Vocational Trades/ People Who Work With Their Hands
The term vocational conjures up an image of some semi-stupid, unkempt kind of guy who was too dumb to go to college (at least it did when I went to school) which is why I notice that it's being phased out in favor of the terms career education and technical education.
Just as I warned you about college through my writings, I'm warning you the same about vocational trades. Don't go to a non- accredited vocational school which exists to make money from your tuition then gives you a diploma that's useless to get a job.
Another thing to be wary about is your choice of trade. A friend of mine spent two years taking an electronic technician course then couldn't find a job. After about a year, he forget it all so he was useless at interviews.
In some areas, there's an overabundance of carpenters in the carpenter's union and another carpentry graduate out of vocational school will not find a job.
You have to go where the jobs are like Vegas, Orlando or Branson.
Start your search looking under Trades and Vocational in your local phonebook. Most cities have a government funded vocational school and several private for specific trades like truck driving, cooking, hair stylist, etc.
Many trades are a combination apprenticeship and school meaning you get in somewhere with a laborer job as something like an electrician's helper or bricklayer's helper, work it for awhile, your boss likes you and puts you into the union managed apprentice program which means you work on the job learning the trade then spend a few weeks in the classroom every year for several years afterwhich you take a test and become a journeyman.
Many private trade schools are business schools, offering programs such as secretarial science, business administration, accounting,
data processing, court reporting, paralegal studies, fashion merchandising, travel and tourism, culinary arts, drafting and electronics.
By protections passed by the Federal Trade Commission, if you quit vocational school within 14 days of signing your enrollment
agreement, you're entitled to a full refund.
If you quit at any time thereafter, they must give you a partial refund and charge you only for the lessons you have completed. This rule applies to all vocational schools including those that offer correspondence courses.
Instruction excluded from this is high school
equivalency courses, non-credit self interest
courses and standard college courses. Schools which fail to comply could be charged a hefty fine.
By these rules, if a school makes a claim about how high a percentage of their graduates get jobs or how much salary they make, they have to provide you with their actual surveys or statistics and if they don't, you can sue them for misleading advertising.
Vocational School Basics
A vocational school, trade school or career school is a school where students learn an occupational skill to be able to do a job that will earn them money.
Vocational schools are not interested in the liberal arts educational philosophy of character development. They are focussed on practical job and life skills only.
The term 'college" used to mean a school where you went to learn a specific skill like a teacher's college or journalist college. Many colleges are a part of a university which is considered the blanket term for a liberal arts academic school.
The big categories in formal education are:
1.) Academic, university
2.) Vocational/ career skills, fulltime, government run, usually free or very cheap
3.) Community colleges offer both vocational training and the first two years towards a university degree.
4.) University higher-level vocations like engineering and scientist.
5.) Apprenticeships, on-the-job-training combined with some classroom schooling for trades.
6.) Private career schools, for profit
7.) Other trade schools like online or part-time at night
Vocational schools used to be government-run free schools but nowadays many private vocational schools operate for a fee. The value of their education varies widely. Never shell out money to a private career school without first researching it with the bbb.org (type its name in). Find out if people in the field respect the school and its diplomas.
Vocational schools are usually considered post-secondary schools but in some places, you can start training for a trade in grade 10 of high school.
Before you go to any school, check to see if it is accredited by a real goivernment-sanctioned accrediting agency, not a fake one. There are loads of fake accrediting agencies out there. Just make up a name and hook up an important looking website to it.
