IET

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Help wanted: Production workers needed for this session! Join us for this interactive session and learn first-hand how assembly lines work and explore ways to improve production. See resources we have used to build ELA, Math, and Employability Skills instruction for the Integrated Education & Training (IET) part of our pathway. Gain access to a digital LiveBinder of session content and resources. Bring your own device for an enhanced experience.

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The Adult Basic Education for College & Career (ABECC) program at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, has been developing successful Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (IBEST) programs as an IET instructional model since 2013. This session will explore how students and instructors who have participated in IBEST programs experience this collaborative model. Hear from students about what aspects of this integrated approach they identify as having been the most critical to improving their academic performance. Learn from IBEST instructors how they approach co-planning lessons and assignments and co-teaching in the classroom.

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Approximately one-third of the U.S. workforce works in service-sector industries such as restaurants and hotels, and the number of employees in these industries is on the rise. In this session, presenters will share results from an analysis of the most recent PIAAC data (2012/14), examining and comparing demographic profiles and characteristics of service-sector workers by their literacy skill levels. In addition, participants will learn how to best support service-sector workers in their upskilling efforts and hear examples of such support from a leading policy expert of adult education and upskilling. Lastly, participants will engage in a group discussion about how these research findings can help adult learners.

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Want to discover the secret to true contextualization? Join us to learn how reshaping your perspective for serving adults facilitates collaboration and helps students reach their goal to achieve a desired certification.

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During this interactive workshop, participants will learn the nuts and bolts of Integrated Education and Training (IET) and how to create basic skills curriculum to support an IET. Participants will work through a planning process to develop an IET and the basic skills component. Ideas for workforce preparation activities, strategies for working with partners, and particulars about implementing IETs under WIOA will be offered as well. Participants will receive a resource guide containing IET planning and development tools and create an IET implementation and communication plan. There will be many opportunities to network and learn from colleagues.

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Adult learners are getting a jump start on their careers through Integrated Education and Training (IET) programs that integrate adult basic education and postsecondary training for in-demand occupations like behavioral health specialist, CNC machinist, and medical assistant. This session will provide an opportunity to hear from a panel of leaders who have collaborated on the implementation of IET programs. The panel will include representation from adult basic education (WIOA Title II), Arizona@Work (WIOA Title I), and career and technical education. Panelists will share their perspectives on what is valuable and what is challenging when partnering to implement career pathways programming such as IETs. Participants will learn strategies for identifying strong career pathways, developing shared goals, clarifying roles, and ongoing program development and evaluation.

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Houston Center for Literacy partners with employers to provide “English @ Work,” a work-site based program designed to immediately impact employee performance, customer relations, and company values. With the growing demands for adult education programs to establish local workplace partnerships, this session will highlight the BurlingtonEnglish® Blended Curriculum, and how Houston Center for Literacy is also partnering with BurlingtonEnglish to address literacy in the workplace. Together, BurlingtonEnglish and Houston Center for Literacy are helping adult education programs address WIOA as well as providing employment opportunities for students.

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WIOA key themes include career pathways, sector partnerships, and stronger connections between adult education and workforce. Our panel discusses these key themes through an initiative that is focused on individuals with low-literacy to engage in training and employment opportunities in high demand sectors of healthcare, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, and IT. There are 200,000 adults in Cleveland, Ohio, that have reading and math levels below 8th grade. They are excluded from enrolling in occupational training due to their low literacy levels. Many become disengaged because they are embarrassed or discouraged by attending traditional adult education classes. This issue led a group of adult education, workforce development, employers, and occupational training professionals to look for solutions to give more adults access to high demand employment and training opportunities. Contextualized curriculum was developed based on demand sector training programs and employment opportunities. The training programs were designed based on employers’ needs and hiring requirements. The panel will discuss the process, development, implementation, and piloting of the integrated education and training model.