sandra Robinson, Vermont's chief of AdultEducation, believes Eva epitomizes the senseof pride and genuine concern for individualcircumstances that is so much part of theterritory she serves. "She is a rare mix ofpolitical savvy, tenacious advocacy and longexperience in the teaching profession.'
Governor Richard Snelling values Eva'sobservations and respects the work she hasdone with Vermonters. "She has given me thekind of hard- headed, yet human advicewhich a governor needs in order to function."
Of her work and purpose, Eva says, "My oneaim and pleasure is to meet someone whoneeds my help. I want to be able to make hisor her life a little richer and more pleasant."
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SAN DIEGO PROGRAM REDESIGNED TO MEET
The continuing education program at theSan Diego Community College Districthas changed dramatically over the pastfour years as staff members have foundbetter ways to meet the educationalneeds of their students.
Prior to 1980, .:;udents were placed inclasses based solely on their proficiencyin English or basic skills. Instruction, for themost part, was general with an emphasison the basics. But the influx of refugeestudents from Vietnam, Laos and Cam-bodia called for a reassessment of theprogram.
Many of these students were not literate intheir native language or English andmany needed employment to supportthemselves and their families in as short otime as possible, Most were belowpoverty level and did not have occupa-tional skills which were transferable to thelocal labor market.
The staff concluded that students' goalswould be better realized if instructionwere more carefully focused. Theyredesigned the program to satisfy threeprimary needs of their students. Theprogram was strengthened to helpstudents function effectively in urbanAmerica and suc "eed in vocational skillstraining or employment. A third objectivewa: to assist students in continuing theireducation in a high school diplomaprogram or entering a comrritinitycollege or university,
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As a result of the restructuring, studentsare now placed in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes not only on thebasis of their level of English proficiency,but also based on an evaluation of theireducational backgrounds, needs andgoals. Within this new program design,specific classes are offered which focuson life-skill competencies in the context ofbasic literacy, general survival and pre-vocational, vocational or academic ESL.
Staff members individualize programs forstudents in the Adult Basic Education(ABE) program based on an evaluation oftheir competency in basic and life skillsal id their personal goals and objectives.The ABE and ESL programs feed directlyinto the competency-based high schooldiploma or GED program.
ABE and ESL classes now comprise 50 to55 per cent of the San Diego program.Students may enter at any time of theyear and progress at their own rate. Formany, the typical class schedule variesfrom three to six hours per day, fivte daysa week. Students may also enroll in anindependent learning center whichprovides greater flexibility in scheduling.
A determination of how well thesestudents have done in achieving compe-tency in these programs has been madepossiblethrough the development andimplementation of the California AdultStudent Assessment System (CASAS), aproject funded under Section 310 of the
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Adult Education Act and headquarteredin the San Diego Community College,Districi,
Enrollment of refugee students in theprogram has more than doubled in thepast four years with total enrollment up by50 per cent to 6,281. The number ofclasses has also doubled to a total of235.
Students, instructors and ABE/ESL advisorycommittee members feel the newcompetency-based program has beeneffective in meeting the immediateneeds of students and helping them gainvocational skills and employmentopportunities. They believe students arebecoming self-suffcient through arelevant, continuous instructionalprogram,
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This double-wide trailer is a good exampleof how the business community andeducators can cooperate to promote adulteducation. The Treasure Isle ShrimpCompany in Dover, Florida, purchased thetrailer and found a location for It oncompany property. Treasure Isle alsopurchased an EDL Reading Lab. The countyschool system furnishes instructors for theschool, open to adults most of the day andevenings from 5:30 to 8:30. Materials andbooks are purchased through 306 Funds.Approximately 450 students have receivedtheir GED through the program.
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An Arizona Exemplary 310 Project is,RAISE-ing students' sense of personalworth and self-confidence whiledeveloping their ability to attain self-sufficiency.
Established in 1980 to meet the basiceducational needs of the disabledstudent, RAISE stands for RehabilitativeAdult Independent Skills Education. It istruly a unique project of the Pima CountyAdult Education Program that is filling agap in the Tucson community's adultbasic education services.
The program is aimed at mentally and/orphysically disabled adults, includingdeaf, hard of hearing, blind, visuallyimpaired, multiple handicapped andemotionally handicapped.
RAISE is an instructional model based onstudents reaching competency in the lifeskill areas of financial management,communications and language pro-ficiencies, personal iealth proficiencies,social (work) proficiencies and pre-vocational proficiencies. Eachknowledge area contains six relatedcomponents with numerous teachingpackets: The packets cover Specificacademic, daily living and work-relatedskills at varying levels.
The results of tests given to students aftercompleting the RAISE materials haveindicated that 92 per cent of the studentsmade measurable progress directlyaffecting individual performance in dailylife skills.
The initial concept of RAISE was devel-oped and established under an AdultEducation Act/Title III, Section 310
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Demonstration Project. The project stafffound a lack of adult-oriented teachingmaterials for educating the adultdisabled. As a result, they developed thefollowing:
RAISE I Manual for educatingTrainable Mentally Retarded (TMR)adults. The 143-page manual explainshow to develop learning componentsand teaching packets as well as abibliography of resources, course outline,pre- and post-tests, objectives, and thesuggested sequence for presentingmaterials.
Five sets of slides to supplement theRAISE I curriculum for TMR adults.
RAISE II Manual for use with adultswho are Educable Mentally Retarded(EMR), physically disabled or havemultiple disabilities. The 284-pagemanual and 91-page addendumprovide similar types of materialsincluded in the RAISE I manual for thesespecific adult learners.
Five sets of educational slidesprepared for use with mentally and/orphysically disabled adult learners tosupplement RAISE II.
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Five audIO-visual presentations forteaching mentally and/or physicallydisabled adults about such subjects ascommunication and language skills,living skills and nutrition.
The Project RAISE staff has shared theresults of Its project with other pro-fessionals 'nationwide. Approximately 500RAISE I and II how-to manuals have beendistributed. In addition, staff membershave conducted statewide workshopsdemonstrating successful elements usedin the project. The project has also
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resulted in linking staff members withothers assisting disabled adults in theTucson community.
Their outstanding efforts have not beenoverlooked, The RAISE staff has receivedmany plaudits for its work in educatingdisabled adults. Project RAISE was one of11 programs in Arizona in 1982 to bevalidated by the State Department ofEducation. In 1981 and 1982 theGoodwill Industries of Tucson presentedProject RAISE staff with its CooperativeAgency of the Year Award.
