Basic+Skills

= Basic Skills =

**__ Course Detail: __**
Basic Skills is designed to enhance a students reading, mathematics, and communication skills. Any student who scores below 50% on the predicted GED test or two grade levels below on the “Test of Adult Basic Education” (TABE) complete battery is scheduled to attend the Basic Skills course. Students with “Individualized Education Plan(s)” (IEP) are not eligible for this course unless it has been written into the students IEP from their sending school. The course is made available to students grades 10 though 12.

**__ Course Strategy __** :
=== Using a computer software program known as “My Skills Tutor”, the instructor will assign independent study time of 45 minutes each week. The student will work through a series of pre-test, assignment, quizzes and post-test to raise their proficiency in a specific subject area to 80% mastery level performance. ===

C. Tutoring before and after class to build rapport and identify individual/specific areas of concern/deficiencies.
=== D. Work with students to design and produce resumes second semester. This will be used as an instructional exercise to insure students can implement the skills they have refined in Basic Skills. Additionally, by putting their skills to action they will learn the benefits of such knowledge. === === As it stands today, Basic skills is a stand-alone program benefiting a limited number of vocational students. Using the TABE test, as a benchmark, each student that has completed the course should improve at least two grade levels during their reassessment. ===