Workforce Literacy

Adult Education Administrators Manual (Texas LEARNS, January 2011. Published August 2005; revised June, August 2007, October 2008, August 2008, January 2011)

Disaster Recovery Grants Project - Final Report (Dr. Mary V. Alfred, Federico Salas-Isnardi, Harriet Vardiman Smith & Peggy Sue Durbin, September 2009)

Extension of Texas State Plan for Adult Education and Family Literacy (April 2006)

Focus Groups Tips for Beginners, (Jacqueline M. Barnett, 2002)

How Adult Literacy Practitioners Use Research, (Ralf St.Clair, Chia-Yin Chen, and Lyndsay Taylor, 2003)

New Beginnings - Creating and Establishing an Adult Literacy Program (Volunteers In Training for Adult Literacy (VITAL), Texas State University, 2003)

New Student Orientation Resource Book and Power Point Presentation (North Harris Montgomery College District, 2003)

Texas Indicators of Program Quality (IPQs) for Adult Education and Literacy Curriculum and Instruction: Are They Evidence-Based? (Updated 2011)

ABE Teacher's Toolkit (AEPDC Consortium,1995)

Big Ideas Entrepreneurial Projects (Williams and Petter, 1999)

Let the Games Begin: Enrichment Activities and Instructional Methods to Help Develop Reading in your Adult Learners (Dominique T. Chlup, 2005) ----- PDF 157KB

Study Group Outline I - Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults (Odessa College, 2002)

Study Group Outline II - Learning to Think, Learning to Learn: What the Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education (Odessa College, Fall 2002)

Texas Adult Education Content Standards and Benchmarks Resources

Texas Indicators of Program Quality (IPQs) for Adult Education and Literacy Curriculum and Instruction: Are They Evidence-Based? (Updated 2011)

 ESOL Orientation (Heath 2002)

Evaluating Phonological Skills in Adult ESOL Learners (Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD, October 2006)

Planning Literacy and Language Services for Texas' Limited English Proficient Workers: The Devil is in the Details

Teacher, Parents, and Students Working Together in the Limited English Proficient Home & Classroom (Ensle, 1998)

The Transition from Adult Literacy ESL Programs to Academic Reading and Writing: Next Steps for English Language Learners, (Lisa Gardner Flores, Dominique T. Chlup, 2005)

  Things to do in the ESL Classroom  (ESL Professional Development Center, The University of Texas at San Antonio 2002)

Strategies and Implications: Connecting Research to Practice (TALAE Participants, 2005)

Suggestions for Improving Learner Persistence: A List Generated by Texas Adult Education Program Directors, Coordinators, & Supervisors who Participated in the NCSALL/TCALL Study Circle Meetings on Learner Persistence (Chlup, Appelt, 2005) PDF 81KB -

Texas Indicators of Program Quality (IPQs) for Adult Education and Literacy Curriculum and Instruction: Are They Evidence-Based? (Updated 2013)

The Transition from Adult Literacy ESL Programs to Academic Reading and Writing: Next Steps for English Language Learners, (Lisa Gardner Flores, Dominique T. Chlup, 2005)

GED® Test 2002 Teacher's Handbook of Lesson Plans (Jeannie Pruitt, August 2004)

GED® Test Economic Impact

See Links Beyond TCALL

See Links Beyond TCALL

Adults and Learning Disabilities: Moving Beyond the Limits of Learning, (Linda Eastwick Covington, 2003)

Effective Instruction in Adult Basic Education For All Students: Including Those With Special Learning Needs (Neil Sturomski, 2006)

Evaluating Phonological Skills in Adult ESOL Learners (Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD, October 2006)

Learning Disabilities Related to Adults in Texas (Roemer Visser, 2000)

Percentage by County of Illiterate Adult Texans - Texas map and list of counties with illiteracy rate percentage in each county

Statewide Data Tables - data on adult learners in Texas

TCALL Literacy Facts & Statistics Page

Evaluation of the STAR Training Initiative and the Applicability of Its Content for Texas Adult Basic Education (Kenneth L. Appelt, Donna Mancuso, and San Juanita Garcia, July 2009) - PDF - 359KB -

Guidelines for Advocacy

Trends in Program Evaluation Literature: The Emergence of Pragmatism (Roemer Visser, 2003)

Study Group Outline I - Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults (Odessa College, 2002)

Study Group Outline II - Learning to Think, Learning to Learn: What the Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education (Odessa College, Fall 2002)

The Transition from Adult Literacy ESL Programs to Academic Reading and Writing: Next Steps for English Language Learners, (Lisa Gardner Flores, Dominique T. Chlup, 2005)

See Links Beyond TCALL