Concurrent Session I
Monday, April 18, 2011
Interactive Learning I 2:10-3:40 p.m.
These sessions are designed to be interactive, and engage participants in collaborative problem solving associated with the topic. Ideally presenter(s) will introduce content that is informed by research on teaching and learning or that offers a model innovative practice and includes evidence from practice.
21st Century Professional Development: Harnessing Technology to Advance Educators' Content Knowledge
Through an interactive, Web-based presentation, participants explore three innovative electronic methods of delivering research-based professional development (PD). Before the presentation, participants reflect on the degree to which their current PD practices embrace the development of 21st century skills and digital literacy. After the presentation, participants evaluate the ways in which the methods presented support these goals. Participants next collaborate in teams to analyze a case study of adult educators and possible PD supports, coming to consensus on the PD need(s) and suggesting creative ways to address those needs, using one or more Web 2.0 tools described.
Presenter: Catherine Green, American Institutes for Research/CALPRO, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Classroom Coaching: A Learner-Centered Approach
This session will explore key concepts in the innovative practice of effectively coaching adult learners. Participants will take a detailed look at the relationship between student motivation and skill level. Specific coaching strategies that align with a learner-centered approach in a post-secondary transitions context will be discussed.
Presenter: Laura Kern, MA, CC, "The Classroom Coach", LJKern Enterprises, LLC, Florida
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
Cultural Components of Classroom Teaching
This session will address various cultural components that affect classroom teaching. Participants will learn more about how learners from various cultures are accustomed to specific approaches and classroom environments that can be delivered by the instructor. Cultural components can include degree of collaboration, silence as respect, teachers as equals or authority figures, role of learning and teaching. Participants will receive a variety of tools to identify the needs of their learners and the means to address those needs within a multicultural classroom. Finally, participants will be introduced to the development of an assessment tool to measure components of culture in a classroom.
Presenter: Dr. Jim Berger, Professor, Western Kentucky University, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Developing Oral English Proficiency in Adults
The presenter shares free resources from a new website that highlights level-appropriate speaking and listening activities for adults learning English. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of oral language proficiency and communicative language teaching, based on insights from second language acquisition research.
Presenter: Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Taylor A
In My Opinion…
Problem-solving strategies, situational judgment, cooperating with others, resolving conflicts, active listening—these are skills necessary for transitioning to the workplace, as well as in daily life. Learn how to incorporate these real-world skills into your classroom by participating in games, activities, and real-world scenarios.
Presenter: Bonnie Goonen, Trainer, Education and Training Connections, Florida
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-3:40 p.m. Room: Van Ness
ITAEC 2.0/Technology for Classroom
Presenter will involve participants in interactive activities used during Integrating Technology into the AE Classroom (ITAEC), a SC Dept. of Ed graduate course for adult educators. Presenter will introduce Web 2.0 tools that will be integrated into a new course, ITAEC 2.0.
Presenter: Dr. Mary Gaston, South Carolina Department of Education, South Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Taylor B
K-12 ELD Frameworks for Adult Education
Participants will engage in an interactive presentation of an ELD framework for Adult Education ESL or Family Literacy instruction. Participants will practice designing a simple lesson as a way to apply the principles they learned. They will learn about and practice using dynamic tools that teach explicit language learning. Participants will learn from and leave with an example of and EL Civics unit that implements the ELD framework.
Presenters:
Lead Presenter: Kelley Keith, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Co-Presenter: Jody Talkington, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Co-Presenter: David Harris, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Powell A & B
Making a Difference: State Advocacy Strategies that Work!
Hear from organizers of various state advocacy networks to see how they run successful campaigns that increase adult education funding or save adult education from cuts. Gain practical ideas for organizing or strengthening your own state or local advocacy network. Leave with resources and strategies to implement when you return home.
