Program
Resources
General | Recruitment/Retention
| Assessment | Planning
& Instruction | Student Outcomes|
Professional Development | Program
Evaluation | Program Management
General
Community
Partnerships for Adult Learning
Community Partnerships for Adult Learning, sponsored by the
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, is about strengthening
ties among businesses, libraries, colleges, national nonprofits,
faith-based and community-based organizations, social services
and workforce development agencies, federally funded state-run
programs, and other providers to improve the accessibility and
quality of adult education.
Florida
TechNet
Florida TechNet is a distance learning and technology project
that focuses primarily on providing technology support and services
to adult education practitioners. The Florida TechNet website
contains lots of resources, including web-based trainings, links
to lesson plans and various resources in the Living Library
sorted by topic area.
LINCS
Special Collections
The LINCS Special Collections are one-stop electronic gateways
to specialized information on high-quality literacy practices
and materials for use in adult education and literacy programs.
LINCS Special Collections are built around specific content
areas, specific settings or contexts, and professional development
topics.
OTAN
OTAN: The Outreach and Technical Assistance Network provides
electronic collaboration, access to information, and technical
assistance for literacy and adult education providers in California.
Recruitment/Retention
Adult Students: Recruitment and Retention
How to attract and retain adult students is an enduring question
for providers of adult education. Adult students must juggle
competing demands on their time from study, family, work, and
other commitments; their learning goals are often different
from those of educational institutions and providers; and their
needs and aspirations may change during the education process,
sometimes as a result of it. This Brief reviews recent research
related to adult student recruitment and retention and provides
guidelines for recruiting and retaining adult learners.
Research
to Practice: Increasing Retention Through Student Success
Improving retention in adult literacy programs is an area of
great concern for both instructors and administrators. Yet exactly
how this is achieved remains an actively debated topic - and
even somewhat of a mystery. In gathering information on this
subject, through discussions with people in the field, looking
at research studies and examining past experiences, we have
compiled not only examples for program implementation but also
some philosophies that we believe need to be intact within literacy
p rograms for retention to increase.
Improving
Retention in Adult Basic Education and Recommended Strategies
for Effective Instructional and Counseling Interventions
The objective of this study was to generate specific recommendations
for more effective counseling and teaching intervention strategies,
based on the acquisition of new knowledge concerning motivational
constructs among resistant Adult Basic Education (ABE) student
dropouts. This would assist ABE programs in dealing with student
resistance.
Assessment
Techniques
for Authentic Assessment
Authentic assessments (AAs) incorporate a wide variety of techniques
"designed to correspond as closely as possible to `real
world' student experiences" (Custer 1994, p. 66). They
are compatible with adult, career, and vocational education.
Adult
Multiple Intellingences Study
Teachers of adult learners are often intrigued by their students'
striking abilities in a number of skills and arts, and often
wonder how this potential can be used to enhance ESOL and ABE
learning.
Learning
Styles Questionnaire
Online checklist
Career
Inventory
The results of the test shows your career personality represented
by an animal.
Click on the name of one of the four animals to see a description
of the career personality it represents.
Assessments
for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Among adults who have not graduated from high school there may
be an unusually high rate of undiagnosed learning disabilities
and/or ADHD. Adult students, teachers and other professionals
who work with adults should consider the possibility that learning
disabilities and/or ADHD may underlie the difficulties faced
in school, employment and everyday social relationships.
Planning
& Instruction
Considering
Culture in the Selection of Teaching Approaches for Adults
This Digest examines the different dimensions of culture that
are relevant to the adult learning context, speaking primarily
to the case of the United States, including both the personal
cultures of learners and educators, and the culture of the larger
social political environment. It explores how cultural values
permeate instruction and looks at several approaches that take
culture into account.
Blending
Face-to-Face and Distance Learning Methods in Adult and Career-Technical
Education
This Brief reviews the literature on combining traditional classroom
instruction with distance learning via ICT and offers suggestions
on how the two methods can be effectively blended in adult and
CTE programs.
Using
Adult Learning Principles in Adult Basic and Literacy Education
This Practice Application Brief describes how adult education
principles can be used in ABLE programs. Following a discussion
of adult education principles, it provides recommendations for
practices, based on the principles and literature related to
adult basic and literacy education
What
is your classroom management profile?
An online quiz to determine your style of classroom management.
Classroom
Management on MAEPD
Student
Outcomes
National
Reporting System for Adult Education
The National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) is an
outcome-based reporting system for the state-administered, federally
funded adult education program. This site provides information,
publications, training systems, and updates on NRS matters.
