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Indiana Adult Education & Career Pathways Build Your Next Step — Without Starting Over
Whether you’re working toward a GED or HSE, learning English, looking for job training, changing careers, or thinking about college, Indiana has many programs and resources that can help.
The challenge is knowing where to start, what programs are legitimate, how to pay for training, and which options actually fit your life.
This free Indiana track helps you understand your options, compare careers and training, find funding and support, and choose a next step that fits your life.
Free access • No account or credit card required
Built for Indiana adult learners with input from an award-winning Indiana adult educator.
What You’ll Learn
Understand Indiana Adult Education
Learn about GED/HSE, ESL, career training, and ways adult education can connect to your next step.
Explore Careers That Fit
Use Indiana Career Explorer and other tools to identify careers that match your interests, skills, and goals.
Understand Indiana Job Demand
Learn how to use Hoosiers by the Numbers to see which careers are hiring, what they typically pay, and where opportunities are growing.
Find Education & Training
Explore WorkOne, Next Level Jobs, Ivy Tech, Vincennes University, apprenticeships, community college, and workforce training.
Figure Out How to Pay
Understand workforce grants, FAFSA, financial aid, employer assistance, and other ways to help pay for training.
Build a Realistic Plan
Factor in work, childcare, transportation, housing, digital access, disability-related supports, money, and time.
What’s Included in the Indiana Track
Use one short lesson or work through the full track. Each lesson focuses on a specific Indiana decision, resource, or next step.
Preview Lessons
Preview a few lessons below. The full Indiana track includes 16 short lessons covering adult education, careers, training, funding, support services, and next steps.
Indiana Resources
Explore the Indiana tools and organizations referenced throughout the track. Use these links to research careers, find training, check funding options, and locate support.
1. Career & Workforce
- Indiana Career Explorer — Explore careers and pathways that fit your interests.
- WorkOne — Find career, job, and workforce training support.
- Hoosiers by the Numbers — Explore Indiana job and wage trends.
2. Education & Training
- Indiana Adult Education — Find GED/HSE, ESL, and career training options.
- Ivy Tech & Vincennes University — Explore certificates, training, and college pathways.
3. Funding & Support
- Next Level Jobs — Learn about eligible workforce training funding.
- FAFSA — Explore financial aid options for eligible education programs.
- Vocational Rehabilitation — Find education and employment support for eligible Hoosiers with disabilities.
For Indiana Adult Educators, Career Navigators & Workforce Professionals
Use the full track during orientation or advising, or share individual lessons when a learner needs help with one specific decision.
GED/HSE & ESL Pathways
Careers, Training & Apprenticeships
WorkOne & Next Level Jobs
Ivy Tech, Vincennes & FAFSA
Support Services & Career Planning
There’s More Than One Way Forward in Indiana
Adult Education: GED/HSE • ESL • IET • Career Preparation
Short-Term Training: Certificates • Workforce Training • Industry Credentials
Community College: Ivy Tech • Vincennes • Career Certificates • Associate Degrees
Apprenticeships & Work-Based Learning: Registered Apprenticeships • SEAL Programs • Earn-and-Learn Options
Employment & Career Advancement: WorkOne • Career Exploration • Job Search • Skill Building
No account is required to watch. If you choose to create an account to save your progress, we only collect the information needed to provide that feature. See our Privacy Policy for details.
How It Works
Watch short videos, compare your options, and use simple tools to decide what to do next.
Step 1
Explore
Understand Indiana adult education, careers, training, apprenticeships, colleges, and workforce programs.
Step 2
Compare
Compare cost, time, eligibility, funding, job opportunities, typical pay, support needs, and what each option could lead to.
Step 3
Plan
Use checklists, worksheets, and action-planning tools to identify your next step and what to do first.
Works on your phone, tablet, or computer. No account is required to watch.
Watch Short, Helpful Videos
Learn the essential topics, planning strategies, important decisions, and next steps through short, easy-to-follow lessons designed to help you prepare for your future.
Check the Provider
Training can open doors, but not every program offers the same value.
Your Plan Has to Work in Real Life
Choosing a career or training program is only part of the decision.
Your plan should fit your life.
Before choosing a program, look beyond the classroom and think about everything that could affect your ability to start, continue, and finish.
Childcare
Can you attend consistently?
Transportation
How will you get to class, training, or work?
Work Schedule
Can you realistically balance your job and education?
Housing & Food
Would instability make completing the program difficult?
Technology & Internet
Do you have the equipment and digital access you need?
Disability-Related Support
Could Vocational Rehabilitation or accessibility services help?
Need help with these barriers? See the Indiana Support Services and Vocational Rehabilitation lessons.
KEEP THIS IN MIND
A good plan isn't simply the option that looks best on paper. It's the option you can realistically start, continue, and complete.
Built With Real Indiana Adult Education Experience
Guidance informed by someone who works with adult learners every day.
2025 Indiana AACE
Outstanding Adult Educator
of the Year
View 2025 Award Recognition
Brenda, co-founder of Your Future Blueprint™, is an Indiana adult educator who works directly with adult learners, including English-language learners navigating education, work, and career decisions.
In 2025, she was recognized as the Indiana AACE Outstanding Adult Educator of the Year.
That experience helps Your Future Blueprint focus on the questions adult learners actually face — not just what looks good on paper.
What that means for this track:
- ✓ Plain-language explanations
- ✓ Practical next steps
- ✓ Respect for different starting points
- ✓ Attention to work and family responsibilities
- ✓ Resources that adult educators can use with learners
- ✓ Multiple pathways — not just a four-year degree
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FAQ
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Can the track help me choose a training or career path?
Can educators use this track with adult learners?
You Don't Need to Know Your Entire Future Today.
You need a next step that makes sense.
Explore Indiana education, training, careers, workforce programs, financial aid, and support services — and build a plan that fits your life.
(Educator or navigator? Share this track with a learner or use individual lessons during advising.)
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