The Basic Skills/GED Program
The Basic Skills/GED Program is the agency's core program from which all administrative and new project developments flow. Instructional areas include:
- Post-GED preparation for further education or employment
- Life skills topics such as money management and driver licensing
- GED/High School Equivalency topic areas:
- Science
- Social studies
- Writing skills
- Literature and the arts
- Mathematics
- High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) preparation includes an additional Health and Civics exam, as well as the development of a student employability plan.
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Corrections Education Program
This program is intended to assist students' reintegration into the community. It provides adult education services to people who are incarcerated in or have recently been released from Dane County institutions. Information, referral, and advocacy services are also provided.
This program prepares students to complete their GED credential as quickly as possible, provides homework for inmates to work on in their cells, and provides a link to Omega School when inmates are released.
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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program
The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program provides educational services to adult non-native speakers of English.
Learners must be able to read at a fourth- grade level or above in English and must be permanent residents of Dane County.
Instruction is provided in small groups.
Students strengthen their English language skills and learn to promote themselves in the classroom, the workforce, and the community.
Some students complete their GED and find a job or attend post-secondary school. Other students develop employability skills to get a job, keep a job, or move up the job ladder.
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The Intermediate Reading (& Math) Program
The Intermediate Reading (& Math) Program provides services to those students who need to increase their reading and math skills in order to begin working on their GED. Some students have learning differences which require more direct instruction from a teacher. The Intermediate Reading (& Math) Program provides this opportunity.
The increased use of volunteers in the program helped Omega to continue to provide individualized instruction.
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