Educational Focus: Professional Development
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
Adult Education in the 21st Century: Skills, Literacy, and Technology
Success at work or in post-secondary education in the 21st century depends on mastering a set of skills and using learning technologies. Adult education programs can facilitate transitions to higher education and high demand jobs starting at the lowest levels of ABE and ESL. What are the skills students need and how can teachers integrate them into lesson plans? What technologies must be integrated in our daily work? What are the implications for professional development? We will identify the skills, review supporting research, redefine literacy, and work on implementation and lesson plans, and discuss implications for materials and professional development.
Presenter: Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Room: Continental Parlor 3
Adult Social Justice Education
The purpose of this panel discussion is to present and dialogue about issues, concerns, and challenges related to social justice education, with a focus on specific curricular examples directly drawn from panelists? experience of implementing social justice education with diverse adult learners.
Presenter: Dr. Ming-Yeh Lee, San Francisco State University, California
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 9:45–11:15 a.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Adult Social Justice Education
The purpose of this panel discussion is to present and dialogue about issues, concerns, and challenges related to social justice education, with a focus on specific curricular examples directly drawn from panelists? experience of implementing social justice education with diverse adult learners.
Presenter: Ming-Yeh Lee, San Francisco State University, California
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.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
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
Drop‐In Nation: Holistic Education
Designed for educators in non-traditional and Adult Education programs, this workshop serves as an overview for Holistic Education curriculum creation and classroom practice that excites, engages and retains the at-risk learner. Participants will receive relevant and useful information that can easily be adapted into immediate classroom practice.
Presenter: Stacey Watson, CEO Drop-In Nation Education
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
Faculty Inquiry Groups as Professional Development
This session will examine how adult educators can deepen their understanding of students by participating in a faculty inquiry group. The presenters will describe several projects in a basic academic skills program. Session participants will learn how to create faculty inquiry groups and adapt formative assessments to address an inquiry question.
Presenters:
Stanford Goto, Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Roz Spitzer, Instructor/Faculty Coordinator, Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham, Washington
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 III, 9:45-11:15 a.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
How Professional Development Can Make or Break Learner‐Centeredness in Your Program
Learner-centeredness that is deeply embedded and well-practiced in programs often has roots in professional development infrastructures that support a culture of learning rather than a culture of teaching. Participants will analyze critical elements of professional development practices - such as Professional Learning Communities and Lesson Study—that focus on the learner and will reflect on the degree to which practices at their own agencies align with learner-centered concepts.
Presenter: Jacques Lacour, American Institute for Research
Presentation Format: Interactive learning session (1.5 hours)
Inquiry Area: A Learner Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15-2:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Learning Teams: A Collaborative Approach to Meaningful Learner-Centered Professional Development
Shifting school culture from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning is critical in improving results for students. Gain insight from one school’s journey to create a system where all staff work collaboratively, using a framework of continuous improvement and collective inquiry into best practices, to achieve better learning gains for students. More>>
Presenters:
Nancy George, Director, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
Jessica Wilder, Assistant Director, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
Karen Barroso, Program Manager, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
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 IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Lesson Study: What’s It All About?
Lesson Study is a collective process that sharpens teachers’ ability to provide learner centered instruction. Teachers observe whether students are learning what we teach. Furthermore, Lesson Study inspires, encourages, affirms and promotes mutual respect and appreciation for one another’s colleagues. It will forever change you.
Presenter: Sue Pon, Oakland Adult & Career Education, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15-2:45 p.m. Room: Golden Gate 2
Open Educational Resources—“We don't need no stinkin’ textbooks!”
OERs ? Who Knows? Who cares? The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act added millions of dollars to the ESEA Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology Act. The goal? technology rich classrooms. Sounds like more hardware. Maine chose another route, funding a hundred teachers to research open educational resources (OERs) in eight content areas and Career and Technical Education and creating professional development programs to use the OERs. Does this work have any value to adult education? Is there any hope of connection to these valuable resources? The session shares links that everyone can use. Save money! Save time! Help Learners. Your basic win-win.
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Presenter: Bob McIntire, Maine Adult Education, Maine
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 10:35-11:15 a.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
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
Professional Development in Writing for Career and Postsecondary Transitions
Want to help students write for successful transitions? Workshop participants will explore in-person and online professional development activities applying the Equipped for the Future (EFF) Standard—Convey Ideas in Writing, geared toward developing students’ writing skills and helping them write effectively for transitions to careers.