General Vocational Trades Websites/ General Trades Advice Websites/ Trades Exploration Websites
abih.org/general/cihcaih.html, industrial hygienist.
city-and-guilds.com
apprentice.org
apprentice.org/plumbers.html, plumbing job description.
apprentice.org/sheet_metal.html, sheet metal trade.
apprentice.org/sprinkler_fitters.html, sprinkler fitting.
apprentice.org/steam_fitters.html, steam fitters job description.
apprenticesearch.com/fptrades/sprinkler.asp, sprinkler system installer.
bls.gov/oco/ocos004.htm, building inspectors.
bls.gov/oco/ocos191.htm, general maintenance mechanic.
bls.gov/oco/ocos191.htm, industrial machinery mechanics.
bls.gov/oco/ocos193.htm, home appliance repairer.
bls.gov/oco/ocos211.htm, pipefitters, pipe layers & steamfitters.
bls.gov/oco/ocos211.htm, plumber & pipefitter.
bls.gov/oco/ocos214.htm, sheet metal worker.
bls.gov/oco/ocos221.htm, boilermakers.
bls.gov/oco/ocos228.htm, stationary engineers & boiler operators.
careers.govt.nz
careersinthemilitary.com
careersinthemilitary.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.careerdetail&mc_id=81, powerhouse mechanics, military.
careers-scotland.org.uk
coolcareers.org
ee-careers.com.au/electrocareers, electrotechnolgy careers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/master_tradesman
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/trade_school
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vocational_education
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vocational_school
getaccess.westone.wa.gov.au/careers/profiles/data/occ38.asp, plumbing trades.
ilc.org
ilc.org/cfmx/cm/careers/cm_career_bottom.cfm?career_id=338, skilled trade profiles.
ilc.org/cfmx/cm/careers/cm_career_themes.cfm?theme_id=13, skilled trades, technology and manufacturing.
iseek.org, construction workers.
iseek.org/careers/careerdetail?oc=100242, appliance installers & repairers.
jobchoicesonline.com
jobfutures.ca
jobfutures.ca/noc/721.shtml, contractors & supervisors, trade.
jobsearchintelligence.com
jobshadow.com
jobtrainingplace.com
lcsc.edu/cas/careers.htm
learndirect-advice.co.uk
mcis.dli.mt.gov
mepjobs.com
n.wikipedia.org/wiki/master_craftsman
neica.org/sprinklerfitter.htm, sprinkler fitter.
nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nace/jobchoices0812/index.php
nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nace/jobchoices0812_diversity/index.php
online.onetcenter.org
online.onetcenter.org
online.onetcenter.org
online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/47-2211.00, sheet metal workers, skills & abilities.
online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/49-9021.02, refrigeration mechanics, skills & abilities.
online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/49-9043.00, machinery maintenance workers.
phccweb.org
phccweb.org, plumbing and heating careers.
phccweb.org/foundation/career.cfm, plumbing, heating & cooling career.
pmihome.org/careers, careers in plumbing.
vaview.org/careers/careerawareness/career.cfm building maintenance repair.
xap.com/career/careerdetail/career49-9021.02.html, refrigeration mechanics.
association for career and technical education, avaonline.org
american society for training and development, astd.org
international vocational education and training association, iveta.org
unesco, unevoc.unesco.org
international society for performance improvement, ispi.org
association internationale de pédagogie universitaire, uqtr.uquebec.ca/aipu
international labour organization, ilo.org
oecd.org
Blue Collar Jobs/ Blue Collar Careers
Blue collar used to mean jobs that are performed in work clothes and often involve manual labor. A lot of the skilled trades are considered blue collar work like plumbing and electrician but a draftsman is not because he sits at a desk drawing things.
Blue collar means working man. You do something tangible as opposed to doing bureaucratic work. It used to mean jobs like police and mailman but now it means a working man job, anything where you work with your hands, walk around, punch a timeclock, etc.
Based on what I've read, there's a kind of blue collar envy going around because everybody needs a plumber, the mail has to be delivered unlike a lot of bureaucratic, professional jobs and other fancy-assed job titles which are quickly wiped out when hard times hit.
A blue collar job is a safe, steady job because no matter what happens, people always need those basic services.