Commenting about the project, GoodwillPresident Michael Buus cited the benefitsof the program for their clients. "For manyyears Goodwill Industries sufferedbecause of the lack of ackilt basiceducation courses," he explained."Many of our clients, although makingprogress in vocational skills and workadjustment training, lacked the neces-sary basic educational skills to fully par-ticipate in the community or hold downcompetitive jobs. Project RAISE has filledthe grip, not only for our clients but forother individuals in the community whoare in need of these services."
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NASHUA CENTER STRIVESFOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Tile Nashua (New Hampshire) AdultLearning Center provides a caringatmosphere, weal- structured curriculumana services designed to help low-income and undereducated adultssucceed in their education. Last year theCenter served approximately 1,5C0individuals and many of these reachedtheir goal of literacv, high schoolequivalency completion or employedwcrker.
The professional staff of this privatenc profit organization understands theneeds of its students. To make it easier forstudents to continue their education, thestaff has designed a curriculum ofcourses and programs that is interrelatedand sequential. One of the mostmeaningful services provided throughthe Center is day care.
Aware that many prospective studentsstay away from classes because there isno one to care for their children or theycannot afford child care, the Centerprovides day care for children 4rcm 6weeks to 6 years old year-round. The staffseeks to meet the emotional, social andeducational needs of these children.Particular attintion is given to developingbasic readiness skills their parents mayhave missed. Transportation is also pro-vided for students who live in the inner cityand their children.
The Center has developed a series ofquality educational and vocationalprograms geared to adults most in need.These include adult basic educationclasses, English as a Second Language,adult tutorial, high school equivalency,
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vocational eduntIonal counseling,training a community educationcouises. The staff knows how vitallyimportant several of these supportprograms are in helping ABE studentsease their way during their educationaldevelopment.
The work of the coordinator of volunteertutors, for example, is vital in many casesto a student's success. Trained volunteersfrom the community work with unaar-educated adults so they may benefitfrom individualized instruction or receiveeducational assistance if they arehousebound.
One of the best known and popularpersons at the Center is the Parentingcoordinator. She counsels with parents onsuch topics as discipline, developmentalstages of children, parenting duringseparation or divorce, step-parentingand the problems of teen-ageparenthood.
The vocational counselor is avc.,ilable forindividual and group vocational counsel-ing. She conducts workshops that dealwith job-seeking skills, life planningassertiveness and resume writing. She
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also provides a homemaker re-entryprogram for unemployed women whoare newly separated, widowed ordivorced, The Center also makes avail-able to students a computerized systemto explore careers.
Vocational programs at the Center are
directed toward short-term training togivo the student entry-level job skills. Anoffice laboratory provides instruction inbookkeeping, typing, shorthand,keypunch, business math, businessEr iglish, and word processing. A home-maker health aide training course Is alsocoordinated through the Center.
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The Fort Hayes Adult Education Center isreaching out to refugees in Arkansas. Thecenter has the larrest program in thestate for refugee , serving 2,500 Vietnam-ese, 1,00(11.0- ...Ins, 300 Hmongs at Id 250Cubans.
The Center is one of 28 programsadministered through the Fort SmithPublic Schools in conjunction with theAdult Education Seciion of the ArkansasDepartment of Education.
Director Betty Morris and her staff of 10professionals provide programs in AdultBasic Education (ABE) and General AdultEducation for more than 1,500 adultseach school year. Classes are alsooffered in English as a Second Language(ESL), and the staff helps preparerefugees for citizenship and how to adjustto their new culture.
The center al Jo provides support servicesto job pla:;ement, career orientation,child nore, vocational training andtran:Aarion and interpreting. The staff.r .,Liblishes a monthly newsletter which isprinted in five different languages.
The center has more than 20 satelliteprograms in ABE, ESL and GED. Theseprograms are housed in apartmentcomplexes, facilities in two neighboring
towns, alcohol rehabilitation centers,nursing riomes and churches.
The business program at the centerprovides training in bupiness skills forapproximately 250 adults each yearenabling them to obtain employment.Many of the students taking advantageof this training are women who areentering the Job market for the first time,because of divorce or death of a spouse.
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WICHITA EDUCATORS WORK TOGETHER
Interagency cooperation and variedspecialized programs are the hallmarksof the Dunbar Adult Center, which lastyear served approximately 2,000economically disadvantaged adults inWichita, Kansas.
The Dunbar Center, part of the continuingeducation program of the WichitaUnified Schools, works closely with localagencies, organizations and the areavocational school to meet the needs of itsstudents.
Wichita's Adult Performance Level (APL)program was one of the first programs ofits kind in the country. When studentshave completed the program'scompetency-based curriculum, they'veearned a diploma from Wichita HighSchool.
Life skills are an essential component ofthe center's Aault Basic Education (ABE)curriculum, ABE classes cies offered in themornings and ev6r,ings Monday throughThursday.
In a cooperative effort with the FirstPresbyterian Church of Wichita CatholicCharities Perpetual Help Center, theDunbar Center offers limited-Englishspeaking adults individual tutoring.Classes for students for whom English is asecond language are provided througha volunteer program, which often in-cludes grandparents.
The center's GED program offers not onlyGED preparation, but also a Wichita HighSchool diploma upon completion ofAmerican government and history. Tutor-counselors also assist students who arestudying at home for the GED.
Two ABE classes at the Dunbar Center areoperated through Project TARGET,funded by 310 grant monies. The project
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was designed to help ABE studentsachieve their goals more rapidly bytargeting toward deficiencies related tothese94s.Dunbar and Timbers, a facility designedto provide the skills necessary to main-stream handicapped adults, havedeveloped a specialized life-skills curric-ulum for the handicapped. Through thisspecial arrangement, these adults areprovided access to regular ABE and GEDclasses at the Dunbar Center.
The Dunbar staff also works with teachersat an area vocational school and thecontinuing education program toprovide training in remedial skills at twobasic skill centers. Students unable toqualify for vocational programs becauseof basic -skill deficiencies are referred tothe pre-vocational basic skills program atthe Dunbar Center. Here the studentsreceive one-on-one training to gain theskills necessary for entrance into thevocational program.
Dunbar also teaches classes in basicreading for nonreaders and adultsreading below the third-grade level.Instructors use phonics, sight words andcontext techniques to develop theirstudents' reading ability.
