Concurrent Session V
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Interactive Learning V 3:15-4:45 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.
Bridging Continuous Improvement Using Program Data
This interactive learning session will examine reflective practice for adult education programs. Participants will explore the use of reflective practice as a professional development tool to explore program data, program outcomes and learner-centered instructional systems.
Presenter: Rebecca Wagner, Executive Director, Community Learning Center, Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Cell Phones as a Learning Tool
Do you want to explore ways of using a mobile phone for instruction in the ABE/ESL classroom? Learn how texting, pictures, and calling can take any classroom to the 21st century. Please be sure to bring your cell phones to this exciting interactive presentation.
Presenter: Susan Gaer, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, Santa Ana, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Change Your Practice Using Research from the LINCS Workforce Education Collection (Part 2)
Free research reports and evidence-based materials available through the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection provide information essential in developing education programs that are effective in connecting adults with limited skills with postsecondary opportunities and work. In this session, participants will review research findings that suggest strategies that accelerate the pace of learning for adults and better align adult education with postsecondary education and training, and with work. Research results will be examined, discussed and used as a guide in this interactive session.
Presenters:
*Wendy McDowell, Workforce Education Research Center/Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Pennsylvania
*Barbara Van Horn, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at Penn State, Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Workforce Development
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: LINCS
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 9
Community Education for Social Change—MARTI for All!
Maine Adult Education, partnering with Maine’s ConnectMe Authority and the State’s Planning Office, was awarded four-year Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Technical Assistance grant to help citizens understand the importance of broadband capacity and the positive impact internet access can have on living, learning, and earning a living in rural Maine. The grant will support the expansion of the highly successful Maine Adult Regional Technology Initiative (MARTI) to participating adult education programs providing intensive training and mentoring to at least 250 adult educators and Literacy Volunteers across the state creating training resources that will be available nationwide.
Presenters: Bob McIntire, Maine Adult Education; Jim Burke, MARTI Mentor, Maine
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Taylor B
Connecting Literacy and Work: What Program Leaders Need to Know
Connections to the workforce and further education are clear and compelling goals for many adult learners. Adult education must be at the center of efforts to help these adults, many of who have low-skills, to gain employment and advancement opportunities. This session will help participants learn more about how they can strengthen their capacity to connect adult education and work.
Presenter: Dr. Gloria Cross Mwase, Program Director, Jobs for the Future, Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Untion Square 9
Critical Thinking Skills for the 21st Century
The proficiencies embedded in critical thinking skills include abilities to inform, describe, discover, negotiate, cooperate, integrate, apply, test and revise. Fostering critical thinking in learning environments involves continuous engagement between reflexive linking of internal thought processes with external experiences. Come be creative and inspired; explore hands-on approaches that foster critical thinking for all levels.
Presenter: Nancie Payne, Payne and Associates, Washington
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 19 & 20
Designing Career Pathways Instruction
DTI Associates and the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) will introduce participants to the new career pathways project recently launched by U.S. Department of Education. The project is designed to support the needs of adult education practitioners as they develop Adult Career Pathways programs. Presenters will provide an overview and discuss the components of Adult Career Pathways. Participants will engage in a focus group dialogue about the types and formats of resources they would like the project to provide and give practitioners the opportunity to help shape an online community of practice.
Presenter: Laura Lanier, Team Leader at DTI Associates, Director, Education Programs at Kratos Learning Solutions, Charlotte, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Does Technology Belong in a 21st Century Immigrant Refugee ESL Classroom? YES!
Online learning requires a high level of document and computer literacy that many ESL students lack. Newer web 2.0 tools offer opportunities for creative and collaborative learning. There is an increasing demand for these skill sets in 21st century life. Programs that offer technology often assume that the learner brings this kind of literacy or is self directed enough to gain it without assistance. The result is that many students are not given an opportunity to become successful online learners. This presentation will explore an orientation framework that scaffolds the learning of communicative, creative and collaborative uses of technology for newcomers.
