Accelerating Opportunity - Kansas | AO-K

Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas (AO-K) is an integrated education and training (IET) model delivered in partnership between adult education and career technical education (CTE) programs. AO-K is designed to help students complete career pathways, earn industry-recognized credentials, and begin their careers. Career pathways are approved career technical education programs at Kansas’s public community and technical colleges in which:

• Courses are team-taught with a basic skills instructor
• AO-K pathways are a minimum of 12 credit hours in a high-demand and high-wage occupation
• Institutions provide wraparound support services, including, but not limited to, advising, transition coaching, and assistance in connecting to community resources
• Supplemental instruction is provided

Nationally, IET programs such as AO-K have been proven to help students earn more credit hours, complete programs, and succeed where they may have otherwise struggled.