The success of the Dunbar Adult Center isdue to the diversity of its programming,an exceptional teaching staff, andcommitment of Wichita's educationalleaders to work together to help thoseless educationally advantaged achievefunctional literacy. The program under-scores the importance of strong ties be-tween adult education and vocationaleducation and a public school systeMthat has encouraged program changesto help adults achieve success in basiceducation.
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Glenna Williams MakesDramatic Changes InStudents' Lives
Home Instructor Glenna Williams Is trulyaffecting, not only educational growth, butalso dramatic changes in the daily lives andfuture goals of those she serves. She has aninnate ability to assist the students she serves.
For the past 11 years, Glenna has served as ahome Instructor in the Scioto Valley LocalSchool's Adult Basic Education Program. Eachworking day, Glenna rises early, loads her carwith instructional materials, and sets out on thehilly roads of rural Pike County, Ohio, to serveher home-based ABE students.
Glenn's daily routine Involves visiting thehomes of from six to eight adult students, whocannot attend the ABE Learning Center. Shetutors approximately 35 students each week.
In some homes, more than one adult In thefamily is involved in the program. In someareas, she may arrange for two or threepersons to meet and work together.
As part of a multi-year ABE DemonstrationProject funded under the Appalachian AdultEducation Center at Morehead (Kentucky)State University, Scioto Valley Schoolsdeveloped a program to demonstrate theeffective use of highly trained paraprofes-sionals to deliver Adult Basic Education serv-ices to under, and often uneducated, ruralisolated adults.
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Glenna was Initially employed because of herbackground experiences, her knowledge ofthe community, and her demonstrated abilityto meet and work with the clients she was toserve. She has developed a thorough under-standing of the procedures, techniques, andeffective selection and use of instructionalmaterials used in the program.
Gienna has also been involved in therecruiting effort. From the first year to thepresent, there has been a waiting-list for homeinstruction services.
Realizing that other human and family needsoffen take precedence over educationalneeds, Glenna has been highly effective ngiving and finding assistance for thosestudents truly In need. She gives much of herown time and energy collecting food andclothing and/or contacting agencies andcommunity groups to assist in alleviatingpersonal and family problems. She isextremely tactful in her approaches foproblem solving so as not to injure the pride ofher students.
Dealing with adversity is a daily occurrence inGlenna's work: She carries a bag filled withstick candy, coloring bookS, and other itemsneeded to occupy the children in manyhomes while she checks her students' pastweek's work or gives tutorial assistance indifficult learning sequences.
For Glenna, learning becomes a family affairParents and children work together in thestudy and learning process. Glenna believesthat a number of adults enroll in order to bebetter able to help their children with theirpublic school studies.
To say that Glenna's home instructionprogram is a success would be an under-statement. One needs only to look at thehundreds of hours of independent studylogged by her students each year, theiramazing academic gains and the numbersof students who successfully pass the GED Testsand receive their high school equivalency.
Each year (-,enna has helped students togain employment and leave the publicassistance roles. Many others have betteroutlooks on life and are setting redistic long-range goals for themselves and their children.
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THE COUNCIL AT WORK
COUNCILMEETING SITES
AND DATES
November 11-12,1982San Antonio, Texas
January 10-11,1983Sun City, Florida
January 26-28,1983Phoenix, Arizona
March 25,1983Wash on, D.C.
May 2-4,1983Washington, D.C.
August 16-1711983San Dies;..,California
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Full CouncilMeeting
GovernmentalRelations & Logisia-CommiffeeMeeting
Full CouncilMeeting
Literacy AwarenessCommitteeMeeting
Full CouncilMeeting
Full CouncilMeeting
COUNCILCOMMITTEES
Executive CommitteeNancy.H. Hill, Chairperson
Lily R. BalianPatric DorseyPatricia SmithRawlein G. SoberanoKathleen Wilcoxson
Lily R. Ba lianDaniel E. Brennan, Sr.Joyce L. GorringeMary S. JacksonRuth R. Thone
Council Chairperson is Ex Officio on all Stand-ing Committees.
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COUNCILACTIVITIES
Since the Council was sworn in by SecretaryT. H. Bell in April 1982, the Council membershave made 58 visitations, held four Councilmeetings and 15 committee meetings, tooktestimony from numerous Individuals, andstudied extensive amounts of information andsupportive data.
The Program Effectiveness and EvaluationCommittee conducted a survey of prac-titioners of adult education regarding theiropinions on Senate Bill 2325, the,proposedConsolidation Act. The results of that surveywere shared with the participants and manyof the comments are contained in this report.
The Governmental Relations and LegislationCommittee wrote the Council's evaluationand response to the Consolidation Act, asummary of which is also Included In thisreport.
The Program Liaison Committee membersasked foundations and corporations forinformation on their literacy efforts. They alsorequested them to participate in thedevelopment of programs and legislationthat will enable all adults who so desire toacquire the basic skills necessary to functionin our society. The Chair of the Program LiaisonCommittee serves on the Roundtable on AdultIlliteracy and the National industry Committeeof the American Association of Adult andContinuing Education,
The Council also created an Adult LiteracyCommittee to study the cat ses and solutionsof adult illiteracy. This committee is preparingan extensive report for publication in the nearfuture.
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PROGRAMVISITATIONS ANDASSOCIATIONMEETINGS
October 1982
October 4Nebraska Adult Educaton AdvisoryCouncilLincoln, Nebraska
October 4-5Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles, California
October 5Hacienda La Puente Unified School DistrictClaremJnt, California
October 11-12Coalition on LiteracyDetroit, Michigan
October 14-15Literacy Volunteers of AmericaConferenceHan isburg, Pennsylvania
October 21-22Local ProgramsConcord, Manchester, Nashua, NewHampshire
October 21-22Community College Center for AdultLearningPendleton, Oregon
October 27-29Adult Education WorkshopOakland, California
October 28Local ProgranisSt, Johnsbury, Vermont
October 29Arizona Adult Education AssociationConferenceTucson, Arizona
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November 1982
November 19Local ProgramsDubuque, Iowa
November 29-December 1Adult Education ConferenceAir lie, Virginia
December 1982
December 7Local ProgramsWaverly, Ohio
December 8Local ProgramsCincinnati, Ohio
December 9Local ProgramsLouisville, Kentucky
January 1983
January 6Local ProgramsLuke AFBLitchfield Park, Arizona
January 6-7Coalition on LiteracyChicago, Illinois
January 26Scottsdale Adult Learning Center &Marlcopa County Skill CenterScottsdale, Arizona
February 1983
February 1Coalition on LiteracyNew York, New York
February 8Mid Hudson Council on ContinuingEducation -vTarrytown, New York
February 10ABE/GED Program VisitationColumbus, Ohio
Special ProjectsRockford, Illinois
February 18New Jersey Advisory Council on AdultEducationTrenton, New Jersey
February 25National Center for Research inVocational EducationColumbus, Ohio
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March 1983
March 7-10California Adult Basic EducationConferenceSan Francisco, California
March 8Reg VII ESL Refugee ConferenceCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
March 8Governor's Advisory Council on AdultEducationMontpelier, Vermont
March 18Maryland Association on Adult/Continuing/Community EducationColumbia. Maryland
March 23-25Local ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts
April 1983
April 4-5Coalition on LiteracyNew York, New York
April 7-8National Conference on Job Training andEmploymentColumbus, Ohio
April 15State Department OfficialsMontpelier, Vermont
April 18Federal Role in Education ConferenceWashington, D.C.
