The monograph capsulizes the activities of the Manpower Administration 1963-1973 in providing adult basic education (ABE) to manpower program clients in research and demonstration projects. Spanning the initial efforts under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to the present efforts to related to the Comprehensive Employment and…

The document, second of two volumes, presents sewing instructional materials developed in the third year of the project aimed at disadvantaged Samoans living in Hawaii, 20 years of age or older, unemployed or underemployed, and unable to effectively compete for or maintain jobs. Instructional materials are presented in two sets, with the first a…

The purpose of the handbook is to simplify the routine business of beginning and/or operating an Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program. It describes in some detail the planning of an ABE program and deals with: the demographic survey of the population; the creation of an advisory board; the determination of the educational needs of the community;…

Designed as a guide for all personnel involved in migrant projects, this pamphlet is a compilation of references derived from presentations made at the New York State Migrant Program Directors Conference held at Victor, New York, November 29-December 1, 1972. A short description of agency services and a list of sources for further information…

Sixty teachers and supervisors from eight western States attended a two-week training institute for teachers of Adult Basic Education who were working in Indian and Eskimo areas. Only 10 percent of the participants had prior training or experience in the area. The Institute's purpose was to acquaint teachers with the characteristics and…

The objectives of this teacher-training institute were to determine the specific reading and learning needs, characteristics, and problems of underachieving adults; to acquaint inservice adult basic education teachers and paraprofessionals with an eclectic variety of reading, writing, and study techniques that can be used with underachieving…

Organizations and individuals who participated in an adult education workshop are listed and described. Publications and information sources in adult education are included. Instruction is given on how to apply for program or project funds. A section on searching skills and sources describes adult education magazines, information sources in state…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 1900 adults of all ages and several ethnic groups and nationalities. The students come from a large inner-city area and have educational levels below high school. The program was begun in 1965. An adult who wishes to enter the program first has an interview with one of the…

Intended primarily for new staff members, this manual includes most procedures, rules, benefits applicable to the entire White Plains, New York, school system or unique to the Adult Education Center. It covers such matters as enrollment trends within the overall adult basic education (ABE) program, the ABE program organization chart, personnel…

Attending this 1969 conference on adult basic education were representatives from not only the Ozarks and Appalachian regions but also areas ranging from southern New York State to Mississippi and Louisiana, west to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and as far north as Illinois. Governor Winthrop Rockefeller spoke on "The Challenges of…

A report is presented of the total number of classes, class hours, and students in adult education programs conducted by Colorado public schools during the 1967-68 fiscal year. Adult basic education, high school completion, arts and crafts, commercial and business education, homemaking and family life education, hobbies, trade and industrial…

This publication is an administrative guide for Missouri school administrators and local adult basic education supervisors. First, general information is given as to legislative authority, standards for approval, procedures for implementation, expenditures and reimbursement, teacher qualifications, program administration, student eligibility and…

Papers prepared for this 1968 training conference for members of the Illinois Migrant Council dealt with the migrant dilemma of poverty and powerlessness; the role of paraprofessionals in migrant education; guidelines for counseling and psychological testing; techniques for teaching English pronunciation, vocabulary, and structure (English as a…

A compilation of statistical tables on adult basic education in the United States includes data on the following, broken down by region and state: number of students; number of students by grade level; number of students completing programs; number of students by sex, ethnic group, race, and age; selected hours membership statistics; hours of…

American textbook publishers, meeting with representatives from government, education, the library field, and other sectors, held a two-day conference to consider curriculum needs, instructional materials, and research in progress in adult basic education and job skills training. Separate panel discussions centered on existing instructional…