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Accountability |
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Title:
NRS Online
Provider:
Operated by American Institutes for Research, funded by
U.S. Department of Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
NRS Online is the training site for the National
Reporting System for adult education (NRS). This site includes
online training courses designed for adult education program
administrators that explain NRS requirements and courses
designed to improve the quality of NRS data collection. You can
also use this site as a reference source for the NRS.
Courses include:
What is the NRS, Using NRS Data, Introduction and Overview of
Data Quality, Quality Data: What Good Data Matter, The
Data Collection Process, Assessment: Measuring Educational
Gain, Intake and Goal Setting, Follow-Up Measures:
Employment, GED, and Post-Secondary Education, Local Staff
Training, The State Role in Data Quality, Introduction: A
Model for Using Data for Program Management and Improvement,
Identifying Issues and Problems, Developing Measurable
Questions, Developing an Analysis Plan, Analyzing and
Interpreting Data, Developing a Plan for Change, Implementing
Change, and Evaluating the Change.
URL:
http://www.nrsweb.org/trainings/online.aspx |
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Title:
In
Search of Compliance and Retention in Adult Education Programs
Provider: Florida
Tech Net, funded by the Florida Department of Education
Cost: free
Access: anytime |
Description: In this
web-based training, you will have an opportunity to review a
number of different topics that can help you ensure that your
programs are ready for an audit. If you have done your homework,
then an audit should merely be a review of all the excellent
things that are happening in your program. Will your program
receive a perfect" rating? Probably not - there is always room
for improvement. View your audit as a learning experience. If
there are things you need to change, change them. If you have
established some exemplary procedures, share them with other
adult educators. This web-based training will provide you with
information on the following:
- Record retention and disposal
- Performance issues
- Compliance responsibilities
- Self-assessment (
- Note: Items in this training may be state
specific. However there are enough resources to assist you
in developing resources for your state.
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=10
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Adult
Education Orientation |
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Title:
Online Orientation to Basic Skills in North Carolina
Provider: NCCCS
Cost: free
Access: anytime - must get enrollment key from local
program director |
Description: Orientation
to Basic Skills in North Carolina
is a non-facilitated, free online orientation course designed to
introduce new Basic Skills instructors to essential knowledge
and skills as they begin their teaching assignments. The course
content was developed in collaboration with the Basic Skills
Credentialing Committee, comprised of instructors and local
administrators across the state. It is anticipated that
completion of the course will range between six – ten hours.
Programs are highly encouraged to have new instructors complete
the course prior to beginning instruction, whenever possible.
URL:
http://ncbsonline.net/Online Orientation.htm
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Title:
A Roadmap to Implementing Adult Basic Education Programs
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This training will take you through the steps necessary to more
effectively implement Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Workplace
Readiness Programs and will provide you with information on:
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The
history of Adult Basic Education
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The
adult learner
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Teaching
and learning styles
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Student
eligibility, assessment, and accountability
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Student
services including recruitment, intake, orientation,
retention, and follow-up
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Curriculum frameworks and course progression
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Staff
development
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/abe/ |
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The Adult Learner |
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Title:
Understanding
the Adult Basic Education Student
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This web-based training will provide you with
information and resources that will help you better understand
the ABE (Adult Basic Education) student. If you want to be
effective in helping your students achieve their goals, it is
important that you know about a variety of aspects regarding the
adult student.
Everything that you say, do, or
write can impact whether or not the ABE student is comfortable
and productive in your classroom. Every student is different.
Every student comes to you with unique needs and abilities. It
is up to you to recognize these needs and abilities and assist
your students in achieving their goals.
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=4
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Title:
Principles of Adult Learning
Provider: Verizon Thinkfinity
Cost: free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This course will enable you to
gain insights into adult learning in general, as well as some of
the physical, sociological, and physiological issues that adult
literacy and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) learners face.
You will begin to think about the things that you might do and
the attitudes that you might develop that will enable you to
better work with adult students. URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html
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Authentic Contexts
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Title:
Overview of Critical
Practices
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
If you've been waiting for a user-friendly
way to dip into critical pedagogy, this is it. This self-study
is a starting point to developing a theoretical background on
critical pedagogy. Learn to what extent education programs
reflect critical pedagogy in their structure and practices and
analyze your own practices for the degrees of critical pedagogy
across six elements of an adult education program.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=800 |
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Title:
Philosophy of Using
Authentic Curriculum
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
A curriculum is a guide for learning.
