The collection includes catalogs from conferences of adult education professional organizations. The collection is most complete for a twenty-eight year period from 1986-2015. The majority of the catalogs are from California organizations, but some catalogs of national organizations are included....

The Adult Education Leadership Training Program operated from 1985-1994 as a federally funded contract administered by the California Department of Education, Division of Adult, Alternative, and Continuing Education Services. Approximately 25 adult education leaders a year were admitted into the...

The California Adult Education Archives includes over 2,000 cataloged items on 175 feet of shelf space and eleven special collections in 57 boxes, dating from 1935 to the present. Resources include history, research, evaluation reports, curricula, staff development and assessment...

The core of the collection covers the years 1993-1999 and focuses on two initiatives by different administrations in the California Department of Education, Adult Education Unit, to involve the field in the development of program standards for older adult programs...

The California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) has been an important adult education professional organization since the 1940s, representing administrators, teachers, support staff, students, and friends of California adult education. The collection includes print and photographic records of the State...

The California GED Academy was originated by the California Department of Education in the mid-1980s as an in-service and networking opportunity for GED teachers working in adult education programs. Its purpose was to improve student learning and to build a...

The California Staff Development Institute (1994-2000) was funded by the California Department of Education, Adult Education Unit, with federal adult education leadership monies to facilitate professional development. The collection includes SDI contracts, a series on the development of the California...

The California Youth Authority (CYA) Collection, donated by Charles F. Stocker, liaison from CYA to the California Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS), documents the transition of the CYA education system in the 1980s from a conventional to a competency-based program...

This collection contains pilot versions of four life-skills curriculum projects developed in California in the 1970s. The projects are Asian Project/ESL: a new approach for the 21st century; Integrated Competency-Based Bilingual Vocational English as a Second Language (ICB-VESL); Basic Reading...

The collection includes records of twelve years of communication of the Adult Education Office of the California Department of Education with local agencies that provide adult education services. It includes email alerts, news digests, meeting agendas, minutes, and handouts, and...

The California Department of Education (CDE) supports the adult education programs of over 350 public schools in the state. In addition to state (apportionment) funding, California adult education is supported by federal funds which are allocated based on census data....

The Joint Board Task Force on Noncredit and Adult Education, which came to be known as the Joint Board Committee (JBC) was established in 1997 as a joint working group composed of representatives of the California Community Colleges Board of...

Richard L. Stiles was a consultant in the California Department of Education from 1975-2001, serving in the Adult Education Office from 1979-1988 and 1991-2001, and in the Amnesty Education Office from 1988-1991, where he was Manager. The largest part of...