Public Policy Panel: Advancing Literacy to Work?
Presenter: Peggy McGuire, Senior Research Associate and Training Specialist, UT-Center for Literacy Studies
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Union Squre 1 & 2
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
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 Justice Allies in Adult Education: Creating a Culture of Respect
In a climate of anti-gay bullying, xenophobic rhetoric, and religious oppression, workers fear for their jobs and students for their safety. How can teachers create classrooms that are safe for all students, regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, immigration status, or employment? We need become allies for social jus-tice and learn to go beyond mere inclusivity and act on actual power dynamics. In this interactive learning workshop, we will discuss other forms of oppression; learn to create a culture of inclusion and respect; identify the behaviors that make for good social justice allies, discuss implications for professional development, and develop an action plan.
Presenter: Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Taking Your Students Beyond the GED with Differentiated Instruction
Students not only have many different goals but also different learning styles, readiness levels and interests. This session will equip you with quick and effective tools to identify commonalities and differences among your students. You will learn techniques to assist students in setting goals beyond the GED. And once you have identified needs, you will be given strategies to differentiate your instruction in order to meet these varying levels within your ABE or ASE classroom.
Presenter: Dawn Hanzel, Initiative Director, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Room: Continental Parlor 1
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
The TEAL Center provides PD on evidence-based strategies for effective teaching, with a focus on ABE writing. Partici-pating 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
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
TPACK: It's On!
This presentation will cover a framework for training adult educators to become more effec-tive teachers with technology. We offer the framework as a “guide” for training in instructional methods and evalu-ating teachers' knowledge.
Presenters:
Lead Presenter: Deborah Lechuga, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Co-Presenter: Vishal Arghode, Graduate Assistant, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 10:35-11:15 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Using New Readers Press GED Teaching Resource Center
Take a tour of a free website from New Readers Press that provides teachers with information on the current GED Tests as well as the up-to-date information of the GED Testing Service’s GED 21st Century Initiative. The teacher resource website features constantly updated classroom resources, including the “GED Activity of the Week.”
Presenter: Caren Van Slyke, Founder and President, Learning Unlimited
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15–2:45 p.m. Room: Golden Gate 7
Using Role Playing in the Adult Learner Classroom and In Program Staff Development
Discover how to utilize improvisational theater techniques in Role Playing as tools for problem solving and language development in ABE, ESOL or College Transition classrooms, in a professional development activity or even to heighten organizational or community awareness around important issues. You will be actively involved in theater games and scenario development. Theater experience not required.
Presenter: Thomas Nash, Windham AE, Maine
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development*
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Widening the Educational Base for ABE Students
New Mexico ABE WEBS Project is an overview of ABE teachers, administrators, tutors and students engaged in professional development through methodologies that encourage all levels of leadership to focus on data, formative assessments, and accountability. This interactive presentation will focus on the ways to engage programs to focus on student leadership, encourage statewide reflective practice, and build continuity, and momentum by structuring local ABE Regional Lead cohorts to support the diverse and vast needs of the adult learners in New Mexico.
Presenters:
Kimberly Iwasko, New Mexico ABE Widening the Educational Base for Students (WEBS) Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gretchen Alvarado, ESL Instructor, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, New Mexico
David Williams, Adult Educator, Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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 IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
What New ABE/ESL Instructors Need: Tell Us!
Panelists representing national organizations & instructor preparation programs will discuss instructor training & standards trends. More importantly, they will listen as the audience identifies competencies new ABE/ESL instructors must have. Session will be recorded & comments transcribed for panelists’ use in preparing 21st century instructors.
Panelists:
· Miriam Burt: Center for Applied Linguistics
· Mary Ann Corley: American Institutes for Research
· Kate Daly: Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program, Virginia Commonwealth University
· Lennox McLendon: National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium
· Bob Hughes, Ed.D., (moderator): Seattle University Adult Education Program
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development Additional Education Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Writing for the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
Find out what the requirements are for submitting a research or practitioner article for the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, which is co-published by COABE and ProLiteracy.
Presenters:
*Beth Oddy, Editor, Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
*Dr. Jim I. Berger, Professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 9:45-10:25 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
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
Adult Education in the 21st Century: Skills, Literacy, and Technology
Success at work or in post-secondary education in the 21st century depends on mastering a set of skills and using learning technologies. Adult education programs can facilitate transitions to higher education and high demand jobs starting at the lowest levels of ABE and ESL. What are the skills students need and how can teachers integrate them into lesson plans? What technologies must be integrated in our daily work? What are the implications for professional development? We will identify the skills, review supporting research, redefine literacy, and work on implementation and lesson plans, and discuss implications for materials and professional development.