Everyone who chooses or creates curriculum (or textbooks) needs
to develop a personal philosophy of teaching and learning,
examine the values and beliefs behind that philosophy, and
design or select a curriculum that reflects those beliefs and
values. Compare three approaches to curriculum—traditional,
learner-driven, and critical—and begin to articulate your own
philosophy of teaching and curriculum development.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=801 |
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Title:
Using Authentic
Curriculum and Materials
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
The team of researchers led by Victoria
Purcell-Gates found that adult literacy instruction is more
effective if teachers use materials and activities that adults
actually encounter in their daily lives. This course will
encourage you to work collaboratively with your students to
identify a topic for a lesson that uses authentic materials and
activities. You will be using the handbook, Creating
Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy
Classroom, as a guide in moving toward contextualized
literacy instruction.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1068 |
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Title:
Building
Teacher/Learner Collaborations
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
In coding the data for the Literacy
Practices of Adult Learners study, the researchers found that
the learners themselves were attributing changes in literacy
practice to life changes, such as changes in employment, living
situations, family situations/children, and health. Explore the
social nature of your learners' literacy practices and how those
practices may change from the beginning of instruction. Develop
a strategy for collaborating with learners to identify a topic
on which to build instructional activities.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1069 |
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Title:
The Authentic Assessment Toolbox
Provider: Jon Mueller. Professorof Psychology, North
Central College
Cost: free
Access: anytime |
Description:
The Authentic Assessment Toolbox site is a tutorial for learning
all about authentic assessment. It is presented with
hypertext and features creating authentic tasks, rubrics and
standards for measuring and improving student learning. What is
authentic assessment? Why do we need it? How do you do it?
Answers to these questions as well as information on Standards,
Rubrics, Portfolios, and Examples can be found here. Educators
at all levels will find this site useful.
URL:
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
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Building and Evaluating Adult Education Programs |
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Title:
Making Evaluation Work for Your Program
Provider: National
Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy America
Cost: free
Access: anytime |
Description:
This course is primarily directed at those program directors and
staff who are new to program evaluation in adult and family
literacy. You will learn the basics of program evaluation and
takeaway an evaluation framework to use in your adult or family
literacy program. The importance of program evaluation to a
variety of different audiences, including program staff, will be
explained throughout the course. URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/courses
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Title:
Evaluating GED Programs
Provider:
Florida Tech Net, funded by the
Florida Department of Education
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description: This
web-based training component has been designed to provide you
with some basic information on the evaluation of GED programs.
Although you may not be ready to be a part of the Auditor
General's staff when you are finished, you will know the basics
about:
- How to use program data to determine
student achievement levels
- How to evaluate teacher performance
- How to review program data before a state
audit to minimize any areas of concern
- How to review your facility to ensure it
meets codes and standards
- How to use the data and information to
make changes
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/wbt4/
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Title:
Get Your Message Out! Gaining Recognition
for Your Adult and Community Education Program
Provider: Florida
Tech Net, funded by the Florida Department of Education
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description: This
web-based training will assist you in obtaining skills about:
- Basic tools and techniques of public
relations/marketing "
- Being on the air - broadcast
opportunities
- Student and volunteer recruitment
procedures
- Planning and marketing special events
- Communicating effectively with the
community and businesses
- Creating a media handbook
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=12
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Distance Learning |
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Title:
Introduction
to Delivering at a Distance
Provider: NCCCS
Cost: free
Access:
facilitated and unfacilitated |
Description:
Introduction to
Delivering at a Distance, North Carolina Basic Skills is both
facilitated and non-facilitated. The course provides an
introduction to the basic components you need to set up a
distance learning program. The course also describes various
distance learning models and explores resources that can give
more detailed information on distance learning in adult
education programs. It begins with a description of the basic
components of a distance learning program. It continues with a
step-by-step process for setting up a distance learning course.
The course also suggests a framework for selecting curriculum
for distance learning programs.
URL:
http://ncbsonline.net/Distance Learning online
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Title:
Distance 101: Planning for Distance Education
Provider:
Project IDEAL
Cost:
free to member states of Project Ideal, including North
Carolina
Access:
Contact Katie Waters (919-807-7136)
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Description:
8 weeks duration, 2-3 hours per week
This online
course is intended for teachers and administrators who are
already skilled at delivering classroom-based adult education.
