Texas Adult Education & Literacy Quarterly

Texas Adult Education & Literacy Quarterly was published by the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning (TRAIN PD @ TCALL) at Texas A&M University for many years, concluding with the Summer 2017 issue. The Quarterly and its predecessor publication, Literacy Links, have been dedicated to advancing the knowledge in the field by addressing topics of concern to adult education and literacy practitioners, policymakers, and scholars.

Texas Adult Education & Literacy Quarterly Currently on Hiatus
At the advice of state Adult Education and Literacy leadership at Texas Workforce Commission, TCALL’s Texas Adult Education & Literacy Quarterly publication began an extended publication hiatus in September 2017. During the next year or two, TCALL and state leadership will explore alternative means to disseminate valuable written content to busy professionals in the AEL field and their stakeholders throughout Texas. 

LATEST ISSUE IN THIS VOLUME: Summer 2017  Volume 21, No. 2 [View the PDF] (View older issues below)
Spring 2017 | Volume 21, No. 1 Included in this volume: • Make Your Own Mistakes by Zach Lindsey • Professional Training for Volunteers Reaps Big Rewards by Martha Heimberg • It's Never Too Late to Change Your Life by Nancy Crawford ...and more! [View the PDF] (2.4Mb)	Summer 2017 | Volume 21, No. 2 Included in this volume: • NSC's Congressional Briefing Highlights Effective Adult Education and Upskilling Policies by Amanda Bergson-Shilcock • Badging in Action: Becoming a Tech Integration Coach in Texas by Leah Peterson ...and more! [View the PDF] (552Kb)

