The College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) are about WHAT to teach, not HOW. Teachers must bring them to life in the classroom.

A Teacher’s Guide to the CCRSAE for Level A and Level B Adult Learners, by John Strucker, EdD, will help teachers of adult learners at GLE 0-3.9 think about how they can implement the CCRSAE for ELA in real-world adult education classrooms, bridging the gap between the standards and instruction.

Some of the questions addressed include:

• Based on research and experience, what do we know about Level A and Level B learners? What are their backgrounds, strengths and needs in reading, and the instructional methods that work best with them?
• Based on Evidence-Based Reading Instruction (EBRI), what should be the instructional priorities for Level A and Level B learners?
• Which CCR standards overlap with each other, and can therefore be combined in one lesson or activity?
• What familiar classroom activities already address some of the standards?
• What recommendations from the CCRSAE should teachers prioritize?

Contents:

1. Introduction / Overview
2. Six Takeaways
3. Descriptions, Supporting Research, and Implications for Teaching
4. Development and Organization of the CCRSAE
5. Annotated CCRSAE
6. References

The guide is available as a Word doc and a PDF (updated February 2022):