Manager's Lunch & Learn [SE]

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Overview

This sharing, learning session is an oportunity for managers to learn from each other and experts and find new and better ways to deal with the challenges of Directing ABE programs in Massachusetts

Details

This training will be held at BCC in Building L in Conference Room 108 on the first floor.

When

April 14, 2009 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Where

• Brisstol Community College
• 777 Elsbree Street
• Fall River, MA 02720

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Registration Deadline

Apr 07, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Topics

Trainings for Directors

Multi-session attendance required

no

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

TBD

Presenters

Dr. Linda Braun

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

None

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no