What is I-BEST?

Integrated Basic Skills pairs English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and General Education Development (GED) instructors with professional-technical instructors in the same classroom to concurrently provide literacy education and workforce skills training to Basic Education (ABE/GED) and English as a Second Language adult students.

This integrated approach provides just the right level of education in just the amount for students to succeed in workforce training. In this integrated model, the Basic Skills curriculum is tailored to the skills that are needed to learn and do the job for which the student is training. The basic skills are all taught in the context of the career.

The State of Washington's economy is highly dependent on the creation of pathways to success in the workforce for English Language Learners and Adult Basic Education students. The Integrated Basic Skills program fully addresses the need to provide work skills and basic education in a timelier manner. This has proven to be an effective approach to teaching and learning, for ESL, ABE and GED students.

I-BEST Curriculum

Aviation

Green River Community College- Aviation I-BEST 

Green River Community College - Aviation Career Pathway

Peninsula College- Composites Structures

Manufacturing and Production 

 Electronics Technology - Edmonds Community College

Advanced Manufacturing - Everett Community College

Manufacturing Skills - Lower Columbia College

Manufacturing Technology - Olympic College   I-BEST Video

CNC Machinist - Shoreline Community College

Welding Technology - Bellingham Technical College   I-BEST Video

Welding - Big Bend Community College

Welding/Fabrication - Everett Community College

Welding Technology - Grays Harbor Community College

Welding - Green River Community College

Welding - Olympic College

Welding Technology - Peninsula College