Part IV. IET Instruction

This checklist provides guidance and resources through the process of integrating and contextualizing content across the three essential components of IET: academic and literacy skills, workforce readiness preparation activities, and occupational training competencies. 

Part IV. Instruction

The checklist and resources here will support your instructional design and guide the process of integrating and contextualizing instruction across all essential components of the IET program.

Identify occupational skills and knowledge needed for success.

NYSED/CUNY Career Kits O*Net Online Career Clusters

Identify workforce preparation activities that learners will need to succeed in and beyond the IET.

Employability Skills Framework, OCTAE Teaching Skills that Matter, LINCS

Identify the academic skills that learners will need to succeed in and beyond and IET.

Teaching Skills that Matter, LINCS College and Career Readiness Standards English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education

Create a single set of learning objectives to integrate and contextualize instruction across the three components.

Developing a Basic Skills Curriculum for IET LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 57-78

Develop integrated instructional units with sample activities that integrate the three IET components.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 57-78 Developing a Basic Skills Curriculum for IET, Section Six

Incorporate strategies and resources for inclusive learning to expand access to all eligible learners.

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, CAST Four Principles of Culturally Responsive Education

Include supports for English learners as needed.

Supporting English Language Learners

Identify all virtual components of the IET and incorporate explicit instruction on using the tools, as well as ongoing technical supports.

The What, Why, Who, and How of Blended Learning for Adult Basic Skills Learners

CAST: Universal Design for Learning

Explore the CAST site for Universal Design for Learning. The organization provides frameworks, lessons, online tools, and instructional resources for inclusive designs that enhance learning for ALL students.

URL: https://www.cast.org/products-services/resources

Developing Basic Skills Curriculum for IET: A Guide for the Pathways to Employment Program

This guide was informed by preexisting curricula in FIT 4 Manufacturing; FIT 4 Healthcare; Emergency Medical Technician; and Mechanical Components: Mechanical Maintenance, Level 1 developed by Pennsylvania College of Technology; and other IET-related programs, such as Accelerating Opportunity, PluggedInVA, Work Attributes Towards Careers in Health (WATCH), and Elgin Community College Courses. It provides resources and tools that will help practitioners plan, design, and implement the basic skills component of an IET curriculum.

URL: https://sites.psu.edu/goodlingresources/files/2019/10/IET-Guide_Revised3.16.18.pdf