It contains a variety of exercises to help educators through the
reinvention process. Each exercise provides a structured
opportunity to reflect on four aspects of distance delivery –
recruitment, orientation, teaching, and assessment – and develop
strategies to handle each one. Pursued over a 6-8 week
period, the course can help educators prepare for their new
roles. The course is designed with several instructional
products in mind:
Crossroads Café, GED Connection, PLATO, Skills Tutor, and
Workplace Essential Skills. These are the products
that the Project IDEAL consortium is using in its current
experiments with distance education. But the principles
apply to teaching almost any product at a distance. Teachers who
complete D101 are eligible for 2.4 C.E.U.s from the University
of Michigan.
The Support
Center provides each member state with everything they need to
offer online professional development to their teachers: a
special website, a "textbook", a curriculum, a study guide for
participants, and a guide for those who will facilitate the
course. The Center provides ongoing support to each
state's facilitator, ranging from training in the use of the
website to mentoring each trainer during the time they
facilitate the course. Every summer the Center provides a
workshop for trainers from every member state. Here they
can refine their techniques for building a virtual community of
distance teachers.
URL:
Contact Katie Waters for information. |
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Title:
Distance 102: Study Groups
Provider:
Project IDEAL
Cost:
free to member states of Project Ideal, including North
Carolina
Access:
Contact Katie Waters (919-807-7136)
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Description:
4
weeks duration, 2-3 hours per week
This second
PD course is for teachers with one year experience teaching at a
distance. Having mastered the mechanics of distance
education, teachers are ready to think in a more focused way
about pedagogy. Each participant develops a case study of
a difficult pedagogical problem. The essence of the study
group is having participants examine the cases one at a time,
practicing the art of asking questions that probe the nature of
the problem and identifying strategies to deal with the
learner's difficulties. Teachers who complete D102 are
eligible for 1.8 C.E.U.s from the University of Michigan.
URL:
Contact Katie Waters for information. |
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Title:
Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Provider: Annette
Lamb, LarryJohnson, and William L. Smith
Cost: free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
Distance education is the process of connecting teachers and
students with online resources, virtual communications, and
remote activities as the primary means of instruction. Virtual
learning environments allow students the flexibility to learn:
- when they have the time,
- where they need to be, and
- how they learn best.
This workshop is designed for instructional
designers, faculty members, and other educators interested in
developing online courses for middle school through college
level.
URL:
http://eduscapes.com/distance/workshop_content/index.htm
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Title:
How Online Learning Works
Provider:
Onlinelearning.net
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description: If
you're unfamiliar with the concept of online learning, allow us
to give you a brief overview. Online courses are an
exceptionally accessible, flexible resource whether your goal is
gaining new teaching skills, meeting professional development
requirements, or advancing your teaching career with a program
certificate.
URL:
http://www.onlinelearning.net/OLE/index.html
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Title:
ESL FastTrack
Provider:
Central Piedmont Community College
Cost: For additional course information, call or email:
Rebeca Fernandez
rebeca.fernandez@cpcc.edu
(704)330-6917
Access: facilitated |
Description: ESL providers need
a flexible, affordable, and research-based professional
development series to help new ESL educators get off to the
right start. That is why Central Piedmont Community College in
Charlotte, North Carolina, developed the online ESL Fast Track
Training Series. The goal of the project was to produce a
low-cost, five-module, 30-hour online course for prospective
adult literacy instructors on the fundamentals of adult ESL
literacy instruction.
URL:
http://cce.cpcc.edu/leadership-management/esl-instructor-fast-track-training
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Title:
Crossroads Cafe at a Distance
Provider: Central Piedmont Community College and NCCCS
Cost: free
Access: facilitated and unfacilitated |
Description: Crossroads Café at a Distance is
designed to give teachers and administrators an overview of the
Crossroads Café Wraparound version program along with best
practices for teaching the course. The course discusses in
depth distance learning as well as the advantages and
limitations you may encounter within a distance learning
program. This course prepares teachers by training them in best
instructional practices for reaching distance learning students
with Crossroads Cafe Wraparound version. You will learn about
the both existing materials and the need for creating new
materials to best suit your program needs.
