A rising tide lifts all boats. Please enjoy searching the helpful ideas and documents below that have been shared by adult educators across Illinois. Consider sharing promising practices working for you.
We know the times are unprecedented and the learning curve has been and continues to be steep as we pivot in order to reach and teach our students. We also know there are many valuable processes being created and tools being invented and/or discovered in our adult education programs in Illinois. Your adult education Professional Development Network would like to serve you by capturing these promising practices and sharing them so that ALL Illinois students can be served as thoroughly as possible.
Simply click HERE to complete a brief Google Form to share with us your promising practice
- Use GEDTS Prep Connect to find students interested in a program
- City Colleges of Chicago Adult Education Career Bridge Program Power Point
- City Colleges of Chicago Early Childhood Education Bridge Open House Promo
- City Colleges of Chicago Healthcare Bridge Open House Promo
- Greater West Town Training Partnership – Promo Document
- Greater West Town Training Partnership – Video
- Joliet Junior College Adult Education and Literacy Book Club
- Joliet Junior College Recruitment Promising Practices for Distance Education
- Malcolm X Community Health Care Worker + Contact Tracer Apprenticeship
- Moraine Valley Community College Promo TikTok Videos
- More Ideas from the Field in Recruitment and Marketing
- Pui Tak Center Promotional Flyer – (QR Code Embedded Connects to Google Form Application)
- Rend Lake College Git Up Challenge!
- Triton College Informational Sessions on Loom Description
- Triton College Informational Sessions on Loom
- Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar – Joliet Junior College & South Suburban College Recording
- Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar – Joliet Junior College Slides
- Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar – South Suburban Slides
- Using Geofencing for Recruitment Webinar – College of DuPage & South Suburban Recording
- Using Geofencing for Recruitment Webinar – College of DuPage Slides
- City Colleges of Chicago Remote Adult Education Enrollment Process
- Illinois Valley Community College – Sign Up Genius
- Joliet Junior College Enrollment and Intake Distance Plan
- Joliet Junior College Online Registration Form
- Joliet Junior College Online Registration Orientation Video
- Rock Valley Process for Intake, Testing and Orientation
- Rock Valley Orientation Video
- ROE 33 Using Talking Points for Student Registration
- Triton College Virtual Intake Process
- Triton College Virtual Intake Process – Google Form
Remote Testing in Illinois
- Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Career Pathways Orientation
- Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Orientación De Carreras y Educación
- College of DuPage ELA Online Orientation
- Heartland Community College Asynchronous Onboarding
- Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
- Rock Valley Orientation Video
- ROE 33 – Orientation Video
Choice Boards
Elgin Community College (ECC) Hybrid Course Development Project Overview (Additional resources available below in Distance Education Program Modules)
Illinois Central College Fast Fridays: Constitution Test Preparation Course
Joliet Junior College Instructional Distance Education Plan
Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
More Ideas from the Field on Instructional Practices
How to Find and Do the Work You Love *NEW
Below is a Power Point that details an interest inventory for ESL students and then an accompanying summary sheet *NEW
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Check out City Colleges’s toolkit that they use to communicate the programs and resources they have available to students at their multiple locations. Click here to explore!
Join Zoom on your Android phone (in both English and Spanish)
Choice Boards
Free Geek Chicago Refurbished Laptops
Harnessing Technology Webinar – ROE 33, Lewis and Clark, Waubonsee
Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
ROE 33 Training Video – How to Use Cropping Feature on Zoom
ROE 33 Training Video for students – Using Burlington English on your phone
- Career Navigators – Providing Support Services Virtually – Transitions Academy Presentation
- Joliet Junior College Distance Support Services
- Joliet Junior College FAQ Video Series – Steps to GED and Signing Into Burlington English on your phone
- Remote Support Services from Moraine Valley Community College
**New**
Moraine Valley holds Instructor Insights, a monthly DEI discussion around different topics that includes presenters, discussion and learning. Check out the flyer here: Instructor Insights Flyer.
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- The Adult Education Program at Illinois Central College is part of the GPEAK certification system and “Over 85 community members collaborated on this project to develop a regional approach for assessing and validating essential skills needed in the workplace.” For more information, click here, and email sipdctrainer@gmail.com for contact information.
- Guide for Using Employment 101 Pre-/Post-Assessments
- Illinois workNet Adult Education Employment 101 and Your Curriculum – newly revamped!
- Elgin Community College (ECC) – Hybrid Course Development Project
- ASE Math Level 5 Curriculum Framework – Functions
- ASE Math Level 5 Module 2 Assessment – Functions
- ASE Math Level 5 Submodule – Functions
- ASE Math Level 5 Syllabus
- ECC Hybrid Course Development Project Overview
- ESL High Intermediate Career Job Research Paragraph Rubric
- ESL High Intermediate Module 2 Lesson 1 & 2
- ESL High Intermediate Scope & Sequence Modules 1 & 2
- ESL High Intermediate Syllabus
- LowInt Reading & Writing Assessment partial eclipse
- LowInt Reading & Writing Curriculum Framework Module 1
- LowInt Reading & Writing Submodule 1B
- LowInt Reading & Writing Syllabus