Presenters:
*Jackie Taylor, Advocacy Chair, National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) and Incoming President-Elect COABE, Tennessee
*Kathi Medcalf, Director, Sanford School Department, Sanford, Maine
*David J. Rosen, President, Newsome Associates
*Alan Toops, Executive Director, The Ohio Literacy Network, Columbus, Ohio
*JoAnn Weinberger, Chair, Legislative Committee, Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE) and President/Executive Director, Center for Literacy, Philadelphia
Educational Focus: Advocacy and Marketing
Additional Educational Focus: Public Policy
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Motivating ESL Student-to-Student Interactions
This interactive learning session focuses on strategies that engage students with each other and require little teacher preparation. The facilitator demonstrates strategies to use with class openers and visuals as well as strategies that develop listening, grammar, speaking, reading, and writing. Participants receive a detailed handout.
Presenter: K. Lynn Savage, ESL Consultant and Ventures Author, City College of San Francisco
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Sutter
National Work Readiness Credential Preparation
The CVES NWRC course was created to enable job seekers to be well prepared to enter the workforce with the necessary skills to not only succeed in entry-level work, but to prepare for future training and continued growth and success in the workplace. The National Institute for Literacy’s Equipped for the Future Skills offers the foundation for standards based instruction and assessment, certifying that candidates for the NWRC are assessed on the skills needed in an emerging marketplace.
Presenters:
*Michele Armani, Coordinator, CV-TEC Literacy Zone
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Workforce Development
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Online Course Development for Technology Integration
Participants will engage in a discussion on why and how programs might use a learning management system, such as Moodle, to enhance their technology integration and expand their distance learning options. Participants will experience various online courses developed by programs to meet the needs of ESL, ABE and GED students and incorporate 21st Century Skills. An explanation of course development will be discussed and include a step-by-step model that can be adapted for program use. Participants will leave with resources for getting started on course development using a learning management system.
Presenter: Penny Pearson, Coordinator for Distance Learning Projects, OTAN, Sacramento, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Purposeful Reading, Intentional Teaching
Come explore the interplay between reading purpose and strategic reading. Participants will learn how to build from the current reading practices of learners to help them expand the types of reading which they can successfully accomplish—both in academic and non-academic settings.
Presenter: Amy Trawick, Leadership and Educational Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 19 & 20
Putting Our Best Foot Forward: Helping Adults with Learning Disabilities Succeed
Participants will discuss strategies and resources in the LINCS Resource Collections that help adults successfully transition to work, vocational training, and/or postsecondary educational opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring the challenges adults face in transitioning to and succeeding in workforce and education.
Presenter: Aaron Kohring, UT Center for Literacy Studies, Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Additional Educational Focus: LINCS
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 5 & 6
Sensory Processing in the Modern Classroom
What do your students physiologically experience during near-point work? Learn to recognize a sensory processing problem. Feel your dominant sense override all others in this hands-on workshop. Pair off to practice screening and sensory development activities. 1 in 4 have a hidden processing problem. Is this a factor for your learners?
Presenter: Leslie Peters, Author/Producer, Sensory Processing “Video Courses for Online Learning”, sensoryprocessingcourses.com, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
Social Change: What Does It Mean For Your Program?
As work readiness for post-secondary education and training take center stage in our field, how can we provide other types of educational opportunities for adult students? Will adult education in the future address only the needs of adults as workers but also in all facets of their lives? Does it mean equipping students to find jobs in the current economy? Does it mean seeing learners not just as people who could shape what society looks like-for the benefit of all?
Presenter: Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director, Voice of Adult Learners United to Educate (VALUE) Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
The Math Classroom in the 21st Century
Experience the proven success of math taught via new-fangled distance delivery with old-fashioned instructional support and manipulatives. See how inexpensive 21st century technology, a master instructor, students and facilitators at 9 remote sites create one dynamic interactive classroom supporting both student and professional development.
Presenter: Arva Carlson, Education Manager, Nine Star, Alaska
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: The 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Transition Math
This workshop provides Math teachers with teaching strategies and simple tools that will help remove the fear of math that hinders adults from learning. Teachers will learn how to teach math at a level more readily understood by their students.
Presenter: Anthony Chan, Texas LEARNS/The State Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy, Houston, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Numeracy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 13
Transition of GED Students into Postsecondary
This presentation describes an externally funded research study that identified best practices for adult education students’ (ABE and ESOL) successful transition into postsecondary settings. Participants will learn about the study and how the results affect students’ transition into developmental education programs and certificate programs.
