CDE Leadership Projects Pat Rickard, CASAS Mariann 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 Development CASAS: Assessment, Accountability, and Evaluation OTAN: Technology and Distance Learning

Why 24/7 Professional Dev.? More and more education is going online Online learning is a required skill We have a new digital social environment Social networking Mobile phones User-created content Virtual worlds

Why 24/7 Professional Dev.? In this climate of low/no budget for PD No travel time or cost Anyone can access any time from anywhere Easier to get information to a dispersed and fragmented staff

What are the challenges? We need to offer timely, engaging, interactive PD opportunities Instructors and staff are getting used to online learning and interaction Matching offerings to needs without the interactions we are used to

Online Workshops Online workshops 37 topics Offered several times each year Some are recorded and posted

Administrators Forum, DL Forum Administrators Forum, Distance Learning Forum Live online sessions Recorded and posted for later viewing Handouts, links, support materials available

ABE Initiative

Group discussions Posted documents Calendar Member pages Blogs Links Photos, video Polls

Moodle site for any instructor Orientation and training Networking Tech support Sharable courses coming soon Course Hosting with Moodle

Technology training and mentoring Mentors support site mentors support colleagues Site-based projects Networking and statewide connections Application available March 1 TIMAC

Web site Blog Wiki Videos TIMAC – the 24/7 part

CASAS

CASAS Professional Development: Spring 2010 Workshops via Genesys Web Conferencing CASAS Self-paced courses via Moodle Face to face training in March-April Professional Development

Genesys Web Conferencing Over 60 Web-based topics now available CASAS Resources CASAS Implementation including e-Test California Accountability, EL Civics TOPSpro New titles with more detailed descriptions of technical concepts

CASAS Self-Paced Courses 7/24 Available 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 Initiative A partnership of two national validated skill measurement systems CASAS – applied academic skills Learning Resources, Inc. (LRI) – applied soft skills

Workforce Skills Certification System (WSCS)- Cont’d Goal: promote transition of adult ABE and ASE students into the workforce. Integrate soft skills instruction in ABE Provide 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 WIA II performance, successful practices, and setting local performance goals Also focus on NRS Performance goals for 09-10, transitions to the workplace and post-secondary education and training Video available for viewing in early March

CASAS 2010 Summer Institute June 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 Enterprise Promising Practices/Making a Difference Awards Go to for detailshttps://

24/7 Professional Development catalog available

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 Courses 15 classes offered on eight different topics Content experts facilitate discussions over four weeks Asynchronous format allows flexibility in accessing course content and interacting with colleagues 23

24 New Self-Directed Course Learner Goal Setting

Two per CALPRO asynchronous course Administrators Forum series: The I-BEST Model for Transition to Work, 2/18 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

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Centerpiece: New Podcast SeriesPodcast Series Audio podcast series Sample pre-listening page

Application Activities linked to e-PLC

e-PLC

Synchronous On-line Learning Study Circle Facilitators Training Learner Persistence in the ESL and ABE Classrooms Research-Based Reading Instruction Six hours of training all on-line and in real time Register by February 5 th

Synchronous On-line Learning Managed Enrollment On-Line Workshop Agency teams of 3-5 Training all on-line and in real time Offered in Spring Look for updates and announcements

Contextualized Workforce Instruction Building a Career Pathway for Adult Learners to the Workforce and to Workforce Credentialing Post- Secondary Contextualized Workforce Instruction in the ABE Classroom and Contextualized Workforce Instruction in the ESL Classroom Spring 2010 Launch and June 2010 Training-of-Trainers

Regionally Offered Workshops CALPRO 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: