Concurrent Session II
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lecture Presentation IIA 3:50-4:30 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.
The Affects of HQSPD on Adult Learning
This session focuses on the relationships of high-quality, sustained professional development (HQSPD) to student achievement in reading, mathematics and English language acquisition in adults. Presenters will discuss existing mediators/moderators of PD interventions and the malleable factors associated with student achievement. Presenter: Dr. Michelle Janysek, Director, The Texas Adult Education Credential Project, Texas State University, Texas
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50–4:30 p.m. Room: Van Ness
Bridging the Gap: The Career Pathways Model and the Role of ABE in Economic & Workforce Development
Conferees will examine career pathways, an emerging ABE model that addresses the disconnect between basic skills/postsecondary training and the emerging needs of business and industry.
Presenter: Bill Walker, Wonderlic, Inc.
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Center for Community Building to End Poverty
The Center for Community Building to End Poverty is a virtual center created by a unique collaboration among a private non-profit agency, a land-grant university, and a monastery. It brings together the skills and expertise of work aimed at ending poverty, the strengths of academic research and evaluation, and a model of an inclusive, self-sustaining community. The Center offers several best practices and community education to help people get the power and influence they need to get themselves out of poverty. This presentation will provide a description of those practices and their outcomes toward creating a broader awareness of the realities of poverty.
Presenter: Kathee Tifft, Extension Educator, University of Idaho
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Converting an Existing F2F Course to ELearning
Finding the best way to turn a F2F training into an interactive classroom experience takes creativity, an understanding of e-learning principles, and a lot of patience. Today it has become clear the one-size-fits-all approach of a bullet-point power point has little connection to the way people learn.
Presenter: Mary Lorenz, The Credential Project, Texas State University
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Creating a Transition to Careers for Adult ESL
This session provides an inside view of a transitions program that prepares Adult ESL for high-demand jobs as they obtain college credit. Participants will learn about the systemic processes and community alliances needed to make such a program work.
Presenter: Gilda Rubio-Festa, Associate Dean of Basic Skills, Central Piedmont Community College, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: English as a Second Language
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Squre 25
Immigration and ESL: A Policy Update
Now that a new administration and a new Congress are in place in Washington, what is happening with immigration reform and integration? What are the proposals impacting adult ESL education? Does immigration reform have a realistic chance of passing in the 112th Congress? This session will look at the latest developments in Washington impacting adult English language learners and adult ESL educators.
Lead Presenter: John Segota, Director of Advocacy and Public Relations, TESOL
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50–4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Learners with Nonapparent Disabilities
Teaching in an adult education or workplace program increases the chance that you are working with an individual with a non-apparent disability. This workshop will provide you with an overview of non-apparent disabilities and practical methods to understand how to assist learners to meet goals and outcomes.
Presenter: Nancie Payne, President/CEO, Payne & Associates, Inc., Washington
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 14
Philanthropy + Governor = Regional Plan
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving invested $1.5 million dollars over 3 years via five grants to address adult literacy in the Hartford area. The grantees collaborative work led to the outline of a regional plan. Simultaneously, Connecticut's Governor signed an executive order directing each WIB to create a regional plan for adult literacy.
Presenter: Newt Clark, Capitol Regional Educational Council CREC, Hartford, Connecticut
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 9
Professional Development for ABE Support Staff
Professional developers should not forget the education and training needs of support staff. Presenters will highlight and share research initiatives from Minnesota:
1. An online survey to assess background and training needs
2. Focus group data collected to identify the essential content of a new support staff credential
Presenters:
*Kimberly Johnson, Assistant Professor/Director, ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement Systems (ATLAS), Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
*Astrid Liden, ABE Professional Development Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education
*Marisa Geisler, ATLAS Program Administrator, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
*Brad Hasskamp, ABE Policy and Operations Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development, sponsored by the Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developer (AALPD)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Project EASE: The Do's and Don’t's of Pioneering an ABE Class for Specialized Populations
Learn about the do’s and don’ts of recruiting, instructing, and retaining Adult Basic Education Students from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Presenters will discuss Project EASE (Educational Assistance to Support Employability) a class created primarily for 18–24 year old African American Males under the auspice of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s CALL Program. Attendees will learn about unique recruiting efforts, distinct lesson planning, and specialized classroom activities used to attain and maintain class membership. The creators will disclose what did and did not work for this population as well as discuss empirical and anecdotal outcomes achieved.
Presenters:
*Rhea Watson, Literacy Training, Las Vegas–Clark County Library District–CALL Program, Nevada
*Connie Barker, Literacy Services Coordinator, Las Vegas–Clark County Library District–CALL Program, Nevada
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Reading for Meaning-Fluently
The inability to read fluently or comprehend what is being read is a key impediment to the acquisition of a job. Learn how to develop fluency, support vocabulary, and promote comprehension by combining the powerful, research-based strategies. This session describes Read Naturally, but the strategies can be used with any classroom reading materials.
Presenter: Kristi Vincent, Read Naturally, Inc., Minnesota
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Lombard
Ready, Set, Diploma!
Kick off your year to a great start using research-based strategies that increase motivation among adult basic education learners. This presentation will also share ways to collaborate with local school districts to increase retention rates for adult basic education learners and high school dropouts.
Presenter: Stephanie Bostick, Alabama State University, Alabama
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Secondary Education (ASE) HS Diploma
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Sutter
Reducing Assessment Administration Time with TABE Online
Assessment administration can be a labor intensive proposition. This session will demonstrate the efficiencies of TABE Online, offering adult educators flexible options for delivering, scoring and reporting assessments. By providing speedier administration of TABE, educators can spend more time using the assessment data to develop learning paths and increase learner gains. Each attendee will receive a free 60 day trial.
Presenter: Mike Johnson, Product Manager of Adult Assessments, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Program Management and Improvement
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Powell A & B
SkillsTutor Optimizing Student Achievement
Exemplary practices, using technology to provide differentiated instruction will be demonstrated and discussed. SkillsTutor, has online programs that cover Math, Reading, Writing, Language, Science, and align with the TABES 9 & 10. All of the easy-to-use products assess skills, prescribe lesson assignments, monitor progress, and report results.
Presenter: Steven Ewert, Teacher, Fresno Adult Education
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Socially Just, Learner Centered Education
With a philosophy that unites learner-centeredness, meta-cognition and social justice, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional para la Educacin de los Adultos (INEA) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) have partnered to provide primary and secondary education in Spanish to adult learners who never began or never completed their education.
Presenters:
*Michelle Cotter, Manager, Educational Services, CCA
*Jorge Diaz Stringel, Assistant Director, International Affairs, INFA
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Correctional Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 9
Transitioning English Learners into Health Care Career Classes
Are your health care career students having difficulty because their English skills aren't strong enough? Try implementing a bridge class! Learn how one adult school created a bridge class to prepare English learners to be successful in their health care career classes. Step-by-step program guidance is provided in this presentation.
Presenters:
*Megan Brown, EL Civics Coordinator/ESL Teacher, Riverside Adult School, Riverside, California
*Kathleen Bywater, Career Technical Education Coordinator, Riverside Adult School, Riverside, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Post-Secondary Transitions and Re-Entry Programs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
Using Blogs to Enhance & Extend Writing (and Reading!) Practice
Explore and discuss ideas for using blogs as a part of writing (and reading) instruction. Facilitator will present a research-based rationale, and some examples/ideas and then solicit other ideas from participants. Facilitator will also discuss resources to assist/support participants in a) creating and/or finding blogs, and b) providing technical support to students to use blogs easily and effectively.
Presenter: Bill McNutt, IT Administrator III, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
What Women Learners Need: Bread and Roses
This session will recap the presentations and outgrowths from a Policy Forum held in Washington, Women’s Education and Economic Opportunity: The Role of Literacy. The event was jointly sponsored by the National Coalition for Literacy and the Institute on Women’s Policy Research to focus on data, research, policy and advocacy.
