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Burns, Monica – ASCD, 2021
In a world awash in technology, what EdTech skills and strategies should educators focus on to ensure they are making the best use of online spaces for classroom learning? How can they navigate through the overwhelming number of options in digital tools and spaces? How can they guide students in learning best practices? EdTech consultant Monica…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies
Amanda Ahlstrand; Debby Andrews; Michelle Carson; KayLynn Hamilton; Jennifer Jirous-Rapp; Gina Wells; Blaire Willson-Toso – American Institutes for Research, 2022
Our nation's economy and global competitiveness depend on an educated, skilled workforce that can quickly adapt to changes in technology and business processes. Adult educators understand that adult learners need opportunities to obtain workplace and career management skills through work-based learning experiences that prepare them for the complex…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Work Based Learning, Job Skills, Career and Technical Education
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2007
This training guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) to help connect research and practice in the field of adult education and family literacy. A Health and Adult Literacy and Learning (HALL)/NCSALL Health Literacy Study Circle+ is a professional development activity for adult basic education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Family Literacy, Literacy
Epstein, Margarete – 1996
Eight adult literacy programs in Ohio and two in Minnesota were funded by the Ohio Literacy Resource Center in coordination with the National Institute for Literacy to get connected to and begin to use the Internet in the classroom. The 6-month grant (January-June 1996) supplied money, training, and ongoing technical support. The 10 sites…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Rettinger, Georgina S. – 1996
In an effort to recruit more adults in the 18-25 age group, the Greenville Literacy Council of Greenville, Pennsylvania, developed the Keys for Kids program, which was designed to teach young parents to foster emergent literacy skills in their preschoolers and thereby improve their own literacy skills. An 8-week training program was developed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Guides, Emergent Literacy
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Medina, Pedro J. – 1995
This document contains the final report and manual from Project Network, an experimental learning program that allowed adult literacy learners to interact via the Internet. The classes consisted of instruction in the following areas: basic keyboarding, simple networking techniques, accessing America Online, sending and receiving electronic mail…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Holt, Daniel D., Ed.; Van Duzer, Carol H., Ed. – 2000
This book provides guidance on developing an effective evaluation plan for adult English language programs, whether in the context of family literacy, workplace and workforce literacy, or general language development. With an emphasis on surveys, interviews, observation measures, and performance samples, the authors show how staff members and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Family English Literacy
Mott Community Coll., Flint, MI. – 1993
Originally designed to serve 400 employees, the Mott Community College (MCC) Workplace Literacy Project provided instruction in basic workplace skills to 566 employees from 20 companies. The cost was 2 percent lower than projected. All participants were assessed and counseled on the basis of the assessment tests. Individualized training plans were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Paul, Marianne – 1991
This five-chapter guide for coordinators of community-based literacy groups working with prisoners is illustrated with prisoners' drawings. The first chapter examines issues affecting learning behind bars. Topics covered include similarities to and differences from other programs, respecting the learner's culture, links between poverty and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1999
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognizes that to participate more actively in society, indigenous communities in the Asia-Pacific region must make the transition from oral literacy traditions to those that combine oral and written literacy. This manual is a practical guide for training future…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Indigenous Populations
Copeland, Scott – 1992
Workplace literacy projects were established at Warn Industries, a winch and hubcap maker, and Oregon Cutting Systems (OCS), a producer of cutting edges supplying the timber industry by Clackamas Community College (Oregon). At Warn, project staff developed functional context materials, delivered instruction to a math class, and implemented a basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Martin Marietta Corp., Baltimore, MD. – 1992
Essex Community College (ECC) implemented an onsite workplace literacy program for Martin Marietta (MM) employees with the cooperation of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 738. Assisted by the working committees with representatives from all phases of the project, ECC and MM staff cooperated to develop a recruitment video, brochures, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation
Sandvold, Amy; Baxter, Maelou – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
This book contains strategies for effective literacy coaching of teachers in districts and schools. Whether it's your job to start a literacy coaching initiative or to be an effective literacy coach to your colleagues, this guide has all the steps and strategies you need: (1) Roles and responsibilities of literacy coaches; (2) Keys to building…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Coaching (Performance), Literacy, Teacher Role
Ballinger, Ronda – 1996
A project was conducted to adapt and modify the four-part workplace literacy curriculum previously created by the College of Lake County (Illinois) and six industries in the county in order to improve the usefulness and application of the information in the original curriculum. Information for the adaptation project was generated by instructors…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Course Content
McClintock, Shelby – 1994
This document contains the final report, trainer handbook for volunteer tutor trainers, and idea book for volunteer tutors from a project conducted to develop a supplemental tutor training program and life skills curriculum specifically for developmentally disabled (DD) adult learners. The final report describes how a group of DD adult learners…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
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