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• “Fueling the Future: Bold Ideas to Power AEFL Week 2025”
• 10 Lessons from 30 Years in Adult Education
• 2024 STAR Research Review
• 9 Instructional Needs of Adult Learners
• A Collection of Four Standards-in-Action Classroom Videos and Two Video Resource Packages for Mathematics
• A Collection of Two Standards-in-Action Classroom Videos and a Video Resource Package for English Language Arts/Literacy
• A Collection of Two Standards-in-Action Classroom Videos for English Language Arts/Literacy
• A Comprehensive Look at Accommodations; How to Start the Conversation
• A Day as a Direct Support Professional in Tennessee- A Realistic Job Preview
• A Mathematical Map to Success: How to Incorporate Personal & Professional Skills into Math Instruction
• Accelerate ESL CASAS Growth with an Engaging App
• Accelerating English Proficiency Gains and Career Pathways with Technology
• Accelerating Literacy Acquisition for Multilingual Learners
• Accelerating Student Success by Leveraging Assessment and Learning Data
• Accessing Ability to Benefit: Building on What Works
• Achieving Healthier Futures One Step at a Time: Communication Tips for Interacting With People With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
• Adult Citizenship Education Sample Curriculum for a High Beginning ESL Level Course
• Adult Ed Med Contextualized Video Lessons
• Adult Education Advocacy in Action: A Strategic and Powerful Approach to Making Legislative Change Happen
• Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: Prep Webinar
• ADULT EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP SHOWCASE
• Adult Education Strategies: Identifying and Building Evidence of Effectiveness
• Adult Education: A Catalyst for American Recovery and Growth
• Adult Training and Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016. First Look.
• Advancing Digital Equity for All with the Office of Educational Technology
• Advocacy April
• Advocacy April Funding to Deal with COVID-19 Challenges
• Advocacy April Prep Webinar
• Advocacy for All During Adult Ed and Family Literacy Week
• AEFL Week Prep
• AI in Adult Education: Preparing Learners and Helping Educators for Today and Tomorrow
• Algebra: A Balancing Act
• Analyzing Student Tasks in Relation to Content Demands, Thinking Skills, and Language Use – Module Two
• Anchoring Adult Student Retention—Insights from a Professional Learning Community
• Awaken Learners’ Potential: Strategies for Transforming Math Identities for the Test and Beyond
• Back to School Remote Learning Action Plan-Take 2
• Be Prepared: Understanding What the New Immigration Public Charge Rule Means for Adult Educators
• Best Practices for Teaching Online
• Best Practices for Teaching with Digital Curricula in Corrections Classes
• Better Than Starbucks!
• Better Than Starbucks! (Draft)
• Beyond Classroom Borders: Linking Learning and Work Through Career-Relevant Instruction
• Blending College Preparation and Career Development for Adult Students in New England
• Boost ESL CASAS Growth with an Engaging Learning App
• Braided Funding: Using Federal Perkins V Funds to Support ICAPS Programs
• Brewing Brilliance: Adult Education Virtual Coffee Talk
• Brewing Brilliance: Adult Education Virtual Coffee Talk
• Bridging Access to COVID-19 Information Among Adult Learners
• Bridging the Gap between Adult Education and Apprenticeships: Promising Practices in IL Part 2
• Bringing Advocacy Into the Classroom
• Building a Digitally Resilient Workforce: Creating On-Ramps to Opportunity
• Building a National Community of Practice for Correctional Educators
• Building and Growing Apprenticeship with Equity in Mind: Introducing the Equitable Apprenticeship Toolkit
• Building and Refining Specialized Services for Internationally Trained Professionals in Region 1
• Building IETs that work: Views from Inside and Outside the Classroom
