Publications/Presentations
Listed below are publications and presentations by or for AALPD members.
(in progress)
Matrix
of Methods for Professional Development (Word)
Organizes approaches into 4 primary areas - Face to Face Across
Programs, Online or Hybrid Professional Development, Program-based,
and Supported Individual Learning. This matrix is a good starting
point to invite other professional developers to add to the
matrix or to comment on professional development strategies.
National
Initiatives Relevant to Professional Development in Adult
Literacy, April 2007
AALPD provides information about these major staff development
efforts across the United States:
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AdultEd Online
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Thinkfinity
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Standards-In-Action: Turning
Adult Education Standards Into Curriculum and Instruction
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Evidence-based Practice:
A Workshop for Training Adult Basic Education, TANF and
One Stop Practitioners and Program Administrators
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Effective Practices in Reading
in Adult Education and Family Literacy
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An Evaluation of the Impact
of Explicit Literacy Instruction on Adult ESL Learners
“Role of Professional Development in Evidence-based Practice in Adult Education.”
Slide presentation from COABE, April 2003
If you have an initiative or
project that you would like to list here, please send the
information to the Chair
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Evaluating
Professional Development Resources Selection and Development
Criteria, a publication by PRO-NET 2000.
This publication provides the field with information on what
comprises "quality" professional development resources. It
provides a set of criteria and indicators to (1) help program
and professional develoment staff select and evaluate professional
development materials and resources, and (2) help professional
developers and researchers prepare and develop quality resources.
The criteria are organized into four categories: Appropriateness
of General Content, Appropriatness of Design an Delivery,
Quality of Research Base, and Ease of Adoption/Adaptation.