April 21State Community Education AdvisoryCommitteeColumbus, Ohio
April 21-22Missouri Valley Adult EducatonConferenceDes Moines, Iowa
May 198:
May 9-12Commission on ABE ConferenceAnchorage, Alaska
May 10Governor's Advisory Council on AdultEducationWaterbury, Vermont
May 13-1401110 Association of Adult-EducatorsColumbus, Ohio
May 20 & 24Local ProgramsPhoenix, Arizona
May 24Vocational Education HearingsBoston, Massachusetts
May 26Barre Learning CenterBarre, Vermont
June 1983June 1Barre Learning CenterBarre, Vermont
June 1Effective Schools ProgramColumbus, Ohio
June 17-18Texas Adult Education AssociationConferenceFt. Worth, Texas
June 21Regional Forum on LiteracyRaleigh, North Carolina
July 1983
July 7Coalition for LiteracyNew York, New York
July 25World Literacy of CanadaToronto, Canada
August 1983
August 9-11Southern Regional Conference on AdultEducationBirmingham, Alabama
August 15San Diego Community College Dist. &Naval Training CenterSan Diego, California
September 1983
September 6-7Adult Literacy Initiative ConferenceWashington, D.C.
September 14National Advisory Council on Women'sEducational ProgramsWashington, D.C.
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THE ADULT EDUCATION ACT,AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Federal funds for literacy programs were madeavailable in 1918 with the passage of theImmigration and Nationality Act, which assistspublic schools in providing English language,history, government and citizenship programs forcandidates for naturalization. The federal role inthis activity is limited to providing candidates withinformation about the availability of programsand providing schools with textbooks and othercurriculum materials.
The hiStoric roots of basic educational skillsprograms for adults are more difficult to tracethan those of employee development andmanpower programs. This Is due in part to thelack of general agreement about the meaning ofthe term "basic skills," and in part to the inclusionof basic education components in programsinitiated for other purposes. The manpower andvocational education legislation described in thepreceding section are examples of theiattersituation.
The Smith-Lever Act (1914), which established theCooperative Extension Service, is the first piece ofmajor legislation requiring the matching offederal funds with state, local and/or Institutionalmonies. Grants to states are provided for thepurpose of helping people not enrolled In schoolto understand and utilize effective practices infarming, marketing, family living and communitydevelopment. Programs are also available toassist adults in Identifying and solving family andcommunity problems. These services can appro-priatily be included in a listing of federallyfunded basic skills programs.
During the 1960's, Extension Service programs,which had previously focused attention onproviding educational services to sole agri-cultural and rural problems, began to offerassistance to the urban poor and for the develop-ment of community resources in urban areas.
The Library Service Act (1956) brought publiclibrary programs to rural adults. The 1964 LibraryServices and Construction Act (amended in 1970)Is of particular Importance In the history of publicadult education because the fund3 madeavailable under these enactments stimulated thedelivery of library services to economically andsocially disadvantaged, handicapped, home-bound and institutionalized adults.
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Althbugh these programs, and those described Inthe earlier sections of this study, have servedmillions of Americans, millions more wereexcluded from participation. Some adults lackedthe basic educational skills necessary forparticipation; others were excluded because oftheir age, their geographical location, their labormarket status or because of a physical or mentalhandicap. Even the G.I. Bill (the VeteransReadjustment Benefits Act), which opened neweducational opportunities to many who werepoor, was available only to those who were ableto qualify for and enter military service,
In 1962, the Committee on Education and Labor,U.S. House of Representatives, conductedhearings on the need for categorical federalsupport for adult basic education. Two bills werethen being considered that would have encour-aged the development of state programs of adultbasic education. In 1963, an Adult BasicEducation Act was again proposed anddefeated.
By 1964, although the general employmentpicture was improving, disproportionately highconcentrations of unemployment remained forBlacks, for non-English-speaking adults and for theundereducated. Neither manpower develop-ment and vocational education programs norfiscal and monetary policies were effective Inaltering thiS situ hen. The Civil Rights Act (1964)and subseque Ix,cutive Orders that prohibiteddiscrimination i. N Iployment practices based onrace, sex, age, rei:gion or national origin still leftlarge numbers of adults with limited educationalattainment at a competitive disadvantage in thelabor market, and with the inability to takeadvantage of other social services generallyavailable to the better educated segment ofsociety.
With the passage of the E ,conomlc OpportunityAct (1964), the Adult Basic Education Programwas established. This program sought to remedythe inequities of educational disadvantage byoffering persons 18 years of age (16 years ofage P.L. 91-230: 1970) and older the oppor-tunity to develop reading, writing, language andarithmatic skills io enable them to obtain or retainempicvment and otherwise participate more fullyas produc+ive and responsible citizens.
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The Office of Economic Opportunity providedfunds to the U.S. Office of Education to administerthe program until the Adult Education Act (1966)placed the program entirely within the U.S. Officeof Education.
At present, under provisions of P.L. 95-561, adultbasic and secondary level educational pro-grams are established in each of the fifty states,the District of Columbia, American Samoa,Guam, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the PacificIslands, the Virgin Islands, and the NorthernMariana islands. Funds are available to state andlocal education agencies to meet the costs ofinstruction, to employ and train qualified adulteducators, and to develop specialized curric-ulum and techniques appropriate for adultlearners.
