Better Together: Goodwill’s Good Career Academy: A Win-Win Partnership Advancing Students in I-BEST Programs  

TRACK 1: PARTNERSHIPS 

Anson Green Alamo Colleges 

Mark Milton Goodwill Industries/Good Careers Academy 

Alamo Colleges and Goodwill Industries are implementing the Good Careers Academy training program. The Academy offers individuals career path training using the I-BEST model for Medical Assisting and WarehouseLogistics Specialists. The Academy increases college access for under-skilled students by incorporating the Alamo I-BEST training model in several programs. Students in the I-BEST model benefit from technical training offered through Alamo Colleges and case management support and employment assistance offered through Goodwill.  

Plotting A Career Course: Career Awareness for Every Adult Education Student 

TRACK 2: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT INNOVATIONS 

 Elizabeth B. Thompson
Texas LEARNS  

Irene Ramos 
San Antonio ISD 

Mark Sanchez  
San Antonio ISD 

Texas LEARNS and San Antonio ISD discuss the implementation of Integrating Career Awareness Curriculum Guide into ABE classrooms and how Texas plans to introduce the ICA to all adult education programs in Texas. Presenters will discuss how ICA is used in short‐term, intensive bridge classes to move students from adult education to college classes and its success in such settings. ICA is a career awareness curriculum that assists students in exploring career options, finding out which of those options are available in the community and beginning to plan career paths to their selected career. 

Practical Transitions: A Student-Centered Program for Transitions into College and Career Pathways 

TRACK 3: COMPLETION AND TRANSITIONS 

 
Melissa Sadler-Nitu 
Adult Education Cooperative, Guadalupe, Comal Kendall Counties 

Rene Coronado  
ESC20 Adult Education and South Central GREAT Center 

Presenters will be introducing practical solutions that are student centered to help transition students into college and/or career pathways. This portfolio approach has been effective for transitioning students at a variety of levels and who may not be aware of their true goals. Participants will have a glimpse at this student centered curriculum along with actual student portfolios. The presentation will be introducing the “basics” that instructors must have to help guide their students through the maze of post-secondary admissions including step-by-step handouts that are reproducible.  Participants will also have a chance to view actual developmental post-secondary curriculum that is student centered and designed to help adult education students develop goals while they simultaneously develop writing and research skills.