Greater Boston Adult Learner Persistence Projects: a panel discussion (Bos)

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Overview

Come hear from three Greater Boston programs as they share the design, implementation and challenges of their unique persistence projects. In a panel discussion format, program staff will discuss their projects and address your questions and thoughts regarding possible persistence strategies or projects that you might want to try. Andy Nash, Director of the New England Learner Persistence Project will be on hand to provide background.

Details

Nationwide, 44% of adults enrolled in adult education classes drop out before completing at least one level or outcome. In New England, about one third of adult learners drop out before completing their goals. The New England Learner Persistence Project, through the New England Literacy Resource Center, partnered with SABES to offer study circles in which teachers, directors, counselors and students could examine and implement some of the latest persistence research and findings. As a result, a number of Greater Boston program received a small grant to implement a persistence "practice" into their program. A year later, we are all interested in what they did and what they found. In a panel discussion format, program staff will discuss their projects and then address your questions and thoughts regarding possible persistence strategies or projects that you might want to try. Andy Nash, Director of the New England Learner Persistence Project will be on hand to provide background. *Learner Persistence represents a learner's ability to stay in a program for as long as they can, engaging in self-directed study when they must leave their programs, and returning to a program as soon as the demands of their lives allow.

When

October 3, 2008 from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

Where

• Adult Literacy Resource Institute/SABES Greater Boston Regional Support Center, Wheatley Building 4th Floor, Room 04-167/Library, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA
• Adult Literacy Resource Institute/SABES Greater Boston Regional Support Center, Wheatley Building, 4th Floor, Room 04-167/Library, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA 02125

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Registration Deadline

Sep 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM

Topics

ESOL, GED, Assessment, Community Planning, Counseling, Curriculum Development, Other Curriculum & Instruction

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Andrea Lawless
andrea.lawless@umb.edu
(617) 287-4079

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
IPQ2 - Student learning gains
IPQ3 - Student support services

Learning objectives

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to: 1) Describe a number of adult learner persistence project including their goals, assumptions, successes and challenges; 2) Describe several promising persistence strategies; 3) Identify the contextual factors that help staff choose the persistence strategies that could be effective in their program.

Presenters

Liz Hughes, Sheryl Lovit, Andy Nash and Wendy Quinones

Presenters Bio

Liz Hughes is the Education and Workforce Development Program Director at the Quincy Community Action Programs. Sheryl Lovit is the ASE Program Administrator at SCALE. She also coordinates student leadership activities and the GED Test Center there. Andy Nash is the Director of the New England Learner Persistence Project at the New England Literacy Resource Center. Wendy Quinones teaches at the Community Learning Center in Cambridge where she implemented a persistence project with "stop -out" students.

Prerequisites

NA

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

no