Join Us for a Week of Adult Education Advocacy
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Come see why you invest in the Midwest! Join adult education leaders, learners and advocates to learn about the transformative nature of adult skill building, career and technical education, high school equivalency, English as a second language, and credential attainment. Students and staff from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin invite you to a special presentation on adult education in the Midwest! Adult education is changing lives, providing economic mobility, education and career success for adults! Join us to make an instant and lasting impact on adult education. Join us to make an instant and lasting impact on adult education. Tuesday Sept. 20th 10am- 12pm CST/11am- 1EST Register Here |
Twitter Storm!
Please Tweet about and use these #hastags and infographics below during AEFL Week.
The more your tweet the LOUDER OUR VOICES BECOME!!
The more your tweet the LOUDER OUR VOICES BECOME!!
During Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (AEFL Week) we will celebrate successes in our field and engage in many activities that will raise the visibility of our collective work in the field of adult education.
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IACEA Activities for AEFL Week
Follow @COABEHQ and #AEFL2022 for National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week news. Even better, tweet about adult education and family literacy yourself! Raise awareness of adult education and family literacy among your followers. Here are some sample tweets you can use/adopt: Monday - Adult Education, Jobs and the Economy
Tuesday - Adult Literacy/Family Literacy/Workplace Literacy
Wednesday- High School Dropouts/Poverty
Thursday - Immigration and Integration
Friday - Funding/ Return on Investment of Adult Education
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We need your help to advocate for Adult Education.
Take a quick minute to make a video and answer the question.
What does Adult Education Mean to You?
Advocacy Talking Points for Adult Education
We urge you to join in our advocacy efforts, to tell the stories of our students, and to emphasize the unique and critical role Illinois Adult Education plays in educating Illinois families, communities, and our economy.
Let them know the following key points:
- State funding must be maintained in order to continue to receive federal funding.
- Adult Education is needed now more than ever – during this pandemic, our services become even more important as our learners are extremely vulnerable to the economic downturn from COVID-19 and therefore need extra support.
- Adult Education saves millions in reduced food stamp and Medicaid costs and adds more jobholders and taxpayers – it is virtually the only program in the state that consistently produces more in savings than what was invested.
- Many of our programs and learners do not have access to the technology needed to participate in distance learning. We need to upgrade software, hardware, and training to increase capacity.
- In FY 2019 ICCB funded adult education programs in Illinois provided services to 59,769 students. (Illinois Community College Board Report to the Governor and General Assembly) and Illinois State Library Literacy programs served 11,418 adult learners who read below the 9th grade level. (Guide to the Secretary of State Literacy Effort 2020)
Adult Education and Literacy WORKS by assisting Illinois residents:
- Achieve GED/high school equivalency
- Improve basic literacy skills
- Get a job and/or go to college achieving a higher standard of living
- Pay more taxes and make other fiscal contributions
- Increase success for the next generation as educated parents
- Have lower incarceration rates (saving $21,000/year average per person NOT in prison)
- Improve health and get healthcare
- Become voters
- Achieve higher rates of citizenship
- Volunteer and become engaged in their communities
There is much unmet need:
- More than 1.3 million of Illinois’ 12.7 million adults have less than 12 grades of formal education. Included in this number are close to 415,915 adults with less than a 9th grade education.
- Approximately 2.8 million adults speak a language other than English as the primary language in their home. English literacy skills for the entry and advancement in the labor force are needed by many of these residents.
Do you think adult education is important?
Do you value your work and the work of others in the field?
If you do, then now is the time to stand up for ADULT EDUCATION and for our students.
Do you value your work and the work of others in the field?
If you do, then now is the time to stand up for ADULT EDUCATION and for our students.