Literacy notes.

              Literacy Notes
Conference
Quick Facts
When September 29–30
Where National Center for
Employee Development
(NCED), 2801 East State
Highway 9, Norman OK
Registration
Deadline September 15
Full conference—$175
One day only—$100
Early Bird Registration
Deadline August 20
Full conference—$155
One day only—$90
Online Registration Form (pdf )
www.odl.state.ok.us/literacy
Lodging at NCED $84, including
tax and breakfast Make
your reservations by calling
405–447–9000. Conference
Lodging Rate deadline is
September 9
Required All guests must have
a photo ID. Drivers on NCED
grounds must carry a valid
driver’s license.
Questions Call Joni Dyer at
580–762–4580 or
580–716–3880, or email
oklitcoalition@yahoo.com
Conference 2011
Awesome, Wonderful, and Fantastic—just three words that de-scribe
the upcoming adult education and literacy joint conference,
scheduled for Thursday and Friday, September 29 and 30 in
Norman, Oklahoma.
Awesome training, wonderful networking opportunities, and a
fantastic facility! The Oklahoma Literacy Coalition, State Depart-ment
of Education, and Oklahoma Department of Libraries have
once again combined forces to provide an exciting lineup of con-tinuing
education opportunities to meet the needs of programs
throughout the state.
More than 60 workshops on relevant topics for adult education
and literacy professionals, volunteer tutors, and adult learners,
presented by national and state experts will be offered. Back by
popular demand will be dynamic keynote speaker Mark McLeod,
who will also present a follow up workshop session. Other available
topics will cover a wide interest range including learning disabilities,
teaching math, on-line resources, ESL, health literacy, supporting
leaners in times of crises, and much more. A special conference
closing session will feature Tom Pace, whose presentation will
send you home inspired and motivated.
Registration is only $175 for the full conference or $100 for one
day. Price includes workshops, lunch, and special events. Lodg-ing
at the National Center for Employee Development is only $84
which includes tax and breakfast.
Whatever you do, don’t miss the 2011 Oklahoma Adult Education
and Literacy Conference. Mark your calendars and make your
plans now.
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Thursday, September 29
8:30–9:30 am
Opening Keynote Speech: Making a
Difference
Speaker, Mark McLeod
Back by popular demand, this dynamic and motivat-ing
keynote is for anyone who desires to become an
impact educator. Mark utilizes humor and sensitivity
to remind audiences of the importance of develop-ing
positive relationships with everyone. By sharing
real-life stories and experiences, Mark connects with
all who teach. Participants will leave this memorable
presentation energized and inspired to plant seeds of
success in their students.
10–11:30 am
Make or Break Your Class with a Needs
Assessment (ESL)
Repeated at 8:30 am, Friday
This session introduces needs assessment, its varying
formats and rationale, and discusses how it can be
the basis for planning a class. Examples to use with
all language levels are presented. Then, several “quick
check” needs assessments are introduced to show how
use throughout a class can make learning more mean-ingful.
Time is given for a question and answer period
and for audience members to think about and plan for
using needs assessments with their own classes.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
Each TEAL workshop will cover different subject matter.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) is a proj-ect
of the U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education (OVAE). The primary purpose of
TEAL is to improve the quality of instruction in adult
education and literacy programs. In collaboration with
subject matter experts, TEAL staff develops materials
that support evidence-based instruction across content
areas and incorporate practices of cognitive and meta-cognitive
strategy instruction, formative and diagnostic
assessment, differentiated instruction, and universal
design for learning (UDL). These sessions promise
to provide participants with practical and relevant
instructional information and resources.
See conference program for details.
Career Ready 101/Key Train Statewide
License
Repeated at 3 pm, Thursday
Oklahoma has just become the first state to acquire a
statewide license for KeyTrain and Career Ready 101,
a proven interactive system that helps users quickly
develop and improve fundamental work and life skills
from work habits to solving workplace problems with
math. Learn how your program can take advantage of
this free statewide resource.
