professional development brochure

Essential

for the Adult EducatorProfessional Development

Professional Development for the Adult Education Instructor

Extraordinary Online Teacher Instruction for the Adult Educator

2016

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Course III:BLENDED LEARNING

IN ADULT EDUCATION

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TEACHING READING SKILLS

Course II:MOTIVATING

THE ADULT LEARNER

Course V:IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING

READING SKILL DIFFICULTIES

Course IV:TEACHING IN A

MULTILEVEL CLASSROOM

Course VI:USING MASTERY LEARNING

IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOM

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INTRODUCTION3

The Next Generation of Professional DevelopmentAnytime, Anywhere. Online Professional Development Series.

INTRODUCTION

Introducing a remarkable, online professional development series developed especially for adult ed teachers by master adult ed teachers. The series is not only enjoyable and rewarding, but gives you the core tools and techniques to excel in the adult education classroom.

The Mastery Learning System tracks your progress and issues “Certificates of Completion” to document your knowledge and skills. Print materials are included to use as reminders in your classroom. Learn faster, remember more, and have fun doing it.


Course I:

TEACHING READING SKILLSRepeated practice with comprehension exercises will not increase comprehension. Instead students need to develop the strategies that are used by successful readers to increase comprehension.

In this professional development series, instructors will learn to recognize the

Increasing reading comprehension is critical to helping students become college and career ready.

habits of struggling readers, identify the reading strategies that successful readers use, and learn the methods for teaching these strategies to their students. Each session demonstrates how instructors can incorporate graphic organizers to help students apply those strategies as they read.

track progress & have fun doing it


Course II:

MOTIVATING THE ADULT LEARNERMotivating the adult learner provides instructors with a theoretical basis for motivating adult learners, and the practical skills to put supportive strategies in place.

This course emphasizes the link between motivation, retention, and achieving student and program goals. Participants will identify the student-related, instructor-related, and environmental factors that impact

Why do students attend class so inconsistently?

How can we keep them engaged long enough to realize learning gains?

student motivation. Instructors will learn strategies for motivating learners, including the most recent research on using incentives to motivate adult learners.


Course III:

BLENDED LEARNING IN ADULT EDUCATIONWhat is blended learning and can it help me teach better? How will it increase student study time and success? Will it help me differentiate my instruction for each student?

Our blended learning course will answer all these questions and more!

Blended Learning in Adult Education isdesigned to introduce instructors to the concept of blended learning, and how blended learning can help students and instructors improve completion

A step-by-step, hands-on course designed to help launch blended learning in your classroom.

and pass rates. The course will help teachers develop strategies for maximizing student learning in the blended learning environment, and introduce technological tools that teachers can use to support a blended instructional approach.

This is a hands-on course designed to give teachers step-by-step instruction to launch blended learning solutions in their classrooms.

improve completion and pass rates


Course IV:

TEACHING IN A MULTILEVEL CLASSROOMHow can you make all learners successful all the time?

How do you prevent your lower-level learners from becoming overwhelmed, and your fastest learners from becoming bored or disruptive?

This professional development series addresses the reality of multilevel classes in adult literacy and how to best serve all students. The series provides strategies and tools for challenging advanced students, supporting lower-level learners, using assessment data to set appropriate learning goals for students, and selecting appropriate materials for students at different levels. This course will give you the tools to make all your students successful no matter where they are in their learning.


Course V:

IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING READING SKILL DIFFICULTIESReading is foundational to every content area in adult literacy and high school equivalency programs. Teaching reading is a complex process.

While some students will improve under normal instructional circumstances,

students who have difficulty developing reading skills may not.

This course will help instructors understand the five components of a comprehensive reading program and identify whether students are struggling with foundational reading skills, processing skills, decoding skills, or advanced reading skills. Instructors will learn strategies for identifying and remediating reading skill difficulties, and learn how they can see dramatic improvements in reading among their students.


Course VI:

USING MASTERY LEARNING IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOMAdult ed teachers are not often given the ongoing diagnostic tools they need to track their students’ progress and needs. The result is a one-size-fits-all curriculum that fits nobody.

This course will demonstrate how adaptive learning programs like our HSE Academies can accelerate adult learning by providing real-time assessment and progress data. Learn

How can you individualize instruction to meet the specific needs of each learner?

to determine students’ individual learning needs, inform instructional decision making, design student learning plans, and assess HSE test readiness.

GED Academy, HiSET Academy, & TASC Academy



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTAnytime, Anywhere.


The OnlyOnlineProfessional Development Series you will

need.

Revolutionizing Adult Learning

Course III:BLENDED LEARNING

IN ADULT EDUCATION

Course I:TEACHING

READING SKILLS Course II:

MOTIVATING THE ADULT LEARNER

Course V:IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING

READING SKILL DIFFICULTIES

Course IV:TEACHING IN A

MULTILEVEL CLASSROOM

Course VI:USING MASTERY LEARNING

IN THE ADULT ED CLASSROOM

Visit our website to learn more www.essentialed.com | [email protected]

(800) 931 - 8069

Essential

for the Adult EducatorProfessional Development

Our Online Professional Development Series offers six courses to help students learn faster, remember more, and have fun doing it.

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