URL:
http://ncbsonline.net/Crossroads Cafe.htm
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Title:
TV411 for ESL Instructors
Provider:
National Center on Adult Literacy
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This training
module is a resource for professional developers who want to
help adult education programs implement
TV411 effectively. The module, meant to be a one-day
training for ESL instructors of intermediate and advanced
students, contains:
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Information about TV411
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Information about training goals and necessary
material
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A listing of the principles that guided the
development of the module
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An annotated agenda
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Workshop activities and implementation models
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Possible roadblocks
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Reflection and evaluation activities
URL: http://www.tv411.org/teacher_resources/tv411_pro_dev/index.shtml |
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Title:
ESL/CivicsLink
Provider: Developed jointly by PBS Adult Learning Service;
The National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University
of Pennsylvania; Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and
Continuing Education, Louisville, Kentucky; and
KLRN-TV, San Antonio, Texas.
Access:
anytime |
Description:
ESL/CivicsLink is an online
professional development system for adult education ESL
teachers. Developed by adult educators for adult educators and
tested in the field, this web-based product is managed by
Kentucky Educational Television and prepares teachers to do the
following:
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teach
English to speakers of other languages,
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enhance
cross-cultural awareness, and
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integrate
English literacy instruction and civics education.
The ESL/CivicsLink online professional development
system...
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covers core
issues in teaching ESL and civics.
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encourages
active engagement through project-based learning.
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works for
small group study with peer mentoring, and with both
facilitated and non-facilitated models.
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provides
customized portfolios in which teachers save journal entries,
lesson plans, project work and resources.
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provides
teachers with a collaboration tool via threaded discussions.
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includes
relevant online and offline resources.
URL:
http://civicslink.ket.org/login.xml
Cost:
Individual license: $89.95
Full access for one teacher for six months.
Organization license: $800
Full access for up to 10 teachers at one site for one year.
Please call KET at (800) 354-9067 to ask about multiple-site
discounts.
Statewide
license: prices vary
Please call KET at (800) 354-9067 for more information.
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Title:
Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate Program
Provider:
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Access:
scheduled, check website
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Description:
TESOL's "Principles and Practices of Online Teaching"
certificate program is designed for the experienced and the
inexperienced online English Language Teacher and course
designer. Whether you design and deliver courses that are fully
or partially run online, the "Principles and Practices of Online
Teaching" program will help develop the skills you need to
effectively teach English Language courses online or blend
online segments with your traditional face-to-face courses.
"Principles and Practices of Online Teaching" consists of
certificate foundation and completion courses, and ten courses
in general and content-specific topics.
To earn the certificate of
completion of the program, participants must successfully pass
the certificate foundation and completion courses (PP 100 and PP
200), two of the content courses, and two of the general online
teaching courses.
Teaching professionals who
are primarily interested in improving their online teaching
skills and not in attaining the certificate can enroll in the
courses they want. With the exception of PP 200, which has
prerequisites (PP 100, two content and two general online
teaching courses), there are no prerequisites for other courses.
URL:
http://www.tesol.org/edprg/olw/ppcp/index.htm
Cost:
Certificate PreparationPackage: This package
includes registration for PP 100, two content and two general
online teaching courses. Note: To earn the certificate
participants will have to also complete PP 200. Package is $1215 for TESOL
members and $1620 for nonmembers.
Individual
courses: The registration fee for individual courses is $225 per
course for TESOL members and $300 per course for nonmembers.
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Title:
TESOL’s Online Academies
Provider:
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Cost:
$239
for TESOL members and $319 for nonmembers
Access:
scheduled, check website |
Description:
TESOL offers a variety of online workshops throughout the
year. Past topics have included Using Internet Tools to
Effectively Work with Beginning ESL/EFL, Teaching Writing
Online, and Enhancing Online Communities with Voice and Webcams.
CEU’s are available through the University
of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
URL:
http://www.tesol.org/edprg/olw/academies.html#w1
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Title:
Culture and English Language Learners
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
This course examines different dimensions of culture relevant to
the learning context, including both the personal cultures of
learners and educators and the culture of the larger social
political environment. It explores how cultural values influence
instruction and looks at several teaching approaches that take
culture into account.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html
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Title:
English for All
Provider:
National Center on Adult Literacy
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This training module is a resource for professional developers
who want to help teachers implement English For All effectively.
The module, intended as a six-hour training for ESL instructors,
contains:
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Information about about English For All
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Information about training goals and necessary
material
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A listing of the principles that guided the
development of the module
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An annotated agenda
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Workshop activities, including a lesson
demonstration and website tour
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Sample lesson plans
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Discussion of potential roadblocks to
implementation
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Reflection and evaluation activities
URL:
http://www.literacy.org/tm_efa/index.html
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Title:
Teaching Adult ESOL
Provider:
Indian River State College, funded by
the Florida Department of Education
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description: This
web-based training is designed to arm you as a provider of Adult
English Literacy Instruction (also known as English for Speakers
of Other Languages or ESOL) with strategies, information and
resources that will help you to help your English language
learners. Topics you can use to help your learners include:
- Assessment, recruitment and retention of
Adult English Language Learners (ELLs).