A Lexical Feast: Teaching Vocabulary
Strategies Across Levels
Vocabulary acquisition is key to our learners’ language
skill development, and research shows that the direct
instruction of vocabulary is essential for successful
language acquisition. In this workshop, we’ll explore
the vocabulary learning strategies learners at all levels
can use to develop their active vocabulary. We’ll also
consider what kinds of practice activities support the
five stages of vocabulary acquisition (comprehension,
retention, recognition out of the original context, pro-duction,
and ownership).
Managing and Engaging All Learners
This session will provide proven techniques that keep
all students actively involved in the learning process.
Participants will benefit as they learn proactive strate-gies
that create a safe, orderly, and risk-free classroom
environment. Ways to boost student engagement and
get them excited about participating in class will also
be covered.
Brain Basics 101
For maximum benefit, it is suggested participants follow
up with “Four Questions to Supporting Learners in Times
of Crisis”—1 pm, Thursday
All learning takes place between your two ears! As
an educator, do you feel comfortable explaining to
students how they learn, how feelings impact learn-ing,
and why some life situations may interfere with
learning? This session will provide an overview of how
the brain functions to learn, in terms and pictures, that
will make understanding these complex systems easy
and interesting. Participants will be offered access
to a script and PowerPoint to support these critical
underpinnings, to build learner insight, and improve
learning success.
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Adult Learners
Welcome
Adult learners will find “student friendly” work-shops
designed specifically for their learning
needs. A special orientation session will help
student attendees make new friends and find
their way around the conference facility. Fol-low
up sessions will include nutrition, money
management, relationship building, technology,
and family literacy.
The 2011 conference is a great opportunity for
local programs to get students involved and
develop learner leaders. A limited number of
conference scholarships are available. Contact
your program director for information and ap-plication
forms.
Career Guidance Tools
Repeated at 3 pm, Thursday
Part of the process of working through any challenge
is making sure you have the right tools. Helping your
clients/students work through their career challenges
is no different. Find out about tools available to you
from the Oklahoma Department of Career Technology
Education.
Fact or Fiction—Correctional Education is
Good for the Offender and Society
Repeated at 1:30 pm, Friday
This session will expose some of the myths that are
believed to be true about corrections education, its
effectiveness, and upcoming changes that could affect
the program.
Higher Order Thinking Skills: Using
Advanced Organizers to Support Instruction
Repeated at 10:30 am, Friday
Using organizers or an advance organizer can support
the process of learning. Organizers can also enhance
a student’s ability to know what’s coming, to plan, to
understand where he or she is headed, to support recall,
and to help a student evaluate the learning process. In
supporting students as they move into post-secondary
settings and into career pathways, organizers support
the higher-order thinking skills students need to be
successful.
Tried and True Materials for the ESL
Classroom
Repeated 3 pm, Thursday and 8:30 am, Friday
Do you often wonder what materials and resources
you should order for your ESL program? There are so
many to choose from and they all sound great. This
session is a review of numerous ESL resources that
teachers believe work best with their students, why
they work, and how teachers use them. If you want a
teacher’s perspective, this session is for you.
ProLiteracy Education Network–Free
Resources for Literacy and ESL Instruction
Are you a literacy instructor looking for new ideas
for teaching reading comprehension and vocabulary
development? Are you an ESL instructor looking for
resources to teach life skills or prepare students to
pass the citizenship test? Are you a program manager
looking for budget friendly ways to train instructors
in the latest research and teaching practices? In this
hands-on workshop, you will explore the extensive col-lection
of free resources available through ProLiteracy
Education Network (Ednet) —www.proliteracyednet.
org. Ednet is a complete revision of the site that previ-ously
was called Thinkfinity Literacy Network. Come
see what’s new!
1–2:30 pm
The Nuts and Bolts of Giving Feedback on
Writing Assignments
This session will focus on ESL instruction, however,
information will be presented that both ESL and ABE
instructors will find useful.