Try #331.702 at the library.
hbi.org, home builders institute.
learningforlife.org/exploring/skilledtrades
nam.org, national center for the american workforce, part of national assn. of manufacturers.
skills2compete.org
skillsusa.org
workforcealliance.org
ifihadahammer.com, students learn carpentry
nationalcontractors.com, licensing for most trades state by state.
answers.com/topic/blue-collar-worker
articles.moneycentral.msn.com/investing/forbes/the10bestpayingbluecollarjobs.aspx
askmen.com/money/career_60/86_career.html
bluecollar.com.au
bluecollarandproudofit.com, small business advice and physical job resources.
bluecollarcrossing.com, blue-collar job-opening research institution.
bluecollarjob.com
bluecollarjobs.co.uk
bluecollarjobs.com
bluecollarworkforce.com
bubbajobs.com, warehouse and trucking.
career-advice.monster.com, look up blue collar.
careerbuilder.com
careerjournalasia.com/columnists/perspective/20060329fmp.html, blue collar envy.
ehow.com, how to find a well-paid blue collar job.
jobsearch.about.com/od/skilledtrades/skilled_trades_and_blue_collar_jobs.htm
labor.thingamajob.com
laborready.com
slboss.info/home-manual-labor.php
usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060302/2bluecollar.htm, safe blue collar jobs.
web.uncg.edu/hire/ptjoblist/manuallabor.asp
Occupational Skills Standards/ Vocational Standards/ What Exact Skills are in a Trade?
workshopsinc.com/manual, life skills for vocational success.
mcrel.org/compendium/subjecttopics.asp?subjectid=24, life work standards.
mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks, mcrel standards and benchmarks database.
nccte.org/repository, academic and cte skill standards; nccte.
natef.org/program.cfm, automobile service technician certification standards.
pte.idaho.gov/curriculum/workplacecompetencies/basicwrkplccompetencies.html, basic workplace competencies; idaho.
education.ky.gov/kde/instructional+resources/career+and+technical+education/skill+standards+and+assessments/skill+standards+documents.htm, career and technical skills standards; kentucky.
delmarlearning.com
adda.org/content/view/27, certified drafter; adda certification package.
natef.org
nocti.org, culinary arts competencies and skills
i-car.com/html_pages/training_programs/qualification_tests.shtml, i-car qualification tests.
edc.org/ewit/resource.asp, it skills and standards.
careerclusters.org/resources/web/ks.cfm, knowledge and skills chart; cte career clusters.
msscusa.org, manufacturing skill standards council.
natef.org/program_standards/pdf/truck_standards.pdf, medium/ heavy truck technician standards.
nims-skills.org, metalworking skills standards.
nccer.org/journeypvs.aspx, nccer journey level assessments.
nocti.org, nocti; national occupational testing institute.
residentialacademy.delmar.cengage.com/pdf/electrical_skill_standards.pdf, residential electrician skill standards.
nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder=foundation&file'standards.htm, retail industries skills standards.
standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes3, schemes of work, educational and skills.
education.ky.gov/kde/instructional+resources/career+and+technical+education/skill+standards+and+assessments/skill+standards+documents.htm, skill standards documents
doe.nv.gov/standards/octae.html, skill standards for cte.
v-tecs.org/skillintro.htm, v-tecs, skill standards.
aws.org/w/a/certification/index.html, welding certifications.
academicbenchmarks.com
Women in the Trades
The trades pay well. Many unions and companies want women to work for them. Go there to work not to look sexy.
clow.org, coalition of labor union women
nawic.org, national assn. of women in construction
tradeswomennow.org, national coalition of organizations on behalf of women
awam.org, assn. for women in aviation maintenance
bluecollargal.homestead.com
bluecollarwoman.com
cdc.gov/elcosh, women in construction.
chicagowomenintrades.org
dwd.state.wi.us/dws/manuals/nto/pdf/206_myths.pdf, myths and realities about women in nontraditional jobs.
nawic.org/nawic/apprenticeship_programs.asp?snid=2, women in construction
apprenticeships.
wawomenintrades.com, washington women in the trades apprenticeship resources.
feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp
findarticles.com, article hard-hatted women.
greenwood.com, book called blue-collar women at work with men by jeanie ahearn greene.
hardhattedwomen.org, cleveland, oh.
ilr.cornell.edu/extension/iww/workingpaper.html, institute for women and work.
iwitts.com, institute for women in trades, technology and science.
