Week November 25, 2013: Postsecondary Completion Group Snapshot: Join the Conversations!
In the month of November, the Career Pathways and Postsecondary Completion groups are turning their attention to the resources transitioned from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education funded project, Designing Instruction for Career Pathways (DICP). Since the end of the DICP project in September 2013, the resources from the DICP project have been moved and are now all available in the LINCS Resource Collection: http://lincs.ed.gov/programs/acp
Each week this month, the group subject matter experts, Donna Brian and Priyanka Sharma, are focusing on a topic related to Adult Career Pathways and highlighting professional development materials in the LINCS Resource Collection that can impact your program and practice.
- Week 1: Integration Career Counseling and Planning: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/focus-career-pathways-and-college-transitions-november
- Week 2: Building Strategic Partnerships: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/dicp-resources-building-strategic-partnerships
- Week 3: Developing Effective Bridge Programs: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/dicp-resources-developing-effective-bridge-programs
- Coming soon: Engaging Employers and Designing Contextualized Instruction
The primary goal of this month is to help you get familiar with what is new in the collection. As you explore the DICP resources from the collection, we encourage you to add to the conversation to let us know which resources you have found most useful.
Happy exploring and sharing!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
LINCS would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. We are thankful for all of you for helping to grow the LINCS online community and advancing the field of adult education. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Group Bulletin
- Focus on Career Pathways and College Transitions in November – Resources from the DICP project: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/bulletin/focus-career-pathways-and-college-transitions-november-resources-dicp-project
Have an announcement to share with other group members? Post to the Bulletin tab! https://community.lincs.ed.gov/node/258/content/bulletins
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LINCS Announcements
- Ten Seats Remain; Claim Yours Today! Only ten seats are left for LINCS’ live Community Training on Thursday, December 5th, 2013 at 1:30 PM Eastern. This webinar will be a great opportunity to talk directly to the LINCS Community team and ask any questions you may have about the community’s purpose and features. To register for this free webinar, visit: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/notice/ten-seats-remain-claim-yours-today
- Join Week 2 of Health Literacy in ABE Classrooms! We invite you to join part two of the Health Literacy in ABE Classrooms discussion held in the Health Literacy group. Revisit the archives from week one of the activity here: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/notice/join-week-2-health-literacy-abe-classrooms
- Save the Date Reminder: AIR Digital Badges Discussion: From December 3 – 9, 2013, LINCS will be hosting an online discussion of the recently released report, The Potential and Value of Using Digital Badges for Adult Learners with Steve Reder and David Wiley, two researchers two researchers who bring combined knowledge of adult education, technology, and digital badges to our forum. For more information, read: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/notice/save-date-reminder-air-digital-badges-discussion
- National Engagement Process to Improve the Skills of Low-Skilled Adults: On November 20, 2013, OVAE kicked off its engagement process to develop a national action plan to improve the skills of low-skilled adults. For more information about this event and access to the OECD report, visit: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/notice/national-engagement-process-improve-skills-low-skilled-adults
- Have News to Share? Use the Bulletins Tab: Have you ever had an event or job posting that you wanted to share with your discussion group’s members? Did you know that the LINCS Community has a special feature specifically for sharing announcements with your group? Each group’s Bulletin tab ensures that discussions and announcements have their own designated spaces. Read more here: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/notice/have-news-share-use-bulletins-tab
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New to the Postsecondary Completion group? Introduce yourself here! https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/introductions-new-postsecondary-completion-group
See you in the Postsecondary Completion group!
The LINCS Community Team