Repeated 10:30 am, Friday
This presentation begins with an overview of the
process approach to writing with an emphasis on the
“nuts and bolts” of designing a writing assignment. The
different stages of the writing process are described,
differentiating revision and editing. General criteria
for feedback and several ways of giving learners feed-back
both at the revision stage and the editing stage
are presented. Within this section is a discussion of
the pros and cons of peer review. The presentation
concludes with some time-saving tips on giving learn-ers
feedback on their written work. There is time for
questions and answers, and for participants to begin to
design a writing assignment for their classes, thinking
carefully about how they will give feedback.
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Capturing the Love of Learning
It’s a Snap!
Don’t forget to enter the Oklahoma Literacy Coali-tion’s
literacy photo contest for the opportunity to
win a digital camera and other great prizes. Tutors,
learners, staff, and instructors are invited to capture
an image that represents the Love of Learning.
Entries must be received by September 10, and
the winners will be announced at the conference.
Contact your program director, the Oklahoma
Literacy Coalition, or the Literacy Resource Office
for contest details and entry forms.
The Four Questions to Supporting Learners
in Times of Crisis
For maximum benefit, it is suggested participants
previously attend Brain Basics 101—10 am, Thursday
What do you do when a student enters the learning
experience in a crisis mode? How do you respond?
What, in your training, has prepared you for manag-ing
crisis situations and then turning the crisis into a
valuable learning experience? This session will offer
four critical questions that can help move a student
through his/her crisis while concurrently learning the
four steps to managing a crises. Participants will walk
away with the four questions and be ready to imple-ment
the questions with students, friends, and family!
Linking Adult Literacy and Reading
Comprehension to Career Clusters
Repeated at 10:30 am, Friday
CTB/McGraw-Hill and MetaMetrics have recently
completed a research project linking TABE Reading
results to Lexile Reading measures to improve adult
literacy comprehension and retention. Participants
will learn how Lexile measures can be used to connect
learners with ability-appropriate instructional and
leisure reading materials. Additionally, attendees will
learn the Lexile reading levels for all 16 Career Clusters
and how to convert TABE Reading scores into Lexile
levels via a free web resource.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
Each TEAL workshop will cover different subject matter.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) is a proj-ect
of the U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education (OVAE). The primary purpose of
TEAL is to improve the quality of instruction in adult
education and literacy programs. In collaboration with
subject matter experts, TEAL staff develops materials
that support evidence-based instruction across content
areas and incorporate practices of cognitive and meta-cognitive
strategy instruction, formative and diagnostic
assessment, differentiated instruction, and universal
design for learning (UDL). These sessions promise
to provide participants with practical and relevant
instructional information and resources.
See conference program for details.
Creating Winning Partnerships
Repeated 10:30 am, Friday
“Creating Winning Partnerships”—although the effort
takes time and requires careful attention, it’s essential
to creating strong, viable partnerships that produce
lasting change. Comprehensive partnerships begin
because individuals reach out to like-minded people
and groups to address issues that affect families. This
workshop addresses the work that collaborative part-nerships
typically engage in as they begin and as they
move toward action.
Picturing Success in the Multilevel Classroom
To meet the challenge of multilevel instruction, we
need resources that will work across levels and in
multiple contexts. Picture dictionaries are just such
a resource. Come explore how a repertoire of picture
dictionary instructional strategies and activities can
make multilevel teaching (and lesson planning!) more
effective and less arduous. Throughout this session,
you’ll work with presentation as well as same-level and
mixed-level practice activities that can be adapted for
your own teaching style.
Powerful Strategies to Motivate All Learners
Learn proven ways to connect with all students. Par-ticipants
will learn strategies and techniques that en-courage
students to work hard, behave appropriately,
and be successful. Expect to leave this session with
many powerful, yet practical strategies to motivate
all students. Don’t miss this life-changing experience!