Presenter: Marjorie Richards, Seattle Vocational Institute, Washington
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Additional Educational Focus: Technology** (**Featured technology workshop)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Taylor A
Improving Learning and Persistence: Part II - Special Learning Needs Incidence and Identification
Building persistence, empowering students and creating learning communities all sound doable. But, building these aspects take more than a curriculum. This session will offer a review of basic brain functions that support persistence research, ways to build learning communities, and the elements of programs seeing 204% increases in persistence.
Presenter: Laura Weisel, Ph.D., Executive Partner, The TLP Group, Columbus, Ohio, NAASLN Chairperson for Conferences and Partnerships, National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN)
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 5 & 6
Math at Work
Data and statistics are used daily in the world of work, yet our students typically have to wait until they have mastered their basic facts before learning about data. This interactive session will use the EFF Use Math Performance Continuum to focus on strategies for integrating data, graphs, and statistics with “basic skills”.
Presenter: Donna Curry, Training Specialist, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Numeracy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Sutter
Preparing Students for the Workplace
The 21st century workplace requires many skills. In addition to learning the three R's, students also need to learn the four C's: critical thinking/problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity/innovation. This workshop will discuss ways to teach the four C's to students and provide resources for the classroom.
Presenter: Dannie Francis, Resource Specialist, Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
Strategies for Transitioning ESL Students to Academic and Workforce Programs
Engage your intermediate and advanced level adult ESL students in acquiring the skills necessary to transition successfully into the academic and workforce programs of the 21st Century. Learn techniques and tools that help build a foundation for student success. Handouts provided.
Presenter: Ronna Magy, Teacher Trainer, Los Angeles Unified School District (retired), Los Angeles, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Successful Advocacy at the Federal Level
Learn what you can do to influence public policy and increase federal level funding. Identify effective strategies, including how to target your message, build local networks, and cultivate champions for adult education. See how social media can help you to accomplish your advocacy goals while increasing public awareness of your program locally.
Presenter: Jackie Taylor, Advocacy Chair, National Coalition for Literacy and Incoming President-Elect, COABE, Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Additional Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 14
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
The TEAL Center provides PD on evidence-based strategies for effective teaching, with a focus on ABE writing. Participating states learn to enhance classroom practice and design learning activities around learners' skills and needs. This session will provide an overview of TEAL and involve participants in quick-writes and other activities.
Presenter: Mary Ann Corley, American Institutes for Research, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
Using the SIOP Model with Adult ELLs
Adult English language learners (ELLs) are not just enrolled in English as a second language (ESL) classes, they are also in ABE, GED, ASE, and vocational classes. This presentation looks at using a sheltered-English approach from K-12 practice in order to work with adult ELLs in content-based instructional venues.
Presenter: Miriam Burt, Center for Applied Linguistics, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 11
Vocabulary/Word Study Builds Comprehension and Critical Thinking Skills
If one cannot read the words on the page he/she cannot decode text, encode meaning, or express him/herself in writing. Word study builds vocabulary and deepens understanding of words, increases fluency, and automaticity. Word study also helps students develop strategies and strengthens their skills to decode words so the learner will be able to understand the characteristics of the English language and spelling patterns. Readers cannot make meaning of what they are reading without knowing what most of the words mean.
Presenter: Jeanine VanDeVort, Washoe County School District, Reno, Nevada
Presentation Format: Interactive Learing Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
What's New With EL/Civics Online
See what's new with EL/Civics Online, a free, online professional development course for ESL teachers or tutors. Along with the four original courses, U.S. History, U.S. Government, Civic Engagement, and Naturalization, a Master Teacher component and tutorials, the site will soon feature content modules. Experience all that EL/Civics Online offers.
Presenter: Judith Diamond, Adult Learning Resource Center, Illinois
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Working with Partners to Ready Your Workforce
The best way to do more with fewer resources in this tough economy is to engage partners. Learn about a successful partnership between statewide adult education, community based services, and public television that worked at the local level to help adults secure jobs, increase grade levels, and earn GED credentials.
Presenter: Tonya Crum, Director, Adult Education & Workforce Training, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-3:45 p.m. Room: Van Ness
Writing for Transitions: What Can We Teach?
What writing skills do students need for successful college/career transitions? How can teachers help?
Workshop participants will:
1. Define the writing process and writing purposes/audiences/tasks relevant to post-secondary education and employment;
2. Experience professional development activities geared toward developing adult students’ writing.
Presenter: Peggy McGuire, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Post-secondary Transitions and student Re-entry Programs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Bridging Continuous Improvement Using Program Data
This interactive learning session will examine reflective practice for adult education programs. Participants will explore the use of reflective practice as a professional development tool to explore program data, program outcomes and learner-centered instructional systems.
Presenter: Rebecca Wagner, Executive Director, Community Learning Center, Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Cell Phones as a Learning Tool
Do you want to explore ways of using a mobile phone for instruction in the ABE/ESL classroom? Learn how texting, pictures, and calling can take any classroom to the 21st century. Please be sure to bring your cell phones to this exciting interactive presentation.
Presenter: Susan Gaer, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, Santa Ana, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 3
Change Your Practice Using Research from the LINCS Workforce Education Collection (Part 2)
Free research reports and evidence-based materials available through the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection provide information essential in developing education programs that are effective in connecting adults with limited skills with postsecondary opportunities and work. In this session, participants will review research findings that suggest strategies that accelerate the pace of learning for adults and better align adult education with postsecondary education and training, and with work. Research results will be examined, discussed and used as a guide in this interactive session.
Presenters:
*Wendy McDowell, Workforce Education Research Center/Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Pennsylvania
*Barbara Van Horn, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at Penn State, Pennsylvania
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Workforce Development
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: LINCS
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 9
Community Education for Social Change—MARTI for All!
Maine Adult Education, partnering with Maine’s ConnectMe Authority and the State’s Planning Office, was awarded four-year Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Technical Assistance grant to help citizens understand the importance of broadband capacity and the positive impact internet access can have on living, learning, and earning a living in rural Maine. The grant will support the expansion of the highly successful Maine Adult Regional Technology Initiative (MARTI) to participating adult education programs providing intensive training and mentoring to at least 250 adult educators and Literacy Volunteers across the state creating training resources that will be available nationwide.
Presenters: Bob McIntire, Maine Adult Education; Jim Burke, MARTI Mentor, Maine
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Technology
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Taylor B
Connecting Literacy and Work: What Program Leaders Need to Know
Connections to the workforce and further education are clear and compelling goals for many adult learners. Adult education must be at the center of efforts to help these adults, many of who have low-skills, to gain employment and advancement opportunities. This session will help participants learn more about how they can strengthen their capacity to connect adult education and work.
Presenter: Dr. Gloria Cross Mwase, Program Director, Jobs for the Future, Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Untion Square 9
Critical Thinking Skills for the 21st Century
The proficiencies embedded in critical thinking skills include abilities to inform, describe, discover, negotiate, cooperate, integrate, apply, test and revise. Fostering critical thinking in learning environments involves continuous engagement between reflexive linking of internal thought processes with external experiences. Come be creative and inspired; explore hands-on approaches that foster critical thinking for all levels.
Presenter: Nancie Payne, Payne and Associates, Washington
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 19 & 20
Designing Career Pathways Instruction
DTI Associates and the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) will introduce participants to the new career pathways project recently launched by U.S. Department of Education. The project is designed to support the needs of adult education practitioners as they develop Adult Career Pathways programs. Presenters will provide an overview and discuss the components of Adult Career Pathways. Participants will engage in a focus group dialogue about the types and formats of resources they would like the project to provide and give practitioners the opportunity to help shape an online community of practice.
Presenter: Laura Lanier, Team Leader at DTI Associates, Director, Education Programs at Kratos Learning Solutions, Charlotte, North Carolina
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 23 & 24
Does Technology Belong in a 21st Century Immigrant Refugee ESL Classroom? YES!
Online learning requires a high level of document and computer literacy that many ESL students lack. Newer web 2.0 tools offer opportunities for creative and collaborative learning. There is an increasing demand for these skill sets in 21st century life. Programs that offer technology often assume that the learner brings this kind of literacy or is self directed enough to gain it without assistance. The result is that many students are not given an opportunity to become successful online learners. This presentation will explore an orientation framework that scaffolds the learning of communicative, creative and collaborative uses of technology for newcomers.
