Integrated Education and Training: Implementing Programs in Diverse Contexts
The federal Workforce Investment and Innovation Act (WIOA) has changed the landscape of adult education, focusing the field squarely on workforce development outcomes and programming that supports the integration of education and training (IET) and career pathways. This guide emerged from efforts to learn how eight adult education programs around the country have been integrating education and training.
The profiles in this guide recognize the importance of designing programming that fits the particular context of a local community. These profiles illustrate how IET programs are finding creative ways to reduce barriers for students by: creating blended and distance learning programs that improve access; helping immigrant students get their foreign credentials recognized; educating employers about unnecessary high school credential requirements that disqualify potential job candidates; and building on-ramp or bridge programming for students not ready for IET coursework.
The profiles offer a wide array of approaches both in with whom the adult education programs partner (e.g., career and technical education departments within a college or technical high school, WIOA-authorized training providers, or in-house technical training instructors) and how they collaborate in those partnerships to develop an integrated curriculum.
Adult education providers; policymakers
Research led by the New England Literacy Resource Center & National College Transition Network