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Download full textWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2005
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) pairs English as a second language (ESL)/adult basic education (ABE) instructors and professional-technical instructors in the classroom to concurrently provide students with literacy education and workforce skills. In Spring 2004, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges' Offices…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language)
Saumweber, Judy; And Others – 1991
A JTPA/FEL (Job Training Partnership Act/Family English Literacy) demonstration project is reported that involves a partnership between the Lao Family Community (LFC) of Minnesota, the City of St. Paul, and St. Paul Public Schools/Adult Basic Education. The goal is to provide workplace literacy instruction to refugees with limited English…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Wrigley, Heide Spruck – 1995
The Arlington (Virginia) Adult Learning System (AALS) represented a model for transitioning adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Involving several service partners who collaborated with the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP), the project illustrated effective ways of linking community-based organizations, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1995
This handbook illustrates the process of alliance building through the experience of the Arlington (Virginia) Adult Learning System (AALS), an alliance of adult education providers in Arlington, Virginia. (The purpose of AALS is to facilitate the assessment, training, counseling, and transitioning of adult learners of English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs
Cohen, Elena; And Others – 1994
This document explores selected issues related to connecting welfare reform initiatives and the literacy movement and provides basic information about literacy education and its economic impact. Literacy is defined, and similarities and differences between adult basic education, adult secondary education, and English-as-a-Second-Language programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Adult/Community Education. – 1991
Florida supported a wide range of educational activities for adults through an extensive network of public and private agencies during fiscal year 1989-90. In 1990, 419,429 adults participated in adult education programs. Adult educational programs assisted adults in completing requirements for U.S. citizenship and getting off welfare. A total of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education, Correctional Education
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