• Building Integrated Employment and Training Programs for ELLs in the Virtual Space
• Building Stronger Pipelines: Advancing IET and Apprenticeship Programs Through Language and Employer Partnerships
• Building Talent Pipelines: How Adult Education and Employers Can Partner for Workforce Success
• Building Technology Skills for Adult ESOL Learners
• Building the Technology Ecosystem for Correctional Education: Brief and Discussion Guide
• Business Partnerships Special Collection
• CALPRO/CASAS IET Webinar: Introduction to Designing a Single Set of Learning Objectives
• Capturing IET & Workplace Literacy MSG Performance Through the 2021 NRS Updates
• Career Exploration Unit
• Career Pathways in Law: Using Your International Education in the United States
• Career Pathways Programming for Adult Learners in Chicago, Houston, and Miami: Final Report
• CASAS and BurlingtonEnglish: Pairing Data with Curriculum to Promote IET/IELCE Success
• CASAS and BurlingtonEnglish: Using Data and Curriculum to Prepare Students for Civics and Citizenship Success
• Case Management for ITP Students: A Tiered Approach for Multi-Level Participants
• Celebration of Innovation Success in Adult Career Pathways
• Census Data For Community Assessment
• Characteristics of a Highly Effective Adult Education Program
• Civics in the Adult Education Classroom
• CK-12 Adult Education FlexBooks
• Closing the Digital Skill Divide: New Data & Implications for Adult Education Advocates
• COABE – AALPD Best Practice Presentations for COABE 2026 (Draft)
• COABE – AALPD Best Practice Presentations for COABE 2026
• COABE Capitol Hill Day: Prep Webinar 3/2
• COABE Capitol Hill Day: Prep Webinar 3/23
• COABE’s Student Ambassador Training: Empowering Learners to be Leaders
• Collaborating, Exploring Virtual Manipulatives, and Deepening the Conceptual of Factors and More, in a Distance Learning Classroom
• Collaboration: The Connecting of a Community
• Collaborative Partnership to Drive Program Improvement: The Oregon ABS State Team Approach
• Common Elements of Developmental Education Policies
• Compendium of Innovative Practices: Adult Education Bridge Programs and Integrated Education and Training (IET) Programs
• Compendium of Innovative Practices: Holistic Approach to Adult Education Services
• Compendium of Innovative Practices: Secondary Credentialing Programs for Adults
• Considerations When Implementing Distance Learning
• Contextualized Teaching and Learning for Integrated Education and Training (IET)
• Core-4 Cyber Future Workforce Education: Preparing Adult Education Students for Careers of the Future
• COVID-19 Resource: Transition your program to online registration
• Crack the Code!: 10 Game-Changing Ways to Teach Idioms & Slang!
• Creating Easy Teaching Videos Using Microsoft PowerPoint
• Creating the Workforce of Tomorrow: Partnering With Workforce Programs to Bridge the Opportunity Gap
• Creating Virtual Field Trips for Correctional Learners
• Daily Integration of Digital Literacy Skills for Workforce and Transition Success
• Demystifying Registered Apprenticeship
• Department Of Justice Recognition and Accreditation Program: Building Legal Capacity in your Organization
• Designing and Delivering Career Pathways at Community Colleges (Practice Guide)
• Differentiating Instruction: How to Facilitate Mixed-Ability ESL Classes
• Differentiation for Adult Learners
• Digging Deeper Into the English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education – Module Three
• Digital Curriculum to Support the Whole Learner: Custom Courses, Intervention, and Social and Emotional Learning
• Digital Strategy Reboot: The Details
• Discussions of Racial Equity in Adult Education Panel Session 2 of 2
• Discussions of Racial Equity in Adult Education” Panel Session 1 of 2
• Distance Learning During the Pandemic: Understanding Performance Assessment and Reporting
• Does Your Digital Strategy Need a Reboot?
