District of Columbia Public Library

The Adult Literacy Resource Center at the District of Columbia Public Library, in partnership with Academy of Hope, will create a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Institute for instructors of GED preparation classes. In January of 2014, there will be a new GED exam with more rigorous content that requires instructors to teach higher-level skills to youth and adults who already struggle. Activities include recruitment of ten teacher-trainers, facilitation of ten workshops, and development of curricula available through an open source textbook and online learning platform. The institute’s scripts, agendas, handouts and video will be made freely available online for use by seventy-five to one hundred paid and volunteer teachers and tutors of GED preparation and others.