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IACEA Conference 2017 – Great Expectations - Sessions

Concurrent Session I

Wednesday 9-10:15 AM

Transitioning Adults with Special Learning Needs

Special Learning Needs

This session will focus on assistance instructors and Adult Education staff can provide in order to transition adults with special learning needs and/or disabilities into college or certificate programs.

Alice Daniels, Rock Valley College


Standards-Aligned Lessons: Easy as 1, 2, 3

ABE/Literacy/Volunteers

ASE/High School Equivalency/High School Credit

Creating standards-aligned lessons is easy and exciting. A few changes to a lesson can align it to the Language Arts standards and make it engaging for students. Participants will modify a text lesson by identifying anchor standards, incorporating the key shifts, and adding primary and secondary sources from educational websites.

Anita Kerr, Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center

Amy Elston, College of DuPage

Jennifer Schreier, College of DuPage


Misconceptions of a Growth Mindset: Telling Penguins They Can Fly



We've all heard about teaching a growth mindset, but is that all students really need to develop in order to be successful in the classroom? What is a growth mindset and how are our misconceptions about a fixed and growth mindset hindering student success? Join this session and discuss the realities of growth mindset and what it means for instruction. - instructional strategies, content standards, adult issues, and recruitment/retention of volunteers.

Kathy Tracey, i-Pathways


Forming Digital Literacy in the ESL Classroom

ESL

Technology/Digital Literacy/Distance Learning

This hands-on session demonstrates the versatility of integrating Google Forms in meaningful ways in the ESL classroom. From completing applications, taking quizzes, to student generated research projects, Forms are a simple yet effective tool. The presenter will share artifacts, demonstrate techniques, and guide participants as they create their own Google Forms.

Colleen Stribling, Elgin Community College


Reviewing Three Successful Implementations of Instructional Technology That Integrates ESL Literacy Acquisition with Career Preparation

ESL


See how English Discoveries and Career Discoveries is implemented with different educational scenarios. Learn how ongoing student data, interactive speech recognition, and student career profiles aid in teachers’ ability to differentiate student needs. Learn how state of the art features concurrently integrate English language acquisition instruction with preparation for students’ future careers.

Stewart Holtz, Techno-Ware

Sandy Goldberg, Techno-Ware


Creating Mathways for ESL

ESL

Join us to learn strategies for weaving basic numeracy and financial literacy content seamlessly and painlessly into ESL lessons for students ranging from literacy to advanced levels. You’ll walk away from this interactive session with ready-to-use tools and resources to develop fun, practical math activities for every ESL student.

Bonnie Juarez, Rock Valley College and Tricia Wagner, Rock Valley College


Static to Dynamic Mathematics Instruction for ABE/ASE

ABE/ASE/High School Equivalency/High School Credit

This workshop introduces motivating activities preparing students for HSE math questions, work related, and real world situations and demands. Participants and their students are rewarded with lessons that actively engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. Well-planned, multi-sensory activities with hands-on realia, games, hard-copies and computer-based interactions create a harmonious instructional balance.

Michael Matos, Albany Park Community Center


Practical Library Partnership Ideas: Group Tutoring Practices that Work


Do you partner with your local library to help bring tutoring and adult literacy to your community? In this session, we’ll explore from library and SOS AVL program standpoints which practices we use to recruit, train, organize, and tutor in one-on-one, small, and not so small groups. Come ready to experience our favorite strategies and materials, and to share your own!

Mandy Dwyer, Joliet Junior College

Tania Hess, Plainfield Public Library

Concurrent Session II

Wednesday 10:30-11:45 AM

Career Pathways Basic Skills Curriculum

Integrated Education & Training - bridge programming, integrated models

Join in an overview of a new statewide contextualized curriculum integrating career exploration and career-specific skills into each subject area. The Career Pathways Basic Skills Curriculum introduces Career Clusters and focuses on a large assortment of pathways. It is intended for reading levels 5-7 and ESL levels 5-6. View the various lesson ideas to integrate career knowledge and skills.

Alice Daniels, Rock Valley College


Standards-Aligned Math Lessons: Easy as Pi


Creating standards-aligned math lessons can be fun and engages our students more rigorously. A few changes to a lesson can align it to the Illinois ABE/ASE Math standards and provide students with critical math thinking skills. Participants will modify a math lesson by identifying Standards for Mathematical practice, incorporating the key shifts, and including the depth of the content standards.