Presenter: Heidi Silver-Pacuilla, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
The Affects of HQSPD on Adult Learning
This session focuses on the relationships of high-quality, sustained professional development (HQSPD) to student achievement in reading, mathematics and English language acquisition in adults. Presenters will discuss existing mediators/moderators of PD interventions and the malleable factors associated with student achievement. Presenter: Dr. Michelle Janysek, Director, The Texas Adult Education Credential Project, Texas State University, Texas
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50–4:30 p.m. Room: Van Ness
Bridging the Gap: The Career Pathways Model and the Role of ABE in Economic & Workforce Development
Conferees will examine career pathways, an emerging ABE model that addresses the disconnect between basic skills/postsecondary training and the emerging needs of business and industry.
Presenter: Bill Walker, Wonderlic, Inc.
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Center for Community Building to End Poverty
The Center for Community Building to End Poverty is a virtual center created by a unique collaboration among a private non-profit agency, a land-grant university, and a monastery. It brings together the skills and expertise of work aimed at ending poverty, the strengths of academic research and evaluation, and a model of an inclusive, self-sustaining community. The Center offers several best practices and community education to help people get the power and influence they need to get themselves out of poverty. This presentation will provide a description of those practices and their outcomes toward creating a broader awareness of the realities of poverty.
Presenter: Kathee Tifft, Extension Educator, University of Idaho
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Converting an Existing F2F Course to ELearning
Finding the best way to turn a F2F training into an interactive classroom experience takes creativity, an understanding of e-learning principles, and a lot of patience. Today it has become clear the one-size-fits-all approach of a bullet-point power point has little connection to the way people learn.
Presenter: Mary Lorenz, The Credential Project, Texas State University
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Creating a Transition to Careers for Adult ESL
This session provides an inside view of a transitions program that prepares Adult ESL for high-demand jobs as they obtain college credit. Participants will learn about the systemic processes and community alliances needed to make such a program work.
Presenter: Gilda Rubio-Festa, Associate Dean of Basic Skills, Central Piedmont Community College, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: English as a Second Language
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Squre 25
Immigration and ESL: A Policy Update
Now that a new administration and a new Congress are in place in Washington, what is happening with immigration reform and integration? What are the proposals impacting adult ESL education? Does immigration reform have a realistic chance of passing in the 112th Congress? This session will look at the latest developments in Washington impacting adult English language learners and adult ESL educators.
Lead Presenter: John Segota, Director of Advocacy and Public Relations, TESOL
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50–4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Learners with Nonapparent Disabilities
Teaching in an adult education or workplace program increases the chance that you are working with an individual with a non-apparent disability. This workshop will provide you with an overview of non-apparent disabilities and practical methods to understand how to assist learners to meet goals and outcomes.
Presenter: Nancie Payne, President/CEO, Payne & Associates, Inc., Washington
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 14
Philanthropy + Governor = Regional Plan
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving invested $1.5 million dollars over 3 years via five grants to address adult literacy in the Hartford area. The grantees collaborative work led to the outline of a regional plan. Simultaneously, Connecticut's Governor signed an executive order directing each WIB to create a regional plan for adult literacy.
Presenter: Newt Clark, Capitol Regional Educational Council CREC, Hartford, Connecticut
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 9
Professional Development for ABE Support Staff
Professional developers should not forget the education and training needs of support staff. Presenters will highlight and share research initiatives from Minnesota:
1. An online survey to assess background and training needs
2. Focus group data collected to identify the essential content of a new support staff credential
Presenters:
*Kimberly Johnson, Assistant Professor/Director, ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement Systems (ATLAS), Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
*Astrid Liden, ABE Professional Development Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education
*Marisa Geisler, ATLAS Program Administrator, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
*Brad Hasskamp, ABE Policy and Operations Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development, sponsored by the Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developer (AALPD)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Project EASE: The Do's and Don’t's of Pioneering an ABE Class for Specialized Populations
Learn about the do’s and don’ts of recruiting, instructing, and retaining Adult Basic Education Students from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Presenters will discuss Project EASE (Educational Assistance to Support Employability) a class created primarily for 18–24 year old African American Males under the auspice of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s CALL Program. Attendees will learn about unique recruiting efforts, distinct lesson planning, and specialized classroom activities used to attain and maintain class membership. The creators will disclose what did and did not work for this population as well as discuss empirical and anecdotal outcomes achieved.
