• Include citizenship preparation as an additional curriculum supplement. Strategies and examples will be developed in collaboration with Adult, Family, and Alternative Education practitioners, students, and their families.
  
  
• Incorporate a series of collections of learning experiences. These experiences have been and will be developed by New York's adult education practitioners and reviewed and accepted as best practices by their peers.
  
  
• Address assessment by presenting a range of assessment strategies for measuring both adult learner and program achievement.

Furthering Adult Education

It is expected that the Adult Education Resource Guide and Learning Standards will be a major focus in New York's adult education programs. Staff development efforts will center on the utilization of the learning standards in developing and sharing learning experiences. Veteran adult educators will be updating their skills, while new teachers need information, skill building, and practice in:

• learning about the unique characteristics of adult learners
• being comfortable involving adult learners in their learning
• assessing learning styles
• designing creative instruction utilizing appropriate content
• building upon adult learners' knowledge and life experiences.

When all adult educators engage in the process to link the standards to the curriculum and create meaningful adult learning experiences, the quality of adult education and the performance of adult learners in this State will be enhanced.

The Format

The Adult Education Resource Guide and Learning Standards has been designed for both adult educators and adult learners. In working with adult learners, educators can refer to this guide for the learning standards, goals, and objectives. The goals and objectives are also referred to as a curriculum or a series of intended learning outcomes.

English language arts and mathematics are addressed in the main body of the resource guide. Additional intended outcomes for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) and preparation for the tests of General Education Development (GED) are included as supplements to the curriculum. Citizenship preparation will be added as an additional supplement.