- Student Performance Levels and
characteristics of each.
- Standardized Syllabi and Progress Reports
for classroom instruction in Florida.
- Methods, techniques and strategies for
teaching adults including Strategies That Work.
- Learner-centered approaches and
communicative strategies for teaching ESOL to adults.
URL:
http://new.floridatechnet.org/moodle/login/index.php |
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Title:
Teaching Health Literacy to English Language
Learners
Provider:
Florida Tech Net funded by the Florida
Department of Education
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
This web-based training is designed to arm you as a provider of
Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) with
strategies, information and resources that will help you to help
your English language learners take care of their health. Topics
you can use to help your learners include:
- Access to health services.
- Preventive health and nutrition.
- The basics - health vocabulary, making
appointments, visiting the doctor and describing symptoms.
- Preparing learners for talking with the
doctor about medication and understanding medicine labels.
- Strategies That Work -- Learner-centered
approaches and communicative strategies for teaching health
literacy.
- From the Web to the Classroom -- special
sections in each module provide photocopy ready lesson plans
and activities for classroom use.
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=105
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Family Literacy |
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Title:
Introducing Family Literacy to Adult Learners
Provider:
California Department of Education, Adult Education Office
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
Introducing
Family Literacy to Adult Learners offers a variety of interactive features that includes
audios of instructors and learners participating in an actual
family literacy lesson. The following content areas are
covered in this course:
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defining family
literacy with
four components
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integrating family literacy into adult education using
children's books
-
using a
seven stage plan for lessons
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modeling
ESL and ABE seven stage family literacy plans using a children's
book
-
writing
your own seven stage family literacy plan
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setting
the stage to implement your own family literacy plan with adult
learners at your site.
URL:
http://www.calpro-online.org/tto/default.asp |
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Title:
Parents and Children: Natural Learning Partners
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
Parent and Child
Together (PACT) Time is perhaps the most complex and unique
component of the four-component family literacy model. This
course introduces the basic concepts of PACT Time and covers
ways for volunteers to support parents and children as natural
learning partners.
Various strategies
will be introduced for PACT Time activities with young children
(birth to age 8) and in the elementary school setting. The
course includes information describing the roles of the parents,
volunteers and staff in the PACT Time classroom.
The course is primarily directed at those who are curious about
the notion of parents and children as natural learning partners
and who are considering volunteering their time in support of
it. However, new family literacy volunteers and recently hired
family literacy program staff will benefit as well from the
material presented.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html |
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Title:
Volunteers in Parent Education
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
This course will define Parent Education and will give you a
better picture of how you might become involved in helping
parents strengthen their knowledge and skills in order to
support their children’s literacy development and education.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html
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Title:
Connecting Families and Computers
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
Family literacy program directors and staff are in the unique
position of ensuring that all parents have access to the
opportunities and benefits computer technology brings. In this
first of two courses, you will learn how to incorporate basic
computer applications for parents during the Parent Time and
Adult Education components of family literacy. The second course
in this two-part series will be released in Spring, 2004.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html |
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GED
Administration |
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Title:
Administering the GED Tests
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
As the Chief or Alternate Chief Examiner of the GED
Tests, you know what the word “pressure” means. Having
responsibility for the GED Test means constant concerns about:
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Maintaining
security
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Ensuring a
smooth operation of the test center.
This
web-based training has been designed to provide you with some
strategies that you can use to ensure smooth operation of the
GED Tests. This training will not provide you with
everything you need to know, but it can give you some ideas
about:
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Security
measures that may take some of the worry out of testing
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Examples of
procedures to use, whether you are testing at a large or small
center
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/wbt2/ |
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Title:
GED Research and Policy
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
In this self-study, you’ll focus first on
general GED information and the research on the economic
benefits of attaining a GED credential. Then you’ll think about
the policy and program issues related to preparing students for
the GED examination and supporting them for the transition to
postsecondary education and training.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1082 |
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Title:
Going Beyond the GED
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time
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Description:
Learn why the adult education system should focus
on enabling students to develop the academic skills necessary to
not only complete the GED, but also to enter postsecondary
education and training. Identify strategies for supporting adult
education-to-postsecondary transitions for adult education
students in your own program or classroom.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1083 |
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GED Instruction |
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Title:
GED 2002 Online Professional Development
Provider:
Kentucky Educational Television sponsors the program; Kentucky
Department for Adult Education and Literacy funds it.
