Charting a Course: Responding to the Industry-Related
Adult Basic Education Needs of the Texas Workforce
Handbook One: Planning and Implementation Tips
for Program Planners and Administrators

Module Four: Defining and Agreeing Upon Mutual, Achievable Goals and Objectives

A Checklist for the Adult Education Provider

The educational institution partnering with the employer must be prepared to support its instructor(s) in the delivery of quality services (see instructor's checklist) and in the preparation of evaluative reports and recommendations.  This checklist can be used in planning the tasks essential to implementing and sustaining a successful workforce / workplace instructional program:

• Participate in initial meeting(s) with the employer's designated contact to discuss logistics of a workplace education program (time, location, class space, equipment needs, class schedules, employee enrollment, assessment processes, etc.).
• Lead the instructional team in the assessment of employees' skills, abilities, and workplace education needs.
• Work with the employer to determine the best design for a workplace education program - one designed to meet the needs of employer and employees; be able and ready to clarify the basic tenets of adult education, workplace literacy, and second language learning.
• Assist employer and employees in setting realistic goals and objectives.
• Work with employer to minimize any obstacles that might compromise the integrity of the program.
• Select instructor(s) with an appreciation for workplace education and the corporate culture,  and a willingness to adapt instruction to the environs of the workplace.
• Arrange for the instructor(s) to meet with all employee participants to assess individuals' proficiencies and education/training needs.
• Work with instructors to identify and/or adapt appropriate instructional materials. Provide employer with an estimate of the cost of the consumable student materials as well as those needed by the instructor.
• Maintain regular communication with instructor(s) and the employer's designated contact regarding instruction, participants' attendance and progress, and opportunities for reinforcing learning in the workplace.
• Monitor instruction and instructor's maintenance of student portfolios for the purpose of documenting learner progress.
• Review and forward to the employer's designated contact frequent and regular attendance and progress reports.
• Provide institutional and administrative support to the instructor(s) in the preparation of a mid-point formative report and an end-of-course summative evaluation.
• Participate in onsite visits prior to and during the instructional cycle.

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