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UAM-CTM Will Celebrate Adult
Education Week Following Governor’s Proclamation (9/4/09)
MONTICELLO, AR — The UAM College of Technology-McGehee
will hold an open house spotlighting its adult education programs on
September 23 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. The open house is scheduled in
conjunction with a proclamation by Governor Mike Beebe designating September
21-25 as Adult Education Week and September 23 as GED Pride Day.
“We have a lot to offer our students, from computer literacy training to GED
testing,” said Sharon Cantrell, coordinator of adult education.
The Adult Education program has joined with the Career Pathways Program to
offer the students more opportunities, according to Cantrell. Through this
partnership students may qualify for gas and day care vouchers while
attending adult education classes. Students may also qualify for college
tuition assistance to further their education. These partnerships have
allowed the UAM-CTM to offer Career Readiness Certificates (CRC),
Employability Certificates, and job placement assistance.
Adult Education has become much more than preparing for the GED exam to earn
the Arkansas High School Diploma, said Dorissa Kaufman, instructor of adult
education. “The Adult Education program has many facets, including ESL
classes (English as a Second Language), basic computer literacy skills,
employability training, tutoring for college entrance exams, workplace
education where classes are offered on-site at businesses/industries, and
general basic academics,” she explained. “Some students enroll to brush up
on mathematics, reading, writing, and language before enrolling in college
classes. Our adult education classrooms teach adults functioning at 0.0
reading level, which is a non-reader, through the 12.9+ grade level. Our
instructors must be certified teachers holding a valid Arkansas Teacher’s
License.”
Adult education classes are free to participants and are held Monday through
Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5
to 7 p.m. at the McGehee campus. Classes are also offered at the McGehee
Housing Authority’s Fowler Mitchell Center on Monday and Tuesday from 5 to 8
p.m.
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