Promising Practices
A rising tide lifts all boats. Please enjoy searching the helpful ideas and documents below that have been shared by adult educators across Illinois. Consider sharing promising practices working for you.

We know the times are unprecedented and the learning curve has been and continues to be steep as we pivot in order to reach and teach our students. We also know there are many valuable processes being created and tools being invented and/or discovered in our adult education programs in Illinois. Your adult education Professional Development Network would like to serve you by capturing these promising practices and sharing them so that ALL Illinois students can be served as thoroughly as possible.
Simply click HERE to complete a brief Google Form to share with us your promising practice
Christina Manchen and Rend Lake College-check out their great tools!
Check out these great recruitment flyers and video that Pui Tak is using.
Pui Tak Center ESL Promo Video
Use GEDTS Prep Connect to find students interested in a program
City Colleges of Chicago Adult Education Career Bridge Program Power Point
City Colleges of Chicago Early Childhood Education Bridge Open House Promo
City Colleges of Chicago Healthcare Bridge Open House Promo
Greater West Town Training Partnership – Promo Document
Greater West Town Training Partnership – Video
Harper College ICAPS Recruitment Video
Joliet Junior College Adult Education and Literacy Book Club
Joliet Junior College Recruitment Promising Practices for Distance Education
Malcolm X Community Health Care Worker + Contact Tracer Apprenticeship
Moraine Valley Community College Promo TikTok Videos
More Ideas from the Field in Recruitment and Marketing
Pui Tak Center Promotional Flyer
Rend Lake College Git Up Challenge!
Triton College Informational Sessions on Loom Description
Triton College Informational Sessions on Loom
Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar – Joliet Junior College & South Suburban College Recording
Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar – Joliet Junior College Slides
Using Facebook for Recruitment Webinar
Using Geofencing for Recruitment Webinar – College of DuPage & South Suburban Recording
Using Geofencing for Recruitment Webinar
Kaskaskia College and Social Media
City Colleges of Chicago Remote Adult Education Enrollment Process
Illinois Valley Community College
Joliet Junior College Enrollment and Intake Distance Plan
Joliet Junior College Online Registration Form
Joliet Junior College Online Registration Orientation Video
Rock Valley Process for Intake, Testing and Orientation
Rock Valley Orientation Video
ROE 33 Using Talking Points for Student Registration
Triton College Virtual Intake Process
Triton College Virtual Intake Process
Remote Testing in Illinois: Promising Practices Webinar Slides
Remote Testing in Illinois: Promising Practices Webinar Recording
Prairie State College – Video Tutorial for iPad Set up for CASAS eTest
Meet the JJC Team
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Career Pathways Orientation
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition Orientación De Carreras y Educación
College of DuPage ELA Online Orientation
Heartland Community College Asynchronous Onboarding
Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
Rock Valley Orientation Video
ROE 33 – Orientation Video
Choice Boards: Choice Boards
Choice Boards: Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board
ASE Math Level 5 Syllabus
Elgin Community College (ECC) Hybrid Course Development Project Overview (Additional resources available below in Distance Education Program Modules)
ESL High Intermediate Syllabus
Elgin Community College (ECC) Hybrid Course Development Project Overview (Additional resources available below in Distance Education Program Modules)
LowInt Reading & Writing Syllabus
Elgin Community College (ECC) Hybrid Course Development Project Overview (Additional resources available below in Distance Education Program Modules)
Illinois Central College Fast Fridays: Constitution Test Preparation Course
Joliet Junior College Instructional Distance Education Plan
Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
More Ideas from the Field on Instructional Practices
How to Find and Do the Work You Love *NEW
Pre-Bridge PowerPoint
Power Point that details an interest inventory for ESL students and then an accompanying summary sheet *NEW
Interest Inventory Summary Sheet
Power Point that details an interest inventory for ESL students and then an accompanying summary sheet *NEW
Join Zoom on your iPhone
Check out City Colleges’ toolkit that they use to communicate the programs and resources they have available to students at their multiple locations.
Join Zoom on your Android phone
Check out City Colleges’ toolkit that they use to communicate the programs and resources they have available to students at their multiple locations.
How to join a Zoom meeting from Facebook
Check out City Colleges’s toolkit that they use to communicate the programs and resources they have available to students at their multiple locations.
Choice Boards
Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board
Free Geek Chicago Refurbished Laptops
Harnessing Technology Webinar
Literacy Council, Rockford, Zoom Class for Students
PCs for People
ROE 33 Training Video
ROE 33 Training Video for students
ROE 33 Talking Points
Springfield Computer Banc Refurbished Laptop Program
Triton College use of Textedly
Choice Boards
Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board
More Ideas from the Field on Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning
Career Navigators – Providing Support Services Virtually
Joliet Junior College Distance Support Services
Joliet Junior College FAQ Video Series – Steps to GED and Signing Into Burlington English on your phone
Remote Support Services from Moraine Valley Community College
Instructor Insights Flyer
Moraine Valley holds Instructor Insights around different topics that includes presenters, discussion, and learning.
Guide for Using Employment 101 Pre-/Post-Assessments
The Adult Education Program at Illinois Central College is part of the GPEAK certification system and “Over 85 community members collaborated on this project to develop a regional approach for assessing and validating essential skills needed in the workplace.” For more information, click here, and email sipdctrainer@gmail.com for contact information.
Illinois workNet Adult Education Employment 101 and Your Curriculum – newly revamped!
The Adult Education Program at Illinois Central College is part of the GPEAK certification system and “Over 85 community members collaborated on this project to develop a regional approach for assessing and validating essential skills needed in the workplace.” For more information, click here, and email sipdctrainer@gmail.com for contact information.
ASE Math Level 5 Curriculum Framework
Elgin Community College (ECC) – Hybrid Course Development Project
ASE Math Level 5 Module 2 Assessment
Elgin Community College (ECC) – Hybrid Course Development Project
ASE Math Level 5 Submodule
ECC Hybrid Course Development Project Overview
ESL High Intermediate Career Job Research Paragraph Rubric
ESL High Intermediate Module 2 Lesson 1 & 2
ESL High Intermediate Scope & Sequence Modules 1 & 2
ESL High Intermediate Syllabus
LowInt Reading & Writing Assessment partial eclipse
LowInt Reading & Writing Curriculum Framework Module 1
LowInt Reading & Writing Submodule 1B
LowInt Reading & Writing Syllabus
Joliet Junior College Distance Education Plan


