COABE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP BRIDGES & IETS – GETTING STARTED

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BRIDGES & IETS – GETTING STARTED

DATE: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 

Time: 3–4PM (Eastern Time)

Description: The Innovation and Gig Economy is here to stay, so it is important to prepare adult learners with an entrepreneurial mindset and innovation-based workforce-readiness skills to productively participate in it as employees and/or entrepreneurs. Join the conversation and ask questions about integrating entrepreneurship education and certifications across adult education programs for more empowered, prosperous employment outcomes. A collection of helpful resources and best practices will be shared, including the annual COABE Online Entrepreneurship Institute for Adult Educators & Service Providers and the U.S. Entrepreneurship Certification Examinations available in HS/HSE/IET, ABE/ESL, and Spanish versions. Previous COABE Institute participants from around the country who have already started Entrepreneurship Bridges and Integrated Education and Training (IET) programs will share strategies and tips on how to get started. 

Starting her career as a Career and Technical Education high school teacher and cooperative education coordinator, Dr. Cheryl Ayers has more than 20 years of experience in creating and delivering customized professional development programs, undergraduate/graduate university courses, curricula, and examinations in economics, personal finance, and entrepreneurship education for K-12 pre/in-service teachers, adult educators, adult service providers, workforce development practitioners, and other like-minded professionals from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Her research and scholarship focus on teaching economics, personal finance, and entrepreneurship in an accessible and multidisciplinary way empowers individuals for productive and prosperous lives, careers, and democratic citizenship participation, with an emphasis on economic reasoning skills and tools used to make more informed decisions. She recently published the first research-based theory of effective economics instruction at the secondary level, and she is the 2023 NAEE Economic Pedagogy Scholar Award national winner. She earned a B.S. in Career and Technical Education (Marketing/Adult Education) from Virginia Tech, M.B.A. from the University of Lynchburg, and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Teacher Education and Development from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Dr. Ayers also currently serves as the director of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech and director of the Virginia Personal Finance Teacher Fellowship Program.

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This webinar has been generously sponsored by English Discoveries.