The
Charboneau Learning Center
A
Program of The Literacy Project
15 Bank
Row, Suite D
Greenfield,
MA 01302
413-774-3935
www.literacyproject.org/charboneau.html
April
2006
Successes/Highlights
Collaboration
with Community Action! Youth Programs
Amber
is working to secure more WIA summer youth jobs for our students
Twenty-five
letters were sent out to potential GCC students.
Amber
is actively recruiting students for the Next Step Up program reifying a vital
collaboration between Charboneau and the community college.
GCC
Representative Counsels Even Start Students
Jean
Boucias from Greenfield Community College visited Even Start to discuss the GED
test
and . . .
Achievements by Learners
4 learners Applied for a Job
17 learners Completed Essay/Significant
writing project
1 learner Enlisted Supportive/Safety Services
1 learner Got a drivers license
1 learner Got a job
1 learner Got a library card
3 learners Improved personal health
4 learners Increased Civic Participation
1 learner Obtained Stable Housing
6 learners Read a book
2 learners Reduced drug/alcohol dependence
2 learners Registered for GED Test
1 learner Registered to vote
1learner Retained post-secondary
education for 6 months
Challenges
"No
Smoking" Zone Established outside of Charboneau
Due
to complaints by neighbors and office workers we posted several "No
Smoking" and "No Trespassing" signs near our Bank Row
entrance.
We
also sent home a clearly written declaration of the No Smoking policy.
We
hope this suffices to manage any problems caused by smokers among our students.
If
necessary, we are quite prepared to start sending students home for the day if
they are "caught smoking."
Since
our greatest referral agent is "Word of Mouth," this might have some
affect on the character of our referrals.
Class Activities
Louise's
Morning ABE class continues to work on lots of grammatical, punctuation, and
spelling
structures in the context of Women's History.
Joe's
Morning ASE class continued their writing efforts and started a new unit on the
Industrial
Revolution. Several students seized on
the Great Depression as a good starting
writing
topic. The first specific and focused
Group activity was on "Air Pollution" and the
classification
system of "Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures".
The
Afternoon and Evening Classes are very individualized which seems to suit these
more
self
directed people, but attendance has dropped off in the afternoon class.
More detailed class
activities can be found at http://www.literacyproject.org/Charboneau/classactivities.html
Additional
Information:
8 days of classes Class Contact Hours: 519.90 64.9 hours per day (about 27 learners in classes per day)
Inquiries and Others Served: 13
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ATTENDANCE |
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12+ hours |
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16 |
34% |
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2-11 hours |
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26 |
55% |
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<2 hours |
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5 |
11% |
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47 |
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ETHNICITY |
Intakes |
Enrolled |
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REFERRALS |
Intakes |
Enrolled |
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AmerInd/Alaskan |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Career Center |
0 |
3 |
6% |
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Asian |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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Community College |
0 |
4 |
9% |
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Black |
0 |
2 |
4% |
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Employer |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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Cape Verdean |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Flyers/Publicity |
0 |
2 |
4% |
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Haitian |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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Library |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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Hawaiian/PI |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Court/Probation |
1 |
5 |
11% |
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Hispanic |
0 |
5 |
11% |
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Public School |
0 |
3 |
6% |
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IndianSub |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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Social Agency/Gov't Org |
1 |
11 |
23% |
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White |
4 |
37 |
79% |
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Word of Mouth |
2 |
16 |
34% |
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Other/Not Given |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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Other |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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4 |
47 |
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4 |
47 |
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AGE |
Intakes |
Enrolled |
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TOWN |
Intakes |
Enrolled |
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16.00 -- 17.99 |
2 |
14 |
30% |
TOTAL |
Intakes |
Enrolled |
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Bernardston |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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18.00 -- 24.99 |
0 |
11 |
23% |
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4 |
47 |
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Colrain |
0 |
1 |
2% |
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25.00 -- 44.99 |
2 |
12 |
26% |
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