Presenter: Marjorie Richards, Seattle Vocational Institute, Washington
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Additional Educational Focus: Technology** (**Featured technology workshop)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Taylor A
Improving Learning and Persistence: Part II - Special Learning Needs Incidence and Identification
Building persistence, empowering students and creating learning communities all sound doable. But, building these aspects take more than a curriculum. This session will offer a review of basic brain functions that support persistence research, ways to build learning communities, and the elements of programs seeing 204% increases in persistence.
Presenter: Laura Weisel, Ph.D., Executive Partner, The TLP Group, Columbus, Ohio, NAASLN Chairperson for Conferences and Partnerships, National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN)
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 5 & 6
Math at Work
Data and statistics are used daily in the world of work, yet our students typically have to wait until they have mastered their basic facts before learning about data. This interactive session will use the EFF Use Math Performance Continuum to focus on strategies for integrating data, graphs, and statistics with “basic skills”.
Presenter: Donna Curry, Training Specialist, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Numeracy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Sutter
Preparing Students for the Workplace
The 21st century workplace requires many skills. In addition to learning the three R's, students also need to learn the four C's: critical thinking/problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity/innovation. This workshop will discuss ways to teach the four C's to students and provide resources for the classroom.
Presenter: Dannie Francis, Resource Specialist, Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center, Illinois
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 22
Strategies for Transitioning ESL Students to Academic and Workforce Programs
Engage your intermediate and advanced level adult ESL students in acquiring the skills necessary to transition successfully into the academic and workforce programs of the 21st Century. Learn techniques and tools that help build a foundation for student success. Handouts provided.
Presenter: Ronna Magy, Teacher Trainer, Los Angeles Unified School District (retired), Los Angeles, California
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 15 & 16
Successful Advocacy at the Federal Level
Learn what you can do to influence public policy and increase federal level funding. Identify effective strategies, including how to target your message, build local networks, and cultivate champions for adult education. See how social media can help you to accomplish your advocacy goals while increasing public awareness of your program locally.
Presenter: Jackie Taylor, Advocacy Chair, National Coalition for Literacy and Incoming President-Elect, COABE, Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Additional Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 14
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
The TEAL Center provides PD on evidence-based strategies for effective teaching, with a focus on ABE writing. Participating states learn to enhance classroom practice and design learning activities around learners' skills and needs. This session will provide an overview of TEAL and involve participants in quick-writes and other activities.
Presenter: Mary Ann Corley, American Institutes for Research, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
Using the SIOP Model with Adult ELLs
Adult English language learners (ELLs) are not just enrolled in English as a second language (ESL) classes, they are also in ABE, GED, ASE, and vocational classes. This presentation looks at using a sheltered-English approach from K-12 practice in order to work with adult ELLs in content-based instructional venues.
Presenter: Miriam Burt, Center for Applied Linguistics, District of Columbia
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 11
Vocabulary/Word Study Builds Comprehension and Critical Thinking Skills
If one cannot read the words on the page he/she cannot decode text, encode meaning, or express him/herself in writing. Word study builds vocabulary and deepens understanding of words, increases fluency, and automaticity. Word study also helps students develop strategies and strengthens their skills to decode words so the learner will be able to understand the characteristics of the English language and spelling patterns. Readers cannot make meaning of what they are reading without knowing what most of the words mean.
Presenter: Jeanine VanDeVort, Washoe County School District, Reno, Nevada
Presentation Format: Interactive Learing Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Adult Basic Education (ABE) Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 17 & 18
What's New With EL/Civics Online
See what's new with EL/Civics Online, a free, online professional development course for ESL teachers or tutors. Along with the four original courses, U.S. History, U.S. Government, Civic Engagement, and Naturalization, a Master Teacher component and tutorials, the site will soon feature content modules. Experience all that EL/Civics Online offers.
Presenter: Judith Diamond, Adult Learning Resource Center, Illinois
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 21
Working with Partners to Ready Your Workforce
The best way to do more with fewer resources in this tough economy is to engage partners. Learn about a successful partnership between statewide adult education, community based services, and public television that worked at the local level to help adults secure jobs, increase grade levels, and earn GED credentials.
Presenter: Tonya Crum, Director, Adult Education & Workforce Training, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15-3:45 p.m. Room: Van Ness
Writing for Transitions: What Can We Teach?