Presenters:
*Rhea Watson, Literacy Training, Las Vegas–Clark County Library District–CALL Program, Nevada
*Connie Barker, Literacy Services Coordinator, Las Vegas–Clark County Library District–CALL Program, Nevada
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Reading for Meaning-Fluently
The inability to read fluently or comprehend what is being read is a key impediment to the acquisition of a job. Learn how to develop fluency, support vocabulary, and promote comprehension by combining the powerful, research-based strategies. This session describes Read Naturally, but the strategies can be used with any classroom reading materials.
Presenter: Kristi Vincent, Read Naturally, Inc., Minnesota
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Lombard
Ready, Set, Diploma!
Kick off your year to a great start using research-based strategies that increase motivation among adult basic education learners. This presentation will also share ways to collaborate with local school districts to increase retention rates for adult basic education learners and high school dropouts.
Presenter: Stephanie Bostick, Alabama State University, Alabama
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Secondary Education (ASE) HS Diploma
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Sutter
Reducing Assessment Administration Time with TABE Online
Assessment administration can be a labor intensive proposition. This session will demonstrate the efficiencies of TABE Online, offering adult educators flexible options for delivering, scoring and reporting assessments. By providing speedier administration of TABE, educators can spend more time using the assessment data to develop learning paths and increase learner gains. Each attendee will receive a free 60 day trial.
Presenter: Mike Johnson, Product Manager of Adult Assessments, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Program Management and Improvement
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Powell A & B
SkillsTutor Optimizing Student Achievement
Exemplary practices, using technology to provide differentiated instruction will be demonstrated and discussed. SkillsTutor, has online programs that cover Math, Reading, Writing, Language, Science, and align with the TABES 9 & 10. All of the easy-to-use products assess skills, prescribe lesson assignments, monitor progress, and report results.
Presenter: Steven Ewert, Teacher, Fresno Adult Education
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Socially Just, Learner Centered Education
With a philosophy that unites learner-centeredness, meta-cognition and social justice, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional para la Educacin de los Adultos (INEA) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) have partnered to provide primary and secondary education in Spanish to adult learners who never began or never completed their education.
Presenters:
*Michelle Cotter, Manager, Educational Services, CCA
*Jorge Diaz Stringel, Assistant Director, International Affairs, INFA
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Correctional Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 9
Transitioning English Learners into Health Care Career Classes
Are your health care career students having difficulty because their English skills aren't strong enough? Try implementing a bridge class! Learn how one adult school created a bridge class to prepare English learners to be successful in their health care career classes. Step-by-step program guidance is provided in this presentation.
Presenters:
*Megan Brown, EL Civics Coordinator/ESL Teacher, Riverside Adult School, Riverside, California
*Kathleen Bywater, Career Technical Education Coordinator, Riverside Adult School, Riverside, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Post-Secondary Transitions and Re-Entry Programs
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
Using Blogs to Enhance & Extend Writing (and Reading!) Practice
Explore and discuss ideas for using blogs as a part of writing (and reading) instruction. Facilitator will present a research-based rationale, and some examples/ideas and then solicit other ideas from participants. Facilitator will also discuss resources to assist/support participants in a) creating and/or finding blogs, and b) providing technical support to students to use blogs easily and effectively.
Presenter: Bill McNutt, IT Administrator III, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
What Women Learners Need: Bread and Roses
This session will recap the presentations and outgrowths from a Policy Forum held in Washington, Women’s Education and Economic Opportunity: The Role of Literacy. The event was jointly sponsored by the National Coalition for Literacy and the Institute on Women’s Policy Research to focus on data, research, policy and advocacy.
Presenter: Heidi Silver-Pacuilla, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
