Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

This publication outlines the components, structure, and process involved with creating an adult citizenship education curriculum.

This plan from the Connecticut Department of Education provides administrative guidance and tools for conducting teacher observations and evaluations that support the continuous improvement of adult educators.

This brief provides an overview of research on effective teaching that can be applied in multiple settings by a broad range of teachers. 

This fact sheet highlights opportunities for adult educators to engage with partners across the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) system to ensure that planning and implementation under the new law is responsive to the needs of adult learners, and makes effective use of adult education partners’ expertise.

Achieve the Core’s Aligned is a publication dedicated to the conversation about Common Core aligned instructional materials.

BetterLesson provides a well-organized collection of teacher-created mathematics lessons that address each of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for mathematics.

This brief discusses the implementation of career pathways under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and considerations for state adult education staff in developing career pathways systems to support individuals in their pursuit of education and employment. 

The newest revision to the Career Pathways Toolkits includes writeable worksheets that can help State and program teams develop, maintain, and enhance career pathways systems and programs. 

CCR Standards-based professional development (PD) English Language Arts/Literacy materials made for adult educators.

CCR Standards-based professional development (PD) Math materials made for adult educators.

This checklist is a useful tool for teachers and learners to evaluate website quality.

A video series featuring teachers leading adult ESL classes through common classroom activities.

The English Language Arts/Literacy Advanced Units contain three components: a facilitator’s guide, an annotated PowerPoint presentation, and participant materials.

The Math Advanced Units contain three components: a facilitator’s guide, an annotated PowerPoint presentation, and participant materials.

This video features a math lesson on teaching inequalities using the concept first, notation last teaching strategy.

This toolkit offers information about policies and legislative templates that states can enact to improve data infrastructure and promote data use.

This brief describes how adult learning theory can be applied in the design of age appropriate digital learning experiences.

This brief discusses five research-based principles for product developers to consider when designing digital learning tools for adult learners.

This report provides an overview of the relationship between effective career pathways elements and existing early learning support systems. 

This report is geared toward leaders in education, industry, workforce development, and human services interested empowering working age adults to build sustainable 21st century careers through strengthened personal success skills. From interviews with experts and a review of research literature, the report provides resources and recommendations to advance practice, research, and policy.

This report explains the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards for Adult Education and their relevance to adult education programs with Correspondences to College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, and Mathematical and Science Practices.

This paper explores the work skills that will be needed in the future and the ways in which educational institutions will need to more fully integrate them into workforce training.

Six short, interactive modules on addition and subtraction, including two videos.

Ten interactive tutorials on algebra topics. 

This guide offers a way to manage higher-level math standards to address time constraints and other potential impediments to full implementation.