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
GED 2002 Online provides information on the GED 2002
Series Tests, as well as strategies that you can implement in
your classroom. The content is divided into four
categories:
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GED Tests Overview
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Math
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Problem Solving
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Calculator
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Grid Format
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Writing
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Multiple Choice
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Essay
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Critical Thinking
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Thinking Skills
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Graphic Literacy
Within each
module you will find these basic sections:
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What Do I
Know?
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Overview
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Module
Content and Activities
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What Did I
Learn?
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Training
Evaluation
URL:
http://www.ket.org/ged2002/ |
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Title:
Activity-Based
Instruction: Why and How
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time
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Description:
Activity-based instructional approaches emphasize
cognitive development, a critically important ability for GED
students who plan to enter postsecondary education and training.
Examine the implications of the research reported in
Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School
Dropouts. Outline the pros and cons of two activity-based
instructional methods—collaborative learning and project-based
learning. URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1084 |
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Title:
Using Beyond the GED
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time
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Description:
Beyond the GED: Making
Conscious Choices About the GED and Your Future, offers
lesson plans and helps teachers create activities that will give
adult learners an opportunity to practice writing, use graphs,
read charts, and analyze research findings on the economic
impact of the GED. Learn why it is important for students to
understand the economic impact of the GED, preview the lessons,
and think about how your students might benefit from the
lessons.
URL: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1086
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Health Literacy |
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Title:
Teaching Health Literacy to Adult English Language Learners
Provider: Florida TechNet
Cost: Free
Access: anytime |
Description:
This web-based training is designed to arm you as a provider of
Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) with
strategies, information and resources that will help you to help
your English language learners take care of their health.
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/esol2/home.html
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Title:
Health Literacy: New Field, New Opportunity
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Learn
about the challenges associated with low health literacy, meet
some of the new health literacy practitioners in the field, hear
about successful strategies and practices, and apply what you
have learned to a challenging health literacy scenario. This
online tutorial is designed for health and literacy educators
interested in addressing health literacy barriers to good health
in their work. The tutorial was developed with funding from the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region.
URL:
http://www.healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tutorial/SWF/flashcheck/main.htm |
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Learning
Disabilities
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Title:
Bridges to Practice – An Introduction
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This first
web-based training of Florida's Bridges to Practice will provide
you with information on:
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The wide
range of disorders that are called learning disabilities
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The
screening and diagnosis process
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Instructional modifications, strategies and accommodations
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Legal
issues related to adults with learning disabilities
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The need
for systemic change - programmatic and services
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State and
national resources
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/bridges/page2.html |
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Title:
Access E-Learning
Provider: Georgia Tech
Cost: free
Access:
anytime |
Description: Access
E-Learning is a tutorial of the Georgia Tech Research on
Accessible Distance Education (GRADE) project at Georgia Tech.
This tutorial is comprised of 10 modules that offer information,
instructional techniques, and practice labs on how to make the
most common needs in distance education accessible for
individuals with disabilities, and enhance the usability of
online materials for all students.
URL:
http://www.accesselearning.net/ |
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Multiple Intelligences |
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Title:
Adult Multiple
Intelligences Theory
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Howard Gardner's research has
shown that adults can possess many different kinds of
"intelligences" beyond the linguistic and logical abilities that
teachers usually expect. Through this course
you will learn to recognize the eight intelligences of MI Theory
among your students and plan instruction to exploit their unique
strengths.
Course:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1125 |
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Title:
Adult Multiple
Intelligences in Practice
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Investigate how practitioner researchers used Multiple
Intelligences (MI) theory in their ABE, GED, and ESOL classrooms
and in counseling. Discover their experiences and consider how
MI theory might apply in your situation. You’ll finish the
self-study by naming ways you can use MI in working with your
own learners.
Pre-requisite course:
Adult Multiple Intelligences Theory
Course:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1124 |
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Mixed Topics |
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Title:
Education Topics
Provider:
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
Education Topics are short
multimedia lessons on topics that interest all levels of
educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on
the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners,
and a listing of resources that you can use to continue your
professional development. While some of the topics are
K-12 specific, others have information relevant to adult
education. Such topics include Brain and Learning,
Differentiating Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, and
Problem-Based Learning.
