Florida Program Number: 9900020
Total Hours: 900 Hours

MISSION:
The mission of this program is to prepare students for academic and personal success through obtaining the necessary skills required to pass the official GED Test and be awarded a State of Florida High School Diploma.

DESCRIPTION:
The General Educational Development (GED) instruction is coursework in five subject areas at the 9.0 to 12.0 grade levels. Students enroll in one or more of the following courses of study:  Writing, Social Studies, Science, Literature and Mathematics.  Successful completion of a course of study is determined by the official GED Examination. To successfully complete the program, students must take and pass all subject areas with a minimum score of 410 beginning and an average score of 2250.

UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS:

• Declaration of intent or withdrawal form for students 16 and 17 years of age.
• Legal withdrawal from the elementary or secondary school with the exceptions noted in Rule 6A-6.014, FAC.
• Student does not have a State of Florida recognized diploma.
  

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
None

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Literacy Completion Point (LCP)
A Literacy Completion Point is the attainment of academic or workforce readiness skills that qualify the participant for further basic education, vocational education, or employment.

Areas of Academic Instruction:

Related Areas of Instruction:
Study, Reference and Test-Taking Skills / Workforce Readiness Skills / Basic Computer Literacy

• Demonstrate and apply advanced language skills through writing and communicating ideas effectively
• Demonstrate and apply advanced reading and visual processing skills using selections and graphics in United States and world history, geography, government, civics and economics
• Demonstrate and apply advanced reading and visual processing skills as outlined by the National Science content Standards, using selections in biology, chemistry, earth science, space science, physics and environmental and health topics
• Demonstrate and apply advanced reading skills using selections in various literary genres using fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama literary forms as well  as nonfiction prose and business documents
• Demonstrate advanced mathematics skills in calculation, analysis, problem solving and application problems
• Demonstrate basic study, test taking, and reference skills appropriate to the GED program
• Demonstrate acceptable job acquisition/job retention skills
• Demonstrate basic computer literacy skills