New Staff Orientation (NE) Day 1 of 3 FULL! Waitlist only
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- Overview
- This multi-session 15-hour Orientation offers a broad introduction to the world of adult basic education. You should attend this training if you have worked in a DOE-funded adult basic education (ABE) program for less than one year, or if you have never received a comprehensive introduction to adult basic education. Participants must attend all three sessions of the Orientation. (October 4, October 18, and November 1)
- Details
- Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 9:00am – 3:30pm, Saturday, October 18, 2008, from 9:00am – 3:30pm, AND Saturday, November 1, 2008, from 9:00am – 3:30pm. **You MUST attend and register for all three sessions of the Orientation individually! 15 PDPs will be provided to those who complete all required activities.**
- When
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October 4, 2008
from
09:00 am
to
03:30 am
- Where
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- Northern Essex Community College-Lawrence Campus
- 45 Franklin Street, Lawrence, MA 01840
- Topics
- ABE, ESOL, GED, New Staff Orientation
- Multi-session attendance required
- yes
- Contact info
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Janet Piracha
jpiracha@necc.mass.edu
978-738-7304 - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
IPQ6 - Professional development opportunities - Learning objectives
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Upon completion of this fifteen-hour orientation participants will have an introduction to and awareness of….
1) The history and development (state and national) of Adult Basic Education
2) The Massachusetts Department of Education funded ABE system
3) The statewide SABES system including its purpose and available resources for staff development
4) The licensure process and the ABE teacher standards
5) 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
6) Learning disabilities including the definition, different types and resources for additional support and information
7) The roles and responsibilities of the educational counselor/learning support specialist (including mandated reporting)
8) The different learner centered approaches and their relationship to the classroom
9) Practitioner background, beliefs, experiences and values and their influence on professional practice
10) The various adult-learning theories, and how they inform teaching practice
11) Universal design and its benefits in an ABE classroom
12) The Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks
13) The curriculum development process that aligns learners’ goals, the ABE curriculum frameworks and assessments
14) Thematic units and the five components of lesson plans
15) The accountability system for MA ABE field
16) Massachusetts assessment based educational gains and their relationship to the National Reporting System
17) Goal setting in the classroom and countable outcomes
18) A variety of assessment methods for ongoing assessment
19) Explore the multiple definitions of literacy to broaden practitioners’ perspectives of approaches to teaching and learning
20) Explore the issues of language acquisition and how they connect to literacy and education
- Presenters
- The New Staff Orientation is facilitated by Janet Fischer and Susan Dowd
- Presenters Bio
- Janet Fischer was the Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator at NE SABES in Lawrence and is now an ESOL teacher for Lawrence Public Schools at the Lawrence Adult Learning Center. Susan Dowd, worked in the ABE field for many years and now teaches technology for the Lawrence Public Schools and has been a long-standing facilitator of the New Staff Orientation.
- Host RSC
- Northeast Massachusetts Region
- PDPs
- yes