The 1978 amendments mandate the states, inunusually specific language, to conduct vigorousprograms of outreach for those most in need ofinstruction In basic skills, to provide suchassistance to these potential students as flexibleschedules, transportation and child care help,and to consult with a broad range of public and
private Interests and organizations In preparationof state plans and In their implementation.
The statute Itself lists representatives of businessand Industry, labor unions, public and privateeducational agencies and Institutions, churches,fraternal and voluntary organizations, communityorganizations, state and local manpower andtraining agencies, and representatives of specialadult populations, including residents of ruralareas, residents of urban areas with high rates ofunemployment, adults with limited Englishlanguage skills, and institutionalized adults asrequired to be Involved In developing the planand carrying It out "especially with regard to theexpansion of the delivery of adult educationservices through those agencies, institutions, andorganizations."
Enrollments in programs funded under the AdultEducation Act have Increased from 37,991 infiscal year 1965 to almost two million/peopleserved by fiscal year 1980.
The section that follows summarizes the provisionsof this legislation from. 1964 to 1981.
SUMMARY OF MAJOR REVISIONS IN THEADULT EDUCATION ACT 1966-1981The major revisions In the Adult Education Act from1966 to 1981 are reported in this section under theheadings used in the legislation. The year andpublic law number have been included for eachof the noted changes.
Statement of Purpose
P.L. 89-750 (1966): to encourage and expandbasic educational programs for adults to enablethem to overcome English language limitations, toimprove their basic education in preparation foroccupational training and more profitableemployment, and to become more productiveand responsible citizens.
P.L. 91-230 (1970): to expand educationalopportunity and encourage the establishment ofprograms of adult public education that willenable all adults to continue their education to atleast the level of completion of secondary schooland make available the means to secure trainingthat will enable them to become more employ-able, productive and responsible citizens.
P.L. 95- 561(1978): to expand educationalopportunities for adults and to encourage theestablishment of programs of adult educationthat will:
-enable all adults to acquire basic skillsnecessary to function In society,
- enable adults who so desire to continue theireducation to at least the level of completion ofsecondary school, and
- make available to adults the means to securetraining that will enable them to become moreemployable, productive, and responsiblecitizens.
Definitions
P.L. 89-750 (1 )66): Adult: any individual who hasattained the lge of eighteen.
P.L. 91-23011970): Adult: any individual who hasattained ths, age of sixteenadded definitions of academic education andinstitution of higher ecit9cation
PA. 93-380 (1974): added definition of com-munity school program
P.L. 95- 561(1978): Adult: (to be served by adulteducation) adds who "lack sufficient mastery ofbasic educational skills to enable them to functioneffectively in society."
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Grants to States
P.L. 89-750 (1966); established a distributionformula based on the proportion of adults in thestate who had completed five grades of school orless.
P.L. 90-247 (1968): provided a base allotment ofS 100,000 for each state; federal share of the costof programs in the Trust Territory of the PacificIslands was set at 100 per cent
P.L. 91-233 (1970): provided a base allotment of$150,000 for each state; established a distributionformula based on the proportion of adults notenrolled in school and who do not have acertificate of graduation from secondary school;authorized an additional appropriation, not toexceed five per cent of the sums appropriated forprograms to pay the cost of administration anddevelopment of the state plan
P.L. 93-380 (1974): reduced the allotment forGuam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of thePacific islands, and the Virgin Islands from two percent to no more than one per cent of appro-priated funds. The Commonwealth of Puerto Ricowas defined as a state for the purposes of thissection
Eligible Grant Recipiants
P.L. 90-247 (1968); private nonprofit agencieswere included as eligible grant recipients
Special Experimental Demonstration Projectsand Teacher Training
P.L. 89-750 (1966): not less than 10 per cent normore than 20 per cent of funds appropriated bereserved to the Commisisoner to make specialproject grants or to provide teacher traininggrants
P.L. 93-380 (1974/: 15 per cent of the state grantwas to be used for special projects and forteacher training
P.L. 95- 561(1978): not less than 10 per cent of thestate grant must be used for demonstrationandteacher training. Special demonstration projectsare spek:ified as those which:-involve the use of innovative methods, including
methods for educating persons of limyedEnglish-speaking ability, systems, materials, orprograms which may have national signifi-cance or be of special value in promotingeffective programs under this title, or
-involve programs of adult education includingeducation for persons of limited English-
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speaking ability, which are part of communityschool programs, carried out in cooperationwith other Federal, federally assisted, State, orlocal programs which have unusual promise inpromoting a comprehensive or coordinatedapproach to the problems of persons witheducational deficiencies.
State Plan Requirements
P.L. 94-230 (1970): provided that specialemphasis be given to adult basic education.programs
P.L. 93-380 (1974): four requirements wereadded:- programs for institutionalized adults- provisions for cooperation with manpower
development and training programs,occupational education programs andreading Improvement programs
-not more than 20 per cent of state grant fundscan be used for adult secondary programs
- special assistance for persons of limited English-speaking ability by providing bilingualprograms
P.L. 95-561 (1978): the law went Into far greaterdetail in setting state plan requirements thanearlier laws. These included:- describe the means by which the delivery of
adult education services will be significantlyexpanded through the use of agencies,institutions, and organizations other than thepublic schc..v)I systems, such as business, laborunions, libraries, institutions of higher education,public health authorities, antipoverty programs,and community organizations;
-describe the means by which represantatives ofbusiness and industry, labor unions, public andprivate educational agencies and institutions,churches, fraternal and voluntary organ-izations, community organizations, State andlocal manpower and training agencies, andrepresentatives of special adult populations,including residents of rural areas, residents ofurban areas with high rates of unemployment,adults with limited English language Wits, andinstitutionaliztA adults, and other entitles in theState concerned with adult education havebeen Involved in the development of the planand will continue to be Involved in carrying outthe plan, especially with regard to theexpansion of the delivery of adult educationservices through those agencies, institutions,and organizations;
-describe the efforts to be undertaken by the
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State to assist adult participation in adulteducation programs through flexible courseschedules, convenient locations, adequatetransportation, and meeting child care needs;
provide that special emphasis be given to adultbasic education programs except where suchneeds are shown to have been met in the State;
provide that special assistance be given to theneeds of persons with limited English proficiency(as defined in section 703(a) of title VII of theElementary and Secondary Education Act of1965) by providing a bilingual adult educatonprogram of instructon in English and, to theextent necessary to allow such persons toprogress effectively through the adult educa-tion program, in the native language of suchpersons, carried out in coordination withprograms of bilingual education assisted undertitle VII and bilingual vocational educationprograms under the Vocational Education Actof 1963;
demonstrate that the special educationalneeds of adult immigrants in the State havebeen examined, and provide for the imple-mentation of adult education and adult basiceducation programs far immigrants to meetexisting needs.
