“I’ve learned things I never thought I could,” said GED student Dale Hoff who plans to study Spanish after getting her GED.There is something special about the Community Services Consortium’s (CSC) GED class in Albany. It was designed for dislocated workers and adults who dropped out of school a long time ago.
“We saw a need to serve a different population – the returning to school adult,” said Sue McGuire-Thompson, CSC’s Operations Manager in Albany. “We found that classes needed to fit around their lives and those lives didn’t necessarily fit a school term system. So we offer open ended classes. “
“Adults we serve are seeing that you can no longer check a box on an application form to indicate you graduated from high school or not. Employers these days take time to check the details. They want to know you graduated.”
It was through a suggestion from her granddaughter’s teacher that Dale Hoff found her way to the GED class. It has been a positive experience after a job loss left her in limbo.
“I’ve learned things I didn’t know I could!” she said. “What make classes here special, are the teachers. Megan and Leslie make sure everyone understands. Even though we are in a group…no one is left confused.”
Megan Christoph, GED instructor and Leslie Hogan, a volunteer with over 25 years of teaching experience, hold the classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 hours each day in the Albany CSC location.
“Everyone here wants to learn, they come with life experience,” said Christoph. “I view the class as a partnership. We are learning together. Students are welcome to start at any time and are free to work at their own pace.”
For more information, call Community Services Consortium’s Albany office at (541) 928-6335. It is located at 250 Broadalbin SW, Suite 2A in Albany.
Photo Caption: GED teacher Megan Christoph, explains a concept to one of her students.
“We saw a need to serve a different population – the returning to school adult,” said Sue McGuire-Thompson, CSC’s Operations Manager in Albany. “We found that classes needed to fit around their lives and those lives didn’t necessarily fit a school term system. So we offer open ended classes. “
“Adults we serve are seeing that you can no longer check a box on an application form to indicate you graduated from high school or not. Employers these days take time to check the details. They want to know you graduated.”
It was through a suggestion from her granddaughter’s teacher that Dale Hoff found her way to the GED class. It has been a positive experience after a job loss left her in limbo.
“I’ve learned things I didn’t know I could!” she said. “What make classes here special, are the teachers. Megan and Leslie make sure everyone understands. Even though we are in a group…no one is left confused.”
Megan Christoph, GED instructor and Leslie Hogan, a volunteer with over 25 years of teaching experience, hold the classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 hours each day in the Albany CSC location.
“Everyone here wants to learn, they come with life experience,” said Christoph. “I view the class as a partnership. We are learning together. Students are welcome to start at any time and are free to work at their own pace.”
For more information, call Community Services Consortium’s Albany office at (541) 928-6335. It is located at 250 Broadalbin SW, Suite 2A in Albany.
Photo Caption: GED teacher Megan Christoph, explains a concept to one of her students.
