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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2064] Update: New Online Courses on ProfessionalStudiesAE.orgJane Greiner jgreiner at proliteracy.orgTue Apr 8 15:50:15 EDT 2008
Dear Colleagues, Please scroll down to see the facilitated online courses coming up this spring on ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, a new portal for online professional development brought to you by ProLiteracy Worldwide and World Education. Please share the following information with those who you think may be interested. Thanks! New Courses Go Online in May and June! Young Adult Education: Program Design (May 5 - 23, registration now open) Topic Area: Serving Young Adults In this course, you will think about the benefits and challenges younger learners present for your program. You'll consider how high quality programs adapt to incorporate a younger population, and you'll plan steps to move your program forward. Managing the Multilevel ESL Classroom (May 12 - June 13, registration now open) Topic Area: ESL Instruction Using a virtual multilevel ESL classroom as a backdrop, the course leads you through practical strategies for understanding your students' unique needs and managing you own classroom. You'll have ample opportunities to apply the strategies, share ideas with a course partner, and solidify your learning. When you complete the course, you'll have a firm grasp of assessment, lesson planning, materials selection, and structure for the multilevel ESL classroom. NEW COURSE! Using Cultural Artifacts fo Teach ESL (June 9 - June 20, registration now open) Topic Area: ESL Instruction Proverbs, folk tales, music, clothing and visual arts - adult English language learners bring cultural knowledge and resources of all kinds to the classroom. Learn how you can tap into this wealth of material to support their learning. This course begins with a look into the complex idea of "culture" and ends with you developing lesson plans that encourage students to explore, discuss, and create cultural artifacts to support literacy and language learning. NEW COURSE! Fundamentals of Assessment (June 2 - 16, registration opens Monday, April 14) Topic Area: Student Assessment Standardized assessments are used everywhere in modern life, but few people really know how they are put together, how they should best be used, and what underlying principles govern their design. This course, the first in a cluster of assessment-related courses, is a layperson's guide to concepts such as reliability, validity, bias, and standard error of measurement. A basic knowledge of these concepts will not only equip you to better understand and deal with standardized assessments, but also help you as a teacher to develop better in-class assessments. NEW COURSE! Assessments Developed by Teachers and Students (June 16 - July 18 registration opens Monday, April 14) Topic Area: Student Assessment This course takes all the knowledge you've gained in the Fundamentals of Assessment course and helps you apply it to your classroom. By course's end, you will have expanded your assessment repertoire to include various tools to check day-to-day student progress, "push" your assessments beyond simple quizzes to more dynamic forms, and even involve your students more directly in assessment design. Registration Information To register please go to http://ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, look for the appropriate topic area, then click on a course title to review the description and registration process. These courses will be processed by ProLiteracy/New Readers Press. Questions? Please contact us at 315-422-9121 ext. 283, or e-mail prodev at proliteracy.org REMEMBER - ProLiteracy America members receive a 15% discount on all professional development courses! For more information, visit http://www.proliteracy.org/proliteracy_america/membership/ All the best, Jane Jane Greiner Professional Development Coordinator ProLiteracy 1320 Jamesville Avenue Syracuse, NY 13210 315-422-9121 ext. 283 315-422-6369 fax www.proliteracy.org jgreiner at proliteracy.org Learn more about ProLiteracy's Professional Development at http://www.newreaderspress.com/default_prolit.aspx Become a member to receive 25% off New Readers Press products, 15% off Professional Development, and much more!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080408/e45bb52c/attachment.html
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