Registration is open for MPAEA 2009 (www.mpaea2009.org) in Las Vegas March
1-4. The schedule includes more than 50 sessions, including three keynotes.
Here are some details on the three pre-conference sessions scheduled for
March 1, noon to 4:

1. The Politics of Education, Art Ellison, Chair, National Council of State
Directors of Adult Education Policy Committee. How do we advocate for
increased adult education funding? Examine the essential elements of
successful advocacy campaigns in a variety of states and at the national
level and learn the nuts and bolts of leading your own! 

2. Take a Gamble on Web 2.0! Kimberly Chapman and Laura Cascarddon
(University of Arizona) with Darcy Del Bosque (University of Nevada, Las
Vegas). Learn all about Web 2.0 tools and concepts from three expert
researchers at this hands-on session. Participants will work on individual
computers to create wikis and explore how wikis and other tools can support
lifelong learning.  

3. A New Health Literacy Curriculum for Beginning Level ABE, Meg Schofield,
consultant and curriculum developer. This presentation will provide an
overview of the dramatic connection between low literacy and poor health
status and report on the development of a groundbreaking, research-based
curriculum designed to simultaneously improve both literacy and health
literacy outcomes in low literate populations. Learn how to implement this
exciting, free curriculum!

Visit www.mpaea2009.org for more information! Conference Chair is Teri
Zutter, (tzutter at wnc.edu, 775/445-4451).

Sharyn Yanoshak
Leadership Activities, ABE Nevada
Phone/fax: 702.253.6280