California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project

CALPRO Online Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic (Fall 2024) Application Open

The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) and the California Department of Education is offering a unique professional learning opportunity! Join other agency teams of ESL and ABE/ASE instructors, CTE instructors, and program administrators for an Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic.

FORMAT
There are four principal features of this unique online professional learning opportunity, which is open to up to 8 agency teams (each team is composed of 3 staff members).

1) Two day-long virtual training sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive planning and curriculum development activities as well as to share best practices.

2) Live, interactive discussion through three 75-minute online webinars with engaging guest speakers, seasoned facilitators, peer mentors, and colleagues from around the state (see below for complete details). In each meeting we will:
• Highlight the relevancy and value of the featured topic for the work that we do
• Explore best and promising practices in the featured topic
• Learn from subject matter experts and peer mentors on effective related strategies
• Share successes and common challenges with fellow teachers and program administrators
• Get help on solving issues we face

Topics will be tailored to the needs of the participating practitioners and identified through the application process and may include:
• Starting Strong: Developing the Team Teaching Partnership
• Co-Teaching & Alternating Teaching: Which Model, Why, And How?
• Developing a Single Set of Learning Objectives & Integrating Lesson Plans
• Building an Integrated Syllabus
• Promising Intake & Onboarding Strategies for lET

• Action Planning: Process considerations, potential challenges, and solutions to address challenges.
• IET and Distance Learning: Considerations & Strategies

3) Ongoing online discussions, sharing, and resource creation through a designated private group within CALPRO’s online Community of Practice. 

4) Completion of a capstone project and presentation of the project at the second day-long session.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

Program staff who seek more support in meeting the IET implementation challenges they face and are interested in learning from other IET practitioners. Each program team of three (3) staffers will ideally include the ESL instructor, CTE instructor, and the IET program administrator.

REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPATION

• Willingness to actively engage in peer and expert discussion and share successes and challenges
• A commitment to attending all virtual sessions; failure to attend may result in not receiving a certificate of completion for the 23 hours of training
• Approval from your agency for your application

ELIGIBILITY

Membership and participation are free of charge and open to all California adult education funded programs. Preference will be given to IET program team staff working in an Integrated EL Civics IET program that is funded through Section 243 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (WIOA, Title II: AEFLA) grant. Not sure if you’re eligible? Let CALPRO help: email calpro@air.org or call 1-916-286-8817.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Apply online by September 24, 2024, at 5 pm. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by October 4, 2024. Cohort size: up to 8 agency teams composed of 3 staff per cohort (up to 24 participants). Each member of your 3-person agency team is required to submit an application. Please refer to the application for specific dates and times for each training session.