Archives of the Publication

			2016
			Spring 2016 | Volume 20, No. 1 Included in this volume: Appreciative Inquiry by Douglas C. Franklin TRAIN PD @TCALL: Pausing to Track our Successes We Know about the PIACC Study. Now What? by Federico Salas-Isnardi ...and more! [View the Quarterly] Summer 2016 | Volume 20, No. 2 Includes: TWC Chairman Alcantar Speaks at SXSWedu Collaborative Partnerships or Team Players? Undocumented Students: A Polulation in Academic Limbo And more! [View the Quarterly] Fall 2016 | Volume 20, No. 3 Includes: The New Professional Development Institutes The TRAIN PD @ TCALL Team is Now Complete Redesign of the TCALL Website And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2015
			Volume 19, No. 1 | Winter 2015 Includes: Christian Women's Job Corps Changing Lives One Class at a Time Meet the TRAIN PD Specialists Tarrant Literacy Coalition Grand Opening Meaningful Work Supports Students to Achieve Their Goals And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 19, No. 2 | Spring 2015 Includes: Using Cell-Ed to Support English Language Learning 2015 Regional Workforce and Adult Education Integration Events The Two Most Valuable Skills You Could Learn or Teach New Roots to Employment: A Hybrid Career Readiness Program for Advanced-Degree English Language Learners And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 19, No. 3 | Summer 2015 Includes: Literacy Texas Receives TWC Grant to Deliver Training with Focus on Volunteers Riding the Next Wave: A Call to Action for AEL Using College Tips and Data Tricks to Boost Program Success Mentoring AEL Student in Transition And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 19, No. 4 | Fall 2015 Includes: Raising Adult Learners Using the Village Approach 2015 TWC Adult Education and Literacy Incentive Award Winners Houston Center for Literacy Wins National Two-Year Award Doing It All! Successes and Challenges in Teaching Adult Education And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2014
			Volume 18, No. 1 | Winter 2014 Includes: Over 800 Adults Earn High School Equivalency in DFW Event Testing The 2014 GED® Program is Here! Taking Your Grant-Funded College Transition Project to Scale Tarrant Literacy Coalition Develops Model for GED® Test Preparation Classes And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 18, No. 2 | Spring 2014 Includes: The PIACC Report: What' s the Impact on Adult Education and Literacy Programs? TWC Adult Education and Literacy Texas Adult Completion & Skills Initiative Building and Sustaining Ef fective Father Engagement Pathways Three Research-based Strategies Empower Adults for Daily Literacy Tasks And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 18, No. 3 | Summer 2014 Includes: TCALL Welcomes Dr. Glenda L. Rose and Tracy Hendrix Accommodating Adult ESL Learners in the Virtual Classrooom Researchers Develop Free Library of Texts for Adult Literacy Learners to Read Job-Training Programs Make Remediation Relevant And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 18, No. 4 | Fall 2014 Includes: TWC Awards More than $60 million for Adult Education and Literacy Programs Two Key Roles in Texas' New Adult Education Literacy Professional Development Model In Search of the Learning that Matters Fostering an Emotional Literacy Environment That Impacts Your Staff and Adult Learners And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2013
			Volume 17, No. 1 | Winter 2013 Includes: Not Just a Pretty Picture; Adult Education & Family Literacy Work in Texas Where Great Teaching Begins: Reflections on a Book Study Improving Instruction in Volunteer Literacy Programs C-4 Pilot Initiative Enhancing Employment Outcomes for Adult Learners And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 17, No. 2 | Spring 2013 Includes: What is TCALL? Professional Learning Communities in Adult Education Programs iPads® - Offering a New Realm of Learning A New Way of Teaching: Flipping Your Classroom And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 17, No. 3 | Summer 2013 Includes: Adult Education and Literacy at TWC Bridging the Digital Divide: Preparing for the GED® 2014 A Walk in the Clouds...A Movie in the ESL Classroom Creating a Sense of Community for Distance Learners And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 17, No. 4 | Fall 2013 Includes: 36-year Journey Transforms High School Dropout to College Student A Green Solution at the Adult Reading Center Utilizing Community Resources to Give Hope to the ESL Population Can You Start a Career with Your GED? And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2012
			Volume 16, No. 1 | Winter 2012 Includes: Making the Credential Work in the Far West GREAT Region Overcoming the Techno-geebies Making College Real for GED® Preparation Students Reading Fluency: It's Not Just Kid Stuff And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 16, No. 2 | Spring 2012 Includes: GED® Testing Service Introduces Assessment Guide for Educators Practical Classroom Applications for the Success of Adult Learners Snapshot of TEAL: Strategy-Based Instruction Successful College Transitions with the Alamo Colleges' Career EASE Program And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 16, No. 3 | Summer 2012 Includes: Helpful Strategies for a U.S. Citizenship Class The Benefits of Program Improvement: Implementation Examples from Brownsville Adult Continuing Education Crossing the Street: ABE Students Transformed Supporting Professional Development through Research at TCALL And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 16, No. 4 | Fall 2012 Includes: Getting new and emerging literacy programs "in the loop" Language, Local History and Culture Merge in Cemetery Project Language Education vs Language Training Improving Literacy Education And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2011
			Volume 15, No. 1 | Winter 2011 Includes: Health Literacy Partnerships: A Literacy Coalition's Story Radio Program Improves Science and Health Literacy Among ESL Speakers Bringing Health Literacy into the ESL Classroom The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 15, No. 2 | Spring 2011 Includes: Community Building for Persistence and Achievement in the First-Level ESL Classroom Teaching Diverse First-Level Learners with Empathy The Reading Challenge for Beginning-Level English Language Learners Book Review: Understanding Adult Functional Literacy And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 15, No. 3 | Summer 2011 Includes: Even Start Makes its Mark in Texas HCC's GED Transition to Training Initiative Our Citizen of the Year One Hard Decision for a Better Life And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 15, No. 4 | Fall 2011 Includes: IDEAS FOR TEACHERS OF ADULTS Pen-Pal Writing Engaging Instructors in the Search for Formative Data The Value of Postsecondary Certificates Providing Incentives to Increase Student Participation And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2010
			Volume 14, No. 1 | Winter 2010 Includes: Creating a Culture of Accountability Program Administrators: Are You Doing the Best You Can with the BEST Plus? Assessment and Accountability: Q & A Utilizing Assessment Results for Goal Setting And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 14, No. 2 | Spring 2010 Includes: Beyond the GED - Transitions to Postsecondary Education & Training Teaching Math to Adults Transitions to Postsecondary Education & Training Journey to GED and Beyond And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 14, No. 3 | Summer 2010 Includes: Celebration of Reading Getting My GED at Age 58 I Wrote in English Today Creating a Storybook in an ESL Class for Parents And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 14, No. 4 | Fall 2010 Includes: The Distance Learning Initiative Distance Learning Best Practices Initiative: A GREAT Collaboration Adult Computer-Assisted Language Learning Professional Development in the Integration of Technology And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2009
			Volume 13, No. 1 | Winter 2009 Includes: Refugees in Abilene: An ESL Challenge Decreasing Enrollment Turbulence Helps Retain Teachers and Students Moving on Up...To Their Strong Side Getting There - Student Engagement and Chickering's Seven Principles for Good Practice And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 13, No. 2 | Spring 2009 Includes: Professional Wisdom as a Cornerstone of Program Management Experiences of a Teacher-Researcher Evidence-Based Practice: Empirical Evidence Guided by Professional Wisdom The Texas Adult Education Credential And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 13, No. 3 | Summer 2009 Includes: We Need to Learn English Learning English in Many Ways Leads to Success Building Bookcases and Community Literacy Coalitions The Power of a "Brief Interview" And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 13, No. 4 | Fall 2009 Includes: TCALL Celebrates 20th Anniversary New Initiatives in Transitioning Adult Learners The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas Statewide Math Initiative And more! [View the Quarterly]
			2008
			Volume 12, No. 1 | Winter 2008 Includes: To Credential or Not to Credential? Mozart and ESL or One Principle of the Suzuki Music Method Applied to Language Teaching Why I Work With Adults GED Students Need Hope and Confidence, Not Just Skills And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 12, No. 2 | Spring 2008 Includes: Overcoming Fear of Teaching Industry-Based ESL Adult Technology Training for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency Training Readiness: A Pathway to Sustainable Alignment of Adult Education and Higher Education Lesson Plan: Speak Up and Get That Job! And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 12, No. 3 | Summer 2008 Includes: From Home School to College with a GED in Three Months English...Why? From Carpenter's Helper to Business Success Three Concepts for My Success Teaching ESL And more! [View the Quarterly] Volume 12, No. 4 | Fall 2008 Includes: Texas Adult Education Credential Project Effective Instruction for All Adults, Including Those with Special Learning Needs Parents Make the Difference: An Update from the Texas Family Literacy Resource Center One Size Does Not Fit All: Choosing the Right PACT Curricula And more! [View the Quarterly]