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Adult Education Publications from AIR
The following is a list of publications on Adult Education from the Pelavin Research Center of the American Institutes for Research. If a publication is highlighted, you may download a PDF version by clicking on the link. Other publications may be available for downloading at a later time.
  • Looking to the Future: Components of a Comprehensive Professional Development System for Adult Educators
    Mark Kutner, John Tibbetts
    Description:This publication discusses how government agencies can cooperate to support adult education, options for delivering professional development, and continuous evaluation.
    Date: 6/5/2003
  • Professional Development Resource Supplement: Improving Instruction, Organization, and Learner Outcomes through Professional Development
    Renee Sherman, Mark Kutner, John Tibbetts, Danielle Weidler
    Description:This publication is a supplement to the Professional Development Resource Guide for Adult Educators
    Date: 6/5/2003
  • Guide to ABE in Graduate Programs
    Arthur Evans; Renee Sherman
    Description:A guide to programs at universities and colleges in the United States offering postsecondary and/or advanced degrees in adult basic education and related subjects.
    Date: 6/4/2003
  • Workplace Readiness Guide
    Judith Crocker, John Tibbetts, Renee Sherman, & Michael Dlott
    Description:Guide is to be used as a first step for local ABE programs considering a workplace education program. The guide evaluates program readiness in terms of instructor qualification and program management/administrative characteristics needed for program success.
    Date: 5/28/2002
  • Professional Development Coordinator Competencies and Sample Indicators for the Improvement of Adult Education Programs (2002)
    Renee Sherman, Dionne Dobbins, John Tibbetts, Judith Crocker, & Michael Dlott
    Description:Identifies a set of recognized skills and knowledge areas possessed by effective professional development coordinators in adult education programs. This publication provides a brief overview of the professional development competencies, including the development process, the overall organization of the competencies, and suggested uses.
    Date: 4/23/2002
  • Management Competencies Assessment Instrument (2002)
    Renee Sherman, Dionne Dobbins, John Tibbetts, Judith Crocker, & Michael Dlott
    Description:This publication introduces an assessment instrument to help managers verify and validate their competencies. The instrument has many uses including as a needs assessment, as tool to help in planning and evaluating professional development, as a hiring tool, to document need for retention and dismissal, as a tool for program evaluation, to facilitate communication among staff, and to determine the need for systematic change.
    Date: 4/11/2002
  • Management Competencies and Sample Indicators for the Improvement of Adult Education Programs
    Renee Sherman, John Tibbetts, Dionne Dobbins, Danielle Weidler
    Description:Identifies a set of recognized skills and knowledge areas possessed by effective administrators of adult education programs.
    Date: 5/31/2001
  • NRS Final Guidelines March 2001
    Larry Condelli
    Description:Provides an overview of the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) and details NRS measures, methods and reporting requirements.
    Date: 5/7/2001
  • A Review of Statewide Learner Competency and Assessment Systems
    Mark Kutner, Lenore Webb, and Nancy Matheson
    Description:Summarizes the processes and procedures 11 states followed in developing statewide learner competencies and assessments, as well as the content of the competencies and instructional curriculum. Also examines learner assessments and learner recognition efforts.
    Date: 3/5/2001
Publications from Other Sources
  • Learning for Life: A Longitudinal Study of Pennsylvania's Adult Education Success Stories Recipients (2001)
    Sherry Royce & Richard Gacka.
    Description:Learning for Life is a research study examining the longitudinal impact for 70 adult learners who participated in Pennsylvania's Adult Basic Literacy and Education Program (ABLE) between 1968 and 2000 and were recognized as Pennsylvania's Outstanding Adult Students of the Year. These 21 men and 49 woman were interviewed between two and thirty-years after participating in the program. It illuminates the educational, employment and social outcomes over time that impact participants, their children and their communities.
    Date: 6/12/2002
  • Professional Development for Adult Educators State Policy Update
    Michelle Tolbert
    Description:This state policy update provides background on professional development in adult education, and reviews data collected from the NIFL survey of state professional development systems.
    Date: 1/14/2002

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