Presenter: Mary Helen Martinez, Director, Transition Project, Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Post-Secondary Transitions and Student Re-Entry Programs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
Transitioning & Contextualized Curriculum: It's Here to Stay, But What is it, and How Do I Do It?
Transitioning adult learners beyond the adult education classroom to post-secondary education and/or the workplace is currently a national focus. A key element is the integration of contextualized instruction within the basic skills (reading, writing, math) curriculum. This workshop is designed to engage participants in an enhanced awareness of what these concepts mean and how they will impact adult education programs, educators, and students.
Presenters:
*Bevan Gibson, Director, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Sarah Goldammer, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Colleen Potter, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Linda Cox, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 9
Writing Strategies for Higher Achievement
This presentation demystifies the teaching of writing in ABE ESL programs. This interactive learning session describes successful implementation of writing strategies in a Basic Skills class. Participants will practice academic approaches that assist students in achieving their personal and academic goals while learning the writing process.
Presenter: Gail Hettich, Instructor, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Lombard
21st Century Professional Development: Harnessing Technology to Advance Educators' Content Knowledge
Through an interactive, Web-based presentation, participants explore three innovative electronic methods of delivering research-based professional development (PD). Before the presentation, participants reflect on the degree to which their current PD practices embrace the development of 21st century skills and digital literacy. After the presentation, participants evaluate the ways in which the methods presented support these goals. Participants next collaborate in teams to analyze a case study of adult educators and possible PD supports, coming to consensus on the PD need(s) and suggesting creative ways to address those needs, using one or more Web 2.0 tools described.
Presenter: Catherine Green, American Institutes for Research/CALPRO, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Classroom Coaching: A Learner-Centered Approach
This session will explore key concepts in the innovative practice of effectively coaching adult learners. Participants will take a detailed look at the relationship between student motivation and skill level. Specific coaching strategies that align with a learner-centered approach in a post-secondary transitions context will be discussed.
Presenter: Laura Kern, MA, CC, "The Classroom Coach", LJKern Enterprises, LLC, Florida
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
Cultural Components of Classroom Teaching
This session will address various cultural components that affect classroom teaching. Participants will learn more about how learners from various cultures are accustomed to specific approaches and classroom environments that can be delivered by the instructor. Cultural components can include degree of collaboration, silence as respect, teachers as equals or authority figures, role of learning and teaching. Participants will receive a variety of tools to identify the needs of their learners and the means to address those needs within a multicultural classroom. Finally, participants will be introduced to the development of an assessment tool to measure components of culture in a classroom.
Presenter: Dr. Jim Berger, Professor, Western Kentucky University, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Developing Oral English Proficiency in Adults
The presenter shares free resources from a new website that highlights level-appropriate speaking and listening activities for adults learning English. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of oral language proficiency and communicative language teaching, based on insights from second language acquisition research.
Presenter: Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Taylor A
In My Opinion…
Problem-solving strategies, situational judgment, cooperating with others, resolving conflicts, active listening—these are skills necessary for transitioning to the workplace, as well as in daily life. Learn how to incorporate these real-world skills into your classroom by participating in games, activities, and real-world scenarios.
Presenter: Bonnie Goonen, Trainer, Education and Training Connections, Florida
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-3:40 p.m. Room: Van Ness
ITAEC 2.0/Technology for Classroom
Presenter will involve participants in interactive activities used during Integrating Technology into the AE Classroom (ITAEC), a SC Dept. of Ed graduate course for adult educators. Presenter will introduce Web 2.0 tools that will be integrated into a new course, ITAEC 2.0.
Presenter: Dr. Mary Gaston, South Carolina Department of Education, South Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Taylor B
K-12 ELD Frameworks for Adult Education
Participants will engage in an interactive presentation of an ELD framework for Adult Education ESL or Family Literacy instruction. Participants will practice designing a simple lesson as a way to apply the principles they learned. They will learn about and practice using dynamic tools that teach explicit language learning. Participants will learn from and leave with an example of and EL Civics unit that implements the ELD framework.
Presenters:
Lead Presenter: Kelley Keith, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Co-Presenter: Jody Talkington, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Co-Presenter: David Harris, Family Literacy Liaison, Oakland Adult and Career Education
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Powell A & B
Making a Difference: State Advocacy Strategies that Work!
