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Pre-conference Sessions
Take Advantage of These Intense Learning Opportunities
Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2008
Pre-conference seminars are your link
to in-depth learning opportunities on the topics that are most important to you.
Choose from among these half-day or full day pre-conference seminars.
Pre-conference Session Cancellation
Policy:
ProLiteracy reserves the right to cancel a session if the
minimum number of registrants is not met by August 11, 2008. Should a session
be cancelled, you will be notified in advance of the conference. Half
Day Pre-Conference Session: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. PC1
Assistive Technology - An Important Tool for Literacy Providers
Explore
free or low-cost assistive technology (AT) tools that can support difficult-to-reach
students. Demonstration CDs are provided with the workshop.
Presenter:
Rochelle Kenyon, Ed.D., Consultant and Trainer 21st Century Creative Consulting,
Inc. Half Day
Pre-Conference Sessions: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. PC2 Models
and Strategies for Adult Transitions - Students Succeed in your Classrooms
How can you help adult learners move to college and be successful? This workshop
will take you through the research on adult transitions, help you identify important
elements of transition programming, and show you how to apply the information
to your program, design next steps, and get feedback from colleagues.
Presenter:
Cynthia Zafft, director, National College Transitions Network, a project of World
Education, Inc. PC3 Student Session
This is a closed session
only available to Student Institute participants. This session will teach advocacy
skills, project planning, and will help establish the learning goals for the rest
of the conference.
Presenter: TBA PC4 Interactive Instructional
Multimedia Modules Made Simple
Create customized, interactive, multimedia
presentations and Web pages for student instruction using digital photography,
clipart, audio recordings, photo and sound editing software, and presentation
and HTML editing software.
Presenter: Robert Wessel
Co-presenter: Todd
Evans PC5 Diversify Your Funding Sources to Secure Your Organization's
Future
Experienced program directors from Colorado and Arizona share their
experiences on diversifying your funding sources so you won't need to rely on
just a few funders. Ask questions about your own program's funding challenges;
the panel and other participants will brainstorm creative, practical, and doable
ideas for how to tackle them.
Presenters: Martha Fredendall, Susan Lythgoe,
Kathy St. John, Barbara Sutton PC6 Trends in Community Literacy,
Best Practices, and Developing Models
Participants will learn exciting
ways to fully engage the entire community in literacy efforts. This session is
presented in partnership with Literacy Powerline and ProLiteracy.
This is a required session for Community Literacy Institute particiapnts and is
also open to general attendees.
Presenter: Margaret Doughty
Full
Day Pre-Conference Sessions: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. PC8
Trainer Tune-Up
A workshop for trainers to sharpen their skills by examining
core trainer competencies, evaluating training, and managing the group process.
Learn how to address multiple levels of evaluation and incorporate evaluation
throughout your training program. You'll also explore how the stages of group
development affect all training situations. Learn to recognize these stages, their
effect on the learning process, and what you can do to support positive interactions
every step of the way.
Presenter: Roberta Reiss PC9 Adult
Reading Instruction: Research-based Practices
This session offers a close
look at the research-based components of reading—alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary,
and comprehension—and a discussion on diagnostic assessment to identify individuals'
needs in the component areas.
Presenters: Susan McShane and Kaye Beall PC10
Avoiding the Maytag Syndrome: A Guide to Marketing and Communicating Your Program's
Message
Send the right message about your program and its impact on the
community to the right audiences through a targeted marketing and communications
approach. Explore tools and strategies for developing a 'guided missile' approach
to marketing your program.
Presenters: Kathi Polis and Lennox McLendon PC11
BEST Plus
For individuals who intend to become administrators of
BEST Plus test, the face-to-face oral interview to determine the English
language proficiency of adult English language learners by assessing their interpersonal
communication using everyday English. All individuals attending the training workshop
have native or native-like oral English proficiency.
Presenters: Michelle
M. Ueland PC12 Dyslexia: The Science, the Implications, the Interventions
Science provides us with the research to understand how a person—especially
those with dyslexia—learns to read and write. This workshop discusses what
implications that research has on teaching reading and writing to dyslexics.
Presenters: Kelli Sandman-Hurley and Tracy Block PC13 Advocacy
Isn't Always About the Money
You need to do advocacy work, even if your
program doesn't receive federal or state funds. Congress makes policy decisions
on issues such as immigration, health, and global competitiveness that can affect
adult learners. Learn how you can influence policy and get results that benefit
your students.
Presenters: Jackie Taylor and Art Ellison PC14
Introduction of Health Literacy
This workshop will provide an introduction
to health literacy and discuss how it can improve the ability of adult literacy
students to improve their basic skills and better manage their health. Attendees
will learn how literacy programs can be the drivers of community based health
literacy initiatives and how to link with other literacy providers engaged in
health literacy activities. Building curricula, creating partnerships with health
providers and other social service entities will also be covered. Finally, the
session will explore strategies for obtaining funding for these programs as well
as implementing them.
Presenters: Elyse Barbell & Lisa Van Brackle, Literacy
Assistance Center
For
more information contact the conference team
at [email protected]
or call
(315) 422-9121 ext. 319
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