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Pilot Project
 South Dakota State
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| Marcia Hess |
SD Department of Labor, AEL Program 700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501 |
Phone: 605-773-5821
Fax: 605-773-6184
Marcia.Hess@state.sd.us
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Professional Development System
The South Dakota Department of Labor has oversight and coordination of the professional
development system for South Dakota Adult Education and Literacy (AEL).
The leadership activities are guided by the professional development priorities in the
Workforce Investment Act. The State Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) Administrator and
local program directors plan professional development activities based on Federal requirements
and needs assessments.
STAR Pilot
In South Dakota, all 13 fully funded AEL programs participate in the STAR pilot, including:
- a technical institute,
- school districts,
- career learning centers,
- the Women's Prison, and
- an immigration/refugee program.
This involves thirteen directors and thirty instructors. Most of the STAR teachers have
not had formal training in teaching reading. Therefore, the state's adult reading specialist
provided Level I Reading training, introducing fundamental reading components prior to the STAR Pilot.
Programs Implementing STAR
- Southeast Technical Institute
Sioux Falls, SD
- Meade School District
Sturgis, SD
- Aberdeen Area Career Planning Center
Aberdeen, SD
- Brookings Career Learning Center
Brookings, SD
- Career Learning Center of the Black Hills
Rapid City, SD
- Cornerstones Career Learning Center, Inc.
Huron, SD
- Madison Career Learning Center
Brookings, SD
- Southeast Job Link
Vermillion, SD
- The Right Turn, Inc.
Pierre, SD
- Volunteers of America, Dakotas
Sioux Falls, SD
- Watertown Career Learning Center
Watertown, SD
- South Dakota Women's Prison
Pierre, SD
- Lutheran Social Services Refugee & Immigration Center
Sioux Falls, SD
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