SABES Leadership Series: Session 2 – Community Leadership for ABE Administrators [SE]

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Overview

This 4.5-hour training is designed to identify the knowledge, develop the skills, and demonstrate the strategies that ABE directors need to be effective community leaders. The workshop can benefit all administrators, though less experienced directors will likely find the materials most useful. Participants must attend the SABES Leadership Basics Course first. In this training, the main foci are: the ABE director’s or administrator’s role as a leader within the community where their program operates and how to maximize potential for the program by forming productive relationships with diverse community members.

Details

10-15 PDP’s may be available to anyone who has full attendance at the Leadership Basics training and also completes one or both of the Community and Educational Leadership trainings along with a project. Contact Annemarie Espindola at (508) 678-2811 ext 2782 for details prior to the first session. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided, feel free to bring and eat your lunch during the training. Bristol Community College 777 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA Room # L-108

When

December 3, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Where

• Bristol Community College
• Bristol Community College
• 777 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA

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Registration Deadline

Nov 26, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Topics

Trainings for Directors

Multi-session attendance required

yes

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811 ext. 2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ7 - Program leadership, management, and accountability

Learning objectives

As a result of this training participants will be able to:

·         Assess personal knowledge of the program’s community and determine how to know your program’s community better

·         Present your ABE program as a valuable resource to the community

·         Develop a process for facilitating community solutions to ABE problems

·         Outline a collaborative community project for possible future implementation

·         Articulate your vision for ABE in your community and ways to more effectively target it to various community stakeholders

Presenters

Linda Faria Braun, Ed.D
Former Director of the Brockton Public School’s Adult Learning Center

Presenters Bio

Linda Faria Braun is the former Director of the Adult Learning Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, where she led the program for more than 30 years. The Brockton ALC is a comprehensive urban education program that offers a full continuum of both adult basic education/GED and English classes for speakers of other languages. In 1999 Linda completed requirements for a doctorate degree in Leadership in Urban Schools from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Her dissertation, “Involvement in Urban Schooling: Parent Beliefs, Practices and Experiences”. She is especially interested in sociocultural and sociocognitive influences on adult learning and in how educational institutions can create organizational cultures that support growth and high performance for both learners and staff. Linda has been involved in adult education at the local and state levels in a variety of leadership roles, including participation on many state committees, advisory boards, and task forces. She is past president and presently serves as vice president of MCAE, the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, and on the Massachusetts Adult Basic Education Directors’ Council. At the local level, she has served on the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board Executive and Career Center Committees, and on the Metro South Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. In 2003, she was awarded the Metro South Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA Award for excellence in leadership, professional achievement and service to the community.

Prerequisites

YES Educational Leadership Basics held on November 3, 2008 at BCC from 10:00-4:30. Please register ASAP if you have not already done so. 10-15 PDP’s may be available to anyone who has full attendance at the Leadership Basics training and also completes one or both of the Community and Educational Leadership trainings along with a project. Contact Annemarie Espindola at (508) 678-2811 ext 2782 for details prior to the first session.

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

yes