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

Workforce Preparation Activities in the Classroom

Introduction to Workforce Preparation and Employability Skills

ACP: Building Strategic Partnerships

ACP: Developing Effective Bridge Programs

ACP: Designing Contextualized Instruction

ACP: Integrating Career Counseling and Planning

ACP: Engaging Employers in Adult Career Pathways

Disabilities and Equitable Outcomes

L2A: Learning Disabilities and Accommodations

L2A: Learning Disabilities and English Language Learners

L2A: Definitions of Learning Disabilities

L2A: Legal Issues, Self-Disclosure, and Confidentiality

L2A: Self-Determination

L2A: Workforce Preparation Strategies

L2A: Learning Disabilities and Neuroscience

English Language Acquisition

ELL-U: Second Language Acquisition

ELL-U: Teaching Emergent Readers

ELL-U: Formative Assessment

ELL-U: The Role of Culture

ELL-U: Principles of Second Language Teaching

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

Integrating Technology

Integrating Technology in the Adult Education Classroom

Build a Lesson with OER

Open your Classroom with OER

Science

Engaging Adult Learners in Science

Scientific Practices in Context

Project-Based Science Instruction for Career Preparation

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

Principles of Learning for Instructional Design

Motivating Adult Learners to Persist

LINCS

LINCS Program User Security Training 2019-2020

LINCS Privileged User Security Training 2019-2020

Facilitated

Math

Writing