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An overview of the national Educate & Elevate campaign. Ways you can engage your community, staff, and students in advocacy efforts that impact important legislative discussions and promotes program services. Basic advocacy information and practical ways that instructors can incorporate advocacy in their classrooms and become better advocates for their students. Examples of how adult education teachers provide advocacy through a series of classroom taught lessons, class outings, service projects, and volunteer work. Links to the Educate & Elevate Campaign Toolkit, resources, lesson plans, and examples of advocacy activities and events that can be replicated in the ABE and ESOL classrooms.
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Stretched budgets and part-time teachers present challenges for providing meaningful learning experiences that meet the criteria of effective professional development. Yet, part-time teachers, separated by schedules and geography, seek ongoing opportunities to connect with peers and learn collaboratively. This presentation demonstrates how one state used digital tools to engage adult education teachers in meaningful learning experiences. Join this session to learn techniques to overcome barriers to participation in professional development and explore tools for engaging in effective professional development opportunities.
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a large system with 35 adult prisons, is in the second year of expanding horizons by implementing 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 of a professional learning community at each institution. Professional learning communities have been adopted widely in K12 and more and more in adult education. The corrections environment offers some specific but not insurmountable challenges. Attend this session to hear about the challenges, the successes, and the lessons learned so far.
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As an administrator, director, coordinator, or supervisory staff at your local adult education program, how do you lead your staff in a way that will ensure that your program is on track to meet all the compliance measures and required paperwork? Leadership strategies will be shared and explored to help your program stay on track all year long.
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"Fake news" and misinformation has been with us since the tale of the Trojans falling for a wooden horse. But it has been making big headlines recently. Even major news organizations are devoting teams to fact-checking published reports. So how is an adult learner to figure out what's legit? News for You Editor Jennifer Thompson will present a brief overview of the "fake news" crisis and offer ideas and activities to help learners sharpen their online and news literacy skills. We'll also talk about how News for You works to ensure accuracy and fairness.
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Adult education is a specialized field, unfamiliar to most educators. Between learning relevant content and understanding the principles of andragogy, ABE instructors can quickly become overwhelmed - leading to poor instruction and/or high turnover. Join us as we outline a comprehensive process, based upon research and our own experiences and observation, for successfully onboarding instructors into an adult basic education classroom using instructional support, online resources, and instructor mentoring.
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The College of Southern Idaho College and Career Readiness Adult Basic Education program uses this handbook with mentors so that there is a common process to onboard new instructors. Mentors are assigned new instructors (mentees) and engage with the new instructor throughout the instructional year.
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Here is a list of resources referenced in the Onboarding for Success! presentation, Tuesday, March 28 (Session S511).