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
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.
