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Adult Education and GED

Adult Education, GED, and Workforce Training programs support Rhode Island adults in gaining skills and credentials for employment, citizenship, and family and community leadership.

Programs in Adult Education, GED, Workforce Training and English for Speakers of Other Languages are offered during the day and evening.  Program offerings also include contextualized classes that prepare adults for jobs and career pathways.  Instruction is provided face to face and online.

A Successful Multi-Agency Collaboration

The Rhode Island Department of Education funds qualified not-for-profit agencies to implement Adult Education and Workforce Training programs that support the achievement of two statewide outcomes.

  • RI Adult Education Initiative partners: Department of Education, Business and Industry, Higher Education, Community Based Providers, Department of Human Services, Department of Labor and Training All Rhode Island adults have the skills and credentials they need for upward mobility (college and career), for engaged citizenship, and for leading strong families and communities.
  • All Rhode Island employers have access to a pool of workers with the skills they need to remain competitive and grow.

Collaboration between RIDE, the Governor’s Office and the Governor’s Workforce Board has led to the establishment of key investment priorities in the following outcome areas:

Strong Families and Communities

  • Expansion of Family Literacy
  • Provision of Comprehensive Community-based classroom Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
  • Expansion of Distance Learning

Upward Mobility through College and Career Readiness

  • Expansion of adult education that is contextualized and supports career pathways for youth and adults  in Rhode Island’s nine critical and emerging industries.
  • Integration of adult education and hands-on technical training leading to academic and industry credentials for low-skilled current and former welfare recipients and other unemployed low-skilled adults
  • Integration of pre- and post-release adult education services for the incarcerated.
  • Expansion of transition to postsecondary education and training/apprenticeship programs that use dual or concurrent enrollment including rigorous Adult Secondary Education for those preparing for postsecondary education based on internationally benchmarked college and career readiness standards.

Civic Engagement and Student Leadership

  • Continuation of English Literacy / Civics Education & Student Engagement
  • Expansion of Student Leadership

EnrollRI.org/adulted - Helping Adult Learners Reach Their Goals

  • Adult Education's page on EnrollRI allows adult learners to explore the adult education, career preparation, citizenship, ESOL, high school equivalency/GED, or workforce training programs available to them for low or no cost.
  • Find programs and provider contact information at: enrollri.org/adulted.

Adult Education Resources

Adult Education Programs and Map

Adult education programs in Rhode Island design and implement programming to achieve the following outcomes for adult learners:

  • Gain basic academic skills
  • Become ready for work, career and college
  • Find and retain employment
  • Progress along a career pathway in critical or emerging sectors and secure better employment
  • Attain high school credentials and industry certificates
  • Enroll in postsecondary education / training
  • Engage in community / civic activities

Adult Education Program Resources

RI Adult Education Data Systems

High School Equivalency Programs - GED and NEDP

General Educational Development Test - GED®

The Rhode Island High School Equivalency Program is composed of the General Educational Development (GED) Tests, which are administered throughout the state by testing centers authorized by the Board of Education. The Rhode Island High School Equivalency Diploma is issued to those eligible individuals who successfully complete the GED Tests.

GED Resources

National External Diploma Program - NEDP

Some Rhode Island school districts offer a high school diploma based upon successful completion of the National External Diploma Program (NEDP). The NEDP is a performance assessment system that is competency-based, and expects adults to demonstrate their ability in a series of simulations that parallel job and life situations. Participants are evaluated against a criterion of excellence instead of by comparison to others.

Several RI Adult Education Programs offer the NEDP.  For more information visit:

Program Quality - Policies, Standards, and Monitoring

The office of Adult Education at RIDE developed several policies and guidance documents to support the administration of quality programs. These are in alignment with the 12 Considerations referenced in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II (Sec. 231), which are also the source of the RI Adult Education Indicators of Program Quality.

The office of Adult Education at RIDE collaborated with practitioners on the development of several sets of standards that support quality programming. These standards target both staff and student populations as well as critical program systems and components. The standards are also used as the basis for professional development and program monitoring activity.

Adult Education Policies

Adult Education Standards

Program Monitoring

Resources for Programs

Career and Technical Education Related Documents

COVID-19

FY23-27 Request for Proposals

RIDE funds eligible providers to implement Adult Education and literacy activities - including GED, workforce training, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) - that support Rhode Island adults in gaining skills and credentials for college and career, engaged citizenship, and family and community leadership.


RIDE's Request for Proposals (RFP) to award funding to eligible agencies for the delivery of Adult Education programming for the grant cycle from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027 is now closed. Please click here to access the RFP and see below for complete submission timeline and process information. Grant recipients will be announced soon.


Item

Date

FY 2023-2027 Request for Proposals (RFP) Released

January 14, 2022

RFP Bidder’s Conference

12-1 PM ET, January 21, 2022

Integrated Education and Technology (IET) Technical Assistance

10-11:30 AM ET, February 1, 2022

Letter of Intent to Apply Due to RIDE

4:30 PM ET, March 1, 2022

Proposal Submission Deadline

4:30 PM ET, March 15, 2022

Proposal Review, Including Local Workforce Development Board Review

April 2022

RIDE Announces Grant Recipients

Late April 2022

Final Budgets Submitted

May 2022

Year One of Grant Contract Begins

July 1, 2022

 

Integrated Education and Technology (IET) Technical Assistance

IET is a  research-proven approach to delivering workforce development integrated with Adult Education and Literacy services and is one of the allowable activities under this grant. RIDE hosted a Technical Assistance (TA) webinar about IET design and implementation for potential grant applicants on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 from 10-11:30 AM. Click here to view the webinar recording and click here to view the slides presented. Click here for a guidance document for RI's Credential and Certification Categories.

If IET activities are proposed as part of a funding application, the application must include a completed IET Planning Template for each of the proposed IET programs. RIDE has developed additional resources to support completion of the IET Planning Template:



 


Contact Information

Email Sophie Tan
  401-222-8455
   GED support