Dawn Hughes, Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center

Amber Fornaciari, Elgin Community College


Introduction to Special Learning Needs


Join this overview to look at the difference between learning preferences, learning difficulties and a learning disability as well as taking a look at learning styles. Strategies for effective instruction and providing an engaging learning environment for individuals with special learning needs and for ALL learners will be explored

Sarah Goldammer, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center


Integrating Technology into the ABE Classroom



Participants will be exposed to a variety of opportunities to begin integrating technology into an ABE classroom. This session will include project ideas utilizing Microsoft Office Software, incorporating a classroom blog into lesson plans, and improving student's basic digital literacy skills.

Cathy Kramer, Waubonsee Community College

Megan Jones, Waubonsee Community College


Teaching Beginner ESL Students

In this session, the presenter will share a lesson plan template which includes the level, the lesson duration time, the aim, assumptions, expected problems one may encounter with ESL students, materials to come prepared, warm up exercise time, introduction time, presentation time, practice time, production time, review time, and homework time. It includes visual aids and interactive and sometimes multi-sensory plans. By creating these lesson plans for ESL students, they will have the knowledge of practicing the four basic functions of reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

ESL

Deborah Naguib, International Academy of TEFL and TESOL


What If My Students Aren’t HSE Ready Yet?


Workforce Development - all things WIOA

This session explores instruction in programs with learners at different functional levels who are missing various foundational skills in different subject areas. Specifically, how adult educators can assess, remediate, and move these learners quickly to a positive outcome.

Jayne Schultz, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing - Steck Vaughn


Creating an Engaging Learning Environment


Practical strategies and metacognitive approaches to improve student learning and motivation will be shared. Explore resources that help students understand how they learn and improve their self-confidence. Discover techniques to improve skills in vocabulary, reading, and writing. Attendees will receive access to materials that they can use immediately.

Kathy Young

McHenry County College


Smooth Transitions: Bridging, Accelerating, and Supporting Students Entering Technical and Degree Programs at ECC

Integrated Education & Training

This session describes the array of programming offered to Adult Education students to prepare and support their successful transition to certificate and degree programs at Elgin Community College. Presenters will share their personal experiences developing and teaching bridge, I-CAPS, Thriving in the Workplace, and learning community courses.

Elizabeth McNulty, Elgin Community College

Colleen Stribling, Elgin Community College

Elizabeth Soderquist, Elgin Community College

Wednesday 2:00 -3:15 PM

Division Meetings:

Administration

Instruction and Curriculum: Basic and Secondary

Instruction and Curriculum: ESL

Support Services

Concurrent Session III

Wednesday 3:30-4:45 PM

The BurlingtonEnglish Blend—Your Answer to WIOA, IET, and IEL/CE in One Comprehensive Program

ESL

As Adult Education and the learning goals we have for our students evolve, schools are looking for programs to meet their growing needs. BurlingtonEnglish is a blended, digital program created specifically for the adult English language learner and for those teachers and administrators who serve these students. Come see how Burlington’s multiple courses and levels will help you address WIOA with Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Integrated English and Civics Education (IEL/CE). Participants will get a look at Burlington’s comprehensive suite of programs to understand how the program works in the classroom, lab, distance learning, and mobile settings. We will highlight how to use BurlingtonEnglish to respond directly to the demands of WIOA.

Robert Breitbard, Burlington English


Speaking Up: Teaching ELLs to Talk About Themselves in Workplace and Academic Settings

ESL

English Language Learners must be prepared with the language and social skills to be able to speak about themselves and their work skills for job interviews and other situations. This session will demonstrate how to teach ELLs at all levels to confidently and clearly communicate their skills and abilities during interviews and on the job.

Laurie Martin, Adult Learning Resource Center


Building Pathways to Student Success: Integrating Education and Training


In this session, the presenters will share the successes and challenges of building an IET program at Elgin Community College. Topics discussed will include the cohort model, team teaching, student support, and garnering institutional buy in.

Marcia Luptak, Elgin Community College

Erin Vobornik, Elgin Community College


POWER: Lesson plans that engage the Adult Learner



Engage students with POWERful, five-step lesson plans that include linked videos and websites. Customized lesson plans can be used with any curriculum and may be used online or in print format. Instructors will leave this workshop with a completed lesson to use immediately in the classroom.

Kerri McGrath, Illinois Central College


Carefully Handling Time

Personal Development/Leadership/Administrative Issues

Carefully Handling Time is a workshop/presentation focused on time management from a very practical approach. Our goal is to free you up to be the person you were intended to be without feeling frenzied, worried and/or overwhelmed. We will discuss how to best live out your own personal values with confidence while effectively teaching, leading and helping others reach their own potential. Come and join us as we focus on a mindset, rather than a program.

