2016
Professional Development for the Adult Education Instructor Complies with WIOA Guidelines
Extraordinary Online Teacher Instruction for the Adult Educator
Essential Professional Development for the Adult Educator
CONTENTS
3
INTRODUCTION
4 Course I:
TEACHING READING SKILLS
5 Course II:
MOTIVATING THE ADULT LEARNER
6 Course III:
BLENDED LEARNING IN ADULT EDUCATION
7 Course IV:
TEACHING IN A MULTILEVEL CLASSROOM
8 Course V:
IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING READING SKILL DIFFICULTIES
9 Course VI:
USING MASTERY LEARNING IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOM
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INTRODUCTION
The Next Generation of Professional Development
Anytime, Anywhere. Online Professional Development Series. Introducing a remarkable, online professional development series developed especially for adult ed teachers by master adult ed teachers. The series is not only enjoyable and rewarding, but gives you the core tools and techniques to excel in the adult education classroom. The Mastery Learning System tracks your progress and issues “Certificates of Completion� to document your knowledge and skills. Print materials are included to use as reminders in your classroom. Learn faster, remember more, and have fun doing it.
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Increasing reading comprehension is critical to helping students become college and career ready.
track progress & have fun doing it
Course I:
TEACHING READING SKILLS
habits of struggling readers, identify
Repeated practice with comprehension exercises will not increase comprehension. Instead students need to develop the
the reading strategies that successful readers use, and learn the methods for teaching these strategies to their
strategies that are used by successful readers to increase comprehension.
students. Each session demonstrates
In this professional development series,
organizers to help students apply those
how instructors can incorporate graphic
instructors will learn to recognize the
strategies as they read.
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Course II:
Why do students attend class so inconsistently?
Motivating the adult learner provides
How can we keep them engaged long enough to realize learning gains?
MOTIVATING THE ADULT LEARNER instructors with a theoretical basis for motivating adult learners, and the practical skills to put supportive strategies in place. This course emphasizes the link between motivation, retention, and
student motivation. Instructors will learn
achieving student and program goals.
strategies for motivating learners,
Participants will identify the student-
including the most recent research
related, instructor-related, and
on using incentives to motivate
environmental factors that impact
adult learners.
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A step-by-step, hands-on course designed to help launch blended learning in your classroom.
Course III:
BLENDED LEARNING IN ADULT EDUCATION
improve completion and pass rates
What is blended learning and can
and pass rates. The course will help
it increase student study time and
maximizing student learning in the
my instruction for each student?
introduce technological tools that
it help me teach better? How will
teachers develop strategies for
success? Will it help me differentiate
blended learning environment, and teachers can use to support a
Our blended learning course will
blended instructional approach.
answer all these questions and more!
This is a hands-on course designed to
Blended Learning in Adult Education is
give teachers step-by-step instruction
designed to introduce instructors to the
to launch blended learning solutions in
concept of blended learning, and how
their classrooms.
blended learning can help students and instructors improve completion
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This professional development series
Course IV:
TEACHING IN A MULTILEVEL CLASSROOM
addresses the reality of multilevel
How can you make all learners
assessment data to set appropriate
classes in adult literacy and how to best serve all students. The series provides strategies and tools for challenging advanced students, supporting lower-level learners, using
successful all the time?
learning goals for students, and selecting appropriate materials for
How do you prevent your lower-level
students at different levels. This course
learners from becoming overwhelmed,
will give you the tools to make all your
and your fastest learners from
students successful no matter where
becoming bored or disruptive?
they are in their learning.
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students who have difficulty
Course V:
developing reading skills may not.
IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING READING SKILL DIFFICULTIES
This course will help instructors understand the five components of a comprehensive reading program and identify whether students are struggling with foundational reading skills, processing skills, decoding
Reading is foundational to every
skills, or advanced reading skills.
content area in adult literacy
Instructors will learn strategies for
and high school equivalency programs.
identifying and remediating reading
Teaching reading is a complex process.
skill difficulties, and learn how they
While some students will improve under
can see dramatic improvements in
normal instructional circumstances,
reading among their students.
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How can you individualize instruction to meet the specific needs of each learner?
Course VI:
USING MASTERY LEARNING IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOM Adult ed teachers are not often given the ongoing diagnostic tools they need to track their students’ progress and needs. The result is a one-size-fits-all curriculum that fits nobody. This course will demonstrate how
to determine students’ individual
adaptive learning programs like our
learning needs, inform instructional
HSE Academies can accelerate
decision making, design student
adult learning by providing real-time
learning plans, and assess HSE
assessment and progress data. Learn
test readiness.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Anytime, Anywhere.
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The Only
Online
Professional Development Series you will
need.
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Essential Professional Development for the Adult Educator
Our Online Professional Development Series offers six courses to help students learn faster, remember more, and have fun doing it.
Course I:
TEACHING READING SKILLS Course II:
MOTIVATING THE ADULT LEARNER Course III:
BLENDED LEARNING IN ADULT EDUCATION Course IV:
TEACHING IN A MULTILEVEL CLASSROOM Course V:
IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING READING SKILL DIFFICULTIES Course VI:
USING MASTERY LEARNING IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOM
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