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Pilot Project
 South Dakota State
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Lead Agency and Contact
| Barb Unruh |
SD Department of Labor, AEL Program
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501 |
Phone: 605-773-5821
Fax: 605-773-6184
Barb.Unruh@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 Implementation
In South Dakota, all 13 fully funded AEL programs participated in the STAR pilot, including:
- a technical institute,
- school districts,
- career learning centers,
- the Women's Prison, and
- an immigration/refugee program.
This involved thirteen directors and thirty instructors. Most of the STAR teachers had 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.
STAR Sustainability
Following the STAR Pilot, South Dakota continued to encourage STAR sustainability by providing STAR Institute trainings led by a certified STAR trainer annually. All teachers are required to participate in STAR training once they have completed New Teacher Training. The third cohort of participants will be trained during the 2010-2011 fiscal year. South Dakota supports programs and instructors already implementing STAR with annual booster trainings.
Programs Implementing STAR
- Southeast Technical Institute
Sioux Falls, SD
- AEL East-BHSSC: Brookings Career Learning Center
Brookings, SD
- Career Learning Center of the Black Hills
Rapid City, SD
- Cornerstones Career Learning Center, Inc.
Huron, SD
- Cornerstones Career Learning Center, Inc.
Mitchell, SD
- Cornerstones Career Learning Center, Inc.
Aberdeen, SD
- Cornerstones Career Learning Center, Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
- AEL East-BHSSC: Madison Career Learning Center
Brookings, SD
- Southeast Job Link
Vermillion, SD
- The Right Turn, Inc.
Pierre, SD
- AEL East-BHSSC: Watertown Career Learning Center
Watertown, SD
- South Dakota Women’s Prison
Pierre, SD
- Lutheran Social Services Refugee & Immigration Center
Sioux Falls, SD
- Mike Durfee State Prison
Springfield, SD
- South Dakota State Penitentiary
Sioux Falls, SD
- Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD
- Sisseton Wapeton Oyate
Sisseton, SD
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