Curriculum content is drawn from a wide variety of community resources and businesses. Learners have ongoing input into how the program is designed. Learner groups consist of no more than fifteen people and one instructor. They are of various ages and backgrounds. All of them read below a grade ten level.
Some time is spent working alone, but most time is spent working as a group.
A HALE course is wrapped up by a three week job placement. Many of the HALE learners were developing an interest in how computers could enhance learning and make things like resumes easier to deal with. Some were keenly interested in the internet but did not have any access to it. Still others were beginning to realize the importance of computer skills in the world of work. The Net Curriculum Team Erin Casey and Darren Bryenton, lone members of LRP's Marketing, Development, Design and Publications Department, developed and delivered the training.