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This session will describe a pilot study that asked practitioners to describe the "change points" and the bottlenecks and barriers they have observed students experience when they need to transition from one class or program to another to complete their adult education trajectory. This data will inform a broader study focused on developing effective practices to support students when they encounter these change points so that they will be more likely to continue their adult education trajectory.
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In the last few years, the landscape of adult education has changed dramatically, and the popular Future series has changed too. The new edition upholds Future’s signature integration of English communication skills with robust content and meaningful contexts, as it also embraces the increased rigor of the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) and higher expectations for Workplace Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) outcomes. In this session the presenter will introduce you to new features of Future 2nd edition including a new content-based reading strand designed to challenge students’ higher order thinking skills and build their general knowledge through multiple readings on the same topic, and a new workplace soft-skill strand which engages students’ communication and culture skills in a collaborative problem-solving task. Come see how Future 2nd Edition has changed with the times. The overview presentation will be followed by a Q & A with Sarah Lynn.
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Recently, cognitive science has broadened and deepened our understanding of how the human brain learns. This session is intended to share the science, and demonstrate its practice in teaching. The presenter will give an overview of recent research on the role of student “elaboration” and why having students express themselves and make their own connections is essential to lasting and transferable learning. We will explore several simple and engaging activities to connect our curricular material to students’ prior knowledge and their lives beyond our program walls.
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It’s free, easy to use, and proven by cognitive scientists to be the most effective study strategy and a powerful learning tool, and yet so many of us educators shy away from it. Why? Come to this session to challenge the myths and learn the science. In this interactive and practice-oriented session you will: learn insights from cognitive science and neuroscience, experience a sampling of retrieval practice techniques, and reflect on how you can use the technique with any content (ESL, ABE, or Workforce Development) and in every learning context (classroom, one-on-one, peer learning, or self-directed study).
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a large system with 36 adult prisons, is in the second year of unmasking the potential of inmates by initiating a large reform effort to base both academic and career technical instruction on evidence-based practices. An important piece of the project is the implementation and support of a professional learning community (PLC) at each institution. Administrators play an indispensable role in the success of PLCs, supporting distributive leadership and offering both tight and loose control over various aspects of PLC practice. The corrections environment offers some specific but not insurmountable challenges for administrators. Attend this session to hear about ways administrators can support the PLC process, helping it flourish and avoiding some common mistakes.
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Open Educational Resources (OER) continue to explode and, fortunately, in the direction of Adult Education! In this session, participants will review OER concepts and their related five licensing definitions, explore OER online that can be effectively used in Adult Ed, identify repositories for OER content, develop search techniques, evaluate lesson plans to meet open classroom requirements, and contribute to the process of posting and remixing OER through OER Commons. OER is for all educators, no matter what their role or field of interest. Everyone is invited to participate and everyone, thereafter, is invited to share OER for and by adult learners. Looking for a publishing niche? That’s it!
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Adult learners face a number of barriers as they return to and attempt to remain in school. In Washington, DC, adult and alternative learners identified the high cost of transportation as one of those barriers and decided to do something about it. Over the course of three years, Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School and the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates led a coalition of learners, volunteers and partners from across the city to build an evidence-based, inclusive, and learner-centered advocacy campaign that resulted in a $1.98 million per year investment in transportation subsidies for adult learners and alternative youth enrolled in school. Join us for a conversation about best practices for engaging adult and alternative learners in direct advocacy.