When ever possible work with your superintendent instead of your principal when planning the adult education program or the advisory committee. Every program planning model ends with goal setting. Needs assessments are only important to the school administrator. A topic of instruction dealing with the need for preventative practices for something that has never been experienced would be an example of a felt need. Betty who is enrolled in a four year business program at ASU is considered an adult vo.
Adults take less responsibility for their learning than h.s.
A corespondent course is a form of distance education. Even bright, healthy adults learn more slowly that youth. Activities such as projects and independent study work better with adults than h.s. Adults need more structure in the learning situation. The Carl D. Perkins Act of 1990 is the Act under which vocational education functions today.