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Reiff, Tana; Jamula, Melissa – 1986
This booklet is both a description of activities to organize a General Educational Development program (GED) alumni association and a guide to starting an alumni group. It specifically focuses on "Operation Alumni," a project to establish a local GED alumni organization at Reading Area Community College that could serve as a state model…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1978
Intended for use by local education agencies and communities in developing and improving their literacy programs, this publication presents, in rating scale form, the elements that are essential in creating programs that are effective and comprehensive. The areas to be rated by the scale include leadership, community involvement, program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Lyman, Helen Huguenor – 1977
This manual guides libraries and librarians in the planning, organization, and procedures of literacy programs. After a review of literacy goals, chapters of the book discuss the specific roles of libraries and librarians in literacy programs; essential steps in planning literacy programs; the implementation of literacy programs in public, school,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Independent Study, Librarians, Libraries
Borden, Karl – 1974
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;…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs
Oxenham, John – 1975
The author feels that nonformal adult literacy education should be structured around several observations he has made concerning such education: adults learn to read and do arithmetic faster than do children; the difference in learning rate between adults and children in regard to writing is negligible; learners vary greatly in their learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
Ryan, T. A.; And Others
The document provides a model for planning and evaluating adult basic education (ABE) programs in correctional settings and is also a workbook for its implementation. It requires the use and understanding of systems techniques and concepts. The introduction discusses the rationale for and development of the conceptual model; basic systems,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bibliographies, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Escobar, Joanna Sculley; Daugherty, John – 1975
The planning guide for developing Adult English as a Second Language Programs focuses on implementing six goals relating to: utilizing community resources, utilizing communication skills, participating in community networks, utilizing occupational advancement opportunities, functioning in multi-cultural life styles, and functioning at individual…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Course Objectives
Escobar, Joanna Sculley; Daugherty, John – 1975
The manual provides a checklist for administrators responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating an Adult English as a Second Language Program. The checklist consists of four sections: philosophy, administration and organization, program development and operation, and program impact. For each section there is a series of specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Educational Administration
Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1990
The structure and function of family literacy programming in Illinois is examined in this two-part report. National models are reviewed to provide an understanding of research and practice in the field, and a framework is proposed for the systematic development and evaluation of family literacy programs. Based on visits to 19 sites (59% of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Childrens Literature, English (Second Language)
Esposito, Kathy – 1983
This handbook, one in a series of works dealing with adult literacy education, is designed for use by volunteers who are responsible for recruiting students into literacy programs. Addressed in the first part of the guide are various steps in organizing a recruitment campaign that include getting to know the program staff, learning about the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Butte Vocational-Technical Center, Montana. – 1973
The replication guide for the construction and implementation of an adult basic education (ABE) program is based on three Federally funded, Butte, Montana demonstration projects: Project Homebound, The Experiment at Butte, and Project Prepare. The guide provides specific advice and recommendations on: staff selection, workshops, student…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1974
The manual is designed to be used with a basic one-week training program for adult education personnel. It is not intended to guide teachers toward modifying existing programs, piloting new programs, or institutionalizing a new idea. It was designed to help teachers identify the purpose of the typical adult student, to give specific information to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
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Freeling, Meg – 1993
This manual is designed to train an in-house steering committee to design and implement a comprehensive, ongoing, worker-driven, workplace learning program. The seven chapters take the projected committee through a full-cycle design process. Each chapter includes an overview, a list of objectives, and a series of action steps to follow, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Job Skills
Escobar, Joanna Sculley; Daugherty, John – 1975
The handbook provides for the administrator of Adult English as a Second Language Programs detailed information in the following areas of program design: program requirements and funding, program development, program implementation, staff development, and program evaluation. The discussion of each of these areas is subdivided topically and, where…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Mustaffa-Kedah, Omar, Ed. – Literacy Discussion, 1977
This issue of Literacy Discussion explains the joint Arab strategy for illiteracy eradication and reviews Iraq's particular situation. The first of six articles traces literacy development in the Arab World leading up to the adoption of the Arab Literacy strategy at the 1976 Third Alexandria Conference in Baghdad, Iraq. It also presents…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Arabs
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