jobjournal.com/article_full_text.asp?artid=462
nawic.org, national association of women in construction.
nawmonline.net, national assn. for women in masonry
new-nyc.org, nontraditional employment for women
new-nyc.org, nontraditional employment for women, nyc.
new-nyc.org/forwomen/faq.html
nnetw.org, burlington, vermont, 800 6391472
reinventme.net
sistersinthebuildingtrades.org, seattle, wa.
tradeswomen.net, portland, or.
tradeswomen.org, california organization for women in the trades.
tradeswomen.org, women in the trades, oakland, california.
wawomenintrades.com, washington state.
wawomenintrades.com, washington women in trades.
witi.com, women in technology international.
witi.org/center, women in technology organization
witi4hire.com, women.
wittnn.com, 877-306-9637, women in trades
womenintrucking.org, 888 464 9482
womentechboard.infopop.cc, women friendly jobs.
womenunlimited.org, maine.
wowonline.org, wider opportunities in women
Chapter 2. Adult Education to Get a Job, Career, Vocational Skills
Adult Education Websites
Adult education is generally education geared to get an adult to get a job. It has two general streams:
1.) General ability to work, know what kind of work you want, you can read, write, socialize, follow instructions, etc.
2.) Learn an employable skill.
doleta.gov/programs/eta_default.cfm, comprehensive adult programs.
ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html?src=mr, office of vocational and adult education.
lincs.ed.gov/lincs, national lincs; a gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the internet.
ed.gov/policy/adulted/leg/legis.html, adult education and family literacy act.
fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/ad_frame.asp, adult basic education curriculum and standards; florida.
adultcareerpathways.org
niace.org.uk/research/keyfindings/default.htm, adult learning and skills
worlded.org
eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/eff_standards.htm, 16 core skills for adult
learners.
eff.cls.utk.edu, equipped for the future; standards-based resources.
oecd.org
emc.cmich.edu/cshp/lmsb.htm, life management standards and benchmarks.
tcall.tamu.edu/taesp/tscfresources.htm, standardized adult curriculum framework; texas.
tcall.tamu.edu/toolkit/contents.html, adult basic education teacher's toolkit.
fldoe.org/workforce/adulted, adult workforce education; florida.
cls.utk.edu/2000_idea_book.html, basic skills and workforce preparation; integrated learning activities.
basic-skills-for-work.org
nifl.gov/nifl/ld/bridges/materials/bridges_docs.html, bridges to practice; guide to developing adult programs.
collegetransition.org
workreadiness.com
pbs.org/adultlearning kentonadulted.org, kenton county adult education; free ged and adult basic education services for kenton county.
adulteducation.wikibook.us
lincolntech-usa.com, adult education school
automotive, business, it, culinary, health sciences; call (800)556-4624
allaboutonlineeducation.com
teachers.net/mentors/adult
wku.edu/aded/journalsofaded.html
archive.org/details/adulteducationmetatourism, a brooklyn-based monthly event series where various speakers present brief, multimedia seminars.
ed.psu.edu/adulted
adult.about-education.net
digitalschool.net
choosedevry.com
lincolncollegeonline-usa.com
classesandcareers.com/grants
elderhostel.org
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ international_society_for_comparative_adult_education, international society for comparative adult education
strayer.edu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/middletown_adult_education, middletown, ct.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adult_education_in_africa
education.stateuniversity.com
blogcatalog.com/directory/education_and_training/adulteducation
mustuniversity.com/schools-majors/education/adult-education.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/woodland_adult_education, woodland, ca.
mapping-your-future.org/adult, mapping your future.
georgiaharper.blogspot.com, lifelong learning: the third degree: georgia harper, an adult college student, blogs about her return to school
oedb.org/online-schools
aeonline.coe.utk.edu
adultstudent.com, adult student: this companion to
the adult student's guide to survival and success
adultstudentcenter.com/index.htm, adult student center: resources for inspiration and information on returning to and succeeding in college at any age.
