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Pre-conference Sessions
Take Advantage of These Intense Learning Opportunities
Wednesday,
Oct. 1, 2008
Pre-conference seminars are your link
to in-depth learning opportunities on the topics that are most important to you.
Choose from among these half-day or full day pre-conference seminars.
Pre-conference Session Cancellation
Policy:
ProLiteracy reserves the right to cancel a session if the
minimum number of registrants is not met by August 11, 2008. Should a session
be cancelled, you will be notified in advance of the conference. Half
Day Pre-Conference Session: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. PC1
Assistive Technology - An Important Tool for Literacy Providers
Explore
free or low-cost assistive technology (AT) tools that can support difficult-to-reach
students. Demonstration CDs are provided with the workshop.
Presenter:
Rochelle Kenyon, Ed.D., Consultant and Trainer 21st Century Creative Consulting,
Inc. Half Day
Pre-Conference Sessions: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. PC2 Models
and Strategies for Adult Transitions - Students Succeed in your Classrooms
How can you help adult learners move to college and be successful? This workshop
will take you through the research on adult transitions, help you identify important
elements of transition programming, and show you how to apply the information
to your program, design next steps, and get feedback from colleagues.
Presenter:
Cynthia Zafft, director, National College Transitions Network, a project of World
Education, Inc. PC3 Student Session
TBD
Presenter:
PC4 Interactive Instructional Multimedia Modules Made Simple
Create customized, interactive, multimedia presentations and Web pages for student
instruction using digital photography, clipart, audio recordings, photo and sound
editing software, and presentation and HTML editing software.
Presenter:
Robert Wessel
Co-presenter: Todd Evans PC5 Diversify Your Funding
Sources to Secure Your Organization's Future
Experienced program directors
from Colorado and Arizona share their experiences on diversifying your funding
sources so you won't need to rely on just a few funders. Ask questions about your
own program's funding challenges; the panel and other participants will brainstorm
creative, practical, and doable ideas for how to tackle them.
Presenters:
Martha Fredendall, Susan Lythgoe, Kathy St. John, Barbara Sutton
Half
Day Pre-Conference Session: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. (Registration cost: $50) PC6
Literacy, Disaster, and Fire: A Partnership for Learning and Safety
Learn
what Arkansas and two other pilot sites for the Home Safety Literacy Project discovered
about how state-level literacy, fire, and life safety representatives can work
together to help local communities develop both literacy and safety programs of
adult students. Receive a free kit of instructional and support materials developed
by the Home Safety Council in partnership with ProLiteracy.
Presenters:
Meri-K Appy, Marie Bruno, Linda Church, and Jimmy Parks (a representative from
a pilot project community in Arkansas)
Full Day
Pre-Conference Sessions: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. PC7 Trainer
Tune-Up
A workshop for trainers to sharpen their skills by examining core
trainer competencies, evaluating training, and managing the group process. Learn
how to address multiple levels of evaluation and incorporate evaluation throughout
your training program. You'll also explore how the stages of group development
affect all training situations. Learn to recognize these stages, their effect
on the learning process, and what you can do to support positive interactions
every step of the way.
Presenter: Roberta Reiss PC8 Community
Literacy
TBD
Presenter: PC9 Adult Reading Instruction:
Research-based Practices
This session offers a close look at the research-based
components of reading—alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—and
a discussion on diagnostic assessment to identify individuals' needs in the component
areas.
Presenters: Susan McShane and Kaye Beall PC10 Avoiding
the Maytag Syndrome: A Guide to Marketing and Communicating Your Program's Message
Send the right message about your program and its impact on the community to the
right audiences through a targeted marketing and communications approach. Explore
tools and strategies for developing a 'guided missile' approach to marketing your
program.
Presenters: Kathi Polis and Lennox McLendon PC11
BEST Plus
For individuals who intend to become administrators of
BEST Plus test, the face-to-face oral interview to determine the English
language proficiency of adult English language learners by assessing their interpersonal
communication using everyday English. All individuals attending the training workshop
have native or native-like oral English proficiency.
Presenters: Michelle
M. Ueland PC12 Dyslexia: The Science, the Implications, the Interventions
Science provides us with the research to understand how a person—especially
those with dyslexia—learns to read and write. This workshop discusses what
implications that research has on teaching reading and writing to dyslexics.
Presenters: Kelli Sandman-Hurley and Tracy Block PC13 Advocacy
Isn't Always About the Money
You need to do advocacy work, even if your
program doesn't receive federal or state funds. Congress makes policy decisions
on issues such as immigration, health, and global competitiveness that can affect
adult learners. Learn how you can influence policy and get results that benefit
your students.
Presenters: Jackie Taylor and Art Ellison
For
more information contact the conference team
at conference@proliteracy.org
or call
(315) 422-9121 ext. 319
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