Advocacy For The New Year
    Author: Jody Angelone and Polly Smith
    Subject Area: Advocacy, Other
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here

    Abstract:

    In this webinar session, the presenters provide an overview of the national Educate & Elevate campaign, including the current policy landscape. Presenters discuss recent election results and how changes in the House leadership may impact adult education. Additionally they share:
    • Information and ideas on how to connect with new legislators
    • Results from the COABE advocacy survey
    • Information on the Student Ambassador Program and ways to engage your students
    • Resources and examples of advocacy activities and events that can be replicated at the state and local level
    • Opportunity to ask questions and share ideas
    Advocacy: Building a Network that Engages Community, Staff, and Students
    Author: Jody L. Angelone; Susan Sheehan; Laureen Atkins
    Subject Area: Advocacy, Other, Social Studies
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here

    Abstract:

    An overview of the national Educate & Elevate campaign. Ways you can engage your community, staff, and students in advocacy efforts that impact important legislative discussions and promotes program services. Basic advocacy information and practical ways that instructors can incorporate advocacy in their classrooms and become better advocates for their students. Examples of how adult education teachers provide advocacy through a series of classroom taught lessons, class outings, service projects, and volunteer work.  Links to the Educate & Elevate Campaign Toolkit, resources, lesson plans, and examples of advocacy activities and events that can be replicated in the ABE and ESOL classrooms.
    Educate & Elevate Webinar: Adult Education State Association Presidents and State Directors: Mobilizing your State for Educate & Elevate
    Subject Area: IET
    Material Type: Webinar Materials
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here

    Abstract:

    Integrated Education & Training (IET) is a promising practice based in adult learning theory. Through IET programs, adults seek goal-oriented, relevant, practical knowledge. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) codified an IET definition, and the July 2016 final regulations provide both assurance and incentives for adult educators to design and implement IET which, when paired with a sector focus and support services (+S), rounds out a powerful career pathway model: IET+S. Review the IET definition and guidance and explore a few of the many adult education programs that have discovered the power of IET and, through a variety of partnerships, have implemented the IET strategy to serve people across the educational functioning level spectrum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oiFPAXTC8  
    Storytelling
    Author: Paul Zak
    Subject Area: Speaking/Listening
    Material Type: Video
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here

    Abstract:

    Watch this YouTube Video on Storytelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1a7tiA1Qzo&feature=youtu.be  What was your big take away from the video that could apply to the Educate & Elevate Campaign?
    Crowdfunding:  Tips & Tricks for Success
    Author: Meagen Farrell
    Subject Area: Program Management
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here

    Abstract:

    Crowdfunding: “The practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.”-Forbes “$90-96 Billion industry by 2025.”-World Bank