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Easy Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Projects for Language Practice
• Educational Methodologies of Personal Finance
• Embracing AI for Reading Instruction
• Employ Your Money with the Money Bucket Cash Management System
• Empowering Adult Learners to be Ambassadors: Lessons Learned
• Empowering Student Ambassadors: The Re-Launch of Our Innovative Training and Engagement App
• Engaging Our Students’ Values
• Engaging Workforce Partners in Advocacy Efforts A Practical Guide for Building Employer Partnerships that Amplify Adult Education’s Impact
• English Education in a Workplace Context: Employer-sponsored Programs That Deliver Results
• English Upskilling Drives Workforce Inclusion: Adult Ed’s Role in Scaling a Proven Model
• Enhancing Access to Workforce Training: A Guide to Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Participation in Integrated Education and Training
• Enhancing Access: Using Bridge Strategies to Connect IELCE Activities to IET Programs
• Ensuring Your Programs Benefit from $770 Million in Federal Digital Equity Funds to States and Territories: How to Get Ready Now
• Entrepreneurship Bridges & IETs for the Innovation & Gig Economy
• Equity in Adult Education: The Importance of Cultural Competence and Inclusion
• Equity, not Equality: Practical Racial Justice Strategies To Increase Awareness
• ESOL Transitions to College and Certifications
• ESOL Tutor Resource Pack
• Every Vote Counts: Tips, Tools, & Resources for Teachers & Adult Learners
• Every Vote Counts: Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers and Adult Learners
• Expanding the Age Range for PACT Time by Discovering PACT Time Experiences for Families
• Fact Sheets: Eligibility for ORR Benefits & Services
• Findings from the Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program
• Fostering Community in Virtual Learning Environments
• Fostering Metacognitive Skills and Critical Thinking in Your Classroom
• Free Online ESOL Classes – USA Learns
• From Creation to Adoption: How to Develop and Deploy Successful Edtech
• From I-BEST to Early I-BEST: Designing IETs That Start Students on Career Pathways at Earlier Levels
• From Local Leaders to National Champions: Empowering Adult Learners at COABE 2025!
• From Pilot Program to Statewide System: Building a Statewide IET Culture Through Data Sharing, Peer Networks, Professional Development, and Partnerships
• From The Capitol Rotunda to The Kitchen Table, a Virtual Rally
• Full Speed Ahead: Collaborative Career Pathways and Work-Based Learning in Iowa
• Full Virginia IET Checklist
• Furthering Organizational Capacity and Evaluation Readiness: Lessons Learned from an Evaluability Assessment of The Petey Greene Program’s College Bridge and College Tutoring Programs
• Future-focus for the NRS: Comments from the Field and Advocacy for Change
• Future-Proofing Adult Learners With an Emphasis on Digital Literacy
• Get Ready to Deliver Powerful Presentations!
• Get Students Connected!
• Get There: Integrated Education and Training Single Set of Learning Outcomes
• Getting Familiar with Google Slides
• Getting Started with your COABE XPRIZE Learning Upgrade Account
• Getting Your ELL Classroom Ready: Best Practices and Instructional Strategies for High-Level Engagement
• Google Classroom
• Google Forms and Sheets 101 for Adult Ed Teachers and Administrators
• Google’s Applied Digital Skills: Get Started with Lessons
• Got a Robotics ESL Class? Tyson Does! Contextualized ESL for Learners in Advanced Manufacturing
• Grow Your Business with AI-Powered Tools by Google
• Harnessing AI to Transform Personal Finance Teaching
• Helping Students Stay: Retention in the Classroom
• Helping Your Adult Learners Beat Test Stress
• Helping Your Students Identify, Develop, and Utilize Their (not so) Soft Skills
• How Can New Federal Guidance Help Adult Learners Access Workforce Services?: Understanding U.S. Dept. of Labor TEGL 10-23
• How Delivery Impacts Literacy Instruction
• How Simulation Expanded Capacity and Improved Safety in Heavy Equipment Education at Alfred State College
• How the COABE Learning Upgrade Challenge Drives Learner Growth!
• How to Learn Science through Open Resources!
