CDE Leadership Projects
Pat Rickard, CASASMariann Fedele, CALPRO
Marian Thacher, OTAN
Adult Education Leadership Projects
Funded by WIA Title II to provide services and support to adult education programs for improving programs and student learning outcomes.
CALPRO: Professional DevelopmentCASAS: Assessment, Accountability, and
EvaluationOTAN: Technology and Distance Learning
Why 24/7 Professional Dev.?More and more education is going onlineOnline learning is a required skillWe have a new digital social environment
Social networkingMobile phonesUser-created contentVirtual worlds
Why 24/7 Professional Dev.?In this climate of low/no budget for
PDNo travel time or costAnyone can access any time from
anywhereEasier to get information to a
dispersed and fragmented staff
What are the challenges?We need to offer timely, engaging,
interactive PD opportunitiesInstructors and staff are getting
used to online learning and interaction
Matching offerings to needs without the interactions we are used to
Online WorkshopsOnline workshops
37 topicsOffered several times each yearSome are recorded and postedwww.CAAdultEdTraining.org
Administrators Forum, DL ForumAdministrators Forum,
Distance Learning ForumLive online sessionsRecorded and posted for
later viewingHandouts, links, support
materials availablewww.otan.us/AdminForum/www.otan.us/DistanceLearning/forum/
ABE Initiative
ABE InitiativeGroup discussionsPosted documentsCalendarMember pagesBlogsLinksPhotos, videoPolls
Moodle site for any instructorOrientation and trainingNetworkingTech supportSharable courses
coming soon
Course Hosting with Moodle
Technology training and mentoringMentors support site mentors
support colleaguesSite-based projectsNetworking and statewide
connectionsApplication available March 1
TIMAC
Web siteBlogWikiVideos
TIMAC – the 24/7 part
www.otan.us/timac
CASAS
CASAS Professional Development: Spring 2010Workshops via Genesys Web
ConferencingCASAS Self-paced courses via
MoodleFace to face training in March-April
Professional Development
Genesys Web Conferencing
Over 60 Web-based topics now availableCASAS Resources CASAS Implementation including e-Test California Accountability, EL CivicsTOPSpro
New titles with more detailed descriptions of technical concepts
CASAS Self-Paced Courses 7/24Available starting February 2010:• CASAS Initial Implementation Training• CASAS Beyond Implementation
Training• CASAS Appraisal Testing• CASAS eTests Basics *New*• Using Assessment for Classroom Lesson Planning *New*
Workforce Skills Certification System (WSCS)Pilot project: part of the California
ABE InitiativeA partnership of two national
validated skill measurement systems CASAS – applied academic skillsLearning Resources, Inc. (LRI) – applied
soft skills
Workforce Skills Certification System (WSCS)- Cont’dGoal: promote transition of adult ABE
and ASE students into the workforce. Integrate soft skills instruction in ABEProvide WSCS profiles of student applied
academic and soft skills for job search activities
Strengthen communication between adult education and local WIB’s
Create more successful and seamless pathways between adult education and the workplace
California Winter Consortium Internet video –Debra Jones and field
panel discuss 08-09 WIA II performance, successful practices, and setting local performance goals
Also focus onNRS Performance goals for 09-10, transitions to the workplace and post-
secondary education and trainingVideo available for viewing in early March
CASAS 2010 Summer InstituteJune 17-19, 2010 (Thursday – Saturday)Keynote: Dr. Brenda Dann Messier, U.S.
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education
Successful transition models, WIA re-authorization, connection with workforce partners
CASAS eTests and TOPSpro EnterprisePromising Practices/Making a Difference AwardsGo to https://www.casas.org/si/ for details
24/7Professional Development
2009-10 catalog available
www.calpro-online.org
1. Facilitated Online Courses
2. Self-Directed Online Courses
3. Webinars, Online Workshops, Virtual Meetings
4. Virtual Workroom for Multilevel ESL Instructors and electronic Professional Learning Communities (e-PLC)
CALPRO 24/7 Modalities
Online Courses• Self-Directed
Courses• Orientation for New
ABE Teachers
• Orientation for New ESL Teachers
• Learner Goal Setting
Facilitated Courses15 classes offered on
eight different topicsContent experts
facilitate discussions over four weeks
Asynchronous format allows flexibility in accessing course content and interacting with colleagues
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New Self-Directed Course
LearnerGoal Setting
Two per CALPRO asynchronous course
Administrators Forum series:The I-BEST Model for Transition to Work, 2/18http://www.caadultedtraining.org
CA College Transition series
Webinars
Post-Secondary Transitions
Webinar Series
December 1, 2009: Follow up to Institute and Summit
January 26, 2010: Curriculum and Instruction
February 23, 2010: Counseling and Support
March 30, 2010: Collaborations and Partnerships
Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30
Virtual Workroom and related
e-PLC
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Centerpiece: New Podcast SeriesAudio podcast series
Sample pre-listening page
Application Activities linked to e-PLC
e-PLC
Synchronous On-line LearningStudy Circle Facilitators TrainingLearner Persistence in the ESL and ABE
ClassroomsResearch-Based Reading InstructionSix hours of training all on-line and in real timeRegister by February 5th www.calpro-online.org
Synchronous On-line LearningManaged Enrollment On-Line WorkshopAgency teams of 3-5Training all on-line and in real timeOffered in SpringLook for updates and announcementswww.calpro-online.org
Contextualized Workforce InstructionBuilding a Career Pathway for Adult Learners to the Workforce and to Workforce Credentialing Post-Secondary
Contextualized Workforce Instruction in the ABE Classroom andContextualized Workforce Instruction in the ESL Classroom
Spring 2010 Launch and June 2010 Training-of-Trainers
Regionally Offered WorkshopsCALPRO is coordinating agency-based
regionally offered workshops across the state: 30 to date
Workshops listed on the CA Adult Ed Training and CALPRO online events calendar
Information about how to host a regionally offered training at: www.calpro-online.org