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RI Adult Ed Program Providers
See Enroll RI for an up-to-date and well-organized list of adult education providers.
Most of the information on adult education in ProvGardener was compiled around 2015 when the state's adult education resources were a chaos. This will be reworked eventually. - ed.
This table can be sorted by Town/City or by Program Name. Click on column head.
To find current classes by type, time, and place, use the RI Resource Hub. You can enter skill level, etc., in the main page. To find specific current classes, use the advanced search and enter the name of an organization, NEDP, GED, ESL, etc.
Note: RI Resource Hub only lists classes funded by RIDE provided by about 34 organizations. There may also be other classes offered in Rhode Island.
| Town/City | Title | Programs | Volunteer Info |
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| Middletown | Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center |
Adult Education: GED, ABE, Diploma Plus (a program for people who have completed 12 of the 24 credits needed for a high school diploma), Transition to College, ESL, EL Civics. Some Computer instruction may be scheduled in April 2015, Various apprentice and certificate programs. |
Volunteers are referred to Literacy Volunteers of the East Bay. |
| Pawtucket | Blackstone Valley Community Action Program (BVCAP) |
Adult Education: ESL, GED, YouthBuild |
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| Central Falls | Central Falls High School Adult Education |
Adult Education: Project RIRAL offers ESL, ABE, ASE, GED, and NEDP evening classes at Central Falls High School; [also note: Project LEARN offers FREE Adult ESL classes (for parents of students in Central Falls schools).] |
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| Providence | Community Action Partnership of Providence (CAPP) |
Adult Education: ABE, advanced ESOL, pre-GED classes. Improve reading, writing, math, computer skills were offered in 2015, but do not appear on the website in November 2016. There is only a bookkeeping certificate program. |
Volunteer Needs: Computer Instructor Intern. See this page and fill out the 2016 volunteer application. |
| Lincoln | Community College of RI - Flanagan Campus |
Adult Education: ESL (6 levels of basic English).
Student Success Center, for students accepted for admission to CCRI.
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| Warwick | Community College of RI - Knight Campus |
Adult Education: Career Pathways
Student Success Center, for students accepted for admission to CCRI.
See Center for Workforce and Community Education. Some programs may be available only at other CCRI campuses. |
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| Providence | Community College of RI - Liston Campus |
Student Success Center, for students accepted for admission to CCRI.
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| Newport | Community College of RI - Newport Campus |
Adult Education.
Student Success Center, for students accepted for admission to CCRI.
See Center for Workforce and Community Education.
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| Providence | Community College of RI - Shepard Building |
Adult Education: See Center for Workforce and Community Education.
Student Success Center, for students accepted for admission to CCRI. |
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| Cranston | Cranston Adult Education Programs |
Adult Education: GED, Vocational Training |
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| Providence | Crossroads Rhode Island |
Adult Education: ABE, rarely GED, Adult literacy, Math instruction, Computer Classes. Remedial help for students in other training programs. Small groups, one-on-one tutoring. Partners with Amos House to offer the NEDP program and currently (March 2015) have 2 students dually enrolled in both of our programs. Vocational training (CNA, Pre-employment) |
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| Providence | Dorcas International Institute |
Adult Education: Family Literacy, ESL, GED, Job readiness, Career Academy |
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| Cranston | Doric Center ~ Comprehensive Community Action Program (CAP) |
Adult Education: GED, Job training, Career planning, independent living skills |
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| . | Education to Go - ed2go |
Adult Education: Online courses provided through CCRI, ILSR and at least two other RI schools. Courses include preparing for the Math GED Test, GED Preparation, Grammar Refresher, Grammar for ESL, Writing for ESL. |
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| Providence | Genesis Center |
Adult Education: ESL, NEDP, Citizenship,Job Skills |
Volunteers Needed: Workforce Training/Mock Interview Day, conversation tutor, citizenship tutor, student support center tutors, ESL tutors, computer lab volunteer, financial literacy volunteer, garden volunteer |
| Cranston | Institute for Labor Studies and Research |
Adult Education: ABE, ASE, ESL |
