Classroom Teacher / Activities

Job Description:

Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education activities assist individuals who must be able to read and

communicate in English in order to understand and navigate governmental, educational, workplace

systems and key American institutions.

Under WIOA Section 203, ''integrated English literacy and civics education'' means education services

provided to English language learners who are adults, including professionals with degrees and

credentials in their native countries, that enables such adults to achieve competency in the English

language and acquire the basic and more advanced skills needed to function effectively as parents,

workers, and citizens in the United States. Such services shall include instruction in literacy and English

language acquisition and instruction on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic

participation, and may include workforce training.

For the purpose of educational and career advancement, IELCE also provides adult education and

literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce readiness activities and workforce

training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster under Section 243 funding.

Under WIOA Section 203, ''integrated education and training'' means a service approach that provides

adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation

activities and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose of

educational and career advancement.

o Provide contextualized literacy and English language acquisition academic classroom instruction

to intermediate and advanced level learners that is organized to function concurrently within a

single set of learning objectives that identify specific adult education content aligned to CCR

Standards for Adult Education and/or English Language Proficiency Standards, workforce

readiness activities, and workforce training competencies that utilize occupationally relevant

instructional materials.

o Integrate relevant civics-related topics needed for navigating governmental, educational,

workplace systems and key American institutions that incorporate instruction and activities that

lead to success as demonstrated in the NRS IELCE outcomes:

o Achieved Citizenship Skills (Participant attains the skills needed to pass the U.S.

citizenship exam);

o Voter Registration (Participant registers to vote or votes for the first time anytime

during the program year); and

o Involvement in Community Activities (Participant increases involvement in the following

community activities: attending or organizing meetings of neighborhood, community or

political organizations; volunteering to work for such organizations; contributing to the

support of such organizations; volunteering to work on community improvement

activities).

o Align technical training with the identified in-demand local industry sectors in the WDB local

plans. The IET must be part of a career pathway that results in a recognized postsecondary

credential*.

o Specifically identify a partnership with an employer(s) and/or technical training organization and

how that partnership will be implemented and sustained.

o Provide detailed information on the process that will be used to develop a joint program of

study that integrates academic instruction, skills training and digital literacy skills that addresses

the following:

o Summarize the curricular components of adult education and literacy instruction,

workforce preparation, and workforce training. Demonstrate how those components

will result in simultaneous and contextualized instruction and identify those individuals

involved in its development.

o Describe the occupation/sector and industry-recognized credential(s) to be attained and

its alignment to labor market needs and local/regional priorities. Indicate how this

progress will be documented.

o Identify the number of instructional/training hours per day/days per week, the program

length, the program location(s), the staffing structure and how the program will be co-

taught by the adult education and technical training faculty.

o Identify partnerships, including technical training providers, WDBs, foundations and

employers, and how they will provide training, job shadowing, mentoring, and/or on-

the-job training opportunities for adult learners.

o Identify how career navigation services will be provided to assist learners in obtaining

employment in the newly credentialed area.

o Identify support services, student success strategies and transition strategies that will be

integrated into the project