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Vol. 20, No. 3

Continued on page 14 ..

Out of School Youths

1 Mtaya Miracle School

3 A Letter rom

Dr. Elizabeth Hawa

4 One Step and One

Student at a Time : Th

OSY Workorce Progra

6 Young Adult Educatio

7 Mentoring Youths

8 Serving Virginias OSY

Roundtable Discussio

13 Virginia Institutes or

Lielong Learning

15 Book Review:

Three Cups of Tea

Back Lie Stories

The Mtaya Miracle SchoolbyCarolyn Kulisheck

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At the annual Teachers o English to Speakers o Other Languages convention, held in New

York in April, Virginia teacher Carolyn Kulisheck was awarded the TESOL Best Poster Award.

Kulisheck (ar right) stands with Eliza Nino and Richard Capet, two o the teachers who

participated in the letter writing project, in ront o her award-winning poster, The Caring

ESOL Bridge to Zambia.


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Men in the Arican village o Mtaya (let) read letters written by Virginia ESOL students (right) as part o a letter exchange started by Fairax

County ESOL teacher Carolyn Kulisheck. See ront cover, p. 14 or story.


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What do a 16-year-old mother

o two, 17-year-old restau-rant trainer, and 18-year-old

homeless youth all have in common?

They are all enrolled in the Out oSchool Youth Workorce Program atWinchester, Virginias Youth Develop-ment Center (YDC). While all come

rom very dierent backgrounds, theyare all classied as at risk youthsbased upon specic economic andeducational barriers. These barriers

have prevented these students rom

succeeding in the past, but the Outo School Youth Workorce Program

promises uture educational and oc-cupational success through one-on-one personal and proessional devel-opment counseling and mentoring.

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The most dicult part

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what best meets theirneeds.


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Approaching Young Adult EducationbyJason Guard

Young adult learners pose achallenge or ABE programs,but they also represent

opportunities. Out o School Youths

(OSYs), have a reputation or beingdisruptive in classes where moremature learners are the majority.

Sporadic attendance and lack o ollow-through are particularly commonamong minors who are exhibiting

a resh pattern o dropping out andrejecting educational opportunities.While teaching in GED programs or16- to 17-year-old students, I quickly

learned that the task o teaching

teenagers requires a unique set oskills, exibility, and the will to putthe learners needs ahead o our

own. Whatever approach we adopt,we cannot turn our backs on thegrowing number o OSYs in need o

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Jason Guard is GED Specialist at the Vir-ginia Adult Learning Resource Center.


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A Roundtable Discussion withElaine Callahan, Carol Coffey, Mary Ellen Dreybus,and Danielle Robinson

Some OSYs are ready totake ownership o theireducation and need theexibility o our adultprogram, particularly

the night schedule.


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Serving Virginias Out of School Youths(continued from page 9)

I do see a good numbero bright, mostly creatiekids in the 18-21 rangewho ... are able to pass

the test quickly and moveon to college right away.

We hae had to release18-year-olds fomour program due to

disruptie behaiour.


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A Roundtable Discussion with Elaine Callahan,Carol Coffey, Mary Ellen Dreybus, and Danielle Robinson


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The Mtaya Miracle School (continued from front cover)

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Approaching Young Adult Education (continued from page 12)

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I just didnt like schoolIt seemed like all I could do was get in trouble

I left school when I was a senior, just months before graduationI decided to take the GED

Tests with the encouragement of family and friends

I passed the tests and graduated with honorsI realized that nothing is too far out of reach

Garry Lee Deskins (right) o

Honaker, Virginia, tells a storysimilar to the experiences o

many o Virginias out o schoolyouths. Ater a court order, Garrywas enrolled in his local ISAEPprogram and earned his GEDcerticate. Ater this success,Garry encouraged his mother totake the tests. Jennier Deskinshad studied or the GED Tests in

the past but ailed to pass the

math and science sections. OnJune 5, 2007, both Garry andJennier Deskins walked in theirGED graduation ceremony ;both are eatured in SouthwestRegional Adult Educations Raceto GED Lie Stories promotionalcampaign. Garry hopes to

attend SVCC and study to bea diesel mechanic.

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