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Professional Development

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    Fostering Metacognitive Skills and Critical Thinking in Your Classroom
    Author: Sarah Goldammer
    Subject Area: Blended Learning, Learning Difficulties, Life Long Learning, Other, Reading, Research, Writing
    Program Level: Adult Basic Education, Adult ESOL/ESL, College & Career Readiness, ESL/ESOL, Professional Development, Webinar Materials, Workforce Readiness
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows, Webinar Materials
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    Are you teaching your students to think about their thinking? Are you giving them opportunities to build their critical thinking skills to problem solve? Let’s have fun together discovering metacognition activities, strategies, and lessons to build important thinking skills for success in class and in life. Teaching critical thinking is good for ALL students and especially important in reaching those with learning difficulties.
    Google’s Applied Digital Skills: Support Resources, Certification and Next Steps
    Author: Shahla Naimi
    Subject Area: Business, Digital, Computer Literacy & Technology, Other, Soft Skills, Writing
    Program Level: Adult Basic Education, Business Skills, College & Career Readiness, Google Webinar, Professional Development, Webinar Materials
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows, Webinar Materials
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    Google and COABE are co-hosting a webinar series around Google's free digital literacy curriculum. In this webinar, Google's Applied Digital Skills team will walk us through its website's support resources, how to get your students G Suite certified, and the next steps you should take to start teaching the free curriculum. To sign up for free and start using Applied Digital Skills with your learners, go to g.co/applieddigitalskills/coabe and click Sign Up to create a teacher account.
    The NYSED Teacher Leader Project: Lessons Learned in Teacher Development
    Author: Mark Trushkowsky, Eric Appleton, Patricia Helmuth
    Subject Area: Mathematics/Numeracy, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Writing
    Program Level: Adult Basic Education, Adult ESOL/ESL, Conference 2018 Materials, GED Test Preparation, HiSET Exam Preparation, Professional Development, TASC Test Preparation, Workforce Readiness
    Material Type: Other, Presentations/Slideshows, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Video
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    Since 2014, the CUNY Adult Literacy/HSE Program has collaborated with the NYS Department of Education to create the NYSED Teacher Leader Initiative. This project has developed a community of teacher leaders across the state, dedicated to improving teaching practice in our field. These teacher leaders bring our training to educators in their regions, and develop resources and projects of their own. This workshop provides an overview and answers questions about the initiative. We'll use the voices of the NYSED Teacher Leaders themselves to reflect on the lessons we've learned about effective, ongoing, and engaging teacher development. This workshop is for teachers, administrators, state education directors - anyone interested in the resources developed and the lessons learned through this initiative. All materials from this workshop are available at bit.ly/COABE2018CUNY  
    COABE 2018 Presentation: English Language Proficiency Standards
    Author: Marcela Movit
    Subject Area: Reading, Speaking/Listening, Writing
    Program Level: Adult ESOL/ESL, Conference 2018 Materials, ESL/ESOL, Professional Development
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    While the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) prepare students for academic and workforce success, they provide limited support for students who are not proficient in English and need additional language support. The English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards for Adult Education (AE) can help career and technical education administrators and educators ensure that their English language learners (ELLs) receive the focused and effective instruction they need to meet the CCRS. This session will examine why the ELP standards for AE were developed and how adult education teachers can use them in their classrooms to ensure that ELLs have the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
    Advocacy _ Building a Network that Engages Community, Staff, and Students
    Author: Jody Angelone, Susan Sheehan
    Subject Area: Advocacy, Reading, Writing
    Program Level: Adult Basic Education, ESL/ESOL, Professional Development, Webinar Materials
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows, Webinar Materials
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    In this session, the presenters will share ways you can engage your community, staff, and students in promoting adult education and impacting important legislative discussions. In addition to providing an overview of the national Educate & Elevate campaign, presenters will provide some basic advocacy information and share practical ways that instructors can incorporate advocacy in their classrooms and become better advocates for their students. They will share how adult education teachers can engage students in advocacy through a series of classroom taught lessons, class outings, service projects, and volunteer work.  Presenters will provide participants with resources and examples of advocacy activities and events that can be replicated in the ABE and ESOL classrooms. Opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.
    Implementing an Academic I-BEST Program
    Author: Doug Emory
    Subject Area: Mathematics/Numeracy, Writing
    Program Level: Professional Development
    Material Type: Presentations/Slideshows
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    This roundtable discussion will focus on how to design an Academic I-BEST program that meets the needs, social needs, and goals of adult education students by allowing them to reenter the workforce more quickly than was possible under previous delivery models ATTACHMENTS: Implementing an Academic I BEST program
    Writing to Learn, Thinking on Paper
    Author: Doris Plumb
    Subject Area: Writing
    Program Level: Professional Development
    Material Type: Video
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    A short, free, authentic professional development video for teachers in which an adult educator uses a writing process that involves writing quickly in a journal, without thinking, so students' ideas come out fast. She gives a topic, Last Week's Experiences. She stresses as a purpose writing to learn something, to find their thoughts on issues, on themselves and others. She asks the students to pick one of these experiences and focus on it, to list a group of words that come to mind as they think about that experience or event. Students individually brainstorm, by themselves, without thinking about the ideas, without being critical, to free their minds to generate ideas. Then she asks them to write a short paragraph about the Event. She asks for a topic sentence and at least three sentences. The students said this helped to clarify their feelings and discover priorities. The video will be found at this web address: http://www.mlots.org/?page_id=72
    Strategies for Middle-Level Learners (4th-9th)
    Author: Pace Learning Systems, Inc.
    Subject Area: Mathematics/Numeracy, Reading, Writing
    Program Level: Adult Basic Education, Adult ESOL/ESL, Conference 2017 Materials, ESL/ESOL, GED Test Preparation, HiSET Exam Preparation, Professional Development, TASC Test Preparation
    Material Type: Other, Presentations/Slideshows, Reference, Teaching/Learning Strategies
    Language: English
    License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) For license summary click here
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    Abstract:

    About 59% of adult education students function between 4th and 9th grade. In order to have efficient success with these “middle-level” learners, programs need systems and methods designed specifically for these students. These learners (4th-9th) require a special strategy. Each student requires an effective individualized approach for their specific academic and emotional needs. Instructional systems in the middle levels can impact long-term success by ensuring fluency of basic skills competencies before advancement, developing independence and confidence, and by incorporating time into instruction and assessment. Join this session to explore methods from Pace Learning Systems designed specifically for the middle-level learner since 1977.
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