program design & management

Evidence-based Strategies - Examples, Research and Tools

Strategy i: Work with external partners to align policies and procedures in ways that will help learners persist along cross-program learning pathways.

Examples

Adult Education Partnership Profiles
Community Partnerships for Adult Learning
This site contains rich descriptions of twelve community partnerships between adult education providers and a host of other agencies.

Institutionalizing Collaborations with College Partners
National College Transition Network
This promising practice brief describes how Dorcas Place Family Learning Center went about developing a partnership with the local community college that led to the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement to secure services from the college for Dorcas Place students.

Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education and Its Partners in Louisville, Kentucky
Community Partnerships for Adult Learning
This brief describes the extensive partnerships with unions, libraries, colleges, workforce development agencies, etc. developed by Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education, and why they work.

Wrap Around Services
Janie Mendoza for National College Transition Network
This promising practice brief describes the Capital IDEA program’s approach to comprehensive support services including career counseling. They attribute their ability to provide these services to their strong and extensive partnerships with businesses, churches, human service providers, and other community and education organizations.