Orientation for New Staff - Day 1 of 3 (CMA)

January 23, 2009 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Description: This orientation offers a broad introduction to the world of adult education, its practices and resources. You should attend this training if you have worked in an adult education program for less than one year, or if you have never received a comprehensive introduction to adult education. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education rquires all staff NEW to Adult Basic Education to participate in 15 hours of orientation training.
Contact: Merilee Freeman
mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu
508-854-4296
Indicators of Program Quality:
IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
Learning Objectives:

As a result of this traing participants will gain an understanding of:

  • The history and development (state and national) of Adult Basic Education

  •  The Massachusetts Department of Education funded ABE system

  • The statewide SABES system including its purpose and available resources for staff development

  • The licensure process and the ABE teachers standards

  • The broad range of adult learners’ experiences, background and culture with an understanding of some of their motivations to pursue education and the barriers to success

  • Learning disabilities including the definition, different types of resources for additional support and information

  • The roles and responsibilities of the educational counselor/learning support specialist (including mandated reporting)

  • The different learner centered approaches and their relationship to the classroom

  • Practitioners’ background, beliefs, experiences and values and their influences on professional practice

  • The various adult-learning theories and how they inform teaching practices

  • Universal design and its benefits in an ABE classroom

  • The Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks

  • The curriculum development process that aligns learners’ goals, the ABE curriculum frameworks and assessments

  • Thematic units and lesson planning

  • The accountability system and the MA ABE field

Registration Deadline:
Presenters
Debbie Centamore
CMA SABES Staff