The NETWORK 2009 workshops are listed below. Please note there are double and triple sessions offered this year. Proposals for NETWORK 2010 can be submitted starting spring 2010.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
SESSION I 10:15 - 11:45
A-1 Got Recommendations?
B-1 Games 4 Math
C-1 A Video Window on ESOL Family Literacy
D-1 Contextualizing Curriculum: Using Workplace Materials
E-1 Refilling the Well: Mindful Moments for ABE Professionals
F-1 Researching with Learners about Health & Health Disparities
G-1 Activate Contextualized Learning: Another Use for Newspaper Articles
H-1 Does Bradley Leave Samantha? A Soap Opera
I-1 Living Math
J-1 ESOL Materials for Job Success VENDOR
K-1 Basic Skills in Workforce Training VENDOR
L-1 Workplace Education
M-1 Integrating Assessments into Classroom Practice
N-1/2 It’s Not Your Father’s Manufacturing Anymore! (Double session)
SESSION II 1:00 - 2:30
A-2 What’s New With the Massachusetts Adult Proficiency Tests?
B-2 Dreaming on the Page: Using Poetry to Explore Dreams in the GED Classroom
C-2 Avoiding Management Mania
D-2 Math Carnivals: Building Communities of Mathematicians
E-2 Write! Doing Fiction, Poetry, Autobiography, and Essay Writing
F-2 Resume Development
G-2 Get Moving! Favorite Kinesthetic Activities for ESOL Learners
H-2 Managing Your Multi-level ESOL Classroom (Double session)
I-2 Increasing Persistence through Self- Efficacy
J-2 Are you Ready to Develop College Transitions?
K-2 The Learner Web, an Online Learner Support System
L-2 How to do Advocacy
M-2/3 Teaching and Assessing Fluency for ABE Intermediates (Double session)
SESSION III 3:00 - 4:30
A-3 3M = Math & M & M’s: M & M Equations
B-3 GED Now and the Future in Massachusetts
C-3 DIY DL: Community Controlled DL
D-3 Next Steps - Transitioning the Advanced ESOL Learner
E-3 Reading to Writing – Using Women’s Perspectives as Lessons for all Learners
F-3 On With Living and Learning!
G-3 “Pin versus Pen”: Strategies for Remediation of Phonological Confusion
I-3 Workplace Writing Skills: Developing Clarity and Accuracy
J-3 Teaching Rights at Work With a Focus on Temporary Workers
K-3 Best Practices in Screening and Training Volunteers
L-3 ABEMCAECOA BEMATSOLABE DCNIFL?
N-3 MAPT Score Report Focus Group
THURSDAY,OCTOBER 22
SESSION IV 8:30 - 9:45
A-4 Got Recommendations?
B-4/5 GED Keys to Success: Transitioning to the Future (Double session)
C-4 Tech Tools for Teachers
D-4/5 Next Steps for Students: Diverse Short-term Training Options (Double session)
E-4 Stress of Immigration Counseling Project- Processes and Findings
F-4 How to Assemble a Performance Portfolio for the ABE Teacher’s License
G-4 Using Art as a Medium for ESOL Instruction
H-4/5 Understanding Violence
I-4 Teaching Financial Literacy
J-4 Implementing Student Leadership as Part of Program Culture
K-4 Wicked Good Online Resources for Your Program and Classroom
L-4 What I Need to Know about GED Accommodations
M-4/5/6 Planning for Continuous Improvement (Triple session)
N-4/5 Using the Massachusetts Professional Standards to Improve Quality of Teaching (Double session)
SESSION V 10:15 - 11:30
A-5 Teaching the Five Components of Reading Instruction
C-5 Making the ESL Class Come Alive with Technology!
E-5 Second Annual SABES Library Film Festival
F-5 Empowering Women through Literacy: View from Experience
G-5 Writing, Illustrating, and Publishing Children’s Books by Incarcerated Men
I-5/6 Using the LD Guidebook Screening Tools (Double session)
J-5 Current Developments in State and Federal Immigration Policy
K-5 The Art of Presentation- Beyond Bullet Lists
L-5 Getting Your Story Out on Your ABE/ESOL Program
SESSION VI 12:00 - 1:15
A-6 The New MA ABE Reading Standards
B-6 Math Class: Pass GED Math and Outfox The Accuplacer Too
C-6 Games Teachers Play VENDOR
D-6 Using SABES’ “Integrating Career Awareness” Curriculum Guide
E-6 Supercharge Your Learning Community!
F-6 Improving Working Conditions: Strategies from the Field
G-6 A Tour of the NCTN College Transition Toolkit
H-6 The Exemplary, The Ordinary and the Boundary-less
J-6 How Can ACLS Support Using the Framework Standards?
K-6 Workplace Essential Skills
L-6 View from the Hill
