Received: (news@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) id NAA12290 for nifl-family@novel.nifl.gov; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 13:51:19 -0500 Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov From: NCFLRGS@aol.com Newsgroups: nifl.family Subject: Re: Even Start Dilemma Date: 19 Dec 1995 13:51:18 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 36 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <951219135222_94512178@emout06.mail.aol.com> Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Apparently-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Status: O X-Status: Greetings: I'll add some thoughts regarding David's questions about maintaining enrollment in Even Start's adult ed component. And Barb and Cathy - I concur with your comments. >How can enrollment in the adult education componenet be >maintained if some parents reach personal goals in less than >a year? Consider identifying and recruiting families who fall into a category of "greatest needs". Consciously seek families with opporunities for setting longer term goals (informal assessments during a recruitment visit help make those determinations). Recruit parents within the ABE range versus the GED. Consider recruiting from an adult high school program, either a standard "Carnegie credit" program or an External Diploma Program (this worked in our ES). I've also heard of some programs recruiting teen parents who attend either alternative or traditional high school programs (but check the eligibility requirements first). >However, if children are permitted to continue in the program >after parents reach goals, lack of space in the child care >facility will prevent adding new adults and families to the >Even Start program. In our ES program, Parents who left the ES adult ed component to continue on in higher education or employment could continue sending their children to our center based activites; this did complicate things, especially at parent-child interaction times, but our numbers were relatively small so it didnt get out of hand. Good questions, David. Thanks! Ronna Spacone NCFL_RGS@aol.com
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