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Participants will leave with a plan to incorporate at
least one tool in their practice and an invitation to
join a private online community to support their social
media work.
3–4:30 pm
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
Each TEAL workshop will cover different subject matter.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) is a proj-ect
of the U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education (OVAE). The primary purpose of
TEAL is to improve the quality of instruction in adult
education and literacy programs. In collaboration with
subject matter experts, TEAL staff develops materials
that support evidence-based instruction across content
areas and incorporate practices of cognitive and meta-cognitive
strategy instruction, formative and diagnostic
assessment, differentiated instruction, and universal
design for learning (UDL). These sessions promise
to provide participants with practical and relevant
instructional information and resources.
See conference program for details.
Keeping Gen Y in the Classroom
Repeated 8:30 am, Friday
The objectives for this workshop are for participants
to:
learn the four reasons why we need to learn
about the different generations in the workplace
learn the age range for the Traditionalist, Baby
Boomer, Gen Xer, and the Millennial
discover the influences, characteristics, and
values of each of the four generations
explore practical tools to better communicate
with each generation.
Tried and True Materials for the ESL
Classroom
Repeat of 10 am, Thursday
Repeated 8:30 am Friday
Do you often wonder what materials and resources
you should order for your ESL program? There are so
many to choose from and they all sound great. This
session is a review of numerous ESL resources that
teachers believe work best with their students, why
they work, and how teachers use them. If you want a
teacher’s perspective, this session is for you.
Effective Instruction for Reading and Writing
Repeated at 1:30 pm, Friday
In this session, participants will learn effective instruc-tional
practices when teaching reading and writing.
They will learn to support students as they improve
reading and writing skills and move toward postsecond-ary
education and career pathways. Participants will
also understand how to provide a full range of reading
and writing instructional activities in multi-level classes
that include all learning styles. Examples of potential
lessons and lesson activities will be provided.
Solutions for Mathematically Challenged
Learners, Part 1
For maximum benefit participants should follow up with
Part 2 at 3 pm. Repeated at 8:30 am, Friday
During this hands-on session, teachers will be engaged
in learning about different math challenges and learn-ing
disabilities that confound our adult education and
literacy students. Methods to be discussed will include
strategy instruction, mnemonics, brainstorming/
graphic organizers, direct, explicit instruction, and
manipulatives. Practical strategies and demonstrations
will address areas that are difficult for math-challenged
learners.
Writing Can be Fun
Writing is important for any student trying to develop
his or her language skills. However, instructors 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 of the rules
of grammar and spelling can be daunting to anyone,
especially a new writer. In this workshop, you will learn
how to make the writing process engaging and you will
participate in a variety of fun activities to get students
to write. This workshop is appropriate for instructors
and students. The writing activities presented in this
workshop are appropriate for basic literacy and ESL
students and can be adapted for all levels.
Social Media in Adult Education
Repeated at 8:30 am, Friday
With new social media tools appearing every day, how
do teachers stay current and find the tools they want?
Participants will be introduced to three sources of
information—Go2web20, the annual Top 100 Tools
for Learning list, and Twitter as a personal learning
network.
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Career Ready 101/Key Train Statewide
License
Repeat of 10 am, Thursday
Oklahoma has just become the first state to take out a
statewide license for KeyTrain and Career Ready 101,
a proven interactive system that helps users quickly
develop and improve fundamental work and life skills
from work habits to solving workplace problems with
math. Learn how your program can take advantage of
this free statewide resource.
Career Guidance Tools
Repeat of 10 am, Thursday
Part of the process of working through any challenge
is making sure you have the right tools. Helping your
clients/students work through their career challenges
is no different. Find out about tools available to you
from the Oklahoma Department of Career Technology
Education.
Ask the TABE Expert!
Repeated at 8:30 am, Friday
The TABE product manager, Mike Johnson, is here
to answer all of your burning TABE questions! Mike
will give you updates on the next versions of TABE,
updates to TABE Online and TABE CLAS-E enhance-ments.