Natkmal Advisory Council on Adult Education
P.L. 89-750 (1966): established an eight-memberAdvisory Committee on Adult Basic Education
P.L. 91-230 (1970): established a 15-memberNational Advisory Council on Adult Education
Improvement of Educational Opportunities for.Special Populations
P.L. 92-318 (1972): added a section authorizingprograms for adult Indians
P.L. 93-380 (1974): authorized special projects forthe elderly
P.L. 95- 561(1978): authorized special projects forIndochinese refugees and adult Immigrants
P.L. 97-38 (1981): repealed adult educationprogram for Indochina refugees
State Advisory Councils
PA . 93-380 (1974): established state advisorycouncils
Research, Development, Dissemination,Evaluation and Information Clearinghouse
P.L. 95-561 (1978): subject to appropriations, theSecretary of Education is authorized to conductdirectly or through grants a wide variety ofprograms, including:develop new and promising approaches and
innovative methods which are designed toaddress those problems and which may havenational significance;
determine, using appropriate objectiveevaluation criteria, which projects haveachieved their stated goals and are capableof achieving comparable levels of effectivenessat additional locations;
disseminate throughout the nation informationabout those approaches or methods pertainingto adult basic echJcaton which are mosteffective, by establishing and operating aclearinghouse on adult education, andevaluate the effectiveness of the programsconducted under this Act.
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EMICATIONALABAMADr. Bob W. WaldenCoordinator, Adult Basic Education111 Coliseum BoulevardMontgomery, AL 36193(205) 832-6860
ALASKADr. Clark JonesABE/GED SupervisorAlaska Department of Education
-Pouch, Alaska-Office-Building--Juneau, AK 99801(907) 465-4685
ARIZONAMr. Sterling JohnsonDirector, Adult EducationArizona State Department of Education1-535 West Jefferson StreetPhoenix, AZ 85007(602) 255-5281
ARKANSASDr. Luther H. BlackDirector, Adult Educcttion SectionArkansas Department of EducationRoom 505-D, Statflittlucation Bldg., WestLittle (kick, AR 72201(501) 371-2263
CALIFORNIADr. Donald A. McCuneDirector. Adult Education
Field Services-SectionState Department of Education721 Capitol MallSacramento, CA 95814(9161 322-2175
COLORADOMs. Elizabeth WaggenerSenior ConsultantAdult Basic EducationDivision of Adult EducationColorado State Department of Education300 West ChenangoEnglewood, CO 80110(303) 781-2615
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CONNECTICUTMr. John E. Ryan, ChiefBureau of Community and Adult EducationState Department cf EducationP.O, Box 2219Hartford, CT 06145(203) 566-4304
DELAWAREMs. Hazel J. ShowellState Supervisor, Adult/Community EducationP.O. Box 1402J.G. Townsend BuildingDover, DE 19901(302) 736-4668
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIADr. Tony Minus, Acting DirectorDepartment of Adult & Continuing EducationD.C. Public SChools601 15th Street, N.E., Room 101
..-Washington-r-DC. 20002(202) 724-4210 _
FLORIDAMr. John E. Lawrence, AdministratorAdult & Community EducationState Department of EducationKnott BuildingTallahassee, FL 32301(904) 488-8201
GEORGIADr. Helen Matthews EariesState CoordinatorAdult & Community EducationGeorgia Department of EducationTwin Tower East, Suite 1852Atlanta, GA 30334(404) 656-2608
HAWAIIMr. Noboru HigaAdministrator, Adult EducationDepartment of EducationHaione Elementary School395 Pepeekeo StreetHonolulu, HI 96825(808) 395-9451
IDAHODr. Harold R. GoffCoordinator, Adult EducationIdaho State Department of EducationLen B. Jordon Office Building650 W. State StreetBoise, ID 83720(208) 334-2187
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ILLINOISMr. William E. ReynoldsDirector, Adult Continuing Education SectionIllinois State Board of Education100 N. First StreetSpringfield, IL 62777(217) 782-6978
INDIANAMrs. Mary G. WilliamsDirector, Division of Adult & Community
EducationRoom 229, StatehouseIndianapolis, IN 46204(317) 927-0344
IOWAMr. Donald L. WederquistChief, Adult EducationState Department of Public InstructionGrimes State Office BuildingDes Moines, IA 50319(515) 281 3671
KANSASMr. Wes E. PelsueDirector, Adult EducationKansas State Department of Education120 East 10th StreetTopeka, KS 66612(913) 296-3192
KENTUCKYMrs. Sharon DarlingDirector, Adult Education DivisionOffice of Federal ProgramsState Department of EducationFrankfort, KY 40601(502) 564-3921
LOUISIANAMr. Glenn GossettDirector, Adult EducationLouisiana Department of EducationP.O. Box 44064, Capitol StationBaton Rouge, LA 70804(504) 342-3510
MAINEMr. David S. McCulloughDirector, Division of Adult EducationDivision of Adult & Community EducationState Hot 'se Station - No. 23Augusta, ME 04333(207) 289-3367
MARYLANDMs Judith KolosklChlictittS Community Education BranchMaryland State Department of Education200 West. Baltimore StreetBaltimore, MD 21201(301) 659-2361
MASSACHUSETTSMs. Kathleen Atkinson, DirectorStudent, Community & Adult ServicesMassachusetf4Department of EducationQuincy Center Plaza'1385 Hancock StreetQuincy, MA :59(617) 770-7587
MICHIGANDr. Ronald A. GillumActing Deputy DirectorAdult Extended Learning ServicesMichigan Department of EducationP.O. Box 30008Lansing, MI 48909(517) 373-8425
MINNESOTAMr. Robert 0. Gramstad, SupervisorCommunity &Adult EducationDepartment of EducationRoom 639, Capitol Square Building550 Cedar StreetSt. Paul, MN 55101(612) 296-2587
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MISSISSIPPIMr. William C. Box, SupervisorAdult & Continuing EducationState Department of EducationP.O. Box 771Jackson, MS 39205(601) 359-3495
MISSOURIMr. Elvin LongDirector, Adult EducationState Department of Elementary & Secondary
Education213 Adams Street, P.O1ox 480Jefferson City, MO 65102(314) 751-3504
