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Download full textMartinson, Karin; Cho, Sung-Woo; Gardiner, Karen; Glosser, Asaph – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
This report describes the implementation and early impacts of the Washington State Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program at three colleges: Bellingham Technical College, Everett Community College, and Whatcom Community College. I-BEST is a nationally known program that aims to increase access to and completion of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Team Teaching
Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Clymer, Carol; Conway, Maureen; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2014
Launched in 2011, the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative aims to increase the ability of students with low basic skills to earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. AO encourages states to change the delivery of adult education for students interested in learning career skills by enrolling…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Adult Basic Education, Credentials
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2014
Washington's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST) quickly teaches students literacy, work, and college-readiness skills so they can move through school and into living wage jobs faster. Pioneered by Washington's community and technical colleges, I-BEST uses a team-teaching approach to combine college-readiness classes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Two Year Colleges, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
Direct linkTaylor, Gwen; Heflin, David – Adult Learning, 2015
In this article, Gwen Taylor describes the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) groundbreaking program, "Accelerating Opportunity" (AO), which targeted students who are deficient in math, reading, or writing. The program uses the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges' (2013) Integrated Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Acceleration (Education)
Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; O'Brien, Carolyn; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2015
The second annual implementation report for the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative in four states finds that: (1) colleges aligned pathways and supports with local needs; (2) students were satisfied with AO; (3) AO instructors grew more adept at team teaching; (4) colleges struggled to recruit adult education students; (5) states and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
Engstrom, Cathy McHugh – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
The pedagogical assumptions and teaching practices of learning community models reflect exemplary conditions for learning, so using these models with unprepared students seems desirable and worthy of investigation. This chapter describes the key role of faculty in creating active, integrative learning experiences for students in basic skills…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Role, Community Colleges, College Students
Zeidenberg, Matthew; Cho, Sung-Woo; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
To increase the rate at which adult basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) developed the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, or I-BEST. In the I-BEST model, a basic skills instructor and an occupational instructor team…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
Peer reviewedAarons, Howell; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1976
Describes the Foundations Program at Mohegan Community College, an interdisciplinary program providing individualized instruction in English, reading, and mathematics. It is team taught and designed to be developmental and corrective as well as remedial. (DC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Individualized Instruction
Briggs, Linda; Prescott, Del – 1985
In spring 1984, a study was conducted at Sacramento City College (SCC) to explore whether students' reading and study skills improved after participation in an "adjunct" skills course (i.e., a team-taught course which presents reading, writing, and study skills education within the context of a regular college course). The study focused on 38…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach
Luvaas-Briggs, Linda – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1984
Describes Sacramento City College's Higher Education Learning Package (HELP), which integrates reading, writing, study skills, and content instruction within the regular classroom to improve basic skills and personal development of nontraditional, high-risk students. Considers the HELP program's team-teaching approach, three-phase implementation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
McCadden, Joseph F. – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
The team-teaching component of the College Skills Program at Burlington County College (New Jersey), a coordinated cognitive and affective curriculum for remediating basic skills deficiencies, is briefly described. Four-person teams consisting of a social sciences teacher, a reading teacher, an English teacher, and a counselor are used in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Mackay, Jannie; And Others – 1996
Students and Teachers Achieving Results (STAR) is a student-centered learning project developed by Long Beach City College, in California, to increase the success and retention rates of underrepresented students. Through STAR, students are provided with a program of linked courses that develop communication skills, utilize interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bohr, Dorothy H.; Bray, Dorothy – 1979
In fall 1978, Sacramento City College initiated the Higher Education Learning Package (HELP) to promote the success and retention of students with basic skill deficiencies while mainstreaming them into regular courses. Students work with instructors and tutors in small groups and on a one-to-one basis. Using an integrative team teaching approach,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