Mike will let you know how you can try TABE
Online or the new TABE Adaptive test for free!
Solutions for Mathematically Challenged
Learners, Part 2
For maximum benefit, participants should attend Part 1
at 1 pm. Repeated at 10:30 am, Friday
During this hands-on session, teachers will be engaged
in learning about all the different math challenges and
learning disabilities that confound our adult education
and literacy students. Methods to be discussed will
include strategy instruction, mnemonics, brainstorm-ing/
graphic organizers, direct, explicit instruction, and
manipulatives. Practical strategies and demonstrations
will address areas that are difficult for math-challenged
learners.
Using Twitter and Facebook in Adult
Education
Repeated at 10:30 am, Friday
Learn to use Twitter and Facebook to teach basic skills,
promote your program, increase student retention, or
raise public awareness of adult literacy. Participants
will leave with a plan to incorporate at least one tool in
their practice and an invitation to join a private online
community to support their social media work.
4:45–6 pm
Oklahoma Literacy Coalition Elections,
Awards, & Annual Meeting
All OLC Members encouraged to attend.
State Department of Education Meeting
Adult Educators & Directors encouraged to attend.
6–7 pm
Dinner On Your Own
6–6:45 pm
Pizza Party—for Adult Learners Only
7–9 pm
Book Signing for Celebrating Our Journey,
Volume 7
Results of the First Annual Literacy
Photography Contest—“Capturing the Love of
Learning Through Photography ”
Celebrating Our
Journey, Volume 7
The newest collection of Oklahoma student sto-ries,
Celebrating Our Journey, Volume 7, will be
unveiled during the 2011 conference. Stories from
177 literacy and adult education learners are guar-anteed
to motivate and inspire you. Join student
authors from across the state as they celebrate the
publication during a special book signing reception
scheduled for Thursday evening.
Everyone attending the autograph party will receive
a copy of the publication thanks to Library Service
and Technology Act funds from the federal Institute
of Museum and Library Services.
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Friday, September 30
8:30 am–10 am
True Colors® for Personal Success, Part 1
Limited to 50 participants
Follow up with Part II at 10:30 am
True Colors® is a fun, informative research-based
approach to understanding human behavior and
motivation. We will identify your color spectrum to
provide you with clues to your esteem, strengths, joys,
needs, and causes of stress and frustration. Once you
incorporate these concepts into daily experience, you
will be able to recognize and appreciate diversity in
people at work, school, and home. This understanding
will improve collaboration, help increase individual
and team productivity, and provide a way to utilize
personality type in day-to-day management decisions.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
Each TEAL workshop will cover different subject matter.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) is a proj-ect
of the U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education (OVAE). The primary purpose of
TEAL is to improve the quality of instruction in adult
education and literacy programs. In collaboration with
subject matter experts, TEAL staff develops materials
that support evidence-based instruction across content
areas and incorporate practices of cognitive and meta-cognitive
strategy instruction, formative and diagnostic
assessment, differentiated instruction, and universal
design for learning (UDL). These sessions promise
to provide participants with practical and relevant
instructional information and resources.
See conference program for details.
Strategies for Sanity and Success in Learner-
Centered Instruction
In this lighthearted look at our profession, you’ll learn
to recognize the warning signs of sanity-challenged
teaching, and take away seven (and a half) key coping
strategies that can help. Following a tour of the ideal-ized
learner-centered environment, we’ll juxtapose its
rosy glow against the reality of diverse needs, limited
resources and interpersonal dynamics. In the process,
we’ll identify reasonable, practical ways to preserve
the best features of a learner-centered, communica-tive
lesson.
Keeping Gen Y in the Classroom
Repeat of Thursday, 3 pm
The objectives for this workshop are for participants
to:
learn the four reasons why we need to learn
about the different generations in the workplace
learn the age range for the Traditionalist, Baby
Boomer, Gen Xer, and the Millennial
discover the influences, characteristics, and
values of each of the four generations
explore practical tools to better communicate
with each generation.