MONTANAMr. William CunneenManager, Adult EducationOffice of the State SuperintendentState Capitol BuildingHelena, MT 59620(406) 449-3861
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NEBRASKADr. Leonard R. HillDirector, Adult & Community EducationNebraska Department of Education301 Centennial Mall SouthP.O. Box 94987Lincoln, NB 68509(462)471 -2016
NEVADAMr. Jerry O. NielsenState Supervise.Ac10 Basic EducationState Department of Education400 W. King StreetCarson City, NV 89710(702) 885-3133
NEW HAMPSHIREMr. Arthur EllisonDirector, Adult Basic EducationState Department of Education1U1 Pleasant StreetConcord, NH 03301,(603) 271-2247
NEW JERSEYMr: Barry Semple, DirectorBureau of Adult, Cont., & Community
EducationState Department of Education3535 Quakerbridge Road - CN 503Trenton, NJ 08619(609) 292-6470
NEW MEXICOMr. Philip.). FelixState Supervisor of Vocational Technical &
Adult EducationNew Mexico Department of EducationCapitol Building300 Don GasparSante Fe, NM 87501(505) 827-6511
NEW YORKMr. Garrett W. Murphy, DirectorDivision of Continuing EducationNew York State Education DepartmentWashington AvenueAlbany, NY 12234(518) 474-5808
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NORTH CAROLINAMr. Bobby AndersonDirector, Continuing Education ServicesDepartment of Community CollegesEducation Building, Room 156Raleigh, NC 2761.1(919) 733-4791
NORTH DAKOTAMr. G. David MasseyDirector, Adult EducationDepartment of Public `hstruction9th Floor, State Capitol Bldg.Bismarck, ND 58505(701) 224-2393 or 224-4567
OHIOMr. Harry R. Meek, Associate DirectorAdult & Community EducationDivision of Educational ServicesOhio Department of Education65 S. Front Street, Room 812Columbus, OH 43212(614) 466-4962
OKLAHOMAMrs. Mattie Harrison, AdministratorAdult Education SectionOklahoma Department of EducationOliver Hodge Memorial Ed. Bldg.2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Rm. 180Oklahoma City, OK 73105(405) 521-3321
OREGONDr. Robert D. Clausen, DirectorDirector, Community College Instruction
ServicesOregon Department of Education700 Pringle Parkway, S.E.Salem, Oregon 97310(503) 378-8560
PENNSYLVANIADr, John Christopher, ChiefDivision of Adult Education & Training
ProgramsDepartment of Education333 Market StreetHarriSburg, PA.17108(717) 787-5532
RHODE ISLANDMr. Robert MasonConsultant, Adult EducationState Department of Education22 Hayes StreetProvidence, R1.02908(401) 277-2691
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SOUTH :AROLINAMr. Walter TobinDirectorOffice of Adult EducationState Department of EducationRutledge Building, Room 2091429 Senate StreetColumbia, SC 29201(803) 758-3247
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SOUTH DAKOTAMr. Gene K. Dicks JnDirector, Adult EducationDivision of Elementary & Secondary EducationKNEIP BuildingPierre, SD 57501(605) 773-3219
TENNESSEE
Mr. Luke Easter, DirectorAdult & Continuing EducationState Department of Education114 Cordell Hull BuildingNashville, Tennessee 37219(615)741-7012
TEXASMr. Bob G. Allen, DirectorDivision of Adult & Community EducationTexas Education Agency201 East 11th StreetAustin, TX 78701(512) 834-4266
UTAHDr. Brent H. GublerSpecialist, Adult Education ServicesUtah Office of Education250 East 5th South StreetSalt Lake City, UT 84111(801) 533 -5061
VIRGINIADr. Maude Go lasronAssociate Director, Adult EducationDepartment of EducationCommonwealth of VirginiaP.O. Box 6QRichmond, Virginia 23216(804) 225-2075
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WASHINGTONMrs. Beret Harmon, DirectorAdult Education & Community SchoolsDivision of Vocational-Technical & Adult
Education ServiceOld Capitol BuildingOlympia, WA 98504(206) 753-6748
WEST VIRGINIAMr. Lowell W. KnightSupervisor, Adult Basic EuducationState Department of EducationBuilding 6, Unit B-230State Capitol Complex1900 Washington Street EastCharleston, WV 25305(304) 348-6318
WISCONSINMs. Charlotte Martin.Supervisor, Adult Basic EducationWisconsin Board of Adult, Vocational and
Technical EducatiOn4802 Sheboygan AvenueMadison, WI 53702(608) 266-7992
WYOMINGMr. Lloyd KJornessCoordinator, Adult EducationWyoming Department of EducationHathaway BuildingCheyenne, WY 82002(307) 777-6228
AMERICAN SAMOAMs. Oreta Togafau, DirectorContinuing Education & Community ServicesAmerican Samoa Community CollegeBoard of Higher EducationPresident's Office - Mapusaga CampusP.O. Box 2609Pago Pago,rAmerican Samoa 96799(684) 639-9156
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GUAMMr. Luther Myrvold, DeanDivision of Careers & Public ServicesGuam Community CollegeR.O. Box 23069Main Postal FacilityGuam, M.I. 96921011-671 or 734-4311
PUERTO RICOMs. Myriam RodriguezAssistant Secretary for Adult EducationDepartment of EducationP.O. Box 1028Hato Rey, PR 00919(09) 753-6511
TRUST TERRITORYMr. Harold W. CrouchChief, Office of EducationOffice of the Higher CommissionerTrust Territory of the Pacific IslandsSaipan, Mariana Wands 96950160-671 or 9312
VIRGIN ISLANDS. Mrs. Anna C. Lewis, DirectorDivision of Adult EducationDepartment of EducationP.O. Box 6640St. Thomas, VI 00801(809) 774-5394
NORTH MARIANA Is.irtNDSMr. Luis M. LimesDirector, Adult Basic EducationNorthern Marianas CollegeCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana
IslandsSaipan, Mi 96950160-671 7312
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Table 1FY 1965-1985 State Allotments, Adult Basic Education
'Revised distrIbulions after February and June 1966 reallotments2Ptus $200.849 iFY 1966 anotment released In error and reinstated On a pay-only basis I'Distribution of 340,000.000 with 2% (3800,000) reserved for the outlying areas, and the batance distributed with a basic amount of $10.3.000 toOath State and D C and the iv
mender disdtributed on the basis of the population 18 and over with less than 8 grades of school completed'Distribution of $44.875.000 with 2 percent reserved for oullying areas, and the balance distributed to the 50 States and 0 C with a basic amount of $100 000 and the remainder
