This session invites all who serve adult learners to define the curriculum integration and occupational training process in its current workplace context, to examine research and resources to support its application, to contribute examples of implementing the three components included in IET programs, and to evaluate sample activities in integrated lesson plans developed for a variety of instructional areas.

1. Separate? No,
Integrate with IET!
COABE 2019, LEECY WISE

2. What is IET?
Integrated
Education and
Training

3. adult
education and literacy activities concurrently and
contextually
According to WIOA, what is integrated
education and training?
(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3272(17), P.L. 111-340) § 463.35
It is a service approach that provides
for a specific
occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose of
educational and career advancement.
with workforce preparation
activities and workforce training

4. What are Adult Ed and Literacy Activities?
(a) Adult education,
(b) Literacy,
(c) Workplace adult education and literacy activities,
(d) Family literacy activities,
(e) English language acquisition activities,
(f) Integrated English literacy and civics education,
(g) Workforce preparation activities, OR
(h) Integrated education and training.

5. What Are Workforce Preparation Activities?
Activities, programs, or services designed to
help an individual acquire a combination of
(1) basic academic skills, (2) critical thinking
skills, (3) digital literacy skills, and (4) self-
management skills, including competencies
in........
(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3272(12)) § 463.34

6. Workforce Preparation Competencies
(a) Utilizing resources,
(b) Using information,
(c) Working with others,
(d) Understanding systems,
(e) Skills necessary for successful transition into and
completion of postsecondary education or training, or
employment, AND
(f) Other employability skills that increase an individual’s
preparation for the workforce.
(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3272(12)) § 463.34

7. Integrate and Contextualize
(a) Adult education
(b) Literacy
(c) Workplace adult education and
literacy
(d) Family literacy
(e) English language acquisition
(f) Integrated English literacy and civics
education OR
(h) Integrated education and training.
a) Utilizing resources
(b) Using information
(c) Working with others
(d) Understanding systems
(e) Skills necessary for successful
transition into and completion of
postsecondary education or training, or
employment
f) Workforce preparation AND
(f) Other employability skills that increase
an individual’s preparation for the
workforce.
ACADEMIC SKILLS WORKPLACE SKILLS

8. To Review: What is IET?
(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3272(17), P.L. 111-340) § 463.35
adult
education and literacy activities concurrently and
contextually
It is a service approach that provides
with workforce preparation
activities and workforce training for a specific
occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose
of educational and career advancement.

9. IET Activity Samples
 http://www.fourcornerslearning.org/STEMPrep/Health/HealthLab2.1Presentation.htm - STEM Prep
Project
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1umXpYvBQ38ReW4uLaIDeGdanE5cOhZeB0qYi-
Os9hBs/edit -Three goals in one target
 https://www.oercommons.org/courses/investigating-electricity/view -Investigating
electricity
 http://khake.com/ - Huge workplace resources but no longer maintained.
 https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Production/Painting-and-coating-workers.htm#tab-2