Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 838 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Solve a Teaching Problem
2015
This interactive tool helps instructors diagnose classroom problems, think about possible causes, and explore solutions.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
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Tools for Building Employer-Educator Partnerships
2015
This website introduces employers and educators to the value of partnering, presents best practices and success stories, and provides links to evidence-based tools for building and sustaining partnerships and creating career pathways.
Administrators
Policymakers and Implementers
Instructional Staff
Business Partners
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American Job Center
2014
One place to go for Americans to find information and help that they need to find work.
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Beyond the GED: Promising Models for Moving High School Dropouts to College
2014
Emphasizing results from quasi-experimental and experimental research, this literature review identifies the most promising approaches for increasing dropouts’ rate of attaining a GED certificate or other high school credential and making a successful transition to college.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Policymakers and Implementers
Teacher Trainers
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High School Equivalency Institute: Critical Thinking for GED 2014 - Depth of Knowledge Framework
2014
This training focused on how to transition students, classrooms and teaching staff towardsthe new GED. The training provides specific tips and examples to bring more critical thinking skills into classrooms of all levels. Academy of Hope’s condensed manual on the new GED, examples of organizers, and other helpful material is included with the training.
Instructional Staff
Teacher Trainers
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Post-GED-Credential College Prospects for Adults with Special Needs
2014
The purpose of this qualitative research paper is to describe the college prospects of transitioning adults with a GED credential and special needs, in terms of characteristics, challenges, attributes, and supports; the article concludes with interviewee and researcher recommendations for adult education programs and colleges to support transitioning adults.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
Researchers and Developers
Student Support Staff
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State of Washington's I-BEST Model
2014
This resource provided by the State of Washington helps practitioners better understand career pathways programs and expand practioners’ professional knowledge.
Administrators
Teacher Trainers
Instructional Staff
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Accelerated Learning Program
2013
Materials from the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), which uses a form of mainstreaming to increase student success in the post-secondary, introductory developmental writing course.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
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Career Planning for SUCCESS
2013
This resource contains both evidence-based research and practice-based materials that can help guide the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of career pathways programs.
Administrators
Instructional Staff
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CCRC: What We Know About Nonacademic Student Supports
2013
This practitioner packet summarizes CCRC and other research on nonacademic student supports, defined as activities and programs that are designed to encourage academic success but that do not deal directly with academic content.
Family and Community Supporters
Instructional Staff
Student Support Staff
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Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works
2013
This report analyzes more than 100 education-to-employment initiatives from 25 countries and a survey of youth, education providers, and employers in nine diverse countries: Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Policymakers and Implementers
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Employability Skills Framework
2013
A one-stop resource for information and tools to inform the instruction and assessment of employability skills.
Administrators
Business Partners
Instructional Staff
Policymakers and Implementers
Teacher Trainers
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Engaging Employers to Support Adult Career Pathways Programs
2013
This issue brief offers practical strategies on engaging employers and building business-education partnerships to support adult career pathways programs and highlights promising examples from adult education providers in three states.
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NC-NET Employability Skills Resource Toolkit
2013
NC-NET developed this toolkit of instructional materials to support instructors as they seek to further enhance how their courses address eight employability skills competencies.
Administrators
Instructional Staff