• How to Unlock the Power of Prison Education
• How to Utilize Paid and Free Resources to Boost Student Enrollment in your Local Program
• Humor and Games in the Adult Education Classroom
• HyperDocs for Adult Educators
• ICAPS Teacher Videos
• ICAPS: Illinois Integrated Education and Training Models One & Two: An Introduction
• IELCE in Action: Preparing Adult Multilingual Learners for High-Demand Machining Jobs
• Illinois Community College Board Statewide Contextualized Curricula
• Improving Math Instruction with Open Educational Resources
• Increase Your Adult Learner’s Employability with the IBM SkillsBuild Credentialing Platform
• Increasing Engagement and Student Persistence Through Distance- and Blended-Learning Models: What the Research Says and Which Practices Work
• Inmates Teaching Inmates’ Developing and Enhancing Soft Skills in a Prison Setting
• Instructor Implementation Guide for the Digital Literacy Framework for Adult Learners
• Integrated Basic Education Skills and Training (I-BEST) Intervention Report
• Integrated Education and Training (IET) in Corrections: A Companion Guide to the IET Design Toolkit
• Integrated Education and Training – A Teacher’s Guide to Building and Surviving an IET!
• Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit and Train-the-Trainer Resources
• Integrating Digital Literacy in HSE Instruction: A Free Resource from Essential Education
• Integrating Mental Wellness and Trauma-Sensitive Practices into Adult ESOL
• Introduction to Google Drive and Google Docs
• Investing in Futures: Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Postsecondary Education in Prison
• Invigorate Math Instruction with Contextualized Resources
• Issue Brief: Civics Education
• Issue Brief: Digital Literacy
• Issue Brief: Financial Literacy
• Issue Brief: Health Literacy
• Issue Brief: Workforce Preparation
• Job Quality Can’t Wait: An Introduction to the Aspen Institute Job Quality Tools Library
• Jumpstarting Growth Sector English Language Pre-Apprenticeships
• Kentucky Skills U Instructional Technology Framework
• Kentucky Skills U Mathematics Instructional Framework
• Kick Off Digital Inclusion Day (DID): Driving Transformation in Adult Education
• Learn about PREP’s strategic, holistic approach to help learners achieve higher completion rates
• Learn how to leverage CARES Act funding at the local and state level for your program!
• Learners, Educators & Communities as Problem-Solvers Special Collection
• Learning to Remember: Teaching Memory Strategies in Adult Education
• Learning Upgrade’s Remote Learning Action Plan
• Leveraging a Flipped Classroom Model for IET Programs
• Leveraging Earn-and-Learn Models for Immigrants and Refugees: Creating English Onramps to Apprenticeship Programs
• LINCS for Adult Educators
• LINCS for Adult Educators in Career Pathways and Workforce Development
• LINCS Through the Lens of DEI
• Linking adult education to workforce development in 2018–19: Early implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the local level (NCEE 2023-001r)
• Listening to Learners: New Research About People Pursuing Short-Term Credentials
• Long-term Vocabulary Retention for Adult ELLs through Retrieval Practice
• Making a Difference: Peer Tutoring Behind Bars
• Making Measurable Skill Gains That Point To Student Success
• Making Sense of Percents
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day Classroom Resources
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Math for Trades: Volume 1
• Mathematical Freedom: Remove Rules and Conformity to Achieve Engagement and Freedom for Your Students
• Micro-Credentials: A Discussion on the Future of Work and Lifelong Learning
• MINDS THAT MOVE US TOOL KIT: A Collection of Place-Based Solutions for Future Adult Career Pathways Models
• Mindset Kit
• MN Adult Education Professional Development YouTube Channel for IET Programs
• Modernizing Adult Education Performance Accountability: Why? What? How? When?
• Money Smart for Older Adults
• Motivating and Engaging the Adult Learner
• Move Ahead With Adult Ed
• MOVE AHEAD With Economics, Personal Finance, and Entrepreneurship: Real-World Integration Activities
• Naturalization Eligibility Tool
• Naturalization Statistics
• Navigating Guided Pathways in Basic Education for Adults
• NEW Construction Training Grant Opportunity
• New Frontiers in Jail Education—How adult education providers can partner with jails to drive MSGs, diplomas, and life-changing experiences
• New Measurable Skill Gain Success: WIOA Workplace Education
• New Measurable Skill Gains Models are Coming: Are You Ready?
