Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This publication outlines the components, structure, and process involved with creating an adult citizenship education curriculum for a High Beginning ESL level course.

This tip sheet provides information for citizenship education programs and naturalization services providers who are interested in expanding their offerings to include immigration legal services by having their organizations recognized and their non-attorney staff members or volunteers accredited by the Department of Justice (DOJ), which would allow the programs to explain immigration options to clients, provide advice about which documents to submit, and communicate with USCIS about immigration cases.

This tool can be used to help determine eligibility to apply to become a U.S. citizen through naturalization.

This website provides free contextualized video lessons and resources for adult educators and adult students.

This compendium describes five innovative practices in bridge and integrated education and training (IET) programs as selected by the  Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

This brief describes innovative, remote adult ESOL program practices and designs based on interviews with staff from 34 adult ESOL programs across the US about their use of digital technologies for onboarding, instruction, and supports to diverse ESOL learners.

This resource provides statistics related to immigrants who have become U.S. citizens.

The Personal and Workplace Success Skills Library is a curated collection of resources to guide the integration of personal and workplace success skills into curriculum and instruction, advising and coaching, assessment, and program design.

Each case study highlights notable practices in remote ESOL instruction and administration from eight programs that represent the diverse range of organizations that offer adult ESOL across the US.

This site includes information on promising remote adult ESOL practices and program models.

This page links to projects and resources supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that provide perspective and insight on the Asian-American experience.

This e-guide provides resources and guidance to internationally trained immigrants seeking to use their education in the field of law in the United States.

This compendium describes the four innovative practices in secondary
credentialing selected from the Round 1 Advancing Innovation in Adult
Education applications.

This resource provides an outline for how to implement technology tools that are standards-based and meet the instructional needs of adult educators and learners.

This brief explains what civics education skills are and why they are important for adult learners.

This guide, developed for Model UN students, could be used to better understand how to support refugees and migrants who participate in adult basic education programs.

Adult English learners (ELs) may need numeracy instruction to navigate daily life or understand health information, so this paper examines numeracy skill levels and home skill use of adult ELs in Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014 data and recommends implications for EL numeracy instruction.

This website, TeachingEnglish by the British Council, contains a wide range of practical resources for teaching English to adults.

This special edition of the COABE Journal highlights career pathways and workforce development.

This report analyzes data on the postsecondary degree and non-degree credential attainment of first- and second-generation adults (ages 16 to 64) to explore the relationship between these credentials and adults’ economic outcomes.

This guide presents research-based design principles for developing financial literacy instructional materials.

This program development guide outlines a step-by-step process to create or sustain an adult citizenship education program and includes products and resources from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for use at each stage of program development.

This paper investigates the role of leadership training in developing voice in adult learners and presents implications for staff and programs to enhance practice by building relationships, fostering community and
collaboration, and encouraging voice through activities.

This module focuses on the task analysis process in relation to content demands, thinking skills, and language use.

This report presents findings from a research project that examines how adult education providers in three cities designed and implemented career pathways programming for adults who are immigrants or have barriers to employment and education.