Hear from organizers of various state advocacy networks to see how they run successful campaigns that increase adult education funding or save adult education from cuts. Gain practical ideas for organizing or strengthening your own state or local advocacy network. Leave with resources and strategies to implement when you return home.
Presenters:
*Jackie Taylor, Advocacy Chair, National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) and Incoming President-Elect COABE, Tennessee
*Kathi Medcalf, Director, Sanford School Department, Sanford, Maine
*David J. Rosen, President, Newsome Associates
*Alan Toops, Executive Director, The Ohio Literacy Network, Columbus, Ohio
*JoAnn Weinberger, Chair, Legislative Committee, Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE) and President/Executive Director, Center for Literacy, Philadelphia
Educational Focus: Advocacy and Marketing
Additional Educational Focus: Public Policy
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Motivating ESL Student-to-Student Interactions
This interactive learning session focuses on strategies that engage students with each other and require little teacher preparation. The facilitator demonstrates strategies to use with class openers and visuals as well as strategies that develop listening, grammar, speaking, reading, and writing. Participants receive a detailed handout.
Presenter: K. Lynn Savage, ESL Consultant and Ventures Author, City College of San Francisco
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Sutter
National Work Readiness Credential Preparation
The CVES NWRC course was created to enable job seekers to be well prepared to enter the workforce with the necessary skills to not only succeed in entry-level work, but to prepare for future training and continued growth and success in the workplace. The National Institute for Literacy’s Equipped for the Future Skills offers the foundation for standards based instruction and assessment, certifying that candidates for the NWRC are assessed on the skills needed in an emerging marketplace.
Presenters:
*Michele Armani, Coordinator, CV-TEC Literacy Zone
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Workforce Development
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Online Course Development for Technology Integration
Participants will engage in a discussion on why and how programs might use a learning management system, such as Moodle, to enhance their technology integration and expand their distance learning options. Participants will experience various online courses developed by programs to meet the needs of ESL, ABE and GED students and incorporate 21st Century Skills. An explanation of course development will be discussed and include a step-by-step model that can be adapted for program use. Participants will leave with resources for getting started on course development using a learning management system.
Presenter: Penny Pearson, Coordinator for Distance Learning Projects, OTAN, Sacramento, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Purposeful Reading, Intentional Teaching
Come explore the interplay between reading purpose and strategic reading. Participants will learn how to build from the current reading practices of learners to help them expand the types of reading which they can successfully accomplish—both in academic and non-academic settings.
Presenter: Amy Trawick, Leadership and Educational Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 19 & 20
Putting Our Best Foot Forward: Helping Adults with Learning Disabilities Succeed
Participants will discuss strategies and resources in the LINCS Resource Collections that help adults successfully transition to work, vocational training, and/or postsecondary educational opportunities. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring the challenges adults face in transitioning to and succeeding in workforce and education.
Presenter: Aaron Kohring, UT Center for Literacy Studies, Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Additional Educational Focus: LINCS
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 5 & 6
Sensory Processing in the Modern Classroom
What do your students physiologically experience during near-point work? Learn to recognize a sensory processing problem. Feel your dominant sense override all others in this hands-on workshop. Pair off to practice screening and sensory development activities. 1 in 4 have a hidden processing problem. Is this a factor for your learners?
Presenter: Leslie Peters, Author/Producer, Sensory Processing “Video Courses for Online Learning”, sensoryprocessingcourses.com, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
Social Change: What Does It Mean For Your Program?
As work readiness for post-secondary education and training take center stage in our field, how can we provide other types of educational opportunities for adult students? Will adult education in the future address only the needs of adults as workers but also in all facets of their lives? Does it mean equipping students to find jobs in the current economy? Does it mean seeing learners not just as people who could shape what society looks like-for the benefit of all?
Presenter: Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director, Voice of Adult Learners United to Educate (VALUE) Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
The Math Classroom in the 21st Century
Experience the proven success of math taught via new-fangled distance delivery with old-fashioned instructional support and manipulatives. See how inexpensive 21st century technology, a master instructor, students and facilitators at 9 remote sites create one dynamic interactive classroom supporting both student and professional development.