• New Research on Small Businesses & Skills: How Adult Educators Can Use Data for Advocacy
• New! Free Resources to Train Adult ESL Teachers and Volunteers
• Next STEPS for Student Success: Raising the Bar for English Language Learners
• No Fear, Budget or Internet: Preparing Low Literacy Offenders for the ABE Classroom
• Now They Understand! Easy and Effective Pronunciation Instruction for Beginning Level Learners
• Numeracy Routines That Develop Language (Draft)
• Numeracy Routines That Develop Language
• Nursing Assistant (Textbook)
• Nurturing and Nudging Adult Learners through Text Messaging: Final Report from the Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education (TBCAE) Project
• OER for Administrators and Educators: Accessing high-quality learning resources, for free
• Open Door Leadership: How to Build Capacity and Lead Through Collaboration for Adult Learning Programs
• Opportunities in SNAP E&T Part 2 – The Workforce Ecosystem
• Opportunities in SNAP E&T Part I – Introduction and the National Landscape
• Optimizing Transition Advisor Performance in the 2020s
• PAAER College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Resources
• Part 1: Positioning Your Adult Education Brand for Recognition and Value
• Part 2: The Art of Storytelling: Building Your Adult Education Brand through Stories
• Part 3: Leveraging Public Relations to Build your Adult Education Brand
• Part 4: Building Effective Campaigns to Position your Brand & Boost Enrollments
• Partnering Adult Education and Apprenticeship
• Personal and Workplace Success Skills Library
• PIAAC Numeracy Skills and Home Use Among Adult English Learners
• Planning for Integrated Education and Training: Tips and Tools
• Policy and Advocacy in Lifelong Learning
• Policy for Adult Foundational Education Special Collection
• Power in Partnership: Transforming Adult Education and Workforce Impact Through Policy and Collaboration
• Preparing Adult English Language Learners for the Workforce: Models and Resources
• Productive Struggle with Complex Texts
• Protecting Your Program and Students; Understanding How to Influence and Educate State Legislators and Policymakers
• Reading and Writing Poetry in Adult Education
• Reading, Reasoning, and the GED® Test
• Reading: From a Distance
• Ready, Set, Go: Steps to Rapidly Start Distance Learning
• Recognizing and Responding to Dyslexia in Adults
• Refugee Upskilling with Mobile Learning Circles, WhatsApp, and Learning Upgrade
• Refugee Upskilling With Mobile, WhatsApp, and Learning Upgrade
• Remedying the Adult Reading Rift: From Foundational Skills to Reading Proficiency
• Resilience and Engagement in Remote ABE/ESL Learning
• Resources for Online Citizenship Classes
• Role Plays and Reducing Correctional Student Anxiety
• Seamless: Soft Skills in the Classroom and Beyond
• Serving Internationally Trained Professionals in IELCE Activities
• Serving Refugees in IELCE Activities
• Setting the GPS: Creating a Career Success Focused Webinar Series for Adult Learners
• Sparking Conversations about Race and Equity with Adult English Learners
• Standards-in-Action 2.0 Conducting State-Based Curriculum Reviews for English Language Arts/Literacy
• Standards-in-Action 2.0 Conducting State-Based Curriculum Reviews for Mathematics
• Standards-in-Action 2.0 English Learner Institute to Cultivate Content Knowledge and Language Competence
• Standards-in-Action 2.0 Observing in English Language Arts/Literacy Classrooms
• Standards-in-Action 2.0 Observing in Mathematics Classrooms
• Student Engagement from Start to Finish: Strategies for Engaging Students at Every Stage in the Journey
• Student Engagement in Online Learning
• Success Stories – Integrating Entrepreneurship in ABE/ESOL Programs
• Supporting Enhancements to the NRS: Your Opportunity to Contribute
• Supporting Internationally Trained Professionals in Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Activities
• Supporting Job Seekers with Skills-Based Hiring Technologies and Digital Skills
• Supporting Teachers Through Instructional Coaching
• Supporting the Economic Integration of Adult Learners with Emerging Literacy Skills
• TABE-nology 2.0
• Take Charge of Your Future: Get the Education and Training You Need
• Teach Digital Literacy Standards Using a New App-Based Course
• Teaching Adults Reading Resources
• Teaching Digital Literacy Standards Remotely
• Teaching Employability Skills – Methods that Work
• Teaching Online: Communicating and Tracking Learner Progress
• Teaching With Webb’s Depth of Knowledge in Mind for High School Equivalency Test Success!