Make or Break Your Class with a Needs
Assessment (ESL)
Repeat of Thursday, 10 am
This session introduces needs assessment, its varying
formats and rationale, and discusses how it can be
the basis for planning a class. Examples to use with
all language levels are presented. Then, several “quick
check” needs assessments are introduced to show how
use throughout a class can make learning more mean-ingful.
Time is given for a question and answer period
and for audience members to think about and plan for
using needs assessments with their own classes.
Improving Literacy Improves Health
Repeated at 1:30 pm, Friday
Oklahoma ranks at the bottom (#46) of the national
health rankings. We must work together in ensuring
that health information and services can be understood
and used by all Oklahomans. Through policy recom-mendations
and skill building, both public and private
partners are coming together to address literacy/
education as it affects the health of Oklahomans. The
Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign invites its partners
in literacy and education to join us as we maximize the
health of Oklahomans.
Solutions for Mathematically Challenged
Learners, Part 1
For maximum benefit participants should follow up with
Part 2 at 10:30 am.
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
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During this hands-on session, teachers will be engaged
in learning about different math challenges and learn-ing
disabilities that confound our adult education and
literacy students. Methods to be discussed will include
strategy instruction, mnemonics, brainstorming/
graphic organizers, direct, explicit instruction, and
manipulatives. Practical strategies and demonstrations
will address areas that are difficult for math-challenged
learners.
Ask the TABE Expert!
Repeat of Thursday, 3 pm
The TABE product manager, Mike Johnson, is here to
answer all of your burning TABE questions! Mike will
give you updates on the next versions of TABE, updates
to TABE Online and TABE CLAS-E enhancements.
Mike will let you know how you can try TABE Online
or the new TABE Adaptive test for free!
Yes, I am the Center of the Universe
This “trip around the universe” uses each planet as a
focal point to develop and maintain an environment in
which learning can occur. The presentation focuses on
the specific educational needs found in every classroom
and provides strategies and methods that allow each
individual student to receive information in a manner
that matches their own preferred learning style and
preference. It also teaches that “no student will care
what we know, until they know we care about them”,
thereby making the “atmosphere” a very important
component in a learning environment.
Tried and True Materials for the ESL
Classroom
Repeat of Thursday, 10 am & 3 pm
Do you often wonder what materials and resources
you should order for your ESL program? There are so
many to choose from and they all sound great. This
session is a review of numerous ESL resources that
teachers believe work best with their students, why
they work, and how teachers use them. If you want a
teacher’s perspective, this session is for you.
Keys to Safety: Incorporating Fire Prevention
and Safety Education into Adult Instruction
Adult educators strive to reach students with vital
information and skills that extend beyond traditional
literacy. Attendees will learn about ProLiteracy’s Keys
to Safety campaign and hear how local programs have
incorporated fire safety into their curriculum, making
it possible for adults to access the information they
need to protect themselves and their families from
residential fires that claim the lives of nearly 3,000
people each year in the US, and injure thousands more.
Social Media in Adult Education
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
With new social media tools appearing every day, how
do teachers stay current and find the tools they want?
Participants will be introduced to three sources of
information—Go2web20, the annual Top 100 Tools
for Learning list, and Twitter as a personal learning
network.
Participants will leave with a plan to incorporate at
least one tool in their practice and an invitation to
join a private online community to support their social
media work.
10:30 am–12 pm
True Colors® for Personal Success, Part 2
Limited to 50 participants
Part 1 attendance is required
True Colors® is a simple method for gaining insights
into why we act as we do. This interactive, fun-filled
workshop helps you bring relationships to a whole new
level as you express your own uniqueness and increase
your understanding of others. Learn how to turn irrita-tion
into appreciation and conflict into cooperation by
opening up lines of communication, embracing differ-ences,
and bringing out the best in everyone!
