Adult Educational Services
WPBS-DT works in cooperation with the New York State Education Department, BOCES, and other education agencies to provide adults the opportunity to earn a high school diploma, develop literacy skills, focus on career skills, or learn English as a second language. These programs offer a supplement to the classroom instruction and workbook activities provided at local adult learning centers.
Adult Ed programs are broadcast weekdays Tuesday through Thursday at 12:00 PM & 12:30.
Tuesday
12:00 PM
Economics USA
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Explore the fundamentals of economic history, theory, and practice, including microeconomics and macroeconomics, through interviews with Nobel Prize-winning economists.
12:30 PM
TV 411
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Even if your formal education has been limited, TV411 can help you develop your reading and job skills. It will also give you a leg up on GED preparation.
Wednesday
12:00 PM
Learn To Read
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Designed especially for adult new readers, Learn to Read provides an effective start in reading. The series shows adult non-readers the connection between letters and sounds in our language. ESL teachers find Learn to Read helpful also for adults interested in practicing pronunciation.
12:30 PM
GED Connection
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Even if your formal education has been limited, TV411 can help you develop your reading and job skills. It will also give you a leg up on GED preparation.
Thursday
12:00 PM
Workplace Essential Skills
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Improve your opportunities at work. Learn basic skills to meet on-the-job challenges like demanding customers, difficult supervisors, and negativity among your co-workers.
12:30 PM
Crossroads Caf�
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Visit Crossroads Caf� to meet speakers of English as a second language. The drama and comedy of their lives will help the new English speaker learn English at home.
Friday
12:00 PM
Assignment The World
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Assignment: The World (ATW) is a young adultﾒs and childﾒs (grades 4th ﾖ 8th) current events program designed to be used in the classroom. It is a fast-paced, interactive program that covers the top news stories of the week from around the world. ATW helps its viewers to understand the world around them and how events in other countries can and do effect their lives. Instant pop quizzes, clues in the news and issue questions offer interactive.
12:30 PM
Earth Revealed
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This series shows the physical processes and human activities that shape our planet. From earthquakes and volcanoes to the creation of sea-floor crusts and shifting river courses, Earth Revealed offers stunning visuals that explain plate tectonics and other geologic concepts and principles.
Additional Services
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