Presenter: Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: 21st Century Classroom
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Room: Continental Parlor 3
Adult Social Justice Education
The purpose of this panel discussion is to present and dialogue about issues, concerns, and challenges related to social justice education, with a focus on specific curricular examples directly drawn from panelists? experience of implementing social justice education with diverse adult learners.
Presenter: Dr. Ming-Yeh Lee, San Francisco State University, California
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 9:45–11:15 a.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Adult Social Justice Education
The purpose of this panel discussion is to present and dialogue about issues, concerns, and challenges related to social justice education, with a focus on specific curricular examples directly drawn from panelists? experience of implementing social justice education with diverse adult learners.
Presenter: Ming-Yeh Lee, San Francisco State University, California
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.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
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
Drop‐In Nation: Holistic Education
Designed for educators in non-traditional and Adult Education programs, this workshop serves as an overview for Holistic Education curriculum creation and classroom practice that excites, engages and retains the at-risk learner. Participants will receive relevant and useful information that can easily be adapted into immediate classroom practice.
Presenter: Stacey Watson, CEO Drop-In Nation Education
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
Faculty Inquiry Groups as Professional Development
This session will examine how adult educators can deepen their understanding of students by participating in a faculty inquiry group. The presenters will describe several projects in a basic academic skills program. Session participants will learn how to create faculty inquiry groups and adapt formative assessments to address an inquiry question.
Presenters:
Stanford Goto, Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Roz Spitzer, Instructor/Faculty Coordinator, Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham, Washington
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 III, 9:45-11:15 a.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
How Professional Development Can Make or Break Learner‐Centeredness in Your Program
Learner-centeredness that is deeply embedded and well-practiced in programs often has roots in professional development infrastructures that support a culture of learning rather than a culture of teaching. Participants will analyze critical elements of professional development practices - such as Professional Learning Communities and Lesson Study—that focus on the learner and will reflect on the degree to which practices at their own agencies align with learner-centered concepts.
Presenter: Jacques Lacour, American Institute for Research
Presentation Format: Interactive learning session (1.5 hours)
Inquiry Area: A Learner Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15-2:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Learning Teams: A Collaborative Approach to Meaningful Learner-Centered Professional Development
Shifting school culture from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning is critical in improving results for students. Gain insight from one school’s journey to create a system where all staff work collaboratively, using a framework of continuous improvement and collective inquiry into best practices, to achieve better learning gains for students. More>>
Presenters:
Nancy George, Director, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
Jessica Wilder, Assistant Director, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
Karen Barroso, Program Manager, New Haven Adult School, Union City, California
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 IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 2
Lesson Study: What’s It All About?
Lesson Study is a collective process that sharpens teachers’ ability to provide learner centered instruction. Teachers observe whether students are learning what we teach. Furthermore, Lesson Study inspires, encourages, affirms and promotes mutual respect and appreciation for one another’s colleagues. It will forever change you.
Presenter: Sue Pon, Oakland Adult & Career Education, California
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15-2:45 p.m. Room: Golden Gate 2
Open Educational Resources—“We don't need no stinkin’ textbooks!”
OERs ? Who Knows? Who cares? The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act added millions of dollars to the ESEA Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology Act. The goal? technology rich classrooms. Sounds like more hardware. Maine chose another route, funding a hundred teachers to research open educational resources (OERs) in eight content areas and Career and Technical Education and creating professional development programs to use the OERs. Does this work have any value to adult education? Is there any hope of connection to these valuable resources? The session shares links that everyone can use. Save money! Save time! Help Learners. Your basic win-win.
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Presenter: Bob McIntire, Maine Adult Education, Maine
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 10:35-11:15 a.m. Room: Union Square 3 & 4
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
Professional Development in Writing for Career and Postsecondary Transitions
Want to help students write for successful transitions? Workshop participants will explore in-person and online professional development activities applying the Equipped for the Future (EFF) Standard—Convey Ideas in Writing, geared toward developing students’ writing skills and helping them write effectively for transitions to careers.
Public Policy Panel: Advancing Literacy to Work?