URL:
http://www.ascd.org/research-a-topic.aspx |
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Title:
PBS TeacherLine
Provider:
PBS
Cost:
Most courses are approximately
$150. Graduate credit is available for many of them for an
additional fee.
Access:
scheduled, check website
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Description:
PBS TeacherLine, funded by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education, is committed to helping teachers
acquire the skills they need to prepare students for a
successful future. TeacherLine provides online
professional development through facilitated courses that meet
national and local standards, supportive and collaborative
learning communities and a wide variety of Internet-based
resources.
Courses cover
a variety of topics, many of which are relevant to adult
education. Subject areas include Curriculum Mapping,
Instructional Strategies, Interdisciplinary, Mathematics,
Reading/Language Arts, Science, and Technology Integration.
Courses are conducted at scheduled times and vary depending on
your location. Check the website for details.
URL:
http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/welcome.cfm |
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Title:
Professional Development Kit (PDK)
Provider:
National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
PDK consists of a variety of resources
including:
o
Over eight hours of video investigations containing
interviews of learners, teachers, researchers, and
administrators; classroom practice; and in-depth exploration of
specific topic areas such as ESL, ABE, GED, math, writing,
assessment, and technology.
o
An internet site that contains online tools such as
discussion boards, teacher portfolios with needs assessment
activities, data collection suggestions, action plan
infrastructures, and reporting frameworks; and four knowledge
databases to search related resources.
o
A participant’s guide that describes the system and
identifies possible applications in various contexts.
For additional information, contact Lynda
Ginsburg
ginsburg@literacy.upenn.edu 215-898-2100
URL:
http://www.literacyonline.org/htms/project_pdk.htm |
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Student Persistence |
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Title:
Helping Adults Persist
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description: The researchers
featured in this course interviewed Pre-GED students to find out
what supported or hindered their persistence in adult basic
education programs. They identified four supports to
persistence—management of positive and negative forces,
establishment of a goal by students, progress toward reaching a
goal, and building self-efficacy. You'll want to learn more
about these four critical supports to persistence. |
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Title:
Supports and Barriers
to Persistence
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description: Find out what
students interviewed for the research study listed as the
negative and positive forces that affect their ability to
persist. This course will help you and your students devise
strategies for increasing the positive forces and reducing the
negative forces that hinder them.
Pre-requisite course:
Helping Adults Persist
Course:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1045 |
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Title:
Goals and Self Efficacy
in Persistence
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Building self-efficacy, establishment of a goal by the student,
and progress toward reaching a goal are three supports suggested
by the researchers for increasing student persistence. This
course will help you promote mastery and vicarious experiences
and explore other ways to build self-efficacy. You’ll be
challenged to try out a new idea for supporting student
persistence.
Course: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1049 |
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Title:
Improving Student Retention in Adult Education Programs
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
Upon
completion of this training, you will be able to:
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Conduct
a retention study
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Discuss
the characteristics of a reluctant learner
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Identify
barriers and motivational factors that interfere with learner
success
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Identify
and implement practical strategies to retain students in your
program
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Analyze
student data to develop a retention plan for your program
Registration required (free): Just type in your
information.
Course:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/retention2005/retention2005_.htm
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Reading |
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Title:
Comprehensive Reading and Strategies Help!
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This web-based training will provide you with information and
resources that will help you help your students become better
readers. Topics within this training include:
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The
Adult Learner and Brain Compatible Classrooms
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Essentials of Reading
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Adult
Learners and Comprehension Strategies
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Helping
ESOL Students and Students with Learning Disabilities
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Helping
the Adult to Help the Child
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/abe/reading/ |
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Title:
Teaching Learners What
Reading Is All About
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Understanding
What Reading Is All About: Teaching Materials and Lessons for
Adult Basic Education Learners, is
based on findings from reading research conducted by NCSALL and
others. This guide offers 13 lessons designed to help learners
understand the components of reading that are part of becoming a
more fluent reader. Review Understanding What Reading Is All
About, consider why it is important for learners to know
about the components of reading, and determine how and when you
could use this guide with learners.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=804 |
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Title:
Reading Difficulties
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
In “Lessons
from Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children for Adult
Learning and Literacy” the authors outline risk factors
identified in children with reading difficulties and compare
these to those of adult literacy students. Instruction should
address the social risk factors with which adult learners
contend as well as the component reading skills. Reflect on your
assumptions and beliefs about teaching reading and consider how
the personal and social risk factors may impact learning how to
read. URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=805 |
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Title:
Ideas for Teaching
Reading
Provider:
World Education
Cost:
free
Access:
Any time |
Description:
Explore some
of the research on reading and its implications for the
development of curriculum and instructional techniques. Read
articles that relate to your role in the program—ABE instructor,
ESOL instructor, or program administrator/counselor. Consider
how the findings or practices might apply to your situation and
develop plans for trying out some of the ideas.
