Basic Education For Adults

Resources for College Staff

Basic Education for Adults Programs

Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language — courses in reading, writing and math for adults with academic skills below high school completion or who need to improve English language skills.

• English Literacy and Civics Education
• High School Equivalency (HSE)/GED®
• High School 21+
• Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST)
• Integrated Digital English Acceleration (I-DEA)
• Integrated Instruction (general overview)
• Volunteer Literacy Programs
• Washington State College in Prisons program (corrections education)
• WorkFirst

Building and Supporting Quality Programs for Adult Learners

• Program requirements, training and program monitoring.
• Instructional support. Supports available to help BEdA faculty, staff, and administrators develop and maintain effective instruction and programming, and to comply with federal and state regulations. 

Hot Topics

• A Conversation with an Adult Education Director: Ensuring Student Success through Guided Pathways, Voices for Opportunity, JFF blog, May 9, 2017
  Jon Kerr, Basic Education for Adults Washington state director, discusses why community colleges should be more intentional in connecting adult basic education to guided pathways and how federal and state policy could help forge greater ties. Kerr is a member of the Policy Leadership Trust for Student Success, which Jobs for the Future convenes to promote evidenced-based, practitioner-informed policies for scaling guided pathways. 

 

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