Adult Education and Workforce Development

The Adult Education and Workforce Development office provides the following services:

• Oversees adult basic education, English language acquisition, family literacy, workplace literacy, adult career and technical education, instructional components of apprenticeship programs, and workforce preparation programs.
• Provides staff development and technical assistance to over 200 adult education agencies through the Regional Adult Education Network.
• Supports the Commissioner of Education in his role as the co-chair of the Emerging Worker sub-committee of the State Workforce Investment Board.
• Represents SED on the Economic Security Cabinet, a collaboration of state agencies that explores cooperative strategies that expand and improve programs to ensure the economic security of the State's neediest citizens.
• Oversees the statewide administration for the GED examination in New York State.