About the Adult Education (ADE) Programs
If you believe in lifelong learning and dream of helping adults achieve their academic goals at any age, TROY’s adult education program can help you continue to expand your career!
If you believe in lifelong learning and dream of helping adults achieve their academic goals at any age, TROY’s adult education program can help you continue to expand your career!
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With a graduate degree in Adult Education you can have a career as an administrator in higher education, corporate/industrial trainer and curriculum designer among other options
This concentration equips graduates with the ability to analyze, design, develop,
implement, and evaluate curricula for the education and training of adults in diverse
learning situations. Both theoretical and practical aspects of adult learning, the
instructional design process, teaching strategies, and educational evaluation are
explored to provide a comprehensive program useful in designing instruction at multiple
levels including community, post-secondary, workplace, or government applications.
Graduates will possess the ability to analyze a client's needs, design a contextually
relevant program, develop materials unique and appropriate to a client's needs, assist
in implementing curricula, and evaluate program effectiveness.
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Recent research shows that those who desire to bring competent leaders into their organizations are confronted with a lack of skillful candidates who can adapt to environmental change, interpret complex patterns, make sense of ill-structured problems, and appreciate the impact of cultural and social forces on organizations. This concentration is designed for professionals to develop leadership competencies and dispositions that can be applied in a variety of settings and situations. The MSADE degree with a concentration in Leadership in Workforce Development emphasizes the development of 21st century leadership. It focuses on developing leaders who are globally-minded, proficient in technology, and who can apply and generate knowledge from real-world situations. The Leadership in Workforce Development concentration is designed for professionals who desire to develop leadership competencies and dispositions that can be applied in a variety of settings and situations, including private, non-profit, public, military, and healthcare industries.
This certificate focuses on the unique aspects of adult learning and how these traits impact curriculum and instructional design for adult learners. Once you've earned you CID certificate, you'll also be able to identify methods of evaluating adult education programs.
This certificate focuses on the unique aspects of adult education in terms of development, learning theory and/or historical foundations using state-of-the-are technologies and innovative strategies in adult education curricula. Once you've completed this certificate program, you'll know how to develop curricula in systematic and practical ways to create effective, efficient and appealing instruction in any content area and with any medium, including live instruction.
This certificate focuses on how to develop and implement an organizational vision and the development/implementation of short, long, emergency and strategic plans. With this certificate, you'll gain an understanding of how organizations function and demonstrate an ability to utilize this knowledge with a wide variety of organizational stakeholders. You'll also walk away with new ideas about personal development and personnel processes that help build support for organizational change and progress.
This certificate focuses on how to develop an understanding of workforce development policies and systems in the United States, and will also develop your skills in the development, management and evaluation of programs for adult education. Upon receiving this certificate, you'll understand the needs, characteristics and learning styles of the U.S. labor force, and you'll develop skills in collection, analysis, and interpretation of labor market data and trends as well as an understanding of business models and concepts.