Coalition on Adult Basic Education
Erin Vobornik is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in adult education and language instruction. Currently serving as Initiatives Administrator at the Coalition on Adult Basic Education since January 2022, Erin also co-hosts COABE’s Adult Ed Advocast and coordinates the Students as Leaders program. Additionally, Erin holds the position of Educational Training Specialist at the Southern Illinois Professional Development Center and moderates the Teaching & Learning Community at LINCS. Erin has been an ESL Faculty member and Supervisor at Elgin Community College since September 2013, focusing on curriculum refinement, teacher support, and student retention. As an Adjunct Instructor at Northern Illinois University, Erin taught Applied Linguistics for Teachers in Multilingual Classrooms and previously contributed to onomastics research for A Year's Work in English Studies. Erin holds a Master of Arts in Linguistics and a Bachelor of Arts in French Business and Translation from Northern Illinois University.
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Coalition on Adult Basic Education
The Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) is the leading and largest adult education association in the world. Together, we are the voice of adult basic education nationwide! The Coalition on Adult Basic Education is organized to advance national and international adult education and literacy opportunities. The purposes of COABE are: • To promote adult education and literacy programs, including Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Family Literacy, Skills Development, Workforce Development, and other state, federal, and private programs which assist undereducated and/or disadvantaged adults to function effectively • To provide leadership in advancing the education of adults in the lifelong learning process by unifying the profession, developing human resources, encouraging and using research, communicating with the members and the public, offering other member services, and otherwise advancing adult education, and literacy • To advocate the development and dissemination of publications, research, methods, and materials, resources, and programs in adult education and literacy • To conduct and/or sponsor professional development conferences and activities that provide a forum to provide staff development and advance adult education and literacy Mission: To provide leadership, communication, professional development and advocacy for adult education and literacy practitioners in order to advance quality services for all adult learners.