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Teacher Training Plus is a webinar series across four strands that presents best-practice instructional strategies.
Within each strand, we identified three areas of need and designed webinars to address each. Throughout all three topics, we addressed working in a multilevel class or group and converting in-person teaching strategies to distance learning.
This strand is best for teachers and tutors working with adults who are working toward their GED and HiSET credential.
Generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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September 2023
“How Long is This Going to Take?” Helping Students Navigate Each Step of Their HSE Journey
Although students’ motivations for obtaining their HSEs are varied, one of the most common questions they ask when first starting their educational journey is “how long is this going to take?” As adult educators, we must help our students find the balance between getting it done quickly and getting it done well. We can achieve this by helping our students set realistic and achievable goals and walking alongside them throughout the process. In this webinar, we discussed goal setting and retention strategies that can help guide students through their HSE journey.
January 2024
“Why is the Clock Watching Me?” Helping Students Reduce Test-taking Anxiety
Test-taking anxiety is real, and many of our students experience it. As adult educators, we’d love to help our students eliminate this anxiety, but we can’t do so completely. Instead, we can help students recognize these feelings and reduce them. In this recording, learn strategies that can help students reduce their test-taking anxiety so they can tackle HSE exams with confidence.
March 2024
“What Are They Really Saying?” Helping Students Read Between the Lines and Make Inferences
Students preparing for the HSE exams often focus too much on what’s explicitly present in a text. This may allow them to recall specific details and find evidence, but it hinders them from making inferences and drawing conclusions. In this webinar, learn how to help students dig deeper to make inferences about what’s being implicitly stated in the text.
September 2024
“Why Do I Have to Read This?”
One of the most important skills on the High School Equivalency (HSE) tests is reading comprehension. Students who are strong readers will often perform better than struggling readers on all sections of the HSE tests, even math (something that can surprise students). What happens, though, when a student says, “I hate reading?” In this webinar, Kara shared techniques to help those resistant readers.
January 2025
“How Do I Know When I’m Ready to Test?”
When adult students walk into HSE classrooms, adult educators know that they have one goal in mind: obtain their High School Equivalency (HSE). Although that may be the common goal, each student’s timeline will be different. In this webinar, Kara discussed how to navigate and answer the question, “When can I take the test?”
March 2025
“What Am I Looking At?”
It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but how do we know what that picture is saying? Even though we use visual literacy to understand what we see and encounter in our everyday lives, there is added pressure when facing it on a High School Equivalency (HSE) test. In this webinar, Kara will identify key methods for decoding graphs, charts, tables, and maps on the HSE tests.
About the Presenter
Kara Krawiec earned her Master of Arts degree in literature from John Carroll University. Upon graduation, she became an adjunct professor at John Carroll University, Lakeland Community College, and Cuyahoga Community College, teaching developmental reading and writing courses to non-traditional learners.
In 2017, she joined Seeds of Literacy, in Cleveland, OH, and was recently promoted to director of student success, working with students on their next steps after earning their high school equivalency (HSE). During her time at Seeds, Kara has worked tirelessly to focus not only on students’ individual needs but the need for a strong learning community as well.
In 2018, Kara accepted the ProLiteracy Hero Award on behalf of Seeds of Literacy, and in October 2023, she was awarded the Sharon Davis-Stubbe Outstanding Teacher Award. Kara regularly shares her experience and expertise at local, state, and national conferences. This will be Kara’s third year presenting and facilitating workshops as part of ProLiteracy’s Teacher Training Plus.