Sponsor Workshops for Your Staff

Since 2001, CALPRO has trained California adult educators to deliver workshops on various topics. These facilitators are available to help ensure that an agency’s teaching staff continues to grow professionally.

The California Department of Education and CALPRO encourage local adult education agencies to use these workshops for site-based professional development opportunities for their staff members.

Click on the links below.

Download the PDFDownload Sponsor Professional Development for Your Staff [PDF]

Download the PDFDownload Host CALPRO Workshops for Your Region [PDF]

Fall 2010 Online Courses

Autumn Leaves Image Start your school year by joining colleagues from across California in an online professional development course! CALPRO offers free professional development courses which you can take via the Internet any time, any place. All you need to get started is an e-mail account, Internet access, and an average of three hours per week for study, scheduled at your own convenience. Through these asynchronous classes, you can exchange ideas with fellow educators, get input from a subject-expert facilitator, and register for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

This fall, CALPRO will offer three facilitated online courses: Designing Programs for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Session 1: Awareness for Adult Educators; Effective Lesson Planning; and Optimizing ESL Instructional Planning: Management, Monitoring, and Reflection. Enrollment for these courses is limited, so sign up today!

For a schedule of Fall 2010 courses, registration information, and other details, visit the CALPRO Online Courses Web page.

Spring 2010 Issue of CALPROgress Available

CALPROgress is the newsletter of the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project. In this newsletter you will find articles that are theme based and focus on useful information about research and best practices in professional development. In addition, each issue contains links to important national, state, and local web sites, and useful resources.

CALPROgress is published twice a year, both in hard copy and on our Web site (PDF format). The available issues are listed below:

Current Issues

Past Issues

Virtual Workroom for Multilevel ESL Instructors and e-PLC

CALPRO is pleased to announce the opening of its Virtual Workroom for Multilevel ESL Instructors and companion electronic Professional Learning Community (e-PLC). Within the Virtual Workroom, multilevel ESL instructors can find a wide range of professional development resources addressing five central challenges: needs assessment, lesson planning, group work, materials, and evaluation.

The centerpiece of the Virtual Workroom is a new series of podcasts (short audio presentations) entitled Making the Most of the Multilevel Class. Accompanying the podcast series is a host of supporting materials.

Eligible instructors are invited to join the companion electronic Professional Learning Community, where they can network with other multilevel teachers, get advice from experts and mentors, exchange materials, and more!

For more information, log in to the Virtual Workroom at http://www.calpro-online.org/VirtualWorkroom/default.asp.

California Department of Education Adult Education Strategic Plan

For information regarding the strategic planning process, visit: http://www.otan.us/strategicplanning or contact Diane Hurley at: dhurley@cde.ca.gov


ERIC Adult, Career, and Vocational Education Documents

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ACVE) closed its doors on December 31, 2003. Over the years, the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) developed and produced a rich collection of publications pertaining to research and practice in adult, career, and vocational education.

CALPRO is pleased to announce that the complete archives of all ERIC ACVE publications can be accessed on the CALPRO Web site.

View the ERIC Document Collection on the CALPRO Web Site

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