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Public Libraries Graduating Adults
- 1. How Public Libraries are Graduating Adults: Caps, Gowns & Bright Futures
- 2. 2 Diane Doetzel Strategic Account Director, West (m) 636.399.2492 (e) diana.doetzel@cengage.com
- 3. 30,000,000 adults18 and over without a high school diploma Data from United States Census Bureau , American FactFinder Survey, 2017 In the U.S. there are more than • $10K less earned annually than those with a HS Degree • $30K less earned annually than a Bachelor’s Degree • 4% higher unemployment rate than national average • $292K cost to the taxpayers over the course of their lives • 80% of incarcerated population are HS drop-outs
- 4. OPPORTUNITY 4 EQUALITY – giving everyone the same thing. EQUITY – access to the same opportunities while recognizing people do not start from the same place or need the same help.
- 8. ADDRESSES THE TRAUMA AND PROMOTES SUCCESS • Focused on career training • Soft skills building towards hard skills • Multiple layers of support • Academic coaches • Certified instructors • Library staff • 24/7 access to coursework • Master proficiency • No fail
- 9. degreed educational professionals ACADEMIC COACHES ACADEMIC COACHES ARE:"I wanted to thank the San José Public Library staff who always help me with my questions and my coach Kimberly Sher for her support.” – Marlene Fortin, graduate, San José Public Library
- 10. is a partnership that has proven it can create opportunity THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND COHS
- 11. OVER 150 LIBRARY SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE 11
- 12. • 3,000+ graduates from across the country • 98% of students would recommend the program • 2,738+ currently enrolled in the program PUBLIC LIBRARY IMPACT Current as of June 2019
- 13. • 32 Average age • 69% Female • 31% Male • 46% African American • 43% Hispanic • 42% Unemployed • 71% Single/divorced • 74% Have children • Lower income bracket WHO ARE COHS GRADUATES?
- 14. "I wanted to finish my high school diploma to prove to myself that I can become a registered nurse . . . . I'm currently finishing my last nursing prerequisite at Merritt College. My plans are to get into a BSN RN program this fall and become a successful RN to help care for people . . . . " Kathia Emely Velez, graduate, Contra Costa County Library of graduates report they plan to go on to higher education. 79% COHS graduates have been accepted at 350+ different colleges throughout the U.S. "My mother, sister, and cousin are also enrolled in the program now. They were inspired by me earning my diploma and enrolling in college. I'm now a student at the Florida Institute of Technology where I’m pursuing my bachelor’s in business administration." Sabrina Chambers, graduate, St. John's County Library
- 15. • Certified Protection Officer (CPO) • Childcare and Education (CDA) • Commercial Driving • Food and Hospitality • General Career Preparation • Homeland Security • Home Care Professional • Hospitality and Leisure • Office Management • Retail Customer Service 4 CREDITS Career Certifications (Electives) "For my personal and professional life; this program change my life. It gave me courage and confidence. I've been offered a new job position with the company, working in office management . I'm so excited!" Tammy Davis, graduate, Jacksonville Public Library
- 16. The First Accredited Private Online High School District ACCREDITATION
- 17. 17 CORE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM Language Arts (4 credits) • Grammar and Composition • Introduction to Literature • World Literature • American Literature Social Studies (4 credits) • World History • American History • American Gov’t and Economics • Health & Personal Fitness Mathematics (3 credits) • General Math • Consumer Math • Algebra Science (3 credits) • Environmental Science • Physical Science • Biology
- 18. 18 Average amount of credits transferred in by students
- 20. RECRUITING STUDENTS Gale provides a student recruitment website for libraries 20
- 22. 22 Migell Acosta Library Director Melissa Solis Adult Services Manager
- 23. Career Online High School Lessons Learned at San Diego County Library
- 24. Migell Acosta Library Director, San Diego County Library Pictured with Joann Niumata, Class of 2019
- 25. San Diego County Library Mission “We celebrate our communities and dedicate our passion and expertise to help you create your own story.”
- 26. Adult Learning: A Service Priority
- 27. David, Class of 2019 “I made it a goal to get my high school diploma. This will be my forty-year class reunion. The program covered a wide range of subjects. I liked the way it was structured and the ease of use.”
