Title: CL5 Adult Education and Family Literacy Front Porch Contract

Recommendation:
I recommend that the School Board approve the Adult Education and Family Literacy Front Porch Contract effective March 17, 2005 and authorize the Superintendent or designee to sign all documents and contracts related to the grant which are required for implementation of grant activities.

Description:

The Workforce Alliance received funding from the Adult Education and Family Literacy Front Porch grant to assist adults as follows:
                Completing high school or the GED,
                Obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency, and
                Assisting adults in becoming partners in the educational development of their children.

The Workforce Alliance will provide the District with $14,000 to fund the adult education component of the contract.  The Workforce Alliance has requested that the District, through the Office of Adult and Community Education, provide the teachers and courseware necessary to implement Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED training, and family literacy training to the recruited clients.

Evaluation will be accomplished using data from adult student participants to measure Literacy Completion Points (LCPs), which are earned for successful completion of standardized course components, such as moving up one reading level or one math grade level.

The Front Porch Initiative program is in its third year.  This project is a collaboration between the School District of Palm Beach county and the:
            Workforce Alliance, which provides program oversight,
            Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, which provides the Parent and Child together (PACT) component, and
            West Palm Beach Front Porch, Inc., which supplies the facility, student recruitment and community relations.

The School District of Palm Beach County, through the Office of Adult and Community Education, provides Adult Basic Education and GED Prep classes in the morning, afternoon, and evening at  two (2) sites in the West Palm Beach Front Porch community.  The adult education component is offered at:
                
                  Pleasant City Multicultural Center
                  501 21st St.
                  West Palm Beach, FL 33407

                   Northwood United Methodist Church
                   4015 Spruce Ave.
                   West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Financial Impact:
The financial impact to the District is a $14,000 increase to the Special Revenue - Other Funds budget. All grant related expenditures and contracts are authorized for payment up to the amount of the revenue.

For Additional Information, contact:

Ann Killets (akillets@palmbeach.k12.fl.us)

E. Wayne Gent

Chuck Shaw

Attachments (list):
Data Panel for Family Literacy Grant - 3-16-05.pdf
Workforce Contract for Front Porch.pdf