Adult Education
Program for Older Adults (POA)

Program Description

• Program For Older Adults is a 57-course curriculum focusing on health literacy, life and employment skills, technology, fine art, and tutoring.
• Program instruction guides students toward structured competencies that improve physical and mental health, cognitive fitness, self-maintenance and civic engagement.
• Instruction takes place in a variety of classroom settings, both traditional and nontraditional and continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of our region.

Target Student Population

• The curriculum targets a diverse population of learners, age 60 and older, with different needs, levels of health and interests.
• The classes have no prerequisite requirements.

Program Focus

• Guide students toward structured competencies that improve:
  • Physical Health
  • Cognitive Fitness
  • Workforce Involvement (Paid or Volunteer)
  • Self-Maintenance/Independence
  • Civic Engagement

Program Resources:

STANDARDIZED PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Media Release Form

Assessment Tools: Cover Letter 2010-11

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 4a

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 4b

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 4c

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 6a

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 6b

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 8a

Assessment Tools: Recording Sheet 8b

Assessment Tool: Blank Rubric

Class Collaborations:

Student Anthology: "Family History/Personal Recollections", Jeanette Shelburne, Teacher

Class Flyers & Announcements:

Intergenerational Tutoring at North Hollywood Polytechnic CAS

Commercial Acting Classes at Hollywood CAS

Memory Enhancement: Using Brain Fitness/Hughes

Memory Enhancement/Franklin CINCO

Memory Enhancement: Rinaldi

Memory Enhancement: Westside Plummer Park

Memory Enhancement: Westside Park La Brea

Memory Enhancement: Fremont/Manhattan Place Elementary 

Memory Enhancement: Venice Skills Center

Information on Program Locations and Times

• Program information line: (213) 241-3167
• Division website: http://adultinstruction.org/

Division Schools*

• 25 Community Adult Schools