About This Year's Sessions
Building Retention and Persistence
This interactive session will introduce participants to research on student persistence. Participants will be provided strategies for addressing areas identified by research that likely impact student persistence.
This session will explore the Six Main Characteristics of Adult Learners and will allow participants to share in a discussion on resilience, how to build and cultivate resilience and how it impacts Adult Education students.
Trainer: Dr. Olga Escamilla
Dr. Olga Escamilla has over 20 years of experience in adult education. She currently serves as a PD Specialist with [email protected] She has served as a teacher’s aid, ABE Instructor, AEL Supervisor, PD Grant Coordinator, AEL Director, Job Coach, Workforce Case Manager, and Senior Lecturer.
PD category: Literacy Instruction (LIT)
Understanding the Language of Donors
Outcome measurements ensure that a nonprofit’s staff, board members, and volunteers successfully follow their mission and goals. It’s important to communicate what you discover and use those lessons to improve performance. We are responsible for the individuals and communities we all serve to be as effective as possible. In an environment of increasingly limited resources, those nonprofits that can demonstrate that they are genuinely making an impact will be the ones most likely to attract resources and talent and therefore be most sustainable.
Trainer: Dr. Linda Johnson
Dr. Linda Johnson is the President & CEO of Aspire. Prior to joining LIFT (now Aspire) as CEO in 2017, she led College and Career Readiness programs for the Dallas ISD and held leadership positions in educational nonprofits.
Ring! Ring! Smart Phones for Smart Learning
From basic phone features to free interactive apps, come and explore ways to digitize your classroom with smartphones! Together, we will navigate the use of smartphone tools (iOS and Android) to improve learning transfer.
This session will provide participants with practical instructional activities that can be utilized for any AEL classroom. For the best outcome, participants should come prepared to use their smartphones equipped with the internet.
Trainer: Liz Moya
Liz Moya is a Professional Development Specialist for TRAIN PD. Liz is a nationally certified ProLiteracy Manager in Program Improvement. She holds a master’s degree in Adult Education and Training. Liz has served in a variety of adult education and literacy positions including assistant director, professional development coordinator, curriculum specialist, teacher, and course designer.
GoSchoolBox
Learn to enter students, create sessions, and host online classes in GoSchoolBox, a secure platform that connects adult students with academic tutors, helps tutors prescribe critical curriculum support, and gives organization administrators the tools to assess progress — all in one place
Trainer: Elizabeth Laughlin
Elizabeth Laughlin is Director of Operations and Development at Literacy Lubbock.
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