Adult Literacy
When one person learns, everyone benefits
More than 1 million adults in Washington State lack the basic education skills they need to succeed in an increasingly complicated world. Adult Basic Education (ABE) opens doors to self-sufficiency, stronger families, and improved citizenship. But adult basic literacy education does more than help individuals. It lays the foundation for our state’s success in building a strong workforce, a vital economy, and healthy communities.
Adult Basic Education at the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges works with adult learners, service providers and literacy supporters across the state of Washington to ensure that all adults will have access to the adult and family literacy services that can assist them in getting the skills they need to:
- Have access to information.
- Act independently.
- Express their own ideas and feelings.
- Keep up with a changing world.
- Exercise their full rights and responsibilities as family members, workers and community members.
For more information about adult basic education programs visit: http://168.156.9.142/college/_e-abe_programs.aspx.
Most Washington State community and technical colleges operate a high school completion (HSC) program. Each HSC program awards an adult high school diploma to anyone 16 years of age and older who completes the graduation requirements. The HSC program is in the process of adopting the education reforms. Visit the State Board of Education for more information about education reform (http://www.sbe.wa.gov/), for graduation requirements (http://www.sbe.wa.gov/graduation.htm) or contact Michael Tate at mtate@sbctc.ctc.edu. |