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By Marilyn Heller, Volunteer Nutrition class at Women in Charge is taught once a month from September to May, the class is taught by a volunteer. Women gather in the kitchen to make a lunch...

Written by Marcy Austin Adult Education Teacher/Technology Director Defining Backward Design When defining backward design, adult education instructors and all teachers see it as a way of structuring the curriculum that will foster specific results....

Victoria got started when she joined the St. Vincent de Paul group when her youngest child turned three. She met a retired colleague named Phillip O’Dea, and they spent the next 12 years making between...

Lynn Chapman Wolf, MSW; LCSW Grants Manager/Social Worker Lynn Chapman-Wolf, MSW, LCSW, has served as the Women in Charge Social Worker since 2005. She holds an MSW (University of Missouri-Columbia), a BSW in social work...

I came to Women In Charge by surprise. I went to the Adult Education & Literacy office across the way and the lady in the office couldn’t find my name, so she sent me over...

My life has been a shambles ever since 1985, the year that my dysfunctional sperm donor (father) took the life of my mother who is supposed to protect, guide and teach her child. He killed...

I’m 18 years old. I live with my 1 year old daughter, and I work for Toys R Us. I’m trying to save up for a car. When I was 14 my dad sexually abused...

Written by Sue Wright Would the Women In Charge program work for me? Many high school and college graduates could not pass the HiSET if they had to take it right now, so a test...

Written by Ann Getz, WIC HiSET (GED) Educational Director 1. Brain Parts Many people think that the brain is fully developed by the time you get to high school.  By 16 years old, most of...

We tend to use the phrase GED to mean high school equivalency, but really that’s a brand name like Kleenex or Coke.  As a Missouri resident HiSET is the only high school equivalency option for...