The Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans project provides resources and technical assistance to adult education state agency staff, local programs, and instructors who serve or are aiming to serve English learners in Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) programming and are interested in using an immigrant integration approach. Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) requirements offer IELCE programs opportunity to support learners’ linguistic, economic, and civic integration needs.
A network of partners may deliver these services to adult English learners, including internationally-trained professionals.
EARN resources are also located throughout the topical subpages.
- Using Multilingual Approaches to Support English Language Acquisition
- Civics in the Adult Education Classroom
- Enhancing Access: Using Bridge Strategies to Connect IELCE Activities to IET Programs
- The Role of Navigators in IELCE/IET Career Pathways
- Serving Internationally Trained Professionals in IELCE Activities
- Serving Refugees in IELCE Activities
- Supporting the Economic Integration of Adult Learners with Emerging Literacy Skills (Coming Soon!)
RTI International leads the Enhancing Access project team, which includes researchers from RTI International, World Education, Safal Partners, and WestEd.
For more information or to join the Enhancing Access distribution list, email EARN@rti.org.