Instruction

Look over these examples for ideas about how to fill in your IET planning tools. The first link will take you to an IET Planning tool with reminders for what kinds of information are needed for each section of the tool.

1. Reminders IET Planning Tool
2. Welding IET Planning Tool
3. ParaPro IET Planning Tool
4. Entrepreneurship and Small Business IET Planning Tool
5. MOS IET Planning Tool

This guide, developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education provides learner objectives and outcomes that can be used to design class content that aligns with the requirements of IELCE activities and programs.

This list of civics objectives, developed by the California Department Education, provides guidance for integrating civics education into the adult education program and classroom.

This is a lesson plan template that can be used to track and document the use of required IELCE components in the classroom.

These four videos show demonstrations of six approaches to co-teaching and collaboration. These instructional strategies can be used to support and strengthen collaboration between occupational and academic instructors in the classroom and at a distance for a more aligned and integrated education and training experience.

On this page, you’ll find  six research-based strategies, evidence-based theory, video samples of effective instruction, and curricula samples. The resources in this section can function as a self-directed learning module or as the basis for group instruction.

It is best practice to use the occupational training provider’s materials and resources for the occupational training materials; however, if those are unavailable, or additional support is needed, this site provides resources to contextualize academic and workplace readiness preparation.

This resource provides guidance and resources for contextualizing content in order to fully integrate IET programming.

To customize your search in this collection, on the left-side column, click “Career Pathways” under Topic Area, then scroll down and under Resource Type, click on “Instructional Material.”

The Kentucky Skills U Lesson Bank is a repository of standards-based units and lessons created by Kentucky Skills U instructors.

The NYSED/CUNY CareerKit project is a comprehensive career preparation resource for adult literacy and ESOL programs from New York State. It provides lessons teachers and counselors can use with students to explore careers while at the same time practicing literacy and numeracy skills. This site contains selected activities from the CareerKits, provides supplementary materials for use with CareerKit activities and lends support to the field to implement career pathways into adult basic education, high school equivalency preparation, and ESOL instruction.

Tips for Contextualizing Content for Fully Integrated IET Programming

• When possible, use the training texts and training materials to contextualize literacy and numeracy.
• Occupational Training Resources: If authentic materials from the target training partners are unavailable prior to the start of training, use relevant materials from other texts or from prepared career kits.

TIPS FOR CONTEXTUALIZING DURING OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

• Use occupational training content and resources, such as textbooks and manuals, to contextualize academic skill building (i.e., the literacy and numeracy skills needed to succeed in training).
• Use occupational training content and resources, such as textbooks and manuals, to contextualize workplace readiness activities (See the table below with definitions and sample activities.)

• Contextualize academic instruction with workplace readiness activities and occupational training content. See the table of sample activities below.

TIPS FOR CONTEXTUALIZING PRIOR TO OR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

• Engage learners with stackable online credentials, such as OSHA 10 and NCCER Core.
• Frontload occupational vocabulary study from training resources.
• Frontload occupational math skills from training resources
• Frontload occupational skills, such as map reading and blueprint reading.
• Prepare for occupational certification(s).