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Retail Customer Service
Retail Customer Service prepares learners for entry-level retail careers by building customer service, cashiering, POS system, cash handling, workplace communication, and job-seeking skills through hands-on retail experience and employment readiness training. Read More
College Readiness Navigation
College Readiness Navigation helps college-bound students build the knowledge and transition skills needed to successfully navigate higher education systems and thrive in a postsecondary learning environment. Read More
ParaEducator (Munson-Faribault)
This 120-hour Paraeducator Career Pathway course prepares learners for employment as paraeducators and other educational support professionals by developing the academic, workplace, and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in educational settings. Through instruction in classroom support, child development, behavior management, communication, professionalism, and working with diverse learners, participants gain practical experience and career readiness skills that support employment, postsecondary education, and advancement into related education and human services fields. Read More
Digital Access & Resilience in Texas (DART)
Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) is a foundational digital literacy curriculum for beginning English learners that incorporates digital literacy skills, foundational print literacy skills, and conceptual understanding of basic digital literacy topics, beginning with letter recognition and keyboard knowledge through going online, searching the internet, and using email. All 20 units and their instructional resources are available to download for free either separately or as a complete document. Read More
CILIA-T Curriculum: U.S. History & Civics
CILIA-T stands for Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support. It’s an open-access, 16-module, CCRS/ELP/Northstar-aligned curriculum that integrates knowledge-building in civics, U.S. history, and government with academic English language and digital skills instruction and critical thinking. CILIA-T cultivates a classroom environment where adult learners can share and build on their immense personal experience as global citizens in partnership with their classmates. The target audience includes intermediate-advanced ELLs, pre-GED, and GED learners. Read More
CILIA-T Curriculum: U.S. Civics & History
CILIA-T stands for Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support. It’s an open-access, 16-module, CCRS/ELP/Northstar-aligned curriculum that integrates knowledge-building in civics, U.S. history, and government with academic English language and digital skills instruction and critical thinking. CILIA-T cultivates a classroom environment where adult learners can share and build on their immense personal experience as global citizens in partnership with their classmates. The target audience includes intermediate-advanced ELLs, pre-GED, and GED learners. Read More
Community Interpreter (Atkinson-Hiawatha Valley)
This 40-hour Community Interpreter course prepares participants to provide effective, ethical, and culturally responsive interpreting services in community settings. Through interactive learning activities, participants build skills in interpreting protocols, communication strategies, mediation, professional standards, advocacy, remote interpreting, and career development while applying national standards of practice to real-world scenarios. Read More
English Learner Digital Essential Skills (ELDES)
The ELDES curriculum is designed to support adult English learners who are building their vocabulary, language skills and conceptual understanding of foundational digital literacy topics. The complete 7-unit curriculum is available for download in English and Spanish, and a Somali-language video version is also available. Read More
TEAS Prep
The TEAS Exam Preparation Course is designed to help students effectively prepare for all four sections of the TEAS Exam: Reading, Mathematics, Science, and English & Language Usage. Throughout the course, students will become familiar with the structure and content of the exam, strengthen their critical thinking skills, and learn strategies to manage test-related anxiety. While the course aims to cover most topics found in the official study manual, it’s important to note that the exact questions on the TEAS Exam are computer-generated and cannot be predicted. | AUTHOR: Luke Kretchmer, International Institute of Minnesota Read More
ParaEducator
This 10-12 week online class will help prepare students for the Paraeducator Certification Exam. The exam is needed for those who do not have a two or four-year degree and would like to work in a school setting with Kindergarten to 12th grade students. The certification exam is an online multiple choice exam covering Reading, Writing and Math skills, including how to apply those skills in a classroom or school setting. | AUTHORS: Carlynn Miller-Gore and Macie Vaiphei, Hubbs Center Read More