National Adult Education College and Career Readiness Training Design Initiative:

to prepare states and corrections to prepare teachers to enable adult students to meet common core standards, state standards and the 2014 GED® and other high school equivalency tests.

State Self-Assessment

Prior to the Career and College Readiness Training Design Institute, gather the state staff for a discussion regarding where you are in regards to 1) preparing teachers for the new high school equivalency tests coming on line January 2014 and 2) preparing teachers to move to standards-based instruction.

There are two self-assessments below:

  1. The 8 month plan to prepare for the new High School Equivalency (HSE) test(s) you have chosen.
  2. The plan to help teachers upgrade their content knowledge in higher level mathematics and English language arts with emphasis on evidence-based writing.

These self-assessment will help the participants in the Design Institute focus on the critical components needed for your state.

Level of completion terms:

  1. No decisions made: you have not decided how you want to proceed
  2. Policies and supports are designated: you have decided how you want to proceed and you have aligned your expectations (policies) and designated and identified funding for the supports to be put in place and communicated to the field.
  3. Plans are in place: you have decided how to proceed, policies and supports are agreed upon, and you have a plan with benchmarks to guide the work and it has been communicated to the field.
  4. Under way: You have begun implementing your plan
  5. Complete: You have completed a component.

8 Month Plan to prepare teachers for the new HSE test(s).

Components / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / Notes
  1. You have decided which high school equivalency tests to use

  1. Training design

  • Content (ELA, Math, Depth of Knowledge (GED®), Revised Blooms (Common Core),

  • Training Formats (e.g., face-to-face, on-line, video)

  • Trainers trained

  • Training materials designed and printed

  • Training Calendar

  • Logistics: travel, training rooms, food, equipment

  1. Incentives for teachers and managers for participating

  1. Clear expectations to the field

  1. Recruiting participants

  1. Deliver the training

  1. Celebrate

Plan for Upgrading Teachers’ Content Knowledge

Components / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / Notes
  1. Training design

  • Teacher self-assessment of knowledge in higher level math and ELA and evidence-based writing

  • Instructional resources for teachers to use to upgrade their skills

  • Training Formats (e.g., face-to-face, on-line, video)

  • Trainers trained

  • Training materials designed and printed

  • Training Calendar

  • Logistics: travel, training rooms, food, equipment

  1. Incentives for teachers and managers for participating

  1. Clear expectations to the field

  1. Recruiting participants

  1. Deliver the training

  1. Celebrate