Welcome to Adult Basic Education
More than 1 million adults in Washington State lack the basic education skills they need to succeed in an increasingly complicated world. For these citizens, Adult Basic Education (ABE) opens doors to self-sufficiency, stronger families, and improved citizenship. But adult basic education does more than help individuals. It lays the foundation for our state’s success in building a strong workforce, a vital economy, and healthy communities. When one person learns, everyone benefits. We hope you will find on this site information and connections that will help you as an adult learner, provider, or partner and discover opportunities to influence ABE in our state.
Adult Basic Education staff at the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges work with adult learners, service providers and literacy supporters across the state of Washington to ensure that all adults will have access to the adult and family literacy services that can assist them in getting the skills they need to:
- Have access to information.
- Act independently.
- Express their own ideas and feelings.
- Keep up with a changing world.
- Exercise their full rights and responsibilities as family members, workers and community members.
If you have questions, please contact Kathy Cooper at 360-704-4322 or kcooper@sbctc.edu.
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