Mary Fields, Triton College, College of Lake County


Making Sense of the News: News Literacy in an Age of Misinformation




News Literacy, a critical thinking course developed at Stony Brook University, gives students practical knowledge and tools to enable them to find reliable information they need to make decisions, take action and responsibly share information through social media. Participants are introduced to the course and online teaching resources.

Michael Spikes, Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University


Discovering Science in the Adult Education Classroom


This workshop is based on science curriculum as it pertains to the new TASC, GED®, Hi-Set tests. It will be hands-on with teachers working through learning stations to experience different science lessons. Teachers will leave this workshop equipped with two science lesson plans and ideas for implementing science in their classrooms.

Sara Gutting, COABE Region IV Representative, Sara Gutting, LLC


Essential Skills for Multilevel Instruction

ESL

An increasing number of multilevel classes makes identifying essential skills for effective multilevel instruction especially important. The presenter defines multilevel instruction in ESL, identifies skills for planning and organizing instruction, shares strategies for effective group work, emphasizing how to assess and monitor student progress, and provides multilevel resources.

Mary Louise Baez, Cambridge University Press

Thursday 9:00 – 10:00 AM

Plenary Session - Keynote: The Power of the Positive

Every day people working in the field of higher education tirelessly support, encourage, & inspire students to succeed- which requires endless patience, optimism, and energy. This interactive keynote will highlight the most popular "people skills" strategies Carrie has successfully used with thousands in the field of education & will provide participants with concrete tips/tools/strategies to help them keep doing this important work!

Carrie Stack, Say Yes Institute

Thursday 10:30-11:45 AM

Building the Dream Team: Communication & Trust


Why do some teams seem to trudge along with endless struggle, while others seem to effortlessly flow towards goals with grace and ease? The key difference is often a climate built on developing communication and trust. This session will focus on helping teams go to the next level by sharing concrete tools centered on communication skills and building a climate/culture of trust.

Carrie Stack, Say Yes Institute


A Case Study in Creating a Community of Semi-Independent Learners

ABE/Literacy/Volunteers The Waukegan Public Library's Adult Literacy Tutoring will share the reasons behind and the initial results of its pilot attempt at creating a learning community in which Literacy and ABE adult learners can participate semi-independently.

Josh Anderson, Waukegan Public Library


Taking the Struggle out of the GED® Science Test and those Science Short Answers

Why do students struggle with writing science short answers? In fact, why do they seem to struggle with science? Is there a missing piece somewhere that we have just not tapped into? Learn how to use simple experiments in the classroom to help students gain a basic understanding of the scientific method and get rid of those science short answer woes.



Susan Pittman

E-Learning Connections, Inc.


Technology Resources for Special Learning Needs in the Adult Education Classroom


ESL Special Learning Needs



By the end of the presentation, attendees will be familiar with and comfortable using a variety of technology resources and be able to incorporate them into their classrooms. The technology resources and classroom applications will be appropriate for ESL, ABE, and ASE students. The presenters will provide a tutorial on each of the resources. Participants will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the resources in a group activity. Handouts with clear instructions will be distributed

Heather Martin, Waubonsee Community College

Tara Schwab, Waubonsee Community College


New TABE Platform & TASC Updates


New versions of TABE and New platform are coming in May, providing Adult Educators and High School Equivalency students with the newest content aligned to College and Career Readiness Standards. TABE and TASC will also share the DRC INSIGHT platform. INSIGHT is the industry leading online assessment system delivering reliable assessments to nearly half of the K-12 systems in the US. This session will discuss and feature how new TABE and TASC tests will allow programs to use new diagnostic data to better prepare students from Beginning ABE through High School Equivalency completion.

Martha Rodriguez, Data Recognition Corporation/CTB

Mike Johnson, Data Recognition Corporation/CTB


Using Writing for Developing Higher Level Thinking Skills of English Language Learners

ESL

Writing is thinking and is a powerful tool for developing and nurturing critical thinking skills. In this workshop, participants will discuss the fears of ESL students and will practice and discuss teaching strategies including the process writing approach, teaching grammar in context, peer reviewing, and one-on-one conferencing in an ESL environment.

Svitlana Podkopayeva, Elgin Community College


Family Service Learning—A Two-Generation Approach that Increases Adult Employability Skills


The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) has pioneered an innovative model for two-generation learning across the nation through Family Service Learning. This session will describe the six-step process of Family Service Learning, providing examples in the more than fifteen organizations implementing Toyota Family Learning. Results of three years of independent evaluation will also be shared, including findings of increased college and career readiness skills among participating adults.