Presenter: Arva Carlson, Education Manager, Nine Star, Alaska
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: The 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Transition Math
This workshop provides Math teachers with teaching strategies and simple tools that will help remove the fear of math that hinders adults from learning. Teachers will learn how to teach math at a level more readily understood by their students.
Presenter: Anthony Chan, Texas LEARNS/The State Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy, Houston, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Numeracy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 13
Transition of GED Students into Postsecondary
This presentation describes an externally funded research study that identified best practices for adult education students’ (ABE and ESOL) successful transition into postsecondary settings. Participants will learn about the study and how the results affect students’ transition into developmental education programs and certificate programs.
Presenter: Mary Helen Martinez, Director, Transition Project, Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Post-Secondary Transitions and Student Re-Entry Programs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
Transitioning & Contextualized Curriculum: It's Here to Stay, But What is it, and How Do I Do It?
Transitioning adult learners beyond the adult education classroom to post-secondary education and/or the workplace is currently a national focus. A key element is the integration of contextualized instruction within the basic skills (reading, writing, math) curriculum. This workshop is designed to engage participants in an enhanced awareness of what these concepts mean and how they will impact adult education programs, educators, and students.
Presenters:
*Bevan Gibson, Director, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Sarah Goldammer, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Colleen Potter, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
*Linda Cox, Training Specialist, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 9
Writing Strategies for Higher Achievement
This presentation demystifies the teaching of writing in ABE ESL programs. This interactive learning session describes successful implementation of writing strategies in a Basic Skills class. Participants will practice academic approaches that assist students in achieving their personal and academic goals while learning the writing process.
Presenter: Gail Hettich, Instructor, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10–3:40 p.m. Room: Lombard
Lecture Presentation IA 2:10-2:50 p.m.
Presenter(s) will introduce and explore in lecture format information on adult education research, policy, and practice. There will be limited participant interaction in the session, but it may include Q & A.
A Transitional Jobs Approach to Integrating Contextualized Literacy with Paid Work Experience
Transitional Jobs (TJ) is a workforce strategy of time-limited jobs combining real work, skill development, and supportive services. Adult basic education is an essential component of many TJ programs, and contextualizing curricula and instruction to the TJ work experience shows promise in enhancing both employment and academic outcomes. This workshop will give an overview of TJ, best practices, and resources for planning, funding and implementation, as well as a successful program example for integrating contextualized literacy and numeracy instruction with TJ. Chris Warland, Program and Policy Liaison with Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights will be present to describe the pilot and answer questions.
Presenters: Chris Warland, Program and Policy Liaison, National Transitional Jobs Network, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Chicago, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Capturing the Employability Skills of ABE Students
Our basic skills and ESL students face greater barriers to finding employment. Using what employers tell us about the need for both academic and soft skills, instructors discover ways to contextualize workforce skills training in the adult education classroom. Participants will take-away employer-recognized tools, resources, and strategies.
Presenter: Joan Polster, Senior Associate, Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation, Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS), California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
Improved Outcomes with Computer-Assisted Instruction in Mathematics and English Language Skills for Adult Learners
Computer-Assisted Instruction, innovative tutoring approaches, and the A+dvancer Online software, aligned with college-readiness proficiencies, leads adult students to improved placement test scores (84%), retention (85%), and success (84%).
Presenter: John Vassiliou, M.S., Director, Computer Courtyard/Learning Resources at Miami Dade College, Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Technology and Professional Development from Afar
Come see how exciting it can be to use technology in the classroom! We'll tell you about an online professional development project which facilitated new uses of technology in adult education settings across the country. Learn to use technology to create collaboration and learning experiences in your own classroom.
Presenter: Susan Gaer, Professor, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, Santa Ana, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
A Transitional Jobs Approach to Integrating Contextualized Literacy with Paid Work Experience
Transitional Jobs (TJ) is a workforce strategy of time-limited jobs combining real work, skill development, and supportive services. Adult basic education is an essential component of many TJ programs, and contextualizing curricula and instruction to the TJ work experience shows promise in enhancing both employment and academic outcomes. This workshop will give an overview of TJ, best practices, and resources for planning, funding and implementation, as well as a successful program example for integrating contextualized literacy and numeracy instruction with TJ. Chris Warland, Program and Policy Liaison with Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights will be present to describe the pilot and answer questions.
