California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project

March 3, 2021

Facilitators: Carolyn Zachry, State Director and Education Administrator for the Adult Education Office in the Career and College Transition Division (CCTD) at the California Department of Education (CDE), and Kathleen Coy Porter, Executive Director, Career Technical, Adult and Alternative Education, Poway Unified School District Thoibi Rublaitus, Principal, Corona-Norco Adult School

This year, the California Department of Education (CDE) has created a new deliverable for WIOA-funded agencies, the Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP). This new comprehensive CIP consolidates three previously required separate plans - the Professional Development Plan, the Technology and Distance Learning Plan, and the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Plan. In this webinar, we will explore the “how to’s” of crafting SMART goals for your CIP that are meaningful and relevant and that will create positive momentum in your agency toward increased student success. Carolyn Zachry, State Director and Education Administrator for the Adult Education Office in the Career and College Transition Division (CCTD) at the California Department of Education (CDE), will open this webinar and provide context for the CIP.

December 10, 2020

Facilitators: Karen Bautista, Vice President, Instruction, North Orange Continuing Education (NOCE) Thoibi Rublaitus, Principal, Corona-Norco Adult School

Although these are unprecedented times, adult education leaders will reframe challenges into opportunities as they always do. This webinar is an opportunity to hear from leaders in the field who are moving forward in our new paradigm of virtual education and work. Participants will share their best successes and daunting challenges so that fellow administrators can begin to reframe challenges into opportunities in the areas of wellness, student and staff needs, facility safety, finance, and compliance.

September 30, 2020

Facilitators: Raine Bumatay, President, Adult Education Council, Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Kathleen Porter, President, California Council for Adult Education (CCAE), and John Werner, CAEAA President, and Executive Director, Sequoias Adult Education Consortium

We are living in unprecedented times, and the impact of a global pandemic and related economic downturn have created very real challenges for low-skilled adults. Adult Education is essential to supporting adult learners successfully navigate the moment and begin preparing for the future. As leaders and advocates for learners, there is a tremendous need to communicate to our state, local and industry partners the relevance and importance of Adult Education in supporting California’s most vulnerable adults. In this one-hour webinar, leaders from three professional organizations representing Adult Education in the state (CCAE, CAEAA, and the ACSA Adult Education Council) will discuss potential key messages and themes that convey the need of learners and the role of California Adult Education’s role in economic recovery.

June 3, 2020

Facilitators: Karen Bautista, Ed. D., Vice President, Instruction, North Orange Continuing Education (NOCE), JoDee Slyter, Director, About Students Consortium, and John Werner, Executive Director, Sequoias Adult Education Consortium

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and physical closure of campuses, school leaders are faced with supporting and guiding staff and students through challenging times. Join this panel of adult education leaders to hear strategies and approaches from experienced administrators who are not only surviving, but leading and thriving from a distance.

March 26, 2020

Facilitators: Carol S. Hirota, Director, Educational Services – Adult Education, Stockton Unified School District and Susie Passeggi, Director, Castro Valley Adult & Career Education, Castro Valley Unified School District

How do we successfully pass the torch? And how do we successfully receive the torch on the other end? In this webinar, facilitated by adult education state leaders, learn and share strategies for succession planning for both the administrator leaving and those preparing, or positioning themselves, to potentially take their place. Webinar discussions will address the value of building leadership capacity prior to the transition (leaving) period, and strategies to support a smooth transition for both the individual retiring or leaving, and for the organization. If you find yourself either considering leaving or looking for opportunities to grow in your leadership role in adult education, this webinar is for you.

December 10, 2019

Facilitators: Chris Nelson, current Adult Education Director, Oakland Unified School District and former State Director Adult Education, and John Werner, Executive Director of Sequoias Adult Education Consortium and CALPRO Professional Advisory Board Member

Are you interested in growing your Adult Education programs, courses, and services with limited funding and places to offer them? This webinar will present ideas and strategies that help you support your community's need for more Adult Education with funding and facility barriers in place. We will share strategies that will help you reach more students and do more in your communities, whether metro, suburban, or rural, with what you have around you. You may have everything you need right in front of you, and you just can't see it. Learn strategies that will help you generate new funding streams. You will leave this webinar with new ways for working with what you have available and fresh ideas that support new fund procurement. Join us for workable solutions that can be implemented in a variety of metro, suburban, and rural solutions.

June 6, 2019

Facilitators: Sue Pon, former Adult Education Director, Oakland Unified School District, CALPRO Professional Advisory Board Member and Joanne Durkee, Board President, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Former Adult Education Director

Governor Newsom has delivered a strong message about the importance of quality early learning for all children. Adult Schools have a long history of providing Parent Education, Co-Operative Preschools, and Family Literacy in communities throughout their K12 districts. Join Joanne Durkee and Sue Pon in a conversation about Adult Education's role in supporting K12 students, impact data, curriculum & instruction, and funding.

March 27, 2019

Facilitators: Lindy Khan, Ed.D., Director III, Innovation & Support, Contra Costa County Office of Education and Karen Williams, Executive Director LearningQuest - Stanislaus Literacy Centers

With more emphasis at the state and federal level on successful re-entry programs for adults in the criminal justice system, this webinar will give you an overview of two adult education programs currently working with this population. One program is a county office of education working in jails and with parolees, and one a non-profit working with Inmates in the county jail before and after release. You will learn what's working, what's challenging and what's rewarding in successfully transitioning from prison or jail to the community.

December 4, 2018

Facilitator: Matthew Oberlander, Coordinator of Curriculum & Instruction, L.A. Unified School District, Adult & Career Education

Equity is at the heart of adult education. By honoring diverse populations, removing student barriers, and increasing access to opportunity for learners with diverse strengths and needs, adult educators engage in equity work on a daily basis. In this interactive webinar, participants will explore the role of adult education leaders in promoting and cultivating educational equity in their schools and surrounding communities. Participants will also examine connections between educational equity and several major adult education initiatives including IET and immigrant integration. Integrated throughout the webinar will be a preview of the new equity-focused section of CALPRO's Management Competencies framework.

May 22, 2018

Facilitator: Brigitte Marshall, Former Adult Education Administrator, Oakland Unified School District

When presented with a problem or a challenge, we usually want to start working on identifying a solution as soon as possible. Strong emotional attachments can cause people to take entrenched positions on problems about which a decision must be made. Competing positions often mean that any given solution will require compromise and negotiation and generally involves winners and losers. When decision-makers make the time to discover the interests and needs that are behind a position and then look for common interests to inform the decision, they create potential for a win-win outcome. In this webinar participants will learn a simple, step-by-step process for interest-based decision making that can be applied to the full range of decisions that adult education professionals make.