URL:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=806 |
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Technology |
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Title:
Captured Wisdom
Provider:
National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
Captured Wisdom documents the ways educators
and learners actually use technology in their classrooms as a
tool to support instruction and learning in a variety of content
areas. The entire program has been uploaded to the
Internet. The program is also available in a two CD-ROM
set that contains seven different short videos of authentic
adult education classrooms. Included with each video clip
are sections with the featured teacher answering questions posed
to her/him by other adult education teachers who first watched
the video clips in focus groups. The questions are divided
into the following categories: Learners, Instructional
Activities, Project Management, Technology Issues, and Products
and Assessments. Also included with the set is a short
instruction booklet that tells you how to get the most out of
Captured Wisdom.
For additional information, contact Lynda
Ginsburg
ginsburg@literacy.upenn.edu 215-898-2100
URL:
http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/cw/adultlit.htm
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Volunteer
Literacy |
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Title:
Orientation to Volunteering in Literacy
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
This course is designed for people who are asking themselves,
"What can I do to make my community a better place to live?"
Orientation to Volunteering in Literacy will help you make that
decision. You will find information about the impact of
low-literacy in America, how volunteers play a vital role in
helping to meet the need, and how to contact a local program to
explore how YOU might become involved.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html |
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Title:
Working with Adult Literacy Learners
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
This course is designed for people who are interested in
learning more about what it will be like as a volunteer in an
adult basic literacy program. Literacy programs are like
buildings in a community: they come in many shapes and sizes and
have many things in common, but depending on which door you go
in, it looks very different inside. Volunteering is a valuable
and rewarding experience! This course will help you learn more
about adults who attend basic literacy programs, the services
provided to help meet their educational needs, and how you can
use your knowledge and experience to make an important
difference in people’s lives.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.htm |
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Workforce-Related |
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Title:
Managing a SCANS-based Classroom
Provider:
California Department of Education, Office of Adult
Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
SCANS stands for the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills. Managing a SCANS-based Classroom
will assist instructors in maximizing student classroom
involvement by applying a SCANS approach to instruction.
The course offers a variety of interactive features that
includes audios and videos of an instructor and students
participating in an actual SCANS-based lesson. The
following content areas are covered in this course:
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Background and overview of the report from the Secretary’s Commission
on Achieving Necessary Skills
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Identification of the SCANS skills and competencies
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Establishing effective teams for classroom activities and instruction
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Integrating SCANS into your lesson plans
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Utilizing assessments for teachers and students
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Creating and implementing your own SCANS-based lesson plan with
your
students.
URL:
http://www.calpro-online.org/tto/default.asp |
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Title:
Setting Up a Career Center
Provider:
FloridaTechNet, funded by Florida Adult Education
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime
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Description:
This
web-based training will provide information on development and
implementation of a career center in your program.
By the end
of this training, you will be able to:
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Identify
the goals of a career center
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Identify
and assess the process required to set up a career center
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Explain
the process individuals use to define their career goals
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Define
the different types of career assessment tools
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Identify
and access resources to assist students with defining career
goals
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Discuss
the process by which individuals define their career goals and
develop a career plan
URL:
http://www.floridatechnet.org/webbased.htm#career |
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Writing |
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Title:
Writing Without Fear
Provider:
National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide
Cost:
free
Access:
anytime |
Description:
Tutors and teachers often have a difficult time getting students
to write. Trying to put one’s thoughts down in a way that makes
sense and at the same time trying to remember all the rules of
grammar and spelling can be daunting to anyone, especially to a
new writer. In this workshop, participants learn a writing
process that can help students (and themselves) overcome their
fear of writing. Participants will learn this process by
reflecting on their own experiences as teachers and writers, as
well as by doing some writing themselves.
URL:
http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html |
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