- 28. POINT-IN-TIME COUNT ACTIVE STUDENTS ALL-TIME GRADUATES June 2018 21 11 June 2019 63 24 October 2019 86 33 Student Participation
- 30. 2. Don’t Keep it a Secret! www.LibraryHighSchool.org
- 31. 3. Center Adult Learners
- 32. 4. Build Staff Knowledge
- 33. 5. Foster Innovative Partnerships • San Diego County Library reaches new students through partnerships with County departments and social service agencies. • Over 25% of current students at SDCL first learned about the program through our partners at Child Support Services.
- 34. 81 Percent of SDCL students on track to earn a high school diploma within 18 months Progress Report
- 35. Graduation Day
- 36. MIGELL ACOSTA Library Director San Diego County Library migell.acosta@sdcounty.ca.gov LibraryHighSchool.org
- 37. Tony Tallent Chief Program and Innovation Officer
- 38. From interest to implementation Image: Icons8_team/pixabay
- 39. Why ?+
- 40. Extend our reach Broaden our portfolio of learning offerings Serve new demographics
- 43. Engage With Key Stakeholders • Community and Technical Colleges • School Districts • State Library • Department of Education • Staff Throughout Your Library Image: John Hain/Pixabay
- 45. December 5: our first enrolled COHS student
- 46. “I always wanted to finish school…”
- 47. Getting the Word Out about COHS
- 52. Total Assessments: 627 Prerequisite Enrollments: 348 Prerequisites completed: 79 Enrolled Students: 50 Graduates: 5 11 Months Since Launch…
- 53. Graduation Day!
- 54. 54 Ricqui Brooks Adult Literacy Coordinator
- 55. St. Louis County Library Day to Day Program Operations Evaluate Self-Assessments Email Prerequisite Enrollment Link Review Prerequisite Reports Monitor Active Student Progress
- 56. St. Louis County Library Implementation COHS Program Liaison Measures & Tracking Program Launch
- 57. St. Louis County Library Program Administration Student Interviews Monitor & Celebrate Student Progress Graduation Planning
- 58. Scholarships Awarded 140 Prerequisites Completed 202 Prerequisite Enrollments 492 Self-Assessments 1315 Graduates 41 St. Louis County Library Program Statistics
- 59. St. Louis County Library
- 60. St. Louis County Library Successful Practices & Challenges • Initial Relationship Building • Birthday Wishes • Chromebook Lending • Meet-Ups • Student Persistence
- 61. St. Louis County Library Marketing & Communications
- 62. St. Louis County Library Outreach & Partnerships • Adult Education & ESL Programs • Parents As Teachers • Local Employer Sponsorships • St. Louis Community College • Outreach & Marketing Strategist
- 63. 63 Casey Wallace Training Manager and Librarian
- 64. Career Online High School
- 65. About Gwinnett County, Ga About 1 Million people live here Urban and Suburban Communities Highly Diverse Population 70,000+ without a diploma or GED
- 66. Setup & Implementation Support from GALE Cengage Creating Your Own User Guide Communication with Academic Coaches
- 67. Day to Day Assessments Prerequisites Interviews Mentor Group Orientation Student Lunch Graduation
- 69. Graduates
- 71. Community Support & Outreach
- 72. Thank You Casey Wallace Training Manager www.gwinnettpl.org @gwinnettlibrary
- 73. 73 Questions?
Editor's Notes
- But today we’re here to focus on one specific person(or group of persons) in your community. The adult High School drop-out who has realized that they need that diploma in order to reach the heights they desire. I’d like you to meet Diana…. Diana is a 25 year old from California who had to leave school to support her brothers and sisters. She had no choice as a teenager to leave school… but now she needs and wants to go back and get that degree
- Before we get there I want to talk a little bit about Opportunity. As Public Librarians you’re acutely aware that opportunity doesn’t present itself in an equitable fashion. If we look at the apples On this tree as the opportunity that’s provided getting your High School diploma, and the people below as those who are High School Dropouts, then it becomes apparent that not all drop outs are Created equal. Now if you consider the boxes below them as a program designed to get them a HS Diploma it becomes abundantly clear that a standard program such as the GED or any equivalency assessment Is going to leave many of those in need(point to the two not reaching the apples) behind. The same goes for any kind of Independent Study program or brick and mortar program. Those are all designed for The drop-out who needs only a limited boost to succeed. On the other hand, if you design and implement a program focused on those with the most challenges…. Those with the largest chasm to cross… those who have experienced the Greatest educational trauma, then you’ve implemented a program that puts opportunity in reach of all who desire it. And with Career Online High School that is exactly what we’ve created.
