Pre-GED Teacher's Orientation (Bos) Part 2 of 2

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Overview

The two-part Pre-GED Teacher's Orientation is designed for practitioners who would benefit from an orientation to grade-level equivalent 6-8.9 teaching. The training focuses on the components of reading, the relationship between reading and the GED test, goal setting, lesson planning and classroom management issues. You must attend both sessions; Session 1 is on June 1, 2009.

Details

The two-part Pre-GED Teacher's Orientation is designed for practitioners who would benefit from an orientation to grade-level equivalent 6-8.9 teaching. The training focuses on the components of reading, the relationships between reading and the GED test, goal setting, lesson planning and classroom management issues. You must attend both sessions; Session 1 is on June 1, 2009.

When

July 30, 2009 from 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Where

• On campus (see below)
• Adult Literacy Resource Institute/SABES Greater Boston Regional Support Center
• Wheatley 4th Floor, Room 04-167/Library
• UMass Boston
• 100 Morrissey Boulevard
• Boston, MA 02125

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Registration Deadline

Jul 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Topics

GED

Maximum attendance

20

Multi-session attendance required

yes

Contact info

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

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

As a result of attending the orientation, participants will be able to: *Describe, relate and apply "Values" and "Learning Styles" to their classroom management in order to create a comfortable learning environment; *Understand the importance of identifying and applying the components of reading comprehension with their students so as to increase academic learning; *Define and relate concepts of "Inference Skills" and develop strategies to teach these skills; *Write a lesson plan using the Massachusetts ABE Frameworks *Incorporate "SMARTT system goals" into the classroom as a catalyst for reading instruction; *Identify and use strategies in the classroom to build student-reading ability.

Presenters

Wendy Quinones

Presenters Bio

Wendy Quinones currently teacher GED and pre-GED at the Cambridge Learning Center. She's been teaching and training teachers for over 15 years.

Prerequisites

None

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

no