What writing skills do students need for successful college/career transitions? How can teachers help?
Workshop participants will:
1. Define the writing process and writing purposes/audiences/tasks relevant to post-secondary education and employment;
2. Experience professional development activities geared toward developing adult students’ writing.
Presenter: Peggy McGuire, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Post-secondary Transitions and student Re-entry Programs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Lecture Presentation VA 3:15-3:3:55 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.
Innovations with Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom
Distance learning is growing at all levels of education. Many experts predict that over half of all education will be delivered online by 2020. This presentation will highlight current trends and practices with distance learning. Information will be shared about new tools and curriculum designed for the adult learner.
Presenter: John Fleischman, Sacramento County Office of Education, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Technology for Learning in the 21st Century Classroom
For adults with low literacy skills, reading and writing is a barrier to earning a GED, to post secondary education and to good-paying jobs. In order to remove the print barrier for struggling readers, the Adult Literacy Center at Drake University has begun a research study that examines the effect of text-to-speech software that gives GED students with low literacy skills access to information that they previously struggled to read and understand.
Presenter: Anne Murr, M.S., Coordinator, Drake University Adult Literacy Center, Des Moines, Iowa; NAASLN Board Member
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Transforming Adult Education: Delivery of Occupationally Focused Developmental Education
Indiana has undertaken a comprehensive approach to offering educational and employment services to adult clients. Special emphasis is placed on accelerated, occupationally based developmental education supported by intensive academic and career counseling. Delivery is closely coordinated between Indiana's Department of Education, Department of Workforce Development, the community college system, Chambers of Commerce, local nonprofits, and other partners.
Presenters:
*Jaclyn Dowd, Senior Director of Adult Education, Department of Education & Department of Workforce Development, Indianapolis, Indiana
*Christopher Guidry, State Director, Career and Technical Education, State of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Union Square 10
Innovations with Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom
Distance learning is growing at all levels of education. Many experts predict that over half of all education will be delivered online by 2020. This presentation will highlight current trends and practices with distance learning. Information will be shared about new tools and curriculum designed for the adult learner.
Presenter: John Fleischman, Sacramento County Office of Education, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Technology for Learning in the 21st Century Classroom
For adults with low literacy skills, reading and writing is a barrier to earning a GED, to post secondary education and to good-paying jobs. In order to remove the print barrier for struggling readers, the Adult Literacy Center at Drake University has begun a research study that examines the effect of text-to-speech software that gives GED students with low literacy skills access to information that they previously struggled to read and understand.
Presenter: Anne Murr, M.S., Coordinator, Drake University Adult Literacy Center, Des Moines, Iowa; NAASLN Board Member
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Special Learning Needs
Additional Educational Focus: Featured Technology Workshop
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
Transforming Adult Education: Delivery of Occupationally Focused Developmental Education
Indiana has undertaken a comprehensive approach to offering educational and employment services to adult clients. Special emphasis is placed on accelerated, occupationally based developmental education supported by intensive academic and career counseling. Delivery is closely coordinated between Indiana's Department of Education, Department of Workforce Development, the community college system, Chambers of Commerce, local nonprofits, and other partners.
Presenters:
*Jaclyn Dowd, Senior Director of Adult Education, Department of Education & Department of Workforce Development, Indianapolis, Indiana
*Christopher Guidry, State Director, Career and Technical Education, State of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–3:55 p.m. Room: Union Square 10
Lecture Presentation VB 4:05-4:45 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.
Survey of Literacy Content Knowledge
This session summarizes the results of a literacy content knowledge survey of adult education providers used to determine their competency levels related to teaching reading and writing in adult education programs, as well as the integration of technology in the classroom to support instruction.
Presenter: Laurie Henry, Co-Director P20 College and Career Readiness Lab, University of Kentucky, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
TeleTutoring: Using Real-Time Distance Learning
Many library literacy programs have either a waiting list of learners or a waiting list of unassigned tutors. Teletutoring levels this playing field. Tutors and learners in different communities connect using desktop videoconferencing , document cameras, and touch screen computers or Smartboards for two-way sharing and mutual annotation of materials.
