Adult Education Basics FAQs
FAQs - Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions
LEARN TO READ
AND WRITE
Who do you contact to get help for someone who needs
to learn to read and write?
MATH AND WRITING SKILLS
Some employees have been doing the same paperwork for
10 years and feel they have lost all their math and writing skills.
They want to go back to school, but need a refresher course. What should
they take?
What courses are offered under the Partnership’s Adult
Education Basics program?
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED)
If an employee has a high school diploma from his/her
native country, does he/she need to take an exam to get an American
high school diploma?
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT
What can employees do if they speak minimal English
and want to improve their language skills so they can perform better
at work?
If an employee who is Chinese wants his/her children
to learn the Chinese language, does the Partnership have courses for
the children of CSEA members?
LEARN TO READ AND WRITE
Who do you contact to get help for someone who needs
to learn to read and write?
Contact Partnership staff about the adult education basics program.
MATH AND WRITING SKILLS
Some employees have been doing the same
paperwork for ten years and feel they have lost all their math and
writing skills. They want to go back to school, but need a refresher course.
What should they take?
If other CSEA-represented NYS employees at a worksite are having the
same concerns, the Partnership can bring an Adult Education Basics
course to that worksite. NYS managers and CSEA leaders
need to submit a joint request; the course will be delivered at no cost
to the State agency. The Partnership can also provide a tuition voucher
for the school of an employee’s choice, so he/she can take an Adult
Education Basics course almost anywhere. [Return
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What courses are offered under the Partnership’s Adult Education
Basics program?
Currently, the Partnership offers Reading Comprehension; Reading,
Writing, and Math: Skills Refresher; Introduction
to Writing; Arithmetic
Basics; Creative Writing;English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL); and Introduction to Spanish.
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GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED)
If an employee has a high school
diploma from his/her native country, does he/she need to take an exam
to get an American high school diploma?
Yes. There is a program called General Educational Development (GED)
followed by an exam that will allow a person to qualify for an equivalent
high school diploma. Please call a Partnership advisor at (518) 486-7814
or 1-800-253-4332 for a referral for a conveniently located GED course.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT
What can employees
do if they speak minimal English and want to improve their language
skills so they can perform better at work?
The Partnership can help CSEA-represented NYS employees by providing
a
tuition voucher for the school of an employee's choice
or by delivering an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course
at their worksite. NYS managers and CSEA leaders need to submit a joint
request for an Adult Education Basics course to be brought to the worksite
at no cost to the agency. [Return
to Questions]
If an employee who is Chinese wants
his/her children to learn the Chinese language, does the Partnership have
courses for the children of CSEA members?
No. Partnership benefits are only for CSEA-represented NYS employees.
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Note: If you have not found answers to your questions,
see other categories of FAQs,
check out the catalogs and publications on this web site, or contact
the Partnership.
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