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2010 COABE/AALPD PreConference Session

CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AALPD Pre-Conference Session at the COABE Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
(8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.)

Morning Agenda


8:30 - 9:30 - Welcome and Introductions / Overview of AALPD and Legislative Update

9:30 - 12:15 -Roundtable Presentations and Discussions

Participants will select three of the following sessions to attend:

  1. Using AALPD Standards to Develop a Professional Development Model - Joyce Bullock, Associate, Kentucky Adult Education, Council on   Postsecondary Education

  2. Introduction to the AALPD CoP Wiki and Website - Debra L. Hargrove, Director, Florida TechNet

  3. 24/7 Training and Professional Learning Communities - Marian Thacher, Director, OTAN

  4. CCLD’s Reading/Writing PD Curriculum Mode - Dawn Hanzel, Adult Literacy Director of Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, University of Kentucky


LUNCH

 

1:00 - 3:15 -Roundtable Presentations and Discussions

Participants will select three of the following sessions to attend:

  1. Transitions:  Implications for Teacher Professional Development- Federico Salas-Isanardi, Adult Literacy Specialist for TCALL

  2. Adult Education Teacher Credentialing in Texas - Dr. Michelle Janysek, Director of the Texas Adult Education Credential Project

  3. Standards-in-Action Professional Development Model—Kansas’ Experience - Michelle Carson, Associate Director, Kansas Board of Regents Adult Education

  4. Minnesota’s Evaluation System for Professional Development - Astrid Liden, Assistant Professor/ATLAS Director, Hamline University

  5. AALPD Advocacy and Teacher Quality - Jane Greiner, Professional Development Coordinator, ProLiteracy

 

3:20-3:30 -       Reflection, Wrap-up & Evaluation - Michelle Carson