Presenter: Jacquie Brinkley, California State Library, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Handouts/Presentation: PowerPoint Presentation
Preparing Teachers for Pre-Literate Adult ESL
Adult educators in Minnesota have identified teaching pre and low-literate adult ESL as a top professional development need. This presentation will share training materials and a focused pre-literate ESL teacher Study Circle designed to meet that need and improve low-literacy adult ESL instruction around the state.
Presenter: Patsy Vinogradov, Doctoral Student, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development (sponsored by Assc. of Adult Literacy Proffessional Developers)
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Powell A & B (Tower 3, 6th Floor)
Survey of Literacy Content Knowledge
This session summarizes the results of a literacy content knowledge survey of adult education providers used to determine their competency levels related to teaching reading and writing in adult education programs, as well as the integration of technology in the classroom to support instruction.
Presenter: Laurie Henry, Co-Director P20 College and Career Readiness Lab, University of Kentucky, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Union Square 25
TeleTutoring: Using Real-Time Distance Learning
Many library literacy programs have either a waiting list of learners or a waiting list of unassigned tutors. Teletutoring levels this playing field. Tutors and learners in different communities connect using desktop videoconferencing , document cameras, and touch screen computers or Smartboards for two-way sharing and mutual annotation of materials.
Presenter: Jacquie Brinkley, California State Library, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Distance Education
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Mason A & B
Handouts/Presentation: PowerPoint Presentation
Preparing Teachers for Pre-Literate Adult ESL
Adult educators in Minnesota have identified teaching pre and low-literate adult ESL as a top professional development need. This presentation will share training materials and a focused pre-literate ESL teacher Study Circle designed to meet that need and improve low-literacy adult ESL instruction around the state.
Presenter: Patsy Vinogradov, Doctoral Student, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development (sponsored by Assc. of Adult Literacy Proffessional Developers)
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 4:05–4:45 p.m. Room: Powell A & B (Tower 3, 6th Floor)
Poster Session 3:15-4:45 p.m.
Designed to encourage presentations by adult learners and new professionals. The poster session is an opportunity to present and share teaching and learning practices in an informal way with a small group. The poster session(s) will take place in carousel format. Presenters will be at table rounds with 8-10 participants and numerous other presentations occurring nearby. Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Adult Learners and For-Profit Colleges
Some adult learners, including some with literacy issues, are choosing to attend for-profit institutions. By attending for-profit institutions, they are not accruing the proper workplace or literacy skills to succeed. In addition, they are faced with large debts from attending for-profit colleges and career options that pay low wages.
Presenter: Shannon Gordon, Graduate Assistant, Buffalo State College, New York
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Post-secondary Transitions and Student Re-entry Programs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Cultural Arts Literacy in Educating the Whole Person
"I’ve never been to a museum." In response to this learner and others from challenged backgrounds, Berkeley READS implemented Cultural Arts Literacy. By providing educational opportunities including museum visits and introducing art into adult learners’ lives, literacy is enhanced through expressed creativity in art projects, writing and reading selection. More>>
Presenter: Linda Sakamoto-Jahnke, Berkeley READS Adult & Family Literacy Program, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Extending the Learning
Adult ELLs lead complex lives making attainment of their goals difficult. Take-home reading packets provide a hands-on extended learning option that promotes self-efficacy and helps adult ELLs persist in learning beyond the classroom. Learn about the components of each packet that foster pleasurable reading, critical thinking, and vocabulary development.
Presenter: Rosemary Sharkey, Hamline University/Atlas, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Low-Tech ESL
With all the learning options available in the 21st century, what student needs can be met by informal, low-tech, low-budget programs? More>>
Presenter: Marian Olson, Plainfield Community English School, New Jersey
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Preparing Teachers for Pre-Literate Adult ESL
Adult educators in Minnesota have identified teaching pre and low-literate adult ESL as a top professional development need. This presentation will share training materials and a focused pre-literate ESL teacher Study Circle designed to meet that need and improve low-literacy adult ESL instruction around the state.
Presenter: Patsy Vinogradov, Doctoral Student, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: Professional Development*
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Principles of Servant Leadership: Tools for Teachers and Students
This practice-oriented presentation explores The Ten Principles of Servant Leadership as 21st Century tools for teachers to enhance their best practices while building community in the classroom. This presentation examines innovative concepts that stimulates students to begin to think about their roles as global citizens.
