Professional Development Brochure

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

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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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