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Improving Adult Education Teacher Effectiveness: A Call to Action for a New Credential – White Paper and Podcast

A new McGraw-Hill Research Foundation white paper, “Improving Adult Education Teacher Effectiveness: A Call to Action for a New Credential,” sheds light on the critical need for improving the quality of adult education programs to ensure the future competitiveness of the American workforce.   Helping undereducated and underprepared adults to learn requires a targeted set of skills and the cornerstone to strengthen these programs is to improve the preparation and effectiveness of adult education teachers, tutors, and administrators. The paper is written by a team of adult education specialists: Marcia Hess, BS, BA, State Director/ABE Program Manager, Wyoming Community College Commission; Lennox McLendon, EdD, Executive Director, National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium; Bonnie Moore, PhD., Assistant Executive Director, National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium; and Mitch Rosin, MA, MS, MS, Director of Adult Learning and Workforce Initiatives, McGraw-Hill Education.

The paper offers recommendations by advocating the creation of new national standards for adult education teachers, providing additional professional development opportunities, and introducing credentialing options.

To download a copy of “Improving Adult Education Teacher Effectiveness: A Call to Action for a New Credential,” visit  Improving_Adult_Education

Listen to white paper co-author Lennox McLendon Podcast on Improving Adult Education Teacher Effectiveness. (Podcast is an mp3 file, 3 min. 28 sec.)