National College Transition Network

ABE to College Transition: A Resource for ABE and ESOL Teachers and Programs

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Conference Registration is now open!
We wish to invite you to join us for the third annual national conference on Effective Transitions in Adult Education that will take place on November 16 - 17, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Providence, RI. The two-day conference will focus on strategies and promising practices that help adult learners succeed in postsecondary education and training. Please click here for details.

Registration is now open and you can visit the conference registration page for more information and instructions on how to complete and submit the conference registration form.

What’s New on the NCTN Web Site?

New Promising Practices and Research to Practice Brief

Navigating college is a challenge! Don’t Take No for an Answer: Questioning as a Self-Advocacy Tool for Transition Students by Andy Nash and Cynthia Zafft adapts strategies developed by the Right Question Project (www.rightquestion.org) to help adult students advocate for their needs.

Seeing college as a next step for ABE/ESOL students’ educational journey through simulated college experiences is the goal of College for a Day programs. College for a Day – Learning What Colleges Have to Offer by Janet Fischer and Mary Harris shares the lessons of two successful College for a Day programs located in different parts of the country: Texas and Massachusetts.

Helping adult students prepare to enter college with greater chances of placing into college level math and avoiding using their own money or financial aid on developmental education courses is at the core of the Urban Corridor Project. In Math Curriculum Alignment, Sandy Goodman and Linda Guzzo describe the project and lessons of this collaborative effort between Capital Community College and Hartford Adult Education, and Gateway Community College and New Haven Adult Education

Learning with Help from Citizens Bank and NCTN
Adam Sennot has blossomed into a model college student through persistence, hard work, and support from a Citizens Bank scholarship (part of World Education’s Citizens Scholars Program). Click here to read the full story.

Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE & ESOL Classroom: Curriculum Guide
The Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE & ESOL Classroom: Curriculum Guide helps adult education teachers and counselors guide adult leaners through a comprehensive career planning process that promotes a full range of life skills. More details...

College Transition Toolkit
The College Transition Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to program planning and implementation that draws on the expertise of practitioners from The New England ABE-to-College Transition Project and around the country. More details...

Mapping Your Financial Journey: Helping Adults Plan for College
is a publication developed by the NCTN with support from NEFE. More details...

College for Adults Website helps first time college-going adults plan for college. Visit the website.

Study on College Transition Models is now available for download.

Welcome to the National College Transition Network (NCTN)!
If you are interested in supporting transition for adults, the NCTN is for YOU! Join by “clicking” on the leaf in the upper left corner. Read more about our membership…

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IN THE NEWS

Working Poor Families Project ... read more about this national initiative focused on state workforce development policies.

Have you read Challenges in Assessing for Postsecondary Readiness...

New from CAEL...
Focus on Adult Learning: National and State-by-State Data

What’s new in your state?

What’s new in TEXAS?
Adult learning center extols pilot program

What’s new in PENNSYLVANIA?
Career Gateway
FieldNotes for ABLE Staff
FieldNotes for ABLE Administrators

What’s new in MAINE?
MAEA Media’s Special Transition Issue

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