Access to Practical Resources & Tools
Shared templates, research and policy updates, promising practices, and member-generated materials that can be used to support instruction, program design, and partnership development.
Professional Learning Opportunities
Statewide networking events, leadership and volunteer opportunities, and increased visibility for your program or initiative.
Strengthen Colorado's Future Workforce
Whether you are working in adult education, training, business, nonprofit leadership, or public service, your voice and experience can help expand opportunities for learners and strengthen Colorado’s future workforce.
We empower leaders to build systems where every adult learner can access opportunity, advancement, and lifelong success.
Dr. Jacinda Lay, EdD
CAEC Chief Executive Officer
Membership with CAEC Makes you a Member of COABE!
Benefits of COABE membership include: Educate & Elevate award-winning tools, Quick access to legislators, Amazon Career Choice opportunities, national awards, adult educator resources, professional development webinars, discount national conference registration fees, conference mini-grants, the COABE Journal, access to Google and IBM skills certificate programs, and much more!
Per student education
spending in Colorado
K-12: $9,500
Adult Education: $1,000
955 adult learners
served through CDE's
AELA grants (2017-2018)
CO is among the gross minority of
states, along with Puerto Rico and
D.C., providing $0 state cash to
match federal AEFLA funds.
Local funding and grantee contributions are the only source of CO's match, placing undue burden on already strapped providers and making it impossible to adequately serve the state's adult learners.
Essential Education Dream Catcher Seats
Dream Catcher Advance is an online, self-paced career planning course designed to help students figure out their true purpose and goals in life. Without connecting a student’s education path to their emotions and dreams, their education quickly loses its relevance and meaning. A series of powerful videos with real life stories helps the student find deep motivation for success and will help them stay focused and keep coming to class because they are connecting their efforts to their dreams. This course contains 25 lessons, videos, and practice activities as well as a built-in personal career planning journal and plan.