Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit
The Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit guides users through a team-based approach to develop customized IET solutions that address the needs of adult learners and local businesses through four iterative phases: Research and Assess, Design and Plan, Develop and Implement, and Evaluate and Improve. Train-the-Trainer materials are also available to support the IET Design process. See the abstract for links.
Integrated and Contextualized Workforce Skills in the ABE/ASE Classroom
This training provides background to educators for teaching skills transferable from the classroom to the workplace and explicitly teaching how to articulate those skills. The training offers ideas for hands-on application of transferable skills in adult basic education (ABE) and adult secondary education (ASE) classrooms.
Integrated and Contextualized Workforce Skills in the ESL Classroom
How can you prepare your learners to succeed in the workforce? Find out what employers say are essential skills for today's workforce. This Community of Practice shows you how to connect transferable skills in the English as a Second Language classroom to the workplace. It also offers examples of contextualizing ESL instruction easily by using workplace activities and forms.
Integrated Education and Training (IET)
This training guides agency teams in creating an action plan for putting into place the necessary foundations for implementing an Integrated Education and Training (IET) model that aligns with the agencyâs IET vision.
Introduction to Designing a Single Set of Shared Learning Objectives for Integrated Education and Training (IET)
This webinar provides an introduction to the elements needed for successful team teaching and, specifically, the development of a single set of integrated learning objectives to guide instruction. IET administrators, ESL and workforce training (CTE) teachers explore approaches and strategies for the planning and successful implementation of integrated programs. The webinar was produced collaboratively by staff from the State Leadership Projects CALPRO and CASAS.
English Language Proficiency Standards
Produced by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, 2016Designed to support effective instruction of adult English language learners, this document presents a set of correspondences to the college and career readiness standards (CCRS) for English language arts/literacy, mathematical and science practices.
Partnering with Employers to Promote Job Advancement for Low-Skill Individuals
Author: Karin Martinson, Abt Associates, Inc., September 2010This paper explores the importance of employer-program partnerships for improving economic outcomes for both low-skill workers and businesses. It identifies the facÂŹtors that have hindered the growth of these partnerships as well as promising approaches to building further partnerships.
Workplace Readiness Guide
Authors: Judith Crocker, John Tibbetts, Renee Sherman, and Michael Dlott, American Institutes for Research, May 2002This guide helps agencies assess their ability to design and deliver a workplace education program. The guide is divided into two sectionsâthe instruction and the program administrative characteristics needed for program success.
Integrated Education and Training (IET) Clinic
The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) and the California Department of Education are pleased to offer a unique professional learning opportunity! Join other agency teams of ESL instructors, CTE instructors, and program administrators for an Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic.
FORMAT
There are five principal features of this unique online professional learning opportunity, which is open to up to 8 agency teams (each team is composed of 3 staff members).
1) Two day-long virtual training sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive planning and curriculum development activities as well as to share best practices.
2) Live, interactive discussion through three 75-minute online webinars with engaging guest speakers, seasoned facilitators, peer mentors, and colleagues from around the state (see below for complete details). In each meeting we will:
- Highlight the relevancy and value of the featured topic for the work that we do
- Explore best and promising practices in the featured topic
- Learn from subject matter experts and peer mentors on effective related strategies
- Share successes and common challenges with fellow teachers and program administrators
- Get help on solving issues we face
Topics will be tailored to the needs of the participating practitioners and identified through the application process and may include:
- Starting Strong: Developing the Team Teaching Partnership
- Co-Teaching & Alternating Teaching: Which Model, Why, And How?
- Developing a Single Set of Learning Objectives & Integrating Lesson Plans
- Building an Integrated Syllabus
- Promising Intake & Onboarding Strategies for lET
- Action Planning: Process considerations, potential challenges, and solutions to address challenges.
- IET and Distance Learning: Considerations & Strategies
3) Ongoing online discussions, sharing, and resource creation through a designated private group within CALPROâs online Community of Practice.
4) Completion of a capstone project and presentation of the project at the second day-long session.
5) Coaching now included! IET clinic participating teams will now have the support of an IET implementation coach to support you for nine months upon completion of the IET clinic.
For more information, contact calpro@air.org.
Career Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards - 2013
The Career Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards are designed to assist California districts and schools in developing high-quality curriculum and instruction to help ensure that students are career and college ready and to prepare them for future careers. The model standards were created with assistance from more than 300 representatives from business, industry, postsecondary, and secondary education and were reviewed by approximately 1,000 individuals, including members of the general public. The standards are rigorous, evidence-based, relevant, and reasonable in scope. They offer clear guidelines for course content development and expectations for student achievement.