Adult education programs are required to provide students with the skills to explore careers while simultaneously building academic and language skills. Providing integrated and contextualized career-focused instruction is a win-win and a huge time saver for students, but it is not always clear how to go about it.  … read more

Standardized testing, whether it is for high school equivalency or measuring student gains, is a major concern in adult numeracy classes. It can be tempting to "teach to the test" in the hopes of getting students ready to get a passing score as quickly and painlessly as possible. However, making test preparation the main focus of… read more

Standardized testing, whether it is for high school equivalency or measuring student gains, is a major concern in adult numeracy classes. It can be tempting to "teach to the test" in the hopes of getting students ready to get a passing score as quickly and painlessly as possible. However, making test preparation the main focus of… read more

“When am I ever going to use this?”

“Just tell me how to do it.”

“This isn’t going to be on the test.” 

A challenge we may face when we teach for conceptual understanding is student pushback. Many students expect math class to be about memorizing and repeating procedures.… read more

The Volunteer Coordinators Sharing Group is an opportunity to meet with other staff who work with volunteers to network, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and learn from and with one another. 

This meeting is meant to offer a space to share your challenges, ideas, and strategies for back to school and… read more