Initiatives
We collaborate with industry leaders to create tailored workforce training programs that equip adult learners with in-demand skills, and provide employers with a skilled talent pipeline. These efforts collectively empower adult educators with better tools and environments while enabling adult students to achieve their educational and professional goals.
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Award Winning National Action Initiative
The 82,000+ adult education leaders stand united in a national campaign to move learning opportunities forward for all Americans to achieve economic mobility. If you are an adult educator stand with us in this educational campaign to help funders understand the value we bring to students, workers and businesses in contributing to social mobility and economic growth. If we educate, then we elevate.
COABE Launches Educate & Elevate Foundation
COABE, the leading and largest adult education association globally, recognizes that adult learners and their families often face barriers in life, education, and employment. The local programs that serve the learners often deal with funding issues, and as the frontline support for learners, are integral to their education. The Educate & Elevate Foundation was created to address these needs in adult education.
Lead | Equip | Empower
Current Initiatives & Partnerships
COABE and Google have partnered to offer skills-building opportunities to COABE members
Our goal is to help as many adult learners, teachers, and administrators as possible access and complete and complete the certificates of their choice - at their own pace. We are providing a learning community of practice and have hired a mentor-instructor to lead this effort.
IBM Skills Build Initiative
IBM SkillsBuild is a free digital platform that connects adult learners with a curated path of job-focused learning. The platform has been customized for COABE so that our members can track their students progress as they make their way through the badges and credentials. Users will be able to showcase their badges and credentials on LinkedIn, their job transcripts, and resumes.
Grant Funding Opportunities Provided by NCCER
We are excited to announce the winners of a funding opportunity that is being provided to 25 COABE local programs that will launch a construction education training initiative. With a goal of creating sustainable pathways to one of the most in-demand industries in the country, NCCER (with funding provided by Lowes) is awarding a start-up bundle valued at $20,000.
