The Northeast Texas Community College Adult Education department recently hosted a three-hour training session for 22 adult education teachers. The seminar was entitled Goal-Driven Instruction for Adult Learners and was held at the newly established Industrial Technology Training Center (ITTC) located in Mt. Pleasant. Through numerous training activities, teachers were taught how to create and implement a Student Learning Plan (SLP) for all students and how to differentiate between personal and National Reporting System (NRS) goals. Each teacher received a copy of the Goal-Driven Learning Toolkit to use in their classrooms. According to the Adult Learner Persistence Study (NCSALL, 1999), students who are motivated by goals and have the opportunity to experience progress toward those goals attend more regularly. Trainers were Sue Barker, Program Director and Fredia Thomas, TEAMS Coordinator
