• Program mission
• Personnel – staff functions and contact information
• Learner population served by the program
• Program services available to clients
• Tuition and fee policies
• Sites, classroom locations
• Program annual calendar
• Adult education class schedules
• Policies for learners with special learning needs
• Policies for students who don’t make appropriate progress
• Safety in the classroom and building
• General policies (e.g. dress code, cell phone use)
• Types of funding
• Partnerships
• Community services, support systems and events that benefit adults and families, for referral of learners

Teacher as an Employee

• Job description
• Employee handbook or policy manual
• Payroll procedures
• Student enrollment forms
• Student attendance records
• Student files / folders
• Security of student records
• Program policies and procedures for observing and evaluating teachers and staff
• Required forms for partners and other stakeholders (if applicable)
• Other paperwork for local program purposes

Teacher as a Classroom Instructor

• Assessments – required training, testing schedules, record keeping, use of results
• Goal setting – AEFLA goals for NRS, personal goals
• Lesson planning
• Curriculum
• Student attendance policy
• Availability of materials for student use and teacher planning
• Availability and use of technology (copy machine, printer, computer lab, TV/VCR)
• Policies and services for transition of ESL learners to ABE/ASE and ASE/GED learners to post-secondary education
• GED testing process and program’s connection to a local GED testing center
• CareerReady Colorado certificate process and program’s connection to a local workforce center
• Substitute teacher policies and procedures
• Volunteers

Professional Development