California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project

Facilitator: Karen Bautista, Director, Inland Career Education CenterThis webinar guides administrators to plan professional development activities for the coming school year. Learn how one school implemented ongoing job-embedded professional development that engaged all staff members and that positively impacted student outcomes.In particular, participants discover the key components of a Professional Learning Plan and review resources for conducting a needs assessment. Additional topics include the importance of instructional rounds and the value of peer coaching to support professional learning. 

Facilitator: JoDee Slyter, Director, Corona-Norco Adult SchoolLearn about the critical topics and skills needed to be an effective adult education administrator in the field today. We will explore an array of information you need to know and identify the key elements for navigating the adult education system. During this webinar we will be focusing on identifying the areas of information that demand expertise, evaluation and prioritization of professional growth areas, and building leadership capacity using available resources. 

Facilitator: Brigitte Marshall, Consultant and former Director, Oakland Adult and Career EducationIn this interactive Webinar, adult education administrators will be guided through an abbreviated version of the sequence of activities that address how to effectively managed change initiatives. Supporting materials will include checklists and other resources that will support application of the principles of effectively managed change to the contexts and realities of training participants. 

Facilitator: Steve Curiel, Huntington Beach Adult SchoolLearn what braided funding is and is not. During this webinar, find out how to use braided funding to maximize your eligibility for and use of various streams of revenue that you might not be tapping into. It is recommended that teams of program administrators and school fiscal/accounting staff participate together in this webinar. 

Facilitator: Karen Bautista, Inland Career Education CenterThis webinar is a forum for sharing of innovations and progress toward the partnership-building and the MOU development. The WIOA Partnership is an innovation in itself, and education partners across the state can share innovations for maximum benefit. 

Facilitator: Karen Bautista, Inland Career Education CenterConsidering the focus on a regional approach to adult education, as well as the new WIOA regulations, adult education programs will have increased opportunities to partner with other agencies. It is important to identify the strengths of your program and the brand that you want your program to have. Learn how one agency battled against their existing brand to change it in the eyes of the students, the community, and potential partners.  

Facilitator: Kathleen Porter, Executive Director, Career Technical and Adult Education, Poway Unified School DistrictCareer Pathways has become a hot topic in workforce development and education policy at both the state and federal levels. The facilitator discussed career pathways and what adult education administrators need to know to have successful career pathways programs. During the webinar, the facilitator examined what career pathways are, why they are important, and what value they have provide the students you serve.  

Facilitators: Dom Gagliardi, Principal, Adult and Career Technical Education, Escondido High School District, and Kathleen Porter, Executive Director, Career Technical and Adult Education, Poway Unified School DistrictAs multiple funding initiatives call for regional responses, forming strategic partnerships and collaborations may be more important today than ever before. In this webinar, the facilitators reviewed some of those initiatives and identified partners either required or likely to support each initiative. They also examined elements of effective institutional relationships and outlined actions you can take to create more effective alliances.  

Facilitator: Steve Curiel, Principal, Huntington Beach Adult SchoolIn 2014–2015 the American Institutes for Research launched a field test program for an Adult Education New Teacher Induction Program. Similar to Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment programs provided to K-12 teachers, this program provided a rigorous and relevant induction process for new Adult Education teachers. This field test, in which Huntington Beach Adult School participated, provided an extraordinary opportunity for a school to accelerate the effectiveness of their beginning teachers and to leverage the experience of their master teachers as mentors. The field test activities focused on improving the supports for and the effectiveness of their new and experienced teachers in providing high-quality, evidence-based instruction.  

Facilitator: Andre Pecina, Principal, Fresno Adult SchoolIn April 2013, the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) released the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for Adult Education which prepare our students to transition more successfully to postsecondary education and workforce, In the spring of 2014, OCTAE, in conjunction with StandardsWork, began offering CCRS training Institutes across the country. Fresno Adult School was one of California agencies to participate in these institutes. This presentation provides administrators with information on how to support implementing the CCRS in classrooms by sharing what it looks like at Fresno Adult School.