Adult Education Programs

• ABE

  Adult Basic Education

• Community Education

  Classes from art and cooking to fitness and computers.

• Credit Lab

  For those who need to make up high school credits.

• ESOL

  English for speakers of other languages.

• Family Literacy

  Learn English and help your children in school.

• GED

  Earn a high school diploma.

• Project Transition

  Help for refugees and others seeking job skills

• The Education Network

  Television broadcast services.

• Palm Beach Virtual

  Online learning and instruction.

Welcome to Adult and Community Education

Adult and Community Education classes provide opportunities to improve your skills for life at home, at work and in the community. Community schools and sites offer a variety of educational services for students of all ages and stages of life.

The Adult Education programs are listed to the left. Whether seeking an opportunity to further your career, finish high school, learn English, or enlighten your life, the classes provide quality services, programs, training and instruction to meet your needs.

Classes include a wide variety of interests such as art, cooking, crafts, dance, fitness, foreign languages and computers. Click on the Community Educator graphic below for a complete list of classes plus information on how and where to sign up.

• Over 25,000 students were served in the ESOL program

• Adult and Community Education trained 65 new and prospective teachers in Adult Education training methods, materials and documentation

• Adult and Community Education coordinated three regional Job and Career Fairs providing opportunities for over 1,000 Adult and Community Education students resulting in 165 placements

• Adult and Community Education counseled 500 ABE/GED students regarding various educational programs and post-secondary opportunities

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Program Statistics

• 2,796 GED diplomas were awarded

• Six community schools piloted the Exit Option program for seniors who were unable to graduate in a traditional school setting and graduated 88 of the 122 students that participated

• K-12 support initiative, which is sponsored by the community schools, is providing tutoring assistance for 108 schools through the District, adding up to $162,000 and 6,480 hours of tutoring assistance for FCAT

• 5,980 students enrolled in Credit Lab, an increase of 6% from the previous school year; 1,051 of these students were seniors that were able to graduate as a result of Credit Lab

• Adult and Community Education provides credit lab at 19 sites offering 30 courses of state graduation requirements and electives, ABE/GED courses at 16 sites, Family Literacy at 6 sites, and ESOL at 24 sites

• Through their school improvement plan, the Adult Education Center developed single school culture by using the "Achieve" model from CHAMPS to implement behavior management campus-wide and adjusted the model to fit the needs of the adult learner. The product was so well received that the author of CHAMPS has forwarded their plan to his national consultants to use in trainings!

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