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL)
Each TEAL workshop will cover different subject matter.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) is a proj-ect
of the U. S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational
and Adult Education (OVAE). The primary purpose of
TEAL is to improve the quality of instruction in adult
education and literacy programs. In collaboration with
subject matter experts, TEAL staff develops materials
that support evidence-based instruction across content
areas and incorporate practices of cognitive and meta-cognitive
strategy instruction, formative and diagnostic
assessment, differentiated instruction, and universal
design for learning (UDL). These sessions promise
to provide participants with practical and relevant
instructional information and resources.
See conference program for details.
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Legislative Project
Repeated at 1:30 pm, Friday
See conference program for details.
Creating Winning Partnerships
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
“Creating Winning Partnerships”—although the effort
takes time and requires careful attention, it’s essential
to creating strong, viable partnerships that produce
lasting change. Comprehensive partnerships begin
because individuals reach out to like-minded people
and groups to address issues that affect children and
families. This workshop addresses the work that col-laborative
partnerships typically engage in as they
begin and as they move toward action.
The Nuts and Bolts of Giving Feedback on
Writing Assignments
This session will focus on ESL instruction, however,
information will be presented that both ESL and ABE
instructors will find useful.
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
This presentation begins with an overview of the
process approach to writing with an emphasis on the
“nuts and bolts” of designing a writing assignment. The
different stages of the writing process are described,
differentiating revision and editing. General criteria
for feedback and several ways of giving learners feed-back
both at the revision stage and the editing stage
are presented. Within this section is a discussion of
the pros and cons of peer review. The presentation
concludes with some time-saving tips on giving learn-ers
feedback on their written work. There is time for
question and answer, and for participants to begin to
design a writing assignment for their classes, thinking
carefully about how they will give feedback.
Creating Learning Communities That Build
Persistence and Learner Outcomes
Both the volunteer one-to-one model and the learning
center model have served their purpose building aca-demic
skills. Creating learning communities is essen-tial
to move beyond building just academic skills and
into building persistence and desirable outcomes. The
volunteer and/or instructor skills needed to facilitate
a learning community are very different, don’t come
naturally to good volunteers or instructors, and must be
taught, trained, modeled, and supervised. Participants
in this session will have a taste of what these exciting
new skills and human technologies can do to create
a thriving, sustaining, research-based, and enriching
learning experience. All participants will receive a guide
to implementing two of the four new facilitation skills
that are part of the Participatory Learning Guide by
Dr. Laura Weisel.
Solutions for Mathematically Challenged
Learners, Part 2
For maximum benefit, participants should attend Part 1
at 8:30 am.
Repeat of Thursday, 3 pm
During this hands-on session, teachers will be engaged
in learning about different math challenges and learn-ing
disabilities that confound our adult education and
literacy students. Methods to be discussed will include
strategy instruction, mnemonics, brainstorming/
graphic organizers, direct, explicit instruction, and
manipulatives. Practical strategies and demonstrations
will address areas that are difficult for math-challenged
learners.
Linking Adult Literacy and Reading
Comprehension to Career Clusters
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
CTB/McGraw-Hill and MetaMetrics have recently
completed a research project linking TABE Reading
results to Lexile Reading measures to improve adult
literacy comprehension and retention. Participants
will learn how Lexile measures can be used to connect
learners with ability-appropriate instructional and
leisure reading materials. Additionally, attendees will
learn the Lexile reading levels for all 16 Career Clusters
and how to convert TABE Reading scores into Lexile
levels via a free web resource.
Higher Order Thinking Skills: Using
Advanced Organizers to Support Instruction
Repeat of Thursday, 10 am
Using organizers or an advance organizer can support
the process of learning. Organizers can also enhance
a student’s ability to know what’s coming, to plan, to
understand where he or she is headed, to support recall,
and to help a student evaluate the learning process. In
supporting students as they move into post-secondary
settings and into career pathways, organizers support
the higher-order thinking skills students need to be
successful.