back2college.com/index.shtml, back to college: browse through articles on returning to school and frequently asked questions in the admissions area. locate online courses or traditional or online degree programs, find out how to get credit for life experience, or get help deciding on a major.
cete.org/default.asp, cete: the center on education and training for employment
aceofflorida.org, adult and community educators of florida
collegeplan.org/bcksch/bkschool.htm, college planning: this guide, along with a checklist for motivations, is for adults who plan to return to college. the guide is a new extension to the college planning web site.
collegetransition.org, national college transition network: the abe-to-college transition project goal is aimed at ged graduates, adult diploma graduates and adults who have been out of school for some time. the program of study is free and consists of instruction in pre-college reading, writing and math skills as well as computer and internet skills.
students.gov
studygs.net/index.htm, study guides and strategies
State Directors of Adult Education
The State Director of Adult Education provides students with opportunities to develop skills needed to qualify for further education, job training and better employment.
wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/programs/erod/org_list.cfm?category_cd=dae, state directories of adult education.
Alabama State Director of Adult Education
Adult and Community Education Program (Alabama)
Alabama College System
POB 302130
Montgomery, AL 36130-2130
(334) 353-4886
(800) 392-8086
Fax: (334) 353-5191
dpe@acs.cc.al.us
acs.cc.al.us/aed/Overview.aspx
Alaska State Director of Adult Education
Adult Basic Education (Alaska)
State Department of Labor and Workforce Development
POB 115509
Juneau, AK 99811-5509
(907) 465-8714
Fax: (907) 465-4186
alaska.gov
labor.state.ak.us/
University of Alaska Statewide System
202 Butrovich Building
910 Yukon Drive
Box 755000
Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 450-8000
Fax: (907) 450-8012
sypres@alaska.edu
alaska.edu/
Arizona State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and GED Testing (Arizona)
State Department of Education
Bin 26
1535 West Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 258-2410
Fax: (602) 258-4986
adulted@azed.gov
ade.az.gov/adult-ed
Arkansas State Director of Adult Education
Arkansas Department of Workforce Education
Luther Hardin Building
Three Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201-1083
(501) 682-1970
Fax: (501) 682-1706
dwe.arkansas.gov/adultedpage.html
California State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education (California)
State Department of Education
Secondary, Postsecondary and Adult Leadership Division
1430 N Street
#4503
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 322-2175
Fax: (916) 327-7089
cde.ca.gov/sp/ae/
Colorado State Director of Adult Education
Office of Student Support (Colorado)
State Department of Education
Adult Education and Family Literacy
201 East Colfax Avenue, Room 300C
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6640
Fax: (303) 866-6599
cde.state.co.us/index_adult.htm
Connecticut State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education (Connecticut)
State Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 807-2050
Fax: (860) 807-2062
sde.ct.gov
Delaware State Director of Adult Education
Delaware Adult Education
John W. Collette Educational Resource Center
#One
35 Commerce Way
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 857-3340
Fax: (302) 739-1770
doe.k12.de.us
District of Columbia State Director of Adult Education
Adult and Family Education (District of Columbia)
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Division of Education Excellence
51 N Street NE, Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 741-5531
Fax: (202) 741-0229
osse.dc.gov
Florida State Director of Adult Education
Adult and Vocational Education (Florida)
State Department of Education
Division of Workforce Education
644 Turlington Education Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-9008
Fax: (850) 245-0995
fldoe.org/workforce/AdultEd/
Georgia State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Education (Georgia)
Technical College System of Georgia
#300
1800 Century Place, NE
Atlanta, GA 30345-4304
(404) 679-1635
Fax: (404) 679-1634
tcsg.edu/forAdultLearners.php
Hawaii State Director of Adult Education
Adult and Community Education (Hawaii)
State Department of Education
Community Education Section
475 22nd Avenue, Room 124
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 735-8371
Fax: (808) 735-8375
adulted.k12.hi.us/index.html
Idaho State Director of Adult Education
Adult Basic Education Office (Idaho)
State Division of Professional-Technical Education
650 West State Street
POB 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0095
(208) 334-3216
Fax: (208) 334-2365
pte.idaho.gov/AdultServices/ABE_GED_Home.htm
