LINCS Online Courses

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Access freely available, evidenced-based professional development courses and training through the LINCS Learning Portal. Explore 20+ self-paced online courses and facilitated online courses for adult educators and program managers. Earn a downloadable certificate of completion for each course you complete.

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LINCS offers courses in nine topic areas. Click on the course names below for descriptions and information about LINCS’ self-paced online courses.

Courses

Career Pathways & Postsecondary Transitions

ACP: Instructional Considerations for Adult Career Pathways

ACP: Building a Bridge to Adult Career Pathways

ACP: Building Strategic Partnerships: Engaging Employers

Creating Adult Pre-Apprenticeships

Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit

Introduction to Workforce Preparation and Employability Skills

Workforce Preparation Activities in the Classroom

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): From Awareness to Action

English Language Acquisition

LINCS ESL Pro Module 1: Meeting the Language Needs of Today’s Adult English Language Learner

LINCS ESL Pro Module 2: Integrating Digital Literacy into Adult English Language Instruction

LINCS ESL Pro Module 3: Preparing English Learners for Work and Career Pathways

Teaching Adult English Learners: Principles and Practices

Integrating Technology

Build a Lesson with OER

Integrating Technology in the Adult Education Classroom

Learners with Disabilities

L2A: Definitions of Learning Disabilities

L2A: Learning Disabilities and Accommodations

L2A: Learning Disabilities and English Language Learners

L2A: Legal Issues, Self-Disclosure, and Confidentiality

L2A: Self-Determination

L2A: Workforce Preparation Strategies

Science

Teaching Energy Literacy to Adult Learners

Teaching and Learning

Content Standards for English Language Learners

ELP1: Introduction to the ELP Standards for Adult Education

ELP2: Analyzing Student Tasks

ELP3: Digging Deeper into the ELP Standards for Adult Education

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction and Lesson Planning

Teacher Effectiveness

Introduction to Teacher Effectiveness and Induction

Motivating Adult Learners to Persist

Principles of Learning for Instructional Design

Teaching Adults to Read

Teaching Adults to Read: Teaching Advanced Readers

Teaching Adults to Read: Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Readers

LINCS

Facilitated

Math

Formative Assessment - Math - Targeted TA 2021

Writing

Formative Assessment - Writing - Targeted TA 2021

Formative Assessment - Math - Targeted TA 2023

Formative Assessment - Writing - Targeted TA 2023

STAR

Student Achievement in Reading