LPC Adult Ed Staff Weekly Updates
November 13, 2023
🔔 NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS 🔔
🦃Reminder: No Adult Education Classes Nov. 20-24 (Thanksgiving Week) 🦃
ParaPro Vouchers are Due this Thursday
Time Sheets Due Friday
November HiSet Testing is this Week
Mid Year Supply Orders
Please send all supply requests to Julie by December 10th for mid-year supply orders.
This includes office supplies and instructional materials.
New Student Incentive Programs
Mary and Trish recently wrote grants and received grant funding to support student incentives for key milestones in the HSE journey. Kudos to Mary + Trish!
We will be releasing guidance for incentive distribution following Thanksgiving Break.
December HSE testers will be the first round of testers eligible for the testing incentive.
December Staff Meeting
Our December staff meeting will be on Tuesday, December 12th at 3pm. It will be held virtually to maximize participation. The agenda will include state and program updates as well as professional development on how to support essay writing and typing skills during learning sessions.
A calendar invite with a google meet link will be forth coming.
💡 ONGOING REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 💡
Process to Add Student to Essential Education/HiSet Academy
Please review the process below for Essential Education/HiSet Academy accounts. This is also in the shared staff reference document.
Please note that due to new district ordering policy, we can not generate the purchase order until 2024.
Distance Learning/Essential Education Platform
We leverage HiSet Academy for distance learning. The login page is https://www.essentialed.com/start/lcae
Process to Request Student Account on Essential Education
Student must have 12 hours of in-person attendance and be enrolled in Inters.
Adult Education data manager creates student account in Essential Education and emails the login credentials to the student and TOR.
The teacher is responsible for monitoring progress and entering any hours completed in Essential Education into Inters
How Students are Removed from Essential Education
They are inactive for 60 days.
They earn HSE.
The program is at max seats in the program and the student has not logged in for more than 7 days.
Distance Learning Resources *NEW SITES ADDED 10/30*
If you find additional distance learning resources, please email them so they can be added to the list.
Teachers can signup for free classroom accounts→ https://classrooms.uniontestprep.com/
Loads of leveled worksheets/practice pages listed on the left
Essay/Journal Prompts
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/writingideas.html (several are available in Spanish)
Leveled Writing Options–Creative, Narrative, Persuasive
11 Sets of Science Practice Questions
Science Sample Test
www.chompchomp.com (known as grammar bytes) -
- www.icivics.org
- https://sites.google.com/view/gedmathcrashcourse/home - this is done by an adult educator named Kate Redman.
- www.madlibs.com - reinforces basic grammar. good end of class activity
- https://makebeliefscomix.com - user-friendly & free. create your own comics. can make 60 comic strips/year
- https://nearpod.com - lessons & worksheets
- https://newsela.com
- https://phet.colorado.edu - free interactive games to understand science concepts
- https://photomath.com/en - Free. Take a pic of a math problem & it will show steps how to do it
- https://www.readworks.com - similar to newsela
Reminder: Attendance for Students Not on Your Inters Roster
To that end, if you have a student come to your session that isn't on your Inters roster, it is the expectation that you welcome them to your session and provide instructional support.
If a student attends your learning session and you are not the teacher of record, report the attendance to this Shared Attendance Form and it will be entered into Inters. Entries can be viewed here.
DWD ABE Newsletter
DWD has added an outreach coordinator to their team and has started publishing monthly newsletters. September was just released. You can view them here.
Diploma Processing
Diplomas are processed as they are received from Diploma Sender. It can take 2-3 weeks for diplomas to be received. As diplomas are received, they will be marked in Inters and added to this spreadsheet. Whoever hands the diploma packet to the student is responsible for ensuring the exit interview form is completed and returned to the black basket at AK Smith.
Students can view their official score reports via their PSI portal the same day of testing.
We do not maintain transcript records locally; they are all maintained by the state. Students need to create accounts at diplomasender.com to view their official transcripts/request them to be sent.
Archive of Weekly Updates
A link to the archive of these weekly updates have been added to for PY23 Staff Reference Document.
The direct link is also available here.
