Skills Development
Step 1: You want to refresh your skills for the workplace or to go to college for a degree or certificate? Good for you! We can help you build your skills
Step 2: New students need to participate in orientation. Your test scores help us place you in the class where you can best build your skills.
Note: Returning students need to register and reserve a spot in class.
Step 3: Find a class schedule that fits your schedule and location.
We offer classes in many locations. Choose the location that best matches your goals and schedule.
Which classes are for you?
Language Development Courses
Level C: Reading and Writing Fundamentals for GED and College/Career Readiness
This is a reading and writing class that helps students improve their basic skills as the foundation for the GED test, College or Career readiness.
Students will practice ways to better understand what they read and how to express their thoughts and ideas in writing. Students will learn strategies for reading closely in order to identify main themes and supporting evidence, and develop writing skills to be able to create organized text-based responses. Readings will be anywhere from one paragraph to several pages. Writing activities will include one to several logical and detailed paragraphs, working toward an essay format. Social studies and science content will be introduced
This is a good option for students who would like to take their time to build basic reading and writing skills in order to progress to the next level for GED or college preparation.
Level D: Reading and Writing for GED
This is a GED preparation class for students to learn and practice strategies that will improve reading comprehension and writing in order to improve foundation skills for all content areas.
Students will learn strategies for reading closely in order to identify and evaluate claims and supporting evidence, and develop writing skills to be able to create organized text-based responses. Readings will be anywhere from several paragraphs to a few pages in length. Writing activities will range from short responses to multiple paragraphs. Social studies and science content are integrated into the reading and writing activities. Students learn about CIT, Career Pathways, Apprenticeship, etc.
This is a good option for students who would like more time and practice building reading and writing skills in preparation of the GED tests in order to progress to the next course level, or complete the GED in order to enter their career field.
Level E: GED Acceleration with Career and College Focus
This is a GED preparation class for students who wish to accelerate their GED completion in order to enter college or a career by building on their foundational reading and writing skills.
Reading strategies are developed to evaluate and analyze increasingly difficult texts as required on the GED. Readings will range from multiple paragraph passages to several pages. Writing will range from short answers to essays in argumentative style in order to meet the traits of the RLA writing portion of the GED.Science and Social studies are emphasized. Students explore college degrees, learn to navigate college systems, and build student success behaviors such as time management and learner engagement.
This is a good option for students who have strong reading skills and wish to accelerate their GED completion and begin a transition to career or college degree programs.
Math Development Courses
Level B: Fundamentals of Math
This course will develop knowledge and skill in operations with whole numbers, decimals and benchmark fractions; place value; estimation; problems involving measurement and time; representing data with a bar graph; perimeter and area of squares and rectangles; introduction to very basic algebraic thinking.
Level C: Strategic Problem Solving
This course will develop knowledge and skill in operations with large numbers, longer decimals, and improper and mixed fractions; ratios and proportions; multi-step word problems; order of operations; 1-step equations; marking points on a graph; making a line graph for a set of data; computing volume of a box.
Level D: Foundations for College Math
This course will develop knowledge and skill in operations with positive and negative numbers; ratio and proportion; solving 1- and 2-step equations and inequalities; graphing linear equations; order of operations; scientific notation; computing circumference, area, surface area and volume for various shapes; mean/median/mode; simple probabilities.
Level E: Algebra Essentials
This course will develop knowledge and skill in exponents and roots; solving multi-step problems; simplifying and evaluating expressions; solving equations and inequalities; factoring expressions; graphing the solutions of equations and inequalities; systems; functions.
Please Note: The Summer Term 2020 transportation fee has been waived. All ABSE classes are free!!!
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, or call a Lane ABSE site. The main Adult Basic and Secondary Education (ABSE) office is available Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Phone: 541-463-5214