diadtributed on the basis at the population aged 16 and over with less than 8 grades of school completed 11960 Census) Allotment formula Contained in P L 89 4'50 as amended
.'Distribution of 151.134.000 with 2 percent reserved for outlying areas, and the balance distributed with a basic amount of $150.000 to each Stele and D C and the remapyle
diStributed on the basis of those 16 and over who an not have a certificate of graduation from high school (or its equivalent) and who are riot currently required to be enroned in
SCI100( (1960 Census) Allotment formula contained In P L. 91-230 with a provision in the Appropriation Act that no Slate shall receive less Man its FY 1971 grant amount
Distribution of $74 834.000 on the same basis ass above
'Distribution of 153.286.000 on the same basis as 5 above except a change over to the 1970 Census data and a provision in the AppropriationAct that no Stale shill ieceive
aDistribution of $07 500.000 to each State, D C and Puerto Rico al 90% of the 197,, :-Ant amount The distribution to the other four outlying areas was prorated up from 90%
of the 1473 grant amount The Allotment formula contained in Section 305(a) of P L. 91-.30 as amended by P L 93-380 was not used because the appropriation amount was1044cdua,4 to make such a distribution and also comply a/11h the provision in Section 313(a) of the Act that grants to each State shallnot be 10se than 90% of the grants made toSuch State in FY :973
9Distribution of $87,500,000 on the same basis as abOve.mFritimated dislribution of $71,500.000 with 1% ($715,000) reserved for the outlying areas and the balance distribute° mith a basic amount of $150,000 to each State, D C and
Puerto Rico. and the remainder distributed on the basis of thou 18 and over with less than a high school diploma. (1970 Census), with no State receiving less than 90% of its FY1973 amount The distribution to the areas was based on FY 1974 distribution of funds to those areas.
tlEstirnated distributon of $80,500,000 with 1% ($805.000) rsaarved for the our.,,Ing areas and the balance distributed wilh a basic amount of $150,000 to each State, D C . andPuerto Rico and the remainder distributed on the basis of Those 18 and over wiir, ass than a high school diploma (1970 Census), with r;, State receiving less than 90% of its FY1973 amount
12Esilmated distribution of $90.750.000 +3ith 1% ($907,500) reserved for the outlying areas and the balance distributed with a basic amount of $150.000 to each State. D C . and
Puerto Rico. and the remainder distributed on the basis Of those 18 and over with less than a high school diploma (1970 Census)"FY 1084 maximum allowable for State administration on a nationwide basis =$4,523,609 (5 of 105 parts x $95.000,000) State cumputations for FY 1984 based on 150.000
minimum tot States and $20.000 for Insular Areas, or 40118% of FY 1984 allotment, whichever Is greater"FY 1985 maximum allowable for State administration on a nationwide Oasis =$4,781,905 (5 of 105 parts x $100.000.000) State computations for FY 1995 based c 1 550,000
minimum for States and $25,000 for lnWar Areas, or 4,0864% of FY 1965
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Table 2Estimated Expenditures, FY 1981Stite-Adminlstered ProgramAdult Education Act, Pub. L. 91-2301 as Amended
Mato Or Slats/Territory !odors' Local Total
Poreant Rank ballad onMatch Stahl/Lead Illstohlne
Totals 99474,883 105,103,481 204,478,344 51.407
Alabama 1,971,921 ,500 2,404,421 17.988 27
Alaska 237,902 1 ,006 392,908 39,451 15
Arizona 838,917 1 .,578 998.495 15.882 31
Arkansas 1,205,007 848,809 2,051,696 41,284 13
California 1,373,824 53,472\123 60,845,747 87'881 1
Alatama 1 -0- 4 1 2 1 -0- 3 -0- -0- I 1 2 1 4 1 2 -0- 2 26Alaska NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAArizona -0. 4- -0- -0- -0- -0- 4) -0- -0- -0- 0- -0- 0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -1. -0.Arkansas -0- 4- 1 4- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0. 1 -0- .0 -0- 5 -0 3 .0 -O. 10California NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA . NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Colorado NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAConnecticut 1 1 3 1 2 6 3 3 -0- -0- 1 -0- .0- 0- 7 7 4 .0 1 40Delaware NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAFlorida NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA N! NA NA NA NA NA NA NAGeorgia -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 6 3 -0- 1 1 3 1 -0- 4 1 -0- 4- 4- 20
Hawaii -0- .0 .0 .0- 4. -0- -0- 1 -0- -0- 0- -0- .0 -0- -0- 4- 5 5 11Idaho 7 1 3 1 5 -0- 1 4- -0- 1 2 1 -0- 7 -0- 5 2 38Illinois NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAIndiana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAIowa
56 States 56 States 55 States 37 States 58 States 57 Steles 57 Staters 42 States 57 Statesv4/1.757,641 w/1.668.800 w/1.275,111 w/1,354,383participants Participants Participants participants participants participants
77 7% 77 7% t 73.8%
37 06% 46.5% 16.6%
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56.4% NA%
4.8% 26.5%
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100% 100% 59.9% 100%
12.6% 54.77 10.27 6 1%
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Table 12Achievements of Program Participants-Educational, Societal,Economic, by StateFY 1981
Colorado NA 448 1,744 NA 623Connecticut 15,314 387 2,396 8,570 916Delaware NA 69 94 NA 59Florida NA 7,048 31,255 NA 23,646Georgia , . 17,574 189 4,107 4,313 4,546
Hawaii 17,983 37 24 2,092 92Idaho 5,808 611 3,707 1,130 1,180Illinois NA 5,690 5,979 NA 11,480Indiana NA 396 3,938 NA 2,037Iowa 11,948 1,001 4,706 1,836 1,390
New Mexico 3,454 9 2,429 4,222 1,743New York 20,578 3,026 19,141 2,781 6,712Math Carolina NA 5,175 17,556 NA 10,447North Dakota 2,077 543 543 390 208Ohio NA 1,152 5,439 NA 4,417