Patricia Lovett, National Center for Families Learning


Turbocharge the Extended Response: Soup Up Your Writing Toolkit by Adapting Content-Rich Texts


Having trouble finding engaging material to build students’ skills for the extended response? Tired of using the same articles and prompts? Learn to choose and adapt current events texts for multiple Language Arts levels. Develop strategies for teaching evidence-based writing. Leave with several examples you can use in your classes.

Jane Suarez del Real, Harper College

Jennifer E. Bell, Harper College

Concurrent Session V

Thursday 2:15-3:30 PM

Choosing a Career Pathway into a Bridge Program

ABE

ESL

How do you encourage students to view Adult Education as a program that leads to real opportunity? This new career exploration curriculum helps students at the low intermediate ABE or ESL level to assess skills and interests, explore careers, and craft an academic and career plan leading to family sustaining jobs.

Sarah Labadie, Women Employed

Mary Kay Devine, Women Employed


Integrating Education and Training in the Adult Education Classroom




How do we juggle integrating education and training and still teach skills needed to pass the HSE? By integrating them into your existing curriculum. With just a little tweaking of your current teaching

practices and curriculum, we can make the necessary adjustments to start the process of integrating Education and Training Skills and working toward being WIOA compliant.

Sara Gutting, COABE Regional IV Representative, Sara Z. Gutting, LLC


Building Success on the GED® Mathematical Reasoning Test (Double Session - Part I)

High Impact Indicators can provide a clear roadmap for filling in the gaps in adult education math programs. A number of students lack some of the fundamental skills that will help them pass the GED® Math test. In fact, problem solving itself can often be the greatest hindrance to students passing the test. This double session will explore skills students need when they can’t use a calculator, strategies that will help them translate and solve problems, and activities to help students address some of those higher math level skills.


Susan Pittman

E-Learning Connections, Inc.


Using Pivot Tables in DAISI


Support Services


The purpose of this session is to provide insight on how to use Excel pivot-tables for data analysis, specifically when using the DAISI/PENTAHO Transition and Performance (T&P) report. We will use the T&P report to create a pivot-table in Excel and examine ways to use data in the decision making process.

Ben McDaniel, Illinois Community College Board

Samantha Brill, Illinois Community College Board


Teacher pathways



Illinois has a rich history of providing services to Adult Education Learners. As we move forward with the implementation of WIOA and the management of the specialized training available to instructors, we must develop a mechanism for maximizing our Human Resources in an effort to increase the effectiveness of our instruction and the outcomes it provides for our learners. In this session, ICCB and Service Center Network Staff will provide insights to the development of a program Instructional Team and the multiple Professional Pathways available for instructors to increase and support effective instruction.

Jamil Steele, Illinois Community College Board

Marilyn Schmidt, Illinois Community College Board

Bevan Gibson, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center

Dawn Hughes, Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center

Sarah Goldammer, Southern Illinois Professional Development Center

Laurie Martin, Adult Learning Resource Center


Innovative Tutor Retention


Tutor retention is a concerning program issue. Come and hear about the Peer Tutor Mentor Program which provides increased tutor support and improves tutor retention. Participants will learn about the program design and the benefits to tutors and their learners. A mentoring session will be demonstrated.

Carol Garcia, Literacy DuPage

Karen Fuist, Literacy DuPage


Math in the ESL Classroom

ESL

This presentation will provide insights into how you can successfully help your ELLs learn basic math skills for both daily life and to meet their future goals. Participants will learn how to plan effective lessons, which include language considerations and how to make math real by incorporating hands-on activities into the lessons.

Laura Sherwood, Adult Learning Resource Center


Charting the Course: Building Meaningful Career Pathways for Adult Learners




During this session, we will analyze the language of WIOA and identify the key elements of "career pathways" for adult learners. Using this as a framework, participants will look at effective career pathways initiatives from the past decade and develop strategies for implementing these practices into their curriculum and program activities.

Jeff Goumas, McGraw-Hill Education

Concurrent Session VI


Be WIOA Ready with the GED® Program

With the implementation of the new WIOA law, adult education programs are being forced to make significant changes in how they serve adult learners. With these changes in mind, GED® Testing Service has created a comprehensive program that not only helps adults pass the GED® test but also enroll in college or find a good-paying job. This session will go over the latest tools available to adult educators and adult learners to ensure success under the new WIOA law. We will also look at how

testing is going in Illinois and update educators on our latest research findings on student success. Please join us for an opportunity to learn new strategies to help your students and get all of your GED® questions answered.



Brian Smith, GED Testing Service


Building Your Students’ Academic Vocabulary to Achieve WIOA Goals



ESL

Because of its abstract nature, academic vocabulary is challenging to teach and to learn. Many adult learners, including native and non-native English speakers, lack the vocabulary needed to comprehend complex text, making upward educational and job transitions difficult or impossible. Come try several engaging and effective instructional activities to improve students’ vocabulary.