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| Warren | Literacy Volunteers of East Bay (LVEB) |
Adult Education: ABE, ASE, GED, NED (=NEDP), ESL (ELL = English language learner). Students meet with tutors in public places, such as East Providence Public Library, Barrington Public Library, and in fall 2015, Pawtucket Public Library, as well as at the office in Warren and another location in Newport. |
Volunteers Needed: Literacy tutors |
| Coventry | Literacy Volunteers of Kent County |
Adult Education: ESL and ABE. |
Our 18-hour tutor training workshop teaches the skills needed to effectively work one-to-one with an adult student. Once the workshop is underway, volunteers are matched with a student and they meet in a public location on their own schedule for 2 hours a week. Prospective tutors must be 18 years old and have a high school diploma or GED. Lessons are typically conducted in libraries, churches, or community centers. |
| Westerly | Literacy Volunteers of Washington County - Westerly |
Adult Education: Small literacy groups (ABE, ESL), Citizenship Group, Staffed computer lab, GED or External Diploma (NEDP) prep, financial literacy, workforce literacy |
Volunteers Needed: Tutors, office help, fundraiser organizers, committee members |
| Charlestown | Narragansett Indian Tribe |
Adult Education: High school completion, learning skills instruction and cultural education awareness. |
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| Central Falls | Progreso Latino | ||
| Woonsocket | Project Learn |
Adult Education: ABE (6th-8th grade reading level), Computer Instruction, ESL, Family literacy, individual tutoring, Distance Learning. The GED subjects taught are Mathematics, Writing and reading for Social Studies, Science and Literature. In addition, original text or categories of interest to the class. Students have access to the internet and researched based software. |
ADULT EDUCATION: "Without the help of our volunteers, we would not be able to help the hundreds of people in our community learn to communicate more effectively. Project Learn serves adults locally and can certainly use the help in our computer lab, our one on one learning tutors and many other administrative areas if you like. Learn more about how you can help adult readers in your community. Learn more about how you can make a difference in the local community through sharing your knowledge. Connect through the form on the Adult Education Volunteer Page.
Also see the Donate page for giving newer computers and books (but call first). |
| Woonsocket | Project Learn (Community Care Alliance) |
Adult Education: Youth Success (pregnant and parenting teens under age 20, regardless of income.) GED, NEDP high school diploma, parenting training. Adult Literacy: ESL, GED, Wilson Reading System. Classes are held at the Project LEARN offices at One Social Street, Woonsocket RI as well as the Woonsocket Public Library, the Cumberland Public Library, the Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy in Cumberland and the Central Falls Housing Authority.
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Adult Ed: Volunteer tutors are needed. |
| Providence | Providence Housing Authority |
Adult Education: Resident adults are offered opportunities for lifelong learning and the acquisition of skills necessary to improve income and attain self sufficiency. Programs include a Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, Basic Computer instruction, Life Skills Training, Financial Literacy, and Homeownership services. |
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| Providence | Providence Housing Authority Education and Training Center |
Adult Education: Basic (ABE), GED, ESL, NEDP, Job Training, Basic Computer Instruction, Life Skills Training, Financial Literacy, Family Self Sufficiency (FSS), Home Ownership, Family Success Center |
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| Providence | RI College Outreach Program | ||
| Cranston | RI Department of Corrections Education Department |
Adult Education: literacy development, ESL instruction, pre GED, and GED preparation. The goals of the ABE grant program are to increase its students' functional literacy level and to provide its students with the capability to make a smooth reentry into their community upon release. |
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| Providence | RI Educational Opportunity Center | ||
| Providence | RI Family Literacy Initiative |
Adult Education: EDP (NEDP), ESL, Citizenship, Computer Literacy, Family Literacy, College and Career Transition, Work Experiences |
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| Providence | RI Indian Council | ||
| Woonsocket | RI Regional Adult Learning (RIRAL) |
Adult Education Programs: Skill Building, ESL, GED, NEDP, Transition to College (TTC) |
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| Wakefield | South County Community Action | ||
| Pawtucket | Students Taking Action Now with Determination (STAND) | ||
| Johnston | Tri-Town Community Action Agency | ||
| Warwick | Westbay Community Action | ||
| Woonsocket | Woonsocket Even Start |
Adult Education: ABE, GED, ESL, Family literacy |