California State Supported Adult Education Programs
Each Programs Goal and Objective
Adult Literacy/High School Diploma
GOAL: Provide a program for adult learners to obtain basic academic skills including reading, math science, social studies, and technology, in order to advance and complete a high school education, and enter into programs to gain employability and life skills for securing a job.
OBJECTIVE: Learners will achieve the key knowledge and skills that adult are expected to know to be able to enter secondary programs and meet their educational or workplace objectives.  Learners will successfully pass the CAHSEE and obtain a high school diploma or pass the GED, and go beyond these levels to enter higher education, obtain employment, or improve their employment positions.    
   
English as a Second Language
GOAL: Provide core knowledge and skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing levels of Beginning Literacy to Advanced High.
OBJECTIVE: Learners will obtain the key knowledge in the four language skill areas and achieve a level of proficiency in the context of life, work, or academic skills (including cognitive skills and technology use.)
   
 Adults with Disabilities
GOAL: Provide modified equipment, materials, and instructional strategies to help individuals with cognitive, physical, sensory, or medical disabilities or mental disorders learn literacy, workplace and independent living skills.
OBJECTIVE: To establish special Class Titles for adults designed to serve the education needs of adults with substantial disabilities.  Such Class Titles shall provide instruction in civic, vocational, literacy, homemaking, technical, health and general education.
   
 Career Technical Education
   
GOAL: Provide “Industry Career Clusters” that offer a sequence of courses that prepare individuals with the academic and technical knowledge and skills they need to prepare for careers.
OBJECTIVE: Offer courses that include competency-based applied learning that contribute to the academic knowledge, problem-solving skills, work attitudes, employability skills, and occupation specific skills of an individual.
   
 Parenting, Family, and Consumer Awareness
   
GOAL: Provide multidisciplinary instruction in parenting, family, and consumer education and focus on acquiring practical skills to respond appropriately to real-life circumstances and situations.
OBJECTIVE: Meet the needs of learners by providing essential knowledge, skills, and resources to maximize effectiveness as participating family members, productive workers, and functional lifelong learners.
   
Older Adults
   
GOAL: The learners with different needs will learn skills on health, physical and mental fitness, how to access government and community services, increase their knowledge and participate in the arts, or post-retirement employability and entrepreneurial opportunities.
OBJECTIVE: The learner will demonstrate knowledge of factors that support healthy family, engage in community affairs, world issues, aptitudes in arts to enhance mental acuity, effective oral and written communication skills, physical and mental abilities, safeguarding self and property, role of a caregiver, and economic strategies and legal options to support their life plans.
 
  For Community Education Classes (Student funded)