Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

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Showing 8 - 14 of 30 resources for "Correctional and Reentry Education"

What Re-Entry Services Can Do to Strengthen the Basic Skills of Former Inmates

2018

Other Informational Material

This guide helps organizations better understand the central role that basic skills and related educational credentials play in successful reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals.

Administrators and Program Managers
Framing the Opportunity: Eight State Policy Recommendations that Support Postsecondary Credential Completion for Underserved Populations

2017

Policy Brief

This paper presents eight policy recommendations aimed at addressing a projected shortfall in the number of American workers available to fill jobs that require a postsecondary degree or credential.

Administrators and Program Managers

Adult Educators

Policymakers

State Leaders
An Offender's Perspective of Correctional Education Programs in a Southeastern State

2015

This dissertation examines the experiences of 20 offenders involved in correctional education programs through the lens of post-incarceration employment.

Administrators and Program Managers

Policymakers

Adult Educators

State Leaders
Corrections and Reentry: Digital Literacy Acquisition Case Study

2015

Examination of digital literacy acquisition learning experiences designed to prepare prisoners for re-entry (a case study)

Administrators and Program Managers

Professional Developers

Policymakers

Adult Educators

Student Support Staff

State Leaders
Educational Technology in Corrections

2015

Policy Brief

Informational Material

This report describes the current status of educational technology in corrections, existing and emerging approaches to providing such services in facilities, and the successes and challenges of early implementers.

Administrators and Program Managers

Policymakers

Adult Educators
Profile of Adult Learning Professionals in Correctional Criminal Justice System

2015

This research is aimed towards the development of a European key competency profile for the adult learning professionals working in correctional criminal justice system, based on key competences for adult learning professionals, national researches in partner countries conducted on relevant stakeholders and European analysis of available materials on topic developed in other LLP...

Administrators and Program Managers

Professional Developers
Reentry Education Model Implementation Study: Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities

2015

This report examines the implementation of the Reentry Education Model at three demonstration sites and identifies key lessons for linking correctional and reentry education programs.

Administrators and Program Managers

Policymakers

Adult Educators

State Leaders