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ACES and MCIS: Creating a Brighter Future Pathway

ACES and MCIS: Creating a Brighter Future Pathway

The Minnesota Career Information System (MCIS) is a powerful and engaging tool for helping students do career exploration and develop their transition skills. It's also an excellent resource for adult diploma programs. Read More

Designing Courses for Career Pathways: Join a Training Cohort or Use Tools at Your Fingertips!

Designing Courses for Career Pathways: Join a Training Cohort or Use Tools at Your Fingertips!

You’ve been asked to teach a new career-specific class, and you don’t know where to start?!  Participate in a six-month training cohort or take full advantage of great resources available online. APPLICATIONS DUE THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5! Read More

Adult Career Pathways COURSE DESIGN Cohort: Plan now to participate in 2018-19!

Adult Career Pathways COURSE DESIGN Cohort: Plan now to participate in 2018-19!

Join a group of ABE professionals from across the state in a six-month product-oriented cohort to learn and then implement best practices in course design.  If you’re looking for a way to roll up your sleeves and develop or strengthen a career pathway/IET course, this opportunity is for you! Read More

Integrating Culture and Career Contextualization into GED Curriculum: Experiences in the 2018 CCI Cohort

Integrating Culture and Career Contextualization into GED Curriculum: Experiences in the 2018 CCI Cohort

In this article, a 2018 CCI Cohort participant details her experiences learning about contextualized instruction and the benefits that came with cohort participation. Could a contextualized approach work for your students or program? Read on to find out more! Read More

Career Pathways: Expand Your Toolkit!

Career Pathways: Expand Your Toolkit!

Design and delivery of career pathway programs are full of both opportunity and challenge for ABE administrators.  ATLAS provides a great set of tools, plus cohort training with peer support and action-oriented learning.  Two resources are highlighted here, plus information on next year’s cohort. Read More

Engaging Employers in Adult Career Pathway Programming: Where Do I Start?

Engaging Employers in Adult Career Pathway Programming: Where Do I Start?

ABE administrators: Explore a variety of great tools to guide the challenging work of collaborating with employers in creating dynamic career pathway programs for adult learners.  Consider joining next year’s adult career pathway training cohort to put the tools into action. Read More

Career Pathways Program Development Cohort: Applications Due June 8!

Career Pathways Program Development Cohort: Applications Due June 8!

ABE administrators: Looking to start or strengthen a career pathway program? Join a group of fellow administrators from across the state in a year-long, action-oriented cohort to learn and then implement best practices in developing Adult Career Pathways (ACP) programs in your area. Read More

A New Resource to Help Learners Develop Their Future Pathways

A New Resource to Help Learners Develop Their Future Pathways

Do you struggle to find materials that support career exploration? A new website will help both your ESL and ABE learners explore the in- demand field of health care while also building core reading and writing skills. Read More

ATLAS Adult Career Pathways Resource Library: NEW Program Development Tools

ATLAS Adult Career Pathways Resource Library: NEW Program Development Tools

The ATLAS Adult Career Pathways (ACP) Resource Library now contains a variety of tools for ABE practitioners tasked with developing and expanding quality adult career pathway programs at the local level. Check it out! Read More

Career Connections

Career Connections

Career Connections, part of the PBS Learning Media website, is an amazing collection of 100 videos in which “Young professionals tell us about their jobs and take us behind the scenes to show us what they do every day.” Read More