Presenter: Diane Silvers, Ed.D., East Side Adult Education Program, San Jose, California
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: GED Preparation
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Student Contracts—What Works!
This session will focus on the importance of student contracts between the student and the facility. Contracts serve as a valuable tool to let the student know what is expected of them, as well as letting the student know what the program instructors roles and responsibilities are.
Presenter: Stephanie Bostick, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Adult Secondary Education (ASE) HS Diploma
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
What Should the 21st Century Classroom Look Like?
The adult education classroom for the 21st century has definitely changed over the years. It has moved from a self-paced course structure to a classroom providing explicit instruction and a technological base to be carried into the workforce and into the post secondary classroom. Learn how Muscogee County School District is succeeding in this!
Presenter: Kris Jain, GED/ESL Instructor, Muscogee County School District, Georgia
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Adult Learners and For-Profit Colleges
Some adult learners, including some with literacy issues, are choosing to attend for-profit institutions. By attending for-profit institutions, they are not accruing the proper workplace or literacy skills to succeed. In addition, they are faced with large debts from attending for-profit colleges and career options that pay low wages.
Presenter: Shannon Gordon, Graduate Assistant, Buffalo State College, New York
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Post-secondary Transitions and Student Re-entry Programs
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Cultural Arts Literacy in Educating the Whole Person
"I’ve never been to a museum." In response to this learner and others from challenged backgrounds, Berkeley READS implemented Cultural Arts Literacy. By providing educational opportunities including museum visits and introducing art into adult learners’ lives, literacy is enhanced through expressed creativity in art projects, writing and reading selection. More>>
Presenter: Linda Sakamoto-Jahnke, Berkeley READS Adult & Family Literacy Program, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Literacy
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Extending the Learning
Adult ELLs lead complex lives making attainment of their goals difficult. Take-home reading packets provide a hands-on extended learning option that promotes self-efficacy and helps adult ELLs persist in learning beyond the classroom. Learn about the components of each packet that foster pleasurable reading, critical thinking, and vocabulary development.
Presenter: Rosemary Sharkey, Hamline University/Atlas, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Low-Tech ESL
With all the learning options available in the 21st century, what student needs can be met by informal, low-tech, low-budget programs? More>>
Presenter: Marian Olson, Plainfield Community English School, New Jersey
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Preparing Teachers for Pre-Literate Adult ESL
Adult educators in Minnesota have identified teaching pre and low-literate adult ESL as a top professional development need. This presentation will share training materials and a focused pre-literate ESL teacher Study Circle designed to meet that need and improve low-literacy adult ESL instruction around the state.
Presenter: Patsy Vinogradov, Doctoral Student, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Additional Educational Focus: Professional Development*
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Principles of Servant Leadership: Tools for Teachers and Students
This practice-oriented presentation explores The Ten Principles of Servant Leadership as 21st Century tools for teachers to enhance their best practices while building community in the classroom. This presentation examines innovative concepts that stimulates students to begin to think about their roles as global citizens.
Presenter: Diane Silvers, Ed.D., East Side Adult Education Program, San Jose, California
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: GED Preparation
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
Student Contracts—What Works!
This session will focus on the importance of student contracts between the student and the facility. Contracts serve as a valuable tool to let the student know what is expected of them, as well as letting the student know what the program instructors roles and responsibilities are.
Presenter: Stephanie Bostick, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Adult Secondary Education (ASE) HS Diploma
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
What Should the 21st Century Classroom Look Like?
The adult education classroom for the 21st century has definitely changed over the years. It has moved from a self-paced course structure to a classroom providing explicit instruction and a technological base to be carried into the workforce and into the post secondary classroom. Learn how Muscogee County School District is succeeding in this!
Presenter: Kris Jain, GED/ESL Instructor, Muscogee County School District, Georgia
Presentation Format: Poster Session (20 minutes) Participants will rotate in 20 minute intervals to different poster sessions taking place in the 1.5 hour overall time frame.
Educational Focus: Workforce Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Plaza A & B
