Adult
Basic
Education and GED Classes
We
offer Adult Basic Education/Pre-GED and GED
Preparation/Transition classes in North Philadelphia. We
conduct classes in 12-week cycles. Before the beginning of
each cycle, all new students who wish to enroll attend two three-hour
orientation sessions. Learners are placed in appropriate classes,
based on reading level, at the end of orientation.
Students advance from one level to the next as they improve their
reading and
math skills. Besides providing instruction in reading, mathematics,
writing, computer skills, social studies, and science, we
support students at each level in reaching goals of transitioning to
employment, job training, and, when appropriate, post-secondary
education.
Classroom
teaching includes large and small group instruction,
one-on-one instruction, and independent study. One-on-one instruction
is
provided by teachers and, when available, by volunteer tutors. Group
time
helps establish a learning community for the class as a whole and
provides
students with the opportunity to learn from each other, express
themselves in a
group setting, learn to make decisions based on critical thinking and
the democratic
process, and hold group discussions. We supplement classroom
instruction with guest speakers and educational field trips.
Move
Up
Pennsylvania's
Departments of Education and Public Welfare launched the
Move Up initiative in 2005. As a Move Up provider, Community
Learning Center offers year-round classes providing intensive
instruction
in
reading, writing, math,
and GED preparation to Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF)
clients. The goal is to equip clients to find and maintain employment,
and
hence to achieve financial
independence. Our Move Up classes convene at our partner
agencies, New Wave Resources, Inc.,
a Job Specific Skills Training
Center
(JSST), and Achieving Reunification
Center (ARC). Those
wishing to
enroll in
Move Up should speak with their Welfare case manager.
Pennsylvania
CareerLink
We
partner with Pennsylvania
CareerLink at Suburban Station, 1617 John F.
Kennedy Boulevard, to prepare CareerLink clients
for
employment, job training programs, or post-secondary
education. In addition to offering GED classes, we
provide
instruction to clients who do not qualify for training programs
or employment, based on assessment scores. Our teacher works with
students
to help them achieve the skill levels required to transition
to training programs or jobs.
College
and Career
Advancement Program
(CCAP)
As a
participant in the
College and Career Advancement Program
(CCAP) program coordinated by the Mayor's Commission on Literacy, we
provide an ABE/GED class for city workers. The
goal for those in this class is to achieve learning gains,
retain
employment with the city of Philadelphia,
and
perhaps advance to post-secondary education or training programs.
PhillyWorks:
Growing Neighborhood Jobs
We conduct classes as part of PhillyWorks:
Growing Neighborhood Jobs,
a
program designed to create
full-time, year-round
sustaining wage employment for seasonal
workers employed by city of Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania
Workforce
Improvement Network
Pennsylvania
Workforce Improvement Network (PA WIN) encourages and supports the
expansion of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) agencies'
ability to
provide customized foundation skills training for employees in the
workplace. As a PA WIN affiliate agency, CLC bridges
the
worlds of education and business. CLC
works
with PA CareerLink, local Workforce Investment Boards, and employers,
assisting them in assessing employers’ and workers’
foundation skills
and designing high quality, customized foundation skills
training to meet those needs. Foundation skills
are those needed by employees to be effective and
safe in
their work environment. The
Foundation Skills Framework provides a common language and
understanding of the basic skills, knowledge, and competencies adults
need in order to secure and advance in employment. Moreover, CLC can
customize a workplace language program for employees who speak
English
as their second language.
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