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Download full textMcMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1979
The University of Texas Pilot Program was operated in five sites in Texas (Abilene, Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Temple) to demonstrate the utility of competency-based high school diplomas for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients. Included among the program features common to all five sites were the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
1979
The document provides a process model for a competency-based adult high school diploma program. Following an overview, the document is arranged into nine chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on starting such a program and gives suggestions for conducting needs assessment, setting up a planning group, implementing adult basic education awareness activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Conti, Gary J.; Giles, Wayne E. – 1978
Designed to develop competency-based adult education (CBAE) as an alternative adult education delivery system, the Illinois CBAE Project provided a series of three workshops and a consultation for 48 Illinois adult education practitioners. The workshops consisted of an awareness workshop, a module development workshop, and an evaluation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Fused Curriculum
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist adult education program directors and staff to integrate technology into their programs. Adapted from the original guidebook developed by the Merrimack Education Center's Adult Education Computer Applications Project, it focuses on major considerations in matching computer applications with instructional program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1992
Onsite workplace education was provided for employees of the Geriatric Authority of Holyoke (GAH), Massachusetts. Instructional programs in English as a Second Language, adult basic education, and General Educational Development (GED) preparation were offered. The union and supervisors assisted in a broad recruitment effort. Individualized…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education Units
McAlister, Annette, Comp. – 1990
This document contains descriptions of 55 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1991. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Werner, Evelyn, Comp. – 1991
This document contains descriptions of 66 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1992. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Reyes, Lolita C. – 1992
The Star Team Acquiring Rewards in Literacy and Insights Through Education (STARLITE) program was implemented to improve the job proficiency of employees at the Pacific Star Hotel, Guam. Its goal was to provide employees with both workplace literacy skills and employability skills. An audit was completed in each department of the hotel. Modules…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1983
This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education
Seibles, Mary, Comp. – 1984
This catalog, the seventh in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, was developed to facilitate the exchange of programmatic information among adult education practitioners about projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. This catalog contains 382 project abstracts from 46 states. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Resources
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1993
This book contains more than 100 abstracts of projects conducted in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 1992-93 funded through Section 353 of the federal Adult Education Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-297). The projects were developed to strengthen the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Dickinson, Katherine; Soukamneuth, Sengsouvanh – 1999
This document is intended to help Job Corps centers and Office of Acquisition Policy contractors establish linkages with one-stop systems. Chapter 1 summarizes the requirements for linkages between Job Corps and one-stop systems that are specified in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and compares one-stop delivery systems before and under…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