Presenter: Peggy McGuire, Senior Research Associate and Training Specialist, UT-Center for Literacy Studies
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Union Squre 1 & 2
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
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 Justice Allies in Adult Education: Creating a Culture of Respect
In a climate of anti-gay bullying, xenophobic rhetoric, and religious oppression, workers fear for their jobs and students for their safety. How can teachers create classrooms that are safe for all students, regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, immigration status, or employment? We need become allies for social jus-tice and learn to go beyond mere inclusivity and act on actual power dynamics. In this interactive learning workshop, we will discuss other forms of oppression; learn to create a culture of inclusion and respect; identify the behaviors that make for good social justice allies, discuss implications for professional development, and develop an action plan.
Presenter: Federico Salas-Isnardi, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Taking Your Students Beyond the GED with Differentiated Instruction
Students not only have many different goals but also different learning styles, readiness levels and interests. This session will equip you with quick and effective tools to identify commonalities and differences among your students. You will learn techniques to assist students in setting goals beyond the GED. And once you have identified needs, you will be given strategies to differentiate your instruction in order to meet these varying levels within your ABE or ASE classroom.
Presenter: Dawn Hanzel, Initiative Director, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: A Learner-Centered System Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Room: Continental Parlor 1
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
The TEAL Center provides PD on evidence-based strategies for effective teaching, with a focus on ABE writing. Partici-pating 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
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
TPACK: It's On!
This presentation will cover a framework for training adult educators to become more effec-tive teachers with technology. We offer the framework as a “guide” for training in instructional methods and evalu-ating teachers' knowledge.
Presenters:
Lead Presenter: Deborah Lechuga, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Co-Presenter: Vishal Arghode, Graduate Assistant, Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, Texas
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 10:35-11:15 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Using New Readers Press GED Teaching Resource Center
Take a tour of a free website from New Readers Press that provides teachers with information on the current GED Tests as well as the up-to-date information of the GED Testing Service’s GED 21st Century Initiative. The teacher resource website features constantly updated classroom resources, including the “GED Activity of the Week.”
Presenter: Caren Van Slyke, Founder and President, Learning Unlimited
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15–2:45 p.m. Room: Golden Gate 7
Using Role Playing in the Adult Learner Classroom and In Program Staff Development
Discover how to utilize improvisational theater techniques in Role Playing as tools for problem solving and language development in ABE, ESOL or College Transition classrooms, in a professional development activity or even to heighten organizational or community awareness around important issues. You will be actively involved in theater games and scenario development. Theater experience not required.
Presenter: Thomas Nash, Windham AE, Maine
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development*
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session V, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 8
Widening the Educational Base for ABE Students
New Mexico ABE WEBS Project is an overview of ABE teachers, administrators, tutors and students engaged in professional development through methodologies that encourage all levels of leadership to focus on data, formative assessments, and accountability. This interactive presentation will focus on the ways to engage programs to focus on student leadership, encourage statewide reflective practice, and build continuity, and momentum by structuring local ABE Regional Lead cohorts to support the diverse and vast needs of the adult learners in New Mexico.
Presenters:
Kimberly Iwasko, New Mexico ABE Widening the Educational Base for Students (WEBS) Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gretchen Alvarado, ESL Instructor, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, New Mexico
David Williams, Adult Educator, Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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 IV, 1:30–3:00 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 1
What New ABE/ESL Instructors Need: Tell Us!
Panelists representing national organizations & instructor preparation programs will discuss instructor training & standards trends. More importantly, they will listen as the audience identifies competencies new ABE/ESL instructors must have. Session will be recorded & comments transcribed for panelists’ use in preparing 21st century instructors.
Panelists:
· Miriam Burt: Center for Applied Linguistics
· Mary Ann Corley: American Institutes for Research
· Kate Daly: Virginia Adult Educator Certification Program, Virginia Commonwealth University
· Lennox McLendon: National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium
· Bob Hughes, Ed.D., (moderator): Seattle University Adult Education Program
Presentation Format: Panel Discussion Session (1.5 hour)
Educational Focus: Professional Development Additional Education Educational Focus: Public Policy
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VI, 10:00–11:30 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
Writing for the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
Find out what the requirements are for submitting a research or practitioner article for the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, which is co-published by COABE and ProLiteracy.
Presenters:
*Beth Oddy, Editor, Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
*Dr. Jim I. Berger, Professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation Session (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Professional Development
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session III, 9:45-10:25 a.m. Room: Union Square 1 & 2
