Programs & Services

The Old Stone Education Center offers an alternative educational opportunity to parents (women), ages 16 ½ and older. The Old Stone Education Center is one of 9 GED locations (five GED locations were closed for the 2009-2010 academic year) in Cuyahoga County and is the most successful because of our unique, holistic, and individualistic approach to each student, and our emphasis on family literacy. The following are those services:

Old Stone Center for Education – The services and support provided includes GED preparation classes, and an on-site, state licensed day care and early childcare education facility for children 6 months to 5 years. The short-term goal for all students is to show continued academic progress until the student is prepared to attain their GED certificate.

Parenting and Literacy Program – This program brings the parenting skills, books, games and educational toys into students’ homes, to help create a permanent home library and new family traditions of literacy and love of learning. Research has shown that the most significant factor affecting a child’s success in school and in life is the parent’s level of education and training.

Career Readiness Track Program — This program includes student and graduate internships with Cleveland area businesses, workforce/career awareness workshops, computer certification training, and a post-secondary transition program including field trips to area colleges and universities, and counseling for college admissions, financial aid, and coursework expectations.

The Health Care Education Program – The Healthcare Education Program provides critical family health information including disease prevention, nutrition, fitness, family planning, and CPR training.

Financial Management Program – The Financial Management Program brings volunteers from the Cleveland banking community to teach the basic money management skills young families need to thrive in a tough economy.

Psychological Assessment Services – A licensed psychologist has been retained to conduct assessments for students who have not progressed in one or more aspects of skill development.  In all cases where learning disabilities were discovered, the student was granted testing accommodations.  Each of the students that were provided accommodations by the state successfully passed their GED examination.  For certain individuals the testing revealed a recommendation for medical or psychological services beyond the scope of the Old Stone Education Center teaching staff. 

On-site day care Program – The program provide support to parents with children between the ages of 6 months to five years while attending the Old Stone Education Center classes.  The daycare teachers help children feel welcome, ensure a healthy, wholesome and safe climate, and plan and implement daily enrichment activities for all the children. The Early Childcare Education instructor begins the task of preparing the children (3 ½ to 5 years) for kindergarten and beyond

For more information contact: Dionne Jones, Director of Education at 216-241-0311 or djones@oldstoneeducationcenter.org