Illinois State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Family Literacy (Illinois)
State Community College Board
401 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701-1711
(217) 785-0171
Fax: (217) 558-6700
illinois.gov
iccb.org/adulted.html
Indiana State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Education (Indiana)
State Department of Education
151 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
(317) 232-0522
Fax: (317) 233-0859
doe.in.gov/adulted/welcome.html
Iowa State Director of Adult Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Prep (Iowa)
State Department of Education
Bureau of Community Colleges and Career and Technical Education
400 East 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
(515) 281-3640
Fax: (515) 281-6544
iowa.gov/educate/index.php
Kansas State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education (Kansas)
Kansas Board of Regents
#520
1000 SW Jackson Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1368
(785) 296-7159
Fax: (785) 296-4526
ksbor.org
kansasregents.org/adult_ed/index.html
Kentucky State Director of Adult Education
Kentucky Adult Education
Council on Postsecondary Education
#250
1024 Capital Center Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-5114
(800) 928-7323
Fax: (502) 573-5436
kyae.ky.gov/
Louisiana State Director of Adult Education
Division of Dropout Prevention, Adult and Family Services (Louisiana)
State Department of Education
POB 94064
1201 North Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
(225) 342-3336
(877) 453-2721
Fax: (225) 342-7059
la.gov
louisianaschools.net/lde/family/home.html
Maine State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education (Maine)
State Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6752
Fax: (207) 624-6731
TTY: (207) 624-6800
maine.gov/education/aded/dev/index.htm
Maryland State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Literacy Services (Maryland)
State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-0162
(888) 464-3346
Fax: (410) 333-2099
msde.state.md.us
gogedgo.org
Massachusetts State Director of Adult Education
Adult and Community Learning Services (Massachusetts)
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
(781) 338-3801
Fax: (781) 338-3394
TTY: (800) 439-2370
doe.mass.edu/acls/
Michigan State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education Unit (Michigan)
State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Victor Office Center, Third Floor
201 North Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48913
(517) 373-8800
Fax: (517) 335-3630
TTY: (888) 605-6722
adulted@michigan.gov
michigan.gov/adulteducation/
Minnesota State Director of Adult Education
Adult Basic Education (Minnesota)
State Department of Education
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
(651) 582-8442
Fax: (651) 634-5154
state.mn.us
mnabe.themlc.org/
Mississippi State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education Programs (Mississippi)
State Board for Community and Junior Colleges
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
(601) 432-6338
Fax: (601) 432-6890
adulted@sbcjc.cc.ms.us
sbcjcweb.sbcjc.cc.ms.us/adulted/
Missouri State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education Office (Missouri)
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
POB 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-1249
Fax: (573) 526-5710
dese.mo.gov/divcareered/adult_ed_and_literacy_index.htm
Montana State Director of Adult Education
Division of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (Montana)
State Office of Public Instruction
POB 202501
1227 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-2501
(406) 444-4443
(888) 231-9393
Fax: (406) 444-1373
TTY: (406) 444-0169
opi.mt.gov/ABE/Index.html
Nebraska State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education (Nebraska)
State Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
POB 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
(402) 471-4807
(877) 327-6433
Fax: (402) 471-8127
TTY: (402) 471-2295
nebraska.gov
nde.state.ne.us/ADED/home.htm
Nevada State Director of Adult Education
Career, Technical and Adult Education Office (Nevada)
State Department of Education
700 East Fifth Street
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 687-7289
Fax: (775) 687-8636
doe.nv.gov
literacynet.org/nvadulted/
New Hampshire State Director of Adult Education
Bureau of Adult Education (New Hampshire)
State Department of Education
Division of Adult Learning and Rehabilitation
21 South Fruit Street
#20
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-6698
Fax: (603) 271-3454
TTY: (800) 735-2964
ed.state.nh.us
ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning
New Jersey State Director of Adult Education
One-Stop Programs and Services (New Jersey)
State Department of Labor and Workforce Development
POB 055
Trenton, NJ 08625-0055
(609) 943-5921
