In Fall 2010, CALPRO launched the Instructors Forum as a new initiative for teachers. The purpose is to convene practitioners from across California in an online environment and highlight exemplary instructional practices.

Contextualizing Workforce Skills in ESL Instruction

October 28, 2010

Presenters: Ronna Magy, Professional Development Specialist, and Donna Price, ESL Instructor at San Diego Community College District

In this first Webinar of the Instructors Forum, presenters showcased how to contextualize workforce skills into English as a second language (ESL) instruction. The presenters demonstrated ways to help adult learners articulate transferable skills that they are learning in the classroom to the workplace.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 1 hr. 15 min.)

Contextualizing Workforce Skills in ABE/ASE Instruction

November 8, 2010

Presenter: Karyn Ruiz, Instructor at Visalia Adult School

In this second Webinar of the Instructors Forum, the presenter demonstrated how to contextualize workforce skills into adult basic education (ABE)/adult secondary education (ASE) instruction. Objectives included identifying skills being taught to students, assisting students to articulate and reflect on what they are learning, and integrating workplace documents and activities into classroom instruction.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 1 hr. 22 min.)

Learning to Achieve: Instructional Strategies

May 26, 2011

Presenters: Susie Passeggi, Assistant Director, and Dodi Brown, Instructor, Mt. Diablo Adult Education

In this third Webinar of the Instructors Forum, presenters Passeggi and Brown provided information about Learning to Achieve, a research-based approach to serving adults with learning disabilities that was developed by the National Institute for Literacy, and discussed how Mt. Diablo implemented this approach. Objectives included the following: 1) identify research-based tools and techniques used to teach adults with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) effectively; and 2) identify and implement instructional approaches that help ALL adults, particularly adults with learning disabilities, learn content from written materials.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 55 min.)

Mobile Learning for the 21st Century Adult Educator

November 18, 2011

Presenter: Susan Gaer, Professor, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education

In this first Webinar of the 2011–12 Instructors Forum, CALPRO PD Partner Susan Gaer demonstrated how research she gleaned from the 21st Century Skills strand of the joint COABE and CCAE conference of April 2011 informed her own practice of teaching ABE, ASE, and ESL.

In this session the presenter discussed: 21st century learning and best practices for today’s students, ways in which mobile learning supports 21st century learning, and practical applications that can be used easily in any adult education classroom.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 52 min.)

Webinar materials may be downloaded from this recording (download instructions appear at the 40 min. 52 sec. marker).

Preparing ABE/ASE Students for the 21st Century Workforce

February 1, 2012

Presenter: Ashley Ruiz, Instructor, Paramount Adult School

In this Instructors Forum Webinar, CALPRO PD Partner Ashley Ruiz shared information and research she gained from attending sessions in the 21st Century Skills strand of the joint COABE and CCAE national conference in April 2011.

Ruiz specifically discussed: the demands of the 21st Century Workforce, successful workforce development program structures and models, and ideas and tips for ABE/ASE programs to successfully prepare ABE/ASE students for the 21st Century Workforce.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 45 min.)

Webinar materials may be downloaded from this recording. (At the 41 min. mark, highlight the PowerPoint file in the File Share pod, click “Save to My Computer, ” then click “Download. ”)

Ten Principles of Servant Leadership: Tools for Teachers and Students (Webinar)

February 15, 2012

Presenter: Diane J. Silvers, Adjunct Professor, American Language Institute, CSULB

In this session, Diane Silvers discussed using the Ten Principles of Servant Leadership as 21st century tools to enhance best teaching practices, building community in the classroom as a tool, and a bridge, to developing students as global citizens and embedding the concept of servant leadership into your curriculum as an innovative approach to educating global citizens.

View the recording of the Webinar. (Duration: 54 min.)

Webinar materials may be downloaded from this recording. (At the 53 min. mark, highlight the PowerPoint file in the File Share pod, click “Save to My Computer, ” then click “Download. ”)


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