Laura Bercovitz, Adult Learning Resource Center


Building Success on the GED® Mathematical Reasoning Test (Double Session - Part II)


High Impact Indicators can provide a clear roadmap for filling in the gaps in adult education math programs. A number of students lack some of the fundamental skills that will help them pass the GED® Math test. In fact, problem solving itself can often be the greatest hindrance to students passing the test. This double session will explore skills students need when they can’t use a calculator, strategies that will help them translate and solve problems, and activities to help students address some of those higher math level skills.

Susan Pittman, E-Learning Connections, Inc.


"Learn to Earn Toolkit": A Workforce Readiness Resource for Adult ELLs


Let’s discuss the importance of employability skills in instruction that aligns with WIOA outcomes. You will learn about a new digital resource for adult learners--"Learn to Earn Toolkit"--and see this website in practice as well as receive an offline supplement with ideas for using the website.

Patricia Lovett, National Center for Families Learning


Storytelling for Adult Education Advocacy


Adult education students have powerful stories that can move elected officials and community leaders to action. This workshop is geared for staff who want to teach their students effective strategies for storytelling as a powerful advocacy and empowerment tool. The session will cover: story structure, getting to “an ask”, and using social media to amplify your students’ story.

Jazmine Salas, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition


A Holistic Approach to Adult Education

Support Services

We all know that for adult students, life happens, providing a barrier to educational success. A new approach is needed for adult education, which includes wrap-around supports leading to student success. Four agencies have committed to provide a holistic experience which leads to the completion of the high school equivalency and transition to employment or further education.

Amanda Smith, Rock Valley

Courtney Geiger, Goodwill Industries


Volunteers: Creative Ways to Recruit, Retain and Re-Energize Your Program


During these challenging economic times, meet your program's needs by implementing a structured volunteer program. In this session, participants will learn creative ways to recruit and retain volunteers that will re-energize your program. Discussion will include managing literacy volunteers and skill-based volunteers to further your program's mission.

Alison Altmeyer, Aquinas Literacy Center

Meghan Green, Aquinas Literacy Center


NRP '17 New Releases: Bridging ELLs to GED® Test Prep & WorkWise and More!


ESL Special Learning Needs



Students in GED® Prep with ELL and Low Reading? Math? Bridging ELLs to GED®'s 3-book resource guides you with reasoning resources in Mathematical, Language Arts, Social Studies and Science learning. WorkWise focuses learning in each of three books. Choosing a Job: Exploration-internal and external, Getting a Job: From planning to interview follow-up. Starting a Job: Strategies for Success! More...

Carol Larsen and Michael Matos, New Readers Press

Friday 9-10:30 AM

WIOA Update for Administrators



Join Jennifer Foster, Deputy Director for Workforce Development and Adult Education; and Jamil Steele, Senior Director for Adult Education and Family Literacy at ICCB for a continuing discussion about the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This law effective July 22, 2014 is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy. Adult Education is a CORE Partner in this legislation and as such there are continuous challenges and opportunities for Adult Education Providers to assist our students in their pursuit of high skilled, family sustaining employment. Join you colleagues to hear and discuss the latest information regarding WIOA.

Jennifer Foster, Illinois Community College Board

Jamil Steele, Illinois Community College Board

Friday 10:30-11:30 AM

Advocating for Adult Education Year Round


Join your colleagues for a brief history of Adult Education funding sources. There will be discussion of the difference between lobbying and advocacy and the importance of advocacy. The session will close out with a review of coordinated advocacy plans statewide.

Dena Giacometti, Centro Romero

Christine Kenny, Literacy Works

Friday 9-11:30 AM

Digging Deeper into the GED® Reasoning through Language Arts Test


Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) is composed of multiple item types in addition to the extended response. All of the skills required for success in the multiple-choice items are also part of the “capstone” component of the RLA test-- constructed response. This session will focus on the integration of reading and writing skills as being critical to successful student performance and will provide teachers with tools and resources to improve students writing skills and thus earn higher scores on the test.

Susan Pittman, E-Learning Connections, Inc.

Friday 9-11:30 AM

They Want Us to Do What? WIOA for ESL

ESL

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all of the changes because of WIOA with digital literacy and math? Are you thinking, how am I going to manage all of this and still teach English? Come to this session and learn strategies for contextualizing digital literacy and numeracy into your curriculum.

Marcia Luptak, Elgin Community College

Kerry Urquizo, Heartland Community College

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