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From Stress to Success with Math Word
Problems
Word problems are a special source of anxiety for stu-dents.
Word problems require students to accurately
recall math facts and complex math operations across
several areas; apply appropriate critical thinking, de-cision
making, and problem-solving strategies; and
use their developing reading comprehension skills
and strategies. Often students are doing this in the
high stress environment of the timed GED test. In
this workshop, we will examine teaching strategies
and classroom activities to draw on students’ own
experiences, engage active reading strategies, and
apply consistent processes to build their confidence
in solving word problems.
Using Twitter and Facebook in Adult
Education
Repeat of Thursday, 3 pm
Learn to use Twitter and Facebook to teach basic skills,
promote your program, increase student retention, or
raise public awareness of adult literacy. Participants
will leave with a plan to incorporate at least one tool in
their practice and an invitation to join a private online
community to support their social media work.
1:30–3 pm
GED Update
This session will cover future changes in the GED Test-ing
program necessary to meet the nation’s needs for
an educated and productive workforce.
Legislative Project
Repeated at 1:30 pm, Friday
See conference program for details.
Huh? Helping Students Listen and Clarify in
an Unclear World
Focused listening provides explicit instruction in listen-ing
strategies that help learners of all proficiency levels
listen more successfully. Participants will explore the
correlation between first and second language listen-ing,
identify the key steps of focused listening, select
key clarification strategies for their learners, and de-velop
student-to-student listening activities that work
across levels. Reproducible activities and suggestions
for real-life listening materials provided.
Owning Your Outcomes
What if you could change your future? What if there
was one simple formula that could reduce stress and
change outcomes? Despite the current trend of feeling
like things are “out of control,” there is good news, and
it comes in the form of three little letters: E+R=O. If
you put that formula to work, you are certain to see
results. This workshop shares the secret that every
successful person in the world knows. Now you can
know it, too!
Improving Literacy Improves Health
Repeat of 8:30 am, Friday
Oklahoma ranks at the bottom (#46) of the national
health rankings. We must work together in ensuring
that health information and services can be understood
and used by all Oklahomans. Through policy recom-mendations
and skill building, both public and private
partners are coming together to address literacy/
education as it affects the health of Oklahomans. The
Oklahoma Health Equity Campaign invites its partners
in literacy and education to join us as we maximize the
health of Oklahomans.
Fact or Fiction—Correctional Education is
Good for the Offender and Society
Repeat of 10 am, Thursday
This session will expose some of the myths that are
believed to be true about corrections education, its
effectiveness, and upcoming changes that could affect
the program.
Effective Instruction for Reading and Writing
Repeat of Thursday, 1 pm
In this session, participants will learn effective instruc-tional
practices when teaching reading and writing.
They will learn to support students as they improve
reading and writing skills and move toward postsecond-ary
education and career pathways. Participants will
also understand how to provide a full range of reading
and writing instructional activities in multi-level classes
that include all learning styles. Examples of potential
lessons and lesson activities will be provided.
ProLiteracy Education Network–Free
Resources for Literacy and ESL Instruction
Repeat of 10 am, Thursday
Are you a literacy instructor looking for new ideas
for teaching reading comprehension and vocabulary
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development? Are you an ESL instructor looking for
resources to teach life skills or prepare students to pass
the citizenship test? Are you a program manager look-ing
for budget friendly ways to train instructors in the
latest research and teaching practices? In this hands-on
workshop, you will explore the extensive collection of
free resources available through ProLiteracy Educa-tion
Network—www.proliteracyednet.org. Ednet is a
complete revision of the site that previously was called
Thinkfinity Literacy Network. Come see what’s new!
3:15 pm-4:15 pm
Closing Ceremony
26th Annual State Literacy Conference September 29 and September 30, 2011
National Center for Employee Development, 2801 East State Hwy 9, Norman, OK 73071
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