Our vision is to successfully launch highly motivated young adults
challenged with intellectual and learning disabilities into adulthood.
Through participation in the rigors of the
Passport
Program™
students will:
- Live as independent a life as possible
- Have improved job placement
- Be self-determined and self advocating
- Be committed to life-long learning
"The most
important function of education at any level is to develop
the personality of the individual and the significance of his life
to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life;
the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure."
— Grayson
Kirk, American Educator
Our Plan
REPLICATE and evaluate the
Passport Program.
CONVENE interested educational institutions and organizations so
that they can participate in fine-tuning a proven program and avoid
the research and development costs of “reinventing (or inventing)
the wheel.” Please see
Consortium
Club
for details.
LESSEN student dependency on both their families and the community.
AFFECT public policy by demonstrating success, by being advocates,
by providing data, and by letting students speak for themselves.
BUILD the confidence of students and raise their parents’ expectations.
"True learning hovers somewhere between
challenge and frustration."
— Cynthia Johnson, President, ReThink Higher Education
Consulting
Our Classroom
Each faculty member trained to educate students with special needs
combined with extensive experience and/or advanced degrees in
her/his subject area.
Provide small, challenging, cohort-based, and fun
classes with an emphasis on experiential learning and learning
methodologies emphasizing repetition and short bursts of content
delivery followed by carefully guided hands-on experimentation
and manipulation of content, ideas and/or tools.
“The
test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance
of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those
who have too little.”
— Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt, President
Our Student Outcomes
Measures for performance over the time in the program using specific
skills sets with associated performance indicators mapped to the
workplace. Examples of skill sets include:
- Measures of technical skill performance
- Measures of communication skills
- Measures of self-advocacy, critical thinking, and problem solving
- Measures of reading, writing, money management, and oral communication
Our Evaluation
An external evaluator knowledgeable in multi-faceted research
evaluation for the targeted population conducts research using
various components designed to provide overall guidance in
Passport
Program revision and improvements.
