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Illinois has a rich history of providing services to Adult Education learners. We have moved forward with the implementation of WIOA and the management of the specialized training available to instructors via the Instructional Pathways. In this session, the Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Service Center Network staff will provide insights into the development of these Instructional Pathways, the components of the training, the data tracking system, and how these pathways are driving professional development in Illinois.
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Are you interested in or have you experienced success boosting enrollment at your adult education center? Bring your ideas, expertise, and questions to this round table discussion that focuses on marketing strategies to reach adult learners. During the session, we will share some strategies and tactics that we are using in Connecticut and add new ideas from others. Even if you have a strong marketing platform, you can share your secret to success while learning about some new activities, processes, and ideas that can enhance your organization’s current practices. We will also share some ideas that we thought were excellent that did not end up succeeding. So bring your successful and not-so-successful stories to share with others across the country.
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Has your program’s social media presence flat lined? Unless you have a dedicated social media expert on staff, the responsibility for managing the program’s social media accounts likely falls to someone who already has a full plate. The path to the cyberspace morgue for those accounts may seem inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be. Join the discussion on ways to revitalize your program’s social media presence by adding laughter and personality to your posts. This session will also include techniques for getting staff and students involved in the process, so it doesn’t fall to just one person. Gain fresh and fun ideas to get back on track.
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“It’s bigger than all of us” is how one Adult Education student describes his Family Literacy program. A Two-Generation/Family Literacy program is a powerful model which serves and empowers not only adult students, but also families and communities. Student voices, a teacher, an administrator and former state director will share their experiences in Oakland, California: successes, challenges and lessons learned. Examples of the four-component national Family Literacy model and sample contextualized lessons will inspire and support implementation in your own Adult Education program.
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A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is more than a community of teachers meeting together to share teaching strategies and materials. Participants will hear about the power of PLCs to improve student learning gains through cycles of collective inquiry. A teacher, administrator and former state director will share Oakland Adult & Career Education’s PLC journey: successes, challenges, lessons learned and the road ahead.
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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).