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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

Learn about LINCS!

Learn about LINCS!

The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) offers freely available courses, resources, and community for adult educators. Check out this powerful resource! Read More

Welcoming Refugees into the Workforce with Career Contextualized Basic Skills Instruction

Welcoming Refugees into the Workforce with Career Contextualized Basic Skills Instruction

When learners recognize what they are doing in class as being directly related to their goals, it often increases retention rates and leads to better overall outcomes. Find out how YOU can promote your learners' success! Read More

Contextualized Curriculum Resources for the ELL Classroom

Contextualized Curriculum Resources for the ELL Classroom

COABE 2017 had many sessions dedicated to contextualized instruction in the ABE/ELL classroom. One take away is that teachers do not need to be career experts in order to infuse current curriculum with authentic practice. Read More