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ADULT BASIC EDUCATION STAFF ............................................................................................... 29 REGIONAL ADULT EDUCATION COORDINATORS ............................................................................ 33 RESOURCES FOR THE ADULT EDUCATOR........................................................................................... 35 NATIONAL AND STATE SPECIAL NEEDS HOTLINE DIRECTORY ........................................................... 37 COLLEGE RESOURCES .............................................................................................................. 38 HEALTH SERVICES RESOURCES .................................................................................................. 39 HEARING RESOURCES.............................................................................................................. 39 LEGAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................. 40 REGIONAL FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORKS................................................................................... 41 VISION RESOURCES................................................................................................................. 41
PROGRAM OVERVIEW The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) recognizes that today's workplace presents numerous opportunities and challenges for adults in West Virginia. Employers need workers with strong basic skills and an ability to adapt to change. Today's families are faced with multiple responsibilities as they address their children's educational needs, as well as their own. Special populations, such as the homeless and incarcerated, must deal with additional challenges in order to lead safe and productive lives. To effectively serve the foundational learning needs of these diverse groups, a learning system that is flexible and responsive is necessary. The West Virginia Adult Basic Education (WVABE) program has developed such a system for adult learners. WVABE programs build skills for success by providing adults with the opportunity to acquire and improve functional skills necessary to enhance the quality of their lives as workers, family members, and citizens. These programs play an important role in fostering productive employment, effective citizenship, personal and family growth, selfesteem, and dignity for adult learners. Educational services are available at no cost to adult learners and are designed to meet the educational needs of each individual. Certified adult education instructors provide instruction. Federal Role The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act is Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. It provides the framework for the establishment of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. The federal Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) provides grants to states to fund adult education and literacy services, including workplace literacy services; family literacy services; English literacy programs and integrated English literacy-civics education programs. Participation in these programs is limited to adults and out-of-school youths age 16 and older who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under state law. The amount of funding each state receives is based on a formula established by Congress. States, in turn, distribute funds to local eligible entities to provide adult education and literacy services. In West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) distributes these federal funds to local programs. The National Reporting System (NRS) is the accountability system mandated by WIA. The NRS includes student measures to describe adult education students, program participation and assessment of the impact of adult education instruction, methodologies for collecting the measures, reporting forms and procedures, and training and technical assistance activities to assist states in collecting the measures. WVABE Instructor Handbook, Section 1, 2012-13 1
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