DWD Teacher Handbook
The DWD teacher handbook is available here. {Link Updated}
It is recommended that you bookmark it as reference; it is very lengthy to print.
Total Transcript + Diploma Sender
Students can now earn HSE credential with a combination of passing scores from TASC, GED, and HiSet. All scores have to be 2014-present.
Students should create their own DiplomaSender accounts at diplomasender.com to verify previous scores. If they can’t see them, email Julie or call Megan Hibbard with student’s SSN. She has access to entire state. 317-407-4519 (Do Not Email Megan.)
There is no longer a 30 day waiting period to retake HiSet or GED.
All transcripts are ordered by the student through diplomasender.com MCAS does NOT process adult ed transcript requests. (They are issued by the state, not the district.) Please communicate this with students. Will also be included in diploma packets.
Attendance Sign-In Sheets Reminder
Login Info for Chromebooks + Laptops
UN: guest
PW: <blank>
-OR-
UN: akstudent
PW: aks2015
Chromebooks:
UN: akstudent01
PW: aks2015!
Testing Resources (DRC, PSI/HiSet + GED)
Updated HiSet Voucher Form
*NEW*
When the teachers email Marie the file, name the file DWD and then the students name
ex: DWD Julie Fregien
Hiset remains $115.
Please use this voucher form to request DWD funds for testing.
NEW CWI RULES:
Fill in all the orange boxes.
You must TYPE in the doc, including your name at the bottom and send it to Marie as an email attachment as a word document.
Scan the answer sheet from the practice test and attach it to the same email.
PSI HiSet Accommodations Update *New Link*
Message from DWD:
It has been brought to my attention that if you have accommodations questions or needing help, there is a separate link that we are supposed to use. Apparently, they have not been receiving the tickets that you have put in, which is why it is taking up so much manpower to have issues resolved.
Here is the link: https://psi-cdexp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000150872
DRC How-Tos/Tutorials
Adding New Student & Setting Up Pre-Test How To Video
Student Already in DRC How To Video
How to Pull a Test from DRC
Once you are in DRC, under Scoring and Reporting:
1. Go to Report delivery
2. Go to On-demand reports, The sections: Administration, District and School is filled in for you
3. Under Report, you will select: Individual Profile 11/12
4. Put in the student's last name
5. Hit find student. Once the student's name appears
6. Go to the Action tab and hit the pdf icon below it for it to print
Teaching for GED + GED Test Resources
Resources from the national GED conference can be found here.
Content on GED is similar to HiSet so best practices can be applied to instructional practices for both tests.
Remote TABE URL
The remote TABE URL has changed --> https://wbte.drcedirect.com/TABE/#portal/tabe/595219/adminId=59521
If you would like laptops or chromebooks for your site, please let me know. You will be required to sign a technology responsibility form.
Instructional Resources
HiSet Instructional Materials
HiSet Practice Tests Folder (print out for students to complete with answer sheet)
Also available online at hiset.org.
Check out (print) Are You Ready? Correlation Guide
HiSet Prep Book- if you don’t have your two for your location, please email Julie.
Regional Professional Development Facilitator (PDF) Support
DWD provides funding for each region to have teachers serve as PDF.
Judy Commers is our regional PDF.
If you are looking for additional resources or need additional support in your instructional practices/methods, please feel free to request support from Judy. (jcommers@mcas.k12.in.us)
ParaPro Preparation Resource
As you prepare your students for ParaPro, please leverage Union Test Prep to develop and target essential ParaPro skills. Our Professional Development Coordinator, Judy, is also available to provide additional best practices and advice on effective ParaPro instruction that she has gathered from fellow PDFs to support all of us in helping students earn this credential!
Parapro Tests are scheduled on the last Tuesday of most months. Check the program calendar for exact dates.
Vouchers are due in the black basket at AK the Thursday preceding the test date.
State Professional Development Resources
HiSet Practice Tests
Rick- there are print copies in your supply box
Caroline- your print copies are in your room
Ti-30XS Calculator Tutorials
Here are several tutorials you can use with students to help orient them to the calculator. This is the calculator they will use on the HiSET.