Self-concept key to development program
Education Development Department serves 2,000
By Doug Vaughan
Of The Print
The Education Develop
ment
Department
at
Clackamas Community Col
lege started with four students
in 1965 before the campus was
even constructed. Today, the
program has stretched to help
2,000 students yearly and ex
panded to three local cities.
The most well-known pro
gram is the General Educa
tional Development (GED) and
Adult High School - Diploma
programs. Each of these are
designed for students who
dropped out of high school and
are interested in completing the
rest of their education. Both
programs offer certificates
equivalent to a high school
diploma.
- “We are not only here for
the GED, but to build their
(students) skills as well,” Carol
Evans, director of the program,
said. “The most success is not
from the completion of their re
quirements, but the building of
their self-concept. That is the
majority of what we try to do.”
Along with the certificate
programs the department of
fers, it is also divided into ah
English as a Second Language
area and an Option area that
deals with other educational
and skill options for the
students.
All of the courses offered
through this department are
pre-college level, and most are
non-college credit (some
courses can be used as both) .
Also, since the program is sub
sidized all classes are free.
keep a balance.
Evans feels very fortunate
to have such support from a
moral and financial point of
view. The only limits she says
the program has is the dream
of a larger facility to help the
students individually.
Another problem that
haunts the center is that people
“Self-concept is pretty low (when the student
first comes in). All the misconceptions of a
GED make it- worse. We try to eliminate
that. ”
The extent of this program
has grown the past year. Evans
said that 51 percent of the
students that participated in the
graduation ceremonies at the
College last year were GED or
Adult High School Diploma
students.
Students vary from the
ages of 16 and older, even
though about 75 percent of
them are directly from high
school. Evans would like to see
more older adults involved to
have a myth about GED
programs—that they are a step
below a high school education.
“The GED can’t do what is
covered in four years of high
school. I know it is not the
same. You have to admire
them (students) for coming
back from a personal stand
point,” Evans said.
“I don’t talk them down,”
Evans continued. “You have to
admire a GED student. Some
people do not have the choice
whether or not to drop out.”
Even though there are
many myths that go along with
the GED program,? Evans
thinks employers are generally
accepting the equivalency pro
grams. A high school diploma
is not for everyone, she said.
Another positive stand
point the program is develop
ing is they encourage students
to take college courses after
their GED requirements. She
estimated that 30 percent of
the students continue on to col
lege classes.
One negative aspect that
people bring up with GED pro
grams is that the high school
dropout is not emotionally
ready to take on campus life.
Evans thinks this is a valid argu
ment and for the ones who she
feels are not ready, she will ad
vise to come back later.
Dave Simkins, a GED
teacher presently employed by
the College, was a GED stu
dent. He earned his while in
the Navy, and Evans feels he
adds
an
“on-hands
experience” quality as a
counselor for the students.
Evans thinks the first goal
of the department is to make
the student feel important.
“The self-concept is pretty
low (when the student first
comes in),” Evans said. “All
the misconceptions of a GED
make it worse. We try to
eliminate that.”
sports
Clackamas upset in Tartan Cup invite
By Tracy M.
Of The Print
Sumner
seconds behing Gogl for fourth
place in the steeple chase.
Roger Barnhurst, current-’
ly leading the nation’s junior
colleges with a 245-10 javelin
throw, was in top form Satur
day and won the event with a
throw of 242 feet.
Tony Aldredge placed se
cond to Barnhurst with the
season’s best throw of 212-6.
He also was runner up in the
discus and and shot put with
throws of 151-1 and 49- IOV2
in the respective events.
A nationals qualifying time
by a relay team and a fine per-
formance by long distance man
Steve Gogl highlighted the Col
lege men’s track and field
team’s second place finish at
the Tartan Cup invitational last
Saturday at Spokane. Spokane
Community College' was the
meet champion with 81 points,
followed by Clackamas and
Bellevue with 68 and 45
points, respectively.
The 400 meter relay team
of Steve Kuchabsky, Jeff
Tressler, Cameron Brennon,
and Les Taylor completed their
race in 41.5 to take first at the
meet and earn a berth in the
Notional Junior College
Athletic Association nationals
Kelly Sullivan
Kuchabsky took third in
the 100 meter high hurdles
Tressler also placed se with a time of 15.3.
Gogl, who assistant coach
cond in the meet with a per
sonal best 48.7 in the 400 Kelly Sullivan lauded as the
meters. The 48.7 time was his team’s outstanding performer
first ever sub-49 second perfor in Saturday’s meet, won the
5,000 meters in 14:42 and
mance in the 400.
Tressler’s day also includ finished the steeple chase in
ed a part in the second place 9:30 to take second.
Ken Valasquez, who leads
1600 meter relay team, which
also included Ivan Coleman, the nation with a 14:28 5,000
Jon Elston and Dan Dugan. took third in the meet in that
The quartet finished the race in event with a 14:47 time. Jim
Edmark finished just 11
3:22.
meet.
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The school’s long jump
record was tied Saturday by
second-year man Marcell
Douglass who finished third in
the meet with a jump of 23-4.
Douglass tied the record he
had set last season.
Larry Cummings finished
second to Douglass in the long
jump with a personal best of
22-10. He was also the meet’s
best in the triple jump with a
hop, skip and jump of 44-1.
Scott Anderson finished
second to Cummings in the tri
ple jump at 43-7.
Other high finishers for the'
Cougars were Jon Elston, who
placed second in the 400 meter
intermediate hurdles, Mike
Dingaman taking third in the
same event, and Brian Ab-
shire, who nabbed third in the
1500 meters.
Sullivan had mixed reac
tions to his team’s second place
finish.
“We had some people
who competed well and some
who didn’t,” he explained.
“We’re heading in the right
direction, we just need to get in
shape.”
The Cougars next com
petition is this Saturday at the
University of Portland Invita
tional.
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