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Download full textOffice of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1988
This document provides information about five adult basic education (ABE) staff development programs that illustrate the use of the principles identified in a research report. (The 70 principles and 39 corresponding techniques relate to planning and conducting training for ABE teachers and other staff.) Each of these staff development projects…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Johnson, Shelby L. – Adult Leadership, 1975
The article discusses the success of the Region Four Adult Basic Education Staff Development Project through various universities' role in the development of services to promote staff involvement in ABE programs. (BP)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Innovation, Institutional Role, Professional Continuing Education
Seaman, Don F.; Denyer, Jacque L. – 1991
A workplace literacy project to prepare Houston Lighting and Power Company employees for the commercial driver's licence (CDL) exam was evaluated. The following four components of Steele's (1990) evaluation model were used to evaluate the project: proof of effect, judgment against criteria, critical questions, and valuing. The evaluation revealed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Certification, Driver Education
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1997
EQUAL (Educational Quality or Adult Literacy) is Pennsylvania's program improvement initiative that measures performance by the quality of education learners receive. For 3 years, Project EQUAL was piloted in adult education agencies throughout the state. Beginning in 1997, the pilot projects helped to develop a process for continuous program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Quality, Literacy Education
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, City of Industry, CA. – 1991
The staff development component of the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) began the second year of operation with all 11 resource centers active. Constant emphasis and assistance was given to providing staff development through the centers. English as a Second Language (ESL) Institutes for Experienced Teachers were scheduled on a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Archives, Electronic Mail
Washington-Greene County Community Action Corp., Waynesburg, PA. – 1993
An existing 353 project that used professional staff as distance education contact persons for students in General Educational Development (GED) programs in rural areas was modified so that volunteer instructional aides (IAs) could serve as contact persons for GED students choosing the program's home study option. A home study packet to be used in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Distance Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Karl, Luis C. – 2000
The adult basic education (ABE) program at Nicolet Area Technical College (NATC) evaluated its training and development (T&D) process for new basic education instructors. The study gathered monitoring and screening criteria that addressed valuable components for use in an instrument for validating effectiveness of the ABE program (T&D)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Development
Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy, PA. – 1994
The Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy undertook a project to develop and conduct collaborative training that would promote a more egalitarian relationship between teachers/facilitators and learners and greater learner input in the instructional planning process. A collaborative learning (CL) manual was developed, a 12-hour CL training…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Learning
Griswold, Karen; Ullman, Claudia M. – 1997
The FLITE (Family Literacy Involvement Through Education) program is a partnership between a public school in the Bronx, New York, and the City University of New York that brings together two federal funding streams (FAMILY FIRST: Family-School Partnership Program and Even Start) to provide adult literacy, parenting education, and early childhood…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Family Literacy
Forlizzi, Lori; And Others – 1992
This user's guide for professionals using Project Lifelong Learning staff development modules is designed to accompany the documentary on lifelong learning in the community, one of three half-hour television documentary programs intended for broadcast and for general public discussion activities. It introduces the project, the purpose of which is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Cooperation
Forlizzi, Lori; And Others – 1992
This user's guide for professionals using Project Lifelong Learning staff development modules is designed to accompany the documentary on lifelong learning in the family, one of three half-hour television documentary programs intended for broadcast and for general public discussion activities. It introduces the project, the purpose of which is to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Resources, Family Involvement
Jurmo, Paul – 1993
Basic issues in workplace education evaluation can be structured into five discussion questions. The first is who wants to know what information for what purpose. The "who" constitutes the program's stakeholders both at and beyond the program level. Further inquiry is then needed to determine what kind of information these stakeholders typically…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Holyoke Community Coll., MA. – 1994
In May 1992, 22 Massachusetts mathematics educators who either teach or coordinate/direct adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) programs were recruited into a group called the Math Team. During their monthly business/training sessions in central Massachusetts, members worked on various individual and team…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, High School Equivalency Programs
Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, Tuscaloosa, AL. – 1975
A study evaluated effectiveness of learner, curriculum, and personnel divisions of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in Alabama. Six ABE components were assessed through analysis of data obtained from interviews, questionnaires, state ABE files, and relevant literature. ABE administrative staff, supervisors, teachers, learners, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1992
The Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools and Prince George's Private Industry Council worked together to provide workplace literacy classes at worksites for employees of 10 different employers. Over 300 employees participated in classes in English as a second language or basic skills. Businesses in need of literacy and basic skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
