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GED teaching methods

by gednj

Jun 8, 2010

Hey all. I'm needing some help. I've been teaching GED at a community college for 5 years now. Last year we got a new supervisor who wants us to teach without using photocopies and with limited use of GED prep books. She has started the procedure of giving away many of our Number Power books (which we are now forbidden to use), contemporaries GED books, etc. The requirement for us now is that we can use the Contemporary's books for a small portion of the time but otherwise we need to use the internet and bring in "authentic materials" to teach the class and essentially make up our own practice exercises, etc. We are a large GED program servicing a major city in NJ. Average class size is about 20 students.

I am a part-time instructor (although I teach 3 classes/day), make $22/hr with no benefits whatsoever, and these new requirements will neccessitate many extra hours of unpaid prep time. Does this make sense to anyone out there? My supervisor is telling us that this is the dir...See More

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Teacher+ Oh, you have GOT to leave. Your new supervisor is a moron. You can teach the essay section with no worksheets but not the other 6 tests!

AUTHENTIC MATERIALS FOR GED INSTRUCTION ARE texts and multiple choice questions that most closely follow those that appear on the GED. Currently, the best source of that material is the Steck-Vaughn boo...See More

Jun 17, 2010

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Jun 26, 2010

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MO GED teacher On 6/08/10, gednj wrote: > Hey all. I'm needing some help. I've been teaching GED at > a community college for 5 years now. Last year we got a > new supervisor who wants us to teach without using > photocopies and with limited use of GED prep books. She has > started the procedure of giving away many of our Number > Power books (w...See MoreOn 6/08/10, gednj wrote: > Hey all. I'm needing some help. I've been teaching GED at > a community college for 5 years now. Last year we got a > new supervisor who wants us to teach without using > photocopies and with limited use of GED prep books. She has > started the procedure of giving away many of our Number > Power books (which we are now forbidden to use), > contemporaries GED books, etc. The requirement for us now > is that we can use the Contemporary's books for a small > portion of the time but otherwise we need to use the > internet and bring in "authentic materials" to teach the > class and essentially make up our own practice exercises, > etc. We are a large GED program servicing a major city in > NJ. Average class size is about 20 students. > > I am a part-time instructor (although I teach 3 > classes/day), make $22/hr with no benefits whatsoever, and > these new requirements will neccessitate many extra hours > of unpaid prep time. Does this make sense to anyone out > there? My supervisor is telling us that this is the > direction GED instruction is going, and that we should get > used to not using books or photocopied worksheets. > > Any feedback would be most appreciated, as I am getting > very frustrated with my job and am contemplating leaving. > > Thanks! > > GEDNJ

GEDNJ, I am sorry to hear that you are having these kinds of difficulties with your supervisor! Anyone lucky enough to have good materials like Contemporary books and photocopies worksheets. I you are not allowed to photocopy worksheets I am not sure how you would share you exercises with the students. I haven't heard any buzz about this trend your supervisor speaks of at local, state or national Adult Ed. Conferences. That makes no sense whatsoever! I have been teaching GED classes for 11 years and cannot imagine creating all the materials for each category at all grade levels. I will say the books your supervisor is taking away are some of my favorite math materials. Of course, I come up with some original material but rely on the books for a bulk of the lessons.

Jun 26, 2010

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Norm Teachers in Adult Ed have become nothing more than allies for publishers. You do nothing more push books, paper and packets. I have been teaching Adult Ed for 5 years. Out of each 3 hour class I spend 1 1/2 hours in direct instruction and the rest of the time answering questions one-on-one.

I have students coming from other classes to ask ...See More

Jul 23, 2010

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