COABE 2011: Using a 21st Century Skills Model in the ABE classroom

Using a21st

Century Skills
model in the ABE
classroom

Richard Sebastian
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Kathleen Daly
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Linda Allen
Southwest Regional Adult Education
Program

Why were 21 st C Skills
explicitly included in the
PIVA curriculum?
How were they included?
What do 21st Century
Skills look like in the ABE
classroom?

What’s the Big Idea?

Create a curriculum framework that
incorporates 21st Century Skills into a
traditional GED curriculum to help adult
high school non-completers quickly
develop the technology and workplace
skills they need to succeed in a fast-paced,
global economy.

GED-CRC

Curriculum Framework

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DIGITAL LITERACY


GED-CRC
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DIGITAL LITERACY
M ic ro s oft IT Ac ade my & IC3


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DIGITAL LITERACY

21ST CENTURY


GED-CRC
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DIGITAL LITERACY
Partnership for
21ST CENTURY


GED-CRC
GED credential
Career Readiness Certiﬁcate

GED-CRC
GED credential
Career Readiness Certiﬁcate

Math & Writing

of Highly Effective
“7 Habits People”

of Highly Effective

Workplace/communication
skills

of Highly Effective

Workplace/communication
skills
Business etiquette

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
MS Digital Literacy*

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
Technology Curriculum

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
IC3

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
IC3
MS IT Academy

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
IC3
MS IT Academy
*MCAS (app Specialist

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
IC3
MS IT Academy
*MCAD (WEb DEveloper)

DIGITAL LITERACY
MCDST
IC3
MS IT Academy
*MCAD (WEb DEveloper)
*MCDST(Help DEsk)

Capstone Project
Teamwork/
Collaboration
Communication Skills
Creativity/Innovation
Research
Applied Technology
Skills

21ST CENTURY SKILLS

EVALUATION
Classroom Observation

EVALUATION
Interviews

EVALUATION
Interviews
Focus groups

EVALUATION
Interviews
Focus groups
Artifact analysis

EVALUATION
Interviews
Focus groups
Artifact analysis
Case studies

EVALUATION
Difﬁculty creating an integrated curriculum
-Training issue
-Class took on a “test prep” environment
-Tension between certiﬁcation focus & designers’ desire for
integration & authentic workplace engagement
-Class lacked programmatic coherence between Tues class &
Wed/Thur class

EVALUATION
Difﬁculty creating an integrated curriculum
-Training issue
-Class took on a “test prep” environment
-Tension between certiﬁcation focus & designers’ desire for
integration & authentic workplace engagement
-Class lacked programmatic coherence between Tues class &
Wed/Thur class

Focus on discrete skills rather than conceptual
frameworks
-Curricular materials used (MS, IC3) were not integrated
-Instructors lacked integration experience/training

EVALUATION
Successes
Program manager successfully created safety nets for students who
dropped out
Consistent student reports of increase in self-efﬁcacy & self-esteem
Capstone project became an agent of change for instructors &
students

Recommendations
• Robust pre-program training with regular
on-going instructor training throughout
class
• Reduce amount of curriculum content
• Emphasis on capstone project earlier in
curriculum
• Involve a strong, hands-on manager with
full buy-in
• Forge strong local partnerships

PluggedIn VA cohorts

Feb. 2009: Technology, Russell Co., VA
Oct. 2009: Technology, Russell Co., VA
March 2010: Technology, Dickenson Co.,
VA
Oct. 2010: Construction/Weatherization,
Dickenson Co., VA
Oct. 2010: Technology, Dickenson Co., VA

Future Plans
UPCOMING COHORTS (funding approved)
June 2011:PIVA Technology/Buchanan
County (SWCC)
June 2011: PIVA Entrepreneurship/Tazewell
County (SWCC)
September 2011: PIVA Electronic Medical
Health Records/Dickenson County (MECC)

PENDING FUNDING
January 2012: PIVA Electrician Helper
(MECC)
2012: PIVA Energy (SWCC)

Future Plans

Policy2Performance
VA DOE released RFP to fund 2 additional
projects to use the PIVA model

Capstone projects
The development of a capstone project is
intended to help learners integrate and
apply knowledge and strategies learned
from the PluggedIn VA core content.

Capstone projects
The capstone project requires learners to
•identify a challenging issue within the
community
•locate information from multiple resources
that relates to the challenge
•critically evaluate information that is
relevant to the challenge
•create a solution to the challenge and,
•present the solution in both oral and textual
formats.

Russell Co. Feb. 2009
The challenge:
Develop 3 eco-friendly outdoor activity areas
for Lebanon Community Fellowship, a local
church that was adding a building to its
current facility.

Russell Co. Feb. 2009
•The class chose divided into 3 groups.
•Each group designated a group leader and
was responsible for designing one of the
three lots.
•One student served as overall project
leader.
•The class created a Ning site to
communicate with each other outside of
class and worked with instructors across all
three nights of class to develop the project.

Russell Co., 2009
The challenge:
Develop 3 eco-friendly outdoor activity areas
for Lebanon Community Fellowship, a local
church that was adding a building to its
current facility.

Russell Co., 2009
•The class chose divided into 3 groups.
•Each group designated a group leader and
was responsible for designing one of the
three lots.
•One student served as overall project
leader.
•The class created a Ning site to
communicate with each other outside of
class and worked with instructors across all
three nights of class to develop the project.

Russell Co.
Feb., 2009
Feb. 2009
Capstone presentation
July 23, 2009

Russell Co.
Oct. 2009

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Russell Co.
Oct. 2009
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Construction/Weatherization
Home Energy Audit
Technology
Computer rebuilding project

PARTNERSHIPS

building them sustaining them

Contact info

Richard Sebastian
rasebastian@vcu.edu
Kate Daly
kedaly@vcu.edu
Linda Allen
lallen@russell.k12.va.us
http://www/pluggedinva.com
http://www.slideshare.net/richardsebastian

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