Presenters: Chris Warland, Program and Policy Liaison, National Transitional Jobs Network, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Chicago, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Capturing the Employability Skills of ABE Students
Our basic skills and ESL students face greater barriers to finding employment. Using what employers tell us about the need for both academic and soft skills, instructors discover ways to contextualize workforce skills training in the adult education classroom. Participants will take-away employer-recognized tools, resources, and strategies.
Presenter: Joan Polster, Senior Associate, Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation, Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS), California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
Improved Outcomes with Computer-Assisted Instruction in Mathematics and English Language Skills for Adult Learners
Computer-Assisted Instruction, innovative tutoring approaches, and the A+dvancer Online software, aligned with college-readiness proficiencies, leads adult students to improved placement test scores (84%), retention (85%), and success (84%).
Presenter: John Vassiliou, M.S., Director, Computer Courtyard/Learning Resources at Miami Dade College, Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Technology and Professional Development from Afar
Come see how exciting it can be to use technology in the classroom! We'll tell you about an online professional development project which facilitated new uses of technology in adult education settings across the country. Learn to use technology to create collaboration and learning experiences in your own classroom.
Presenter: Susan Gaer, Professor, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, Santa Ana, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 2:10-2:50 p.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Lecture Presentation IB 3:00-3:40 p.m.
Presenter(s) will introduce and explore in lecture format information on adult education research, policy, and practice. There will be limited participant interaction in the session, but it may include Q & A.
Accelerated GED Results with Paxen Learning
GED Prep Xcelerator ranks as one of the nation’s premier accelerated programs for students seeking to obtain their GED certificates. Learners complete the program in as little as two or three weeks and at a success rate (90 percent or higher) that exceeds the national average.
Presenter: Deanna Crosson, Senior Sales Consultant, Paxen Learning
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: GED Preparation
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation I, 3:00-3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 1, 2
Cell Phones & Adult Learning
Cell phones can be noisy and distracting. But they can also be an aid to adult learning (Docksai, 2009). The presentation will examine the past five-year literature on cell phone use in adult teachings.
Presenter: Tenzin Yeshi, University of Wyoming, Wyoming
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Technology
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Digital Literacy: Global Standards in the Workforce
ICDL is the world's leading certification in digital literacy—this session looks at the role digital literacy in workforce and adult education using examples form the US, and around the world.
Presenters:
*Lisa Dunphy Boyle, ICDL US
*Daphne Peterson, ICDL US
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Digital Literacy the Key to Career Readiness
The digital divide is widening leaving job seekers farther from meaningful employment. In this session you will learn how to improve 21st century workforce readiness through simple digital skills.
Presenter: Quinn Sutton, Senior Vice President, Digital Literacy, Certiport
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Career Technical Education (CTE)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
Accelerated GED Results with Paxen Learning
GED Prep Xcelerator ranks as one of the nation’s premier accelerated programs for students seeking to obtain their GED certificates. Learners complete the program in as little as two or three weeks and at a success rate (90 percent or higher) that exceeds the national average.
Presenter: Deanna Crosson, Senior Sales Consultant, Paxen Learning
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: GED Preparation
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation I, 3:00-3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 1, 2
Cell Phones & Adult Learning
Cell phones can be noisy and distracting. But they can also be an aid to adult learning (Docksai, 2009). The presentation will examine the past five-year literature on cell phone use in adult teachings.
Presenter: Tenzin Yeshi, University of Wyoming, Wyoming
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Technology
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Digital Literacy: Global Standards in the Workforce
ICDL is the world's leading certification in digital literacy—this session looks at the role digital literacy in workforce and adult education using examples form the US, and around the world.
Presenters:
*Lisa Dunphy Boyle, ICDL US
*Daphne Peterson, ICDL US
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Digital Literacy the Key to Career Readiness
The digital divide is widening leaving job seekers farther from meaningful employment. In this session you will learn how to improve 21st century workforce readiness through simple digital skills.
Presenter: Quinn Sutton, Senior Vice President, Digital Literacy, Certiport
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Career Technical Education (CTE)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session I, 3:00–3:40 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