Fax: (609) 984-3562
lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wfprep/adulted/adultedindex.html
New Mexico State Director of Adult Education
Adult Basic Education (New Mexico)
State Higher Education Department
2048 Galisteo
Santa Fe, NM 87505-2100
(505) 476-8440
Fax: (505) 476-8453
hed.state.nm.us/
New York State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Workforce Development (New York)
State Education Department
Room 307 Education Building
Albany, NY 12234
(518) 474-8940
Fax: (518) 486-1751
emsc.nysed.gov/aewd/
North Carolina State Director of Adult Education
North Carolina Basic Skills Program
North Carolina Community College System
5016 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-5016
(919) 807-7132
Fax: (919) 807-7164
nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/index.html
North Dakota State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education Division (North Dakota)
State Department of Public Instruction
State Capitol Building
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 201
Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
(701) 328-2393
Fax: (701) 328-4770
nd.gov
dpi.state.nd.us/adulted/index.shtm
Ohio State Director of Adult Education
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (Ohio)
State Board of Regents
Floor 36
30 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 466-5269
Fax: (614) 466-5866
regents.state.oh.us
ode.state.oh.us
Oklahoma State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Family Literacy (Oklahoma)
State Department of Education, Lifelong Learning Section
Oliver Hodge Memorial Education Building, Room 115
2500 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-3321
(800) 405-0355
Fax: (405) 522-5394
sde.state.ok.us/Programs/LifelongLearn/AdultEd.html
Oregon State Director of Adult Education
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development (Oregon)
255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310
(503) 378-8648 x375
Fax: (503) 378-8434
oregon.gov/CCWD/
Pennsylvania State Director of Adult Education
Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (Pennsylvania)
State Department of Education
12th Floor
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
(717) 772-3737
Fax: (717) 783-0583
able.state.pa.us/
Rhode Island State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Education and GED (Rhode Island)
State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Shepard Building
255 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903-3414
(401) 222-4600
Fax: (401) 222-4256
ride.ri.gov/adulteducation/default.aspx
South Carolina State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Education (South Carolina)
State Department of Education
#908
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-8071
Fax: (803) 734-3643
ed.sc.gov
ed.sc.gov/agency/Standards-and-Learning/Adult-Education
South Dakota State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Literacy Office (South Dakota)
State Department of Labor
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
(605) 773-3101
Fax: (605) 773-6184
TTY: (605) 773-3101
state.sd.us
dol.sd.gov/workforce_training/ael_intro.aspx
Tennessee State Director of Adult Education
Division of Adult Education (Tennessee)
State Department of Labor and Workforce Development
220 French Landing Drive
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-7054
(800) 531-1515
Fax: (615) 532-4899
state.tn.us/labor-wfd/AE/
Texas State Director of Adult Education
Texas LEARNS
Division of Adult Education
6005 Westview Drive
Houston, TX 77055-5419
(713) 696-0700
(866) 696-4233
Fax: (713) 696-0797
hcde-texas.org
tcall.tamu.edu/texasLearns/index.htm
Utah State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education Services (Utah)
State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
POB 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7824
Fax: (801) 538-7882
schools.utah.gov
schools.utah.gov/adulted/
Vermont State Director of Adult Education
Adult Education and Literacy (Vermont)
State Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
(802) 828-3134
Fax: (802) 828-3146
education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_adulted.html
Virginia State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Education and Literacy (Virginia)
State Department of Education
POB 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
(804) 786-3347
(800) 292-3820
Fax: (804) 225-3352
doe.virginia.gov/instruction/adulted/
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
#669
3600 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230
(804) 828-6521
(800) 237-0178
Fax: (804) 828-7539
contact@valrc.org
valrc.org/
Washington State Director of Adult Education
Office of Adult Literacy (Washington)
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
1300 Quince Street, SE
P. O. Box 42495
Olympia, WA 98504-2495
(360) 704-4322
Fax: (360) 704-4419
sbctc.edu
sbctc.ctc.edu/college/e_abe.aspx
