[NLA] David's model and teacher certification

[Mary Lynn Carver]

KathleenBombach at aol.com wrote:
Should a future GED instructor take a major in adult education or should
he or she study math, science, English, etc. with a few courses in
teaching and
curriculum?

Kathleen, David et al:
Personally, I think they should do both.  If you are instructing
literacy level ABE, you MUST know how to teach reading, writing and
whatever else is incorporated into your curriculum. For GED, it is just
as important to know how to teach adults as it is to know what you are
teaching. Since teaching adults requires different methodologies and
theories than teaching K-12, you must be grounded in those as well as
content areas.
I have watched the SABES/Massachusetts DOE site with much interest over
the past couple of years.Their provisions for life experience,
continuing professional development and licensing seem reasonable to
achieve the professional level we seek.  A balanced approach that
emphasizes the ADULT theories of Adult Education, with focus on content
area for actual delivery is not too much to expect if we want to be
considered seriously by students (& funders).
Incompetent teaching is the reason we're all in business, let's not
perpetuate the problem by not exacting strict, but reasonable, standards
for ourselves.
Mary Lynn Carver, M.Ad.Ed
Assistant Literacy Coordinator
Waukegan Public Library
Adult Basic Education Literacy Instructor
College of Lake County
mlcarver at nslsilus.org

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