Skills
Adult Education Teacher Skills & Tools
The technical skills, people skills and tools employers look for in adult education teachers, and how to build and show them.
Adult Education Teachers need technical skills such as adult literacy instruction, esl teaching methods, and ged and hiset prep, plus people skills like patience and cultural sensitivity. They also use tools such as Assessment tools such as CASAS or TABE and Learning platforms.
Technical (hard) skills
- Adult literacy instruction
- ESL teaching methods
- GED and HiSET prep
- Assessment
- Lesson planning for mixed levels
- Data reporting
People (soft) skills
- Patience
- Cultural sensitivity
- Encouragement
- Flexibility
Tools, equipment and technology
- Assessment tools such as CASAS or TABE
- Learning platforms
- GED prep materials
- Language learning apps
- Video conferencing
- Data reporting systems
Skills in action: common tasks
These step-by-step guides show how adult education teachers put their skills to work:
- How to teach a mixed-level ESL class
- How to prepare a learner for the GED math test
- How to contextualize a lesson to real life
How to show these skills on a resume
- Lead your skills section with the technical skills from the job posting, for example, “Adult literacy instruction” and “ESL teaching methods.”
- Prove soft skills with results: instead of listing “patience,” describe a situation where you used it.
- List credentials such as TESOL or TEFL certificate near the top, with the issuing organization and date.
- Use the employer’s vocabulary. Our adult education teacher glossary covers the terms hiring managers expect.
How to build these skills
Formal training, supervised practice and certification are the most direct routes. Our Adult Education Teacher training introduces each of these skills with plain-language lessons, procedures and a final knowledge check: a strong foundation before hands-on training or your first day.