Teaching Strategies for Different Learning Disabilities
Facilitator: Marie Doerner, Learning Disability Specialist, San Diego Community College District Continuing EducationAuditory processing disorder, dyscalculia, dyslexia: what does it all mean? Students with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence, but some area of their learning has major deficits. This webinar reviews the most common forms of learning disabilities and suggests strategies for supporting and instructing students.
Classroom Strategies that Work for Students with Learning Disabilities
Facilitator: Marie Doerner, Learning Disability Specialist, San Diego Community College District Continuing EducationThis webinar provides adult education instructors with an overview of learning disabilities and then offers practical strategies for the classroom that will meet the needs of all learners as well as specifically addressing those with learning disabilities.
ESL & Numeracy: What's the Connection?
Facilitators: Patsy Vinogradov, Ph.D, Director of Professional Development for Adult Education in Minnesota, and Amy Vickers, M.Ed., ABE Instructional Leader and Math Specialist
How can we support English Language Learners (ELLs) as they learn numeracy? Does that happen in "math" class or in "English" class? ABE/ASE/HSE math teachers (who often teach math conceptually) and ESL teachers (who often teach math contextually, within life-skills topics) have much to learn from each other. This webinar shares a model that draws on the strengths of teachers with varied areas of expertise to better serve multilingual learners.
Teaching Reading â An Overview of the Basics
Facilitator: Guillermo Verdin, ABE Instructor, Los Angeles Unified School District Division of Adult and Career EducationWhether you are a new teacher or have been teaching for many years, you may have questions about the most effective teaching strategies for assisting adult learners to become independent readers. This webinar gives you an overview of the four areas of reading instruction, and an in-depth look at a model lesson on summarizing as an aspect of reading comprehension.
Strategies for Teaching Writing
Facilitator: Guillermo Verdin, ABE Instructor, Los Angeles Unified School District Division of Adult and Career Education
Do your learners struggle with writing assignments? Not sure how to engage them in the writing process? Wondering how to integrate direct, explicit instruction into your writing lessons? This webinar reviews the practice of direct, explicit instruction and then models teaching a lesson using that approach to teach a writing lesson using writing frames.
Making Program Changes to Address New Math Standards
Facilitators: Raine Bumatay, ABE, ASE, and ESL Program Administrator, Fresno Adult School; Evelyn Lenton, ASE Program Coordinator, Antelope Valley Adult School; and Tricia Ouellette, Academic Program Coordinator, Mt. Diablo Adult SchoolWith the introduction of GED 2014 and the College and Career Readiness Standards, math requirements for ABE and High School Equivalency learners have become more rigorous. In this webinar, three academic program coordinators discuss how they have revamped their instructional programs to better address the new standards and meet learner needs. Strategies include professional development, creating new curriculum, changing class schedules, and assigning specific math teachers. Hear how they made these changes, what the results look like so far, and lessons learned; the webinar concludes with a question-and-answer period.
Guiding ABE Learners toward College and Career Readiness
Presenter: Wendy Heard, Academic Department Chair and Site Technology Coordinator, Burbank Adult SchoolWendy Heard introduces participants to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education, and to Webb's Depth of Knowledge wheel, and provides practice in identifying which depth of knowledge various questions address, with the goal of raising the level of questions that adult students address in order to prepare them for more analytical and evaluative thinking required in postsecondary education and on the job. She also reviews how the CCR math standards are constructed and how they change the traditional approach to math instruction.
Building College and Career Readiness for ESL Learners
Presenters: Lori Howard, ESL teacher, coordinator, author and CASAS Program Specialist Coorinator
Sylvia G. Ramirez, Professor Emeritus at MiraCosta College and teacher educator, author and consultant
In this session, participants were introduced to the College and Career Readiness Standards, and considered how these standards can be applied to ESL instruction. They learned and practiced an approach to unpacking each of the standards by identifying the specific skills addressed, applying the standards to currently used textbooks, and considering what additional activities might be needed to supplement existing texts in order to help ESL learners meet the standards.
Math Instructional Strategies
Facilitator: Leila Rosemberg, Secondary Programs Coordinator, Culver City Adult School.In this session, Leila Rosemberg, Coordinator of the Adult Secondary program at Culver City Adult School, discusses the National Research Council Math Standards and the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education. She provides numerous examples of math activities that relate to the standards, as well as ways of addressing math anxiety.