Teaching Resources
NCCCS Adult Education Content Standards
The North Carolina Community College System in partnership with ABSPD produced the NCCCS Adult Education Standards and Resources. Per WIOA guidlelines, “The adult education component of [Integrated Education and Training] must be aligned to the State’s content standards.” Click HERE to find the standards and accompanying toolkit of resources.
CORE Workshops
ABSPD teaches seven face-to-face workshops for the NCCCS CORE credential. These workshops are designed for instructors who teach students at the ABE level (under grade level equivalent 9.0). These workshops include: Applying Content Standards, Assessment to Instruction, Evidence Based Reading, Evidence Based Writing, Evidence Based Math, Contextualized Instruction, and Teaching Strategies Integrating Technology. Click HERE to find the page containing the handouts and other resource materials from these workshops.
Adult Secondary (ASE) Workshops
ABSPD teaches workshops for the NCCCS Adult Secondary Education (ASE) credentials. These workshops are designed for instructors who teach students in grade level equivalents 9.0 to 12.9. These are four workshops in language arts, four workshops in math, four workshops in science and four workshops in social studies. Click HERE to find the page containing the handouts and other resource materials from these workshops.
Fluency Text Lending Library
ABSPD sponsors a lending library that allows North Carolina College and Career Readiness instructors to borrow high interest, levelled books for a semester. We will ship the books to you free of charge. You are then responsible for the costs of returning them to ABSPD via media mail. We have many titles that are described in a searchable database. Click HERE to find the printable list of the lending library.
Vocabulary Lessons
ABSPD created 38 vocabulary lessons for adult learners that each have five Tier 2 words. These lessons are designed to be taught using direct instruction. Click HERE to find the lessons.
WIOA
WIOA, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, is the Federal legislation that governs how our adult basic education programs should be run. Click HERE to find a page of resources that help instructors teach in the WIOA era.
Argument Writing
How can we help our students prepare for the argument writing tasks they face on the GED, HiSET and TASC? Click HERE to find resources to help our adult basic education students be successful.
Persistence Research
What keeps our adult students in class? Click HERE to find some evidence based research studies on what strategies are effective in retaining our adult learners.
Social Studies Content for High School Equivalency Test Preparation (GED, HiSET, TASC)
Click HERE to find resources for helping your students achieve success on their Social Studies GED, HiSET or TASC test.
ESOL Resources
Click HERE to find some resources to help your ESOL students with communication skills.
GED Math Menagerie
GED Science Spectacular!
GED Technology
GED Science Guide
An Extended Look at the GED 2014 Extended Response
Transition to Postsecondary Education
TASC Resources
- TASC Argument Writing Handout
- TASC Cross Curriculum Lessons
- Voter Card Masters
- TASC Most Missed Items
- TASC Most Missed Math