We're back! And we are pleased to be joined by Jennifer Schroeder, the newly installed Director of Adult Education for South Arkansas Community College. Listen in as we find out about her background, what attracted her to adult education and brought her and her family to Arkansas from Orange Beach, Alabama, and how to tell good seafood from bad. Plus, stick around afterward for some updates and announcements for upcoming events in AdultEdLand. Get into it!

In this episode, we discuss what exactly WAGE is, how it has evolved over the years, how the new WAGE program differs from previous iterations, and how it is set up to benefit students and programs. We also dig even deeper with specific questions surrounding WAGE™, many of which are director-driven. Plus, we find out a little bit about LaJuana, and what she did before joining the team in Adult Education.

As many of you know, Southeast PA - and friend of the pod - Jana Jenkins, has moved on to bigger and better things. But we couldn't let her leave without a proper Effective & Efficient sendoff! This week we reminisce with Jana about her time in adult ed, chat with her about what she will miss, and more.


If you have an Arkansas Adult Education story to share with us - whether it's of a student, a teacher, or just something great going on at a program, we want to hear about it! Reach out to Dan at daniel.bingaman@arkansas.gov or Jon at Jon.Lee@arkansas.gov, and your story might be featured on a future episode of the podcast.