In recognition of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, we’ve partnered with Aztec Software to highlight adult educators and their unwavering dedication to improving the lives of all learners.
Reyes Rivera, Director for Brownsville ISD Adult & Continuing Education, located in Brownsville, Texas, shared reflections about working in the field of adult education.
We’re launching a new series of Tuesdays for Teachers webinars focused on helping educators connect their learners to college and career options. Our first webinar, Pearson’s Network of Opportunities for the GED Student and Graduate, will highlight opportunities Pearson has for GED students and graduates to explore postsecondary education, career training, skills’ badging, and more.
Our partners from Accelerated Pathways, Credly, and Julius Ed/GEDWorks will provide you with new ideas and resources to help you, and your GED candidates think beyond their tests to their future goals. Our special guests for the webinar are:
Join us Tuesday, September 27 at 2:30 pm CT to listen, and learn about opportunities available for GED learners. We’ll also have a robust Q&A discussion about the connections you and your learners can make to:
1) no or low-cost access to college, 2) employment opportunities with employers looking for their unique skills demonstrated by a GED credential, and 3) training for job & career pathways in cleantech and the green economy, through Julius Education, including a green jobs training program in Denver, CO.
You can pre-register for the webinar here: https://pearson.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlce2pqT4rH9NlW1glmEf3INCsa7vm21IK
With over 20 million GED® grads and counting, we know that students couldn’t achieve their high school equivalency without the hard work and dedication of educators like you.
It is our goal to help you inform your students that with commitment, preparation, practice, and study, they need to become GED grads. Our recently launched, GED Playbook for Adult Education Program Directors, Managers, and Instructors is intended to assist in navigating and understanding the GED program.
Within this Playbook you’ll find dozens of helpful resources and tips for:
The Playbook will help you better understand the GED Testing Service organization and discover the program structure and test. Content and support include areas of instructional focus for each test subject. In addition, you’ll learn about college readiness and career development for students. Best practices around diversity, equity, and inclusion are also part of the Playbook.
Sneak peek into the Playbook: The Self-Assessment for Adult Education Instructors helps determine if becoming an Adult Education instructor is a good fit for you. The assessment will also help you identify your strengths and areas for improvement. You can also use this to help develop a custom professional plan to help you excel as an adult education instructor.
Download the Playbook here:
https://ged.com/wp-content/uploads/GED_Playbook_2022-08_1937a_FINAL.pdf
We want you to help spread the word to learners about the importance of registering to vote and participating in local elections! GED Testing Service is partnering with When We All Vote, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that is on a mission to increase participation in every election and close the race and age voting gap. Their goal is to change the culture around voting, harness grassroots energy, and create strategic partnerships to reach every American. When We All Vote helps people register to vote, check their current registration status, find resources on voting rights, and provides links to ways you can get involved with advocacy efforts and contact elected officials.
What can you do? Tell your learners! Here are some great resources to share in your classrooms and on social media on National Voter Registration Day—September 20th.
You and your learners can also register to vote or check your voter registration status by visiting: https://vote.civicnation.org/register/ged/
News and updates for September 2022:
News and updates for September 2022:
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Pearson VUE’s IT Specialist Certification program helps newcomers to the tech industry build foundational knowledge and develop skills that jumpstart career paths and fill crucial skills gaps. This program can help your learners earn certification for entry-level IT positions.
The program features a variety of topics catering to every interest — from network security and databases to HTML, JavaScript and more. And it features everything students need to get certified, including learning materials, interactive labs and practice tests.
The IT skills gap has been growing for years. And because technology moves so fast, it won’t be shrinking any time soon. At the same time, in today’s competitive job market, professionals need to differentiate themselves more than ever. And for those just getting started in IT or considering a career shift to tech, one of the most effective ways to do that is with IT certifications.
IT certifications power career growth
A recent survey* found that after earning a new certification:
The challenge many students face is the relative lack of fundamental IT certifications for professionals new to IT. Most IT certifications assume a certain amount of experience that those just starting a career in IT simply don’t yet have.
Help them take the next step toward achieving their career goals
You can help them bridge that gap and navigate the certification path with the Information Technology Specialist program. Focused on fundamentals, the program’s 15 certification exams help people interested in technology prove their knowledge across topics like software development, database administration, networking and security, coding, and more. Plus, they can demonstrate their commitment to upskilling, grow their confidence, and become more competitive.
Many of the certifications in the IT Specialist program will also help prepare aspiring professionals for higher-level certifications from companies such as CompTIA, Microsoft, and AWS — leading to exciting careers in fields that demand cloud and cybersecurity expertise.
Everything you need to get students certified
And it’s more than just the certification exams. You can help prepare your students for the IT workforce with valuable learning materials, practice tests, and certification exams. Supplementing your curriculum with the following materials is easy and seamless:
Learn more about the ways you can support your students as they embark on IT career paths. Visit our website to get started.
*Pearson VUE, 2021 Value of IT Certification Report