• Technology -Based Coaching in Adult Education Toolkit
• Technology Tools for Teachers and Administrators
• The Brand Amplifier Process: A Roadmap to Integrated Marketing
• The Class Must Go On: Addressing Technological & Digital Literacy Needs During the Pandemic
• The Correctional Classroom: Cultivating a Culture That Promotes Creativity
• The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning
• The Little Things You Can Do to Make a Big Impact on GED® Math Performance
• The Paradox of Plenty: Finding and Using the Best Online Resources for Your Students
• The Potential of Measurable Skill Gains: Beyond Pre/Post Testing
• The Role of Navigators in IELCE/IET Career Pathways
• The Three Pillars to Successful ESOL Remote Instruction
• The Three P’s for Powerful Presentations
• The Transformation of Adult Education: COABE’s Year of Impact and Advocacy Triumphs
• The Value of MoneySKILL®: Free Financial Education for Your Classroom
• The What, Why, Who, and How of Blended Learning for Adult Basic Skills Learners
• Thriving Not Surviving: How Texas Rose to the Pandemic Challenge
• Top 10 Reasons to Integrate Entrepreneurship Education & Certifications Across Adult Education Programs
• Transforming Distance Education Online Course
• Transforming Lives Through Pro Bono Financial Planning: An Overview for Nonprofits
• Trauma-Informed Instruction: Teaching Through Triggers and Traumas – Theirs and Yours
• Trauma-Informed Teaching
• Understanding the Barriers Surrounding Dropout: Emotional and Psychological Experiences of Noncompleters
• Unlock GEDⓇ & HiSETⓇ Success for Adult Learners with an App
• Updates From the Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans Project
• USCIS Adult Citizenship Education Program Development Guide: Building an Adult Citizenship Program
• Using a Career Readiness App to Teach Finance, Digital, and Work Skills
• Using a Career Readiness App to Teach Finance, Digital, and Work Skills
• Using a Career Readiness App to Teach Health, Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy, and Work-Life Skills
• Using a Community of Practice to Keep Reentry Collaborations Strong
• Using Games to Differentiate, Motivate, and Engage
• Using Student-centric Apprenticeship Pathways to Transition into High-quality Careers
• Using Technology to Drive Outcomes for Adult Learners: Real-World Success Stories From the Classroom
• Using Technology to Help Students Set and Achieve Goals
• Using the Equitable Apprenticeship Toolkit in Adult Education
• Using WIOA Title II and Other Funding to Support Family Literacy Programming
• Virtual Leadership in Action: Students as Leaders Summit 2025
• Virtual Reality as a Tool for Career Exploration and Workplace Readiness
• We Are All Technology Teachers and Learners: Advancing Our Practice Through Collaboration and Inquiry
• We are all Technology Teachers and Learners: Advancing Our Practice Through Collaboration and Inquiry (Plus Google Classroom!)
• What are the Literacy and Numeracy Skills of Adults in Your State and County?
• What Story Does this Graph Tell?
• What the Future Holds: Career Opportunities in the Affordable Housing and Comprehensive Community Development Field
• What Works for Adult Learners: Lessons from Career Pathway Evaluations
• What’s on the Horizon for Correctional & Reentry Education?
• WIOA Innovations: One Stop Operator
• Work Ethic: The Critical Skills for the 21st Century Workforce
• Workforce: The Importance of Community in Creating a More Equitable Labor Market
• Working Together: How Adult Educators and Workforce Development Boards Must Collaborate for Adult Learners
• Workplace Learning Special Collection
• Write Away Help for HSE Writing!