- Students that drop out from high school are either pushed out, for defiance, for disciplinary or scholarly performance reasons, or pulled out—possibly because they have to support their families, as a family caregiver, to work jobs, or in other ways are pulled out by their families or other obligations. This leaves them with educational trauma, often too afraid or too intimidated to get back in the race—they’ve failed once, they haven’t had support, they may resist school because of the lack of applicability to the real world—and all of those points have to be addressed before they can effectively reengage into an educational experience.
- The first thing that we have to do, then, is address the trauma—deal with the reasons people leave school, and integrate that into the process for how we help them reenter the process. If you don’t address the reasons that people have failed in the first place—this fear of failure, the lack of support, the lack of applicability—you won’t have success in helping engage students back in to education. And we think the Public Library is the perfect place to begin addressing this trauma. You are already looked at as the “safe haven”.
- That’s the philosophical basis that Career Online High School is built on—address the trauma and the reasons why people leave the educational system, and help them pursue their dreams and get their diploma by working through those traumatic situations in approachable, step-by-step processes. Career Online High School is a program that allows students to graduate with a career certificate AND accredited high school diploma at the same time—prepping them for opportunities to enter the workforce or continue on to postsecondary education. Reaching high school dropouts and re-engaging them back into the educational system is a core mission of Gale and Career Online High School. We don’t give F’s, there’s no failure; we address the lack of applicability problem with career focuses; and we provide amazing support through hands-on, individual support with an academic coach. In this way, the COHS model is designed to effectively reengage students and help them succeed in getting their high school diploma.
- COHS is specifically designed for those adults that have been unsuccessful in high school, and we believe that the public library is the right space to expand this approach.
- Lisa and Jeannie: Matching grants from your state library is so important. CA and FL have/had programs so they have a lot more libraries that can participate.
- When a student enrolls in COHS, they must declare a “major” and select one of these eight career certification paths. The first classes that each student takes are career-driven, rather than traditional academics. By starting with career-focused classes, we immediately engage students in a very different way than they’ve been engaged previously—and these classes don’t have the same associated fear factor that traditional academic classes would have. The structure of this classes are modeled around the same class structure of the academic portion of the program. They will get comfortable early on before they even begin the academic curriculum. These career paths also ensure that at the end of the program, students receive not only their high school diploma, but also a career certification that they can put on their resume and use to further their careers-whether that’s in childcare and education or in office management (or anything in between).
- Current Situation – The Barrier is having the degree – the tallest kid represents someone who even without at diploma has a great job, makes good money, and/or just isn’t interested in getting their degree. The Barrier exists but they don’t care. They might get their degree just to say they have it, but doing so would not be a great challenge to them from either a financial or trauma perspective. The barrier exists for the middle student as well, but their trauma or their need for support is such that just having a program out there that is available to them may be enough….. They would certainly benefit from Career Online High School, but if motivated, their odds of success in other brick and mortor typical online programs is quite possible. The Third student on the other hand is very much at risk. Their barriers are many. Our alumni surveys suggests that many COHS graduates are people who failed multiple times in the more traditional environments. Who have failed the GED because they just can’t get math. The failed because they had no support at home, They failed because they couldn’t keep up, They failed because they were allowed to fail. That’s where COHS and the Library together make a difference and can make an impact. By helping those most at risk…. Those who can’t be helped by other organizations or programs. When you partner with Gale and Career Online High School your providing and Equitable program that focuses on those most at risk, but provides for those with lesser needs as well… allowing the library to remove the barrier for everyone
- David earned his diploma in time for his 40-year class reunion.
- County partners provide a clear path to students in need of a high school diploma. We recently had our first student that was referred to us by DCSS graduate!