[ProfessionalDevelopment 2101] Re: The PD List and COABEMarilyn Rymniak MarilynR at lacnyc.orgThu Apr 24 10:51:48 EDT 2008
Good Morning, All. For those of you attending COABE-St. Louis - if you have an interest in exploring innovative methodologies that positively impact learner persistence, motivation, attendance and retention and increase standardized test scores (and you're an American film buff!) you may want to attend: Accessing Contextualized Language and Literacy Through American Film : Aligning EFF, CASAS + Increasing Standardized Test Scores This session will demonstrate an innovative, high performance-outcome methodology, effective for both multi-level ESOL and ABE/GED Literacy students. Using a carefully selected (for language chunks and cultural elements) 60-unit American Film component, the presenter has aligned the content to both the EFF standards and CASAS competencies. This program, launched in 5 diverse venues around the country, including immigrant/refugee, correctional facility, workplace, community based volunteer and college transfer programs, has not only consistently shown remarkable gains in NRS educational levels based on standardized test performance but has increased both learner retention and engagement rates and provided a community bonding mechanism within the classroom. Presenter: Marilyn J. Rymniak Concurrent Session E: Wednesday, April 30, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Safe travels. -- Marilyn Marilyn J. Rymniak Project Leader - NYSED Statewide Professional Development System Literacy Assistance Center 32 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10004 Voice: 212-803-3322 Fax: 212-785-3685 E-Mail: marilynr at lacnyc.org <mailto:marilynr at lacnyc.org> www.lacnyc.org ________________________________ From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor, Jackie Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:31 AM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2092] The PD List and COABE Good day or evening, everyone! Thanks to those who have been sharing information about the sessions they are presenting at COABE. This List actually provides us several opportunities to use the online environment to both prepare for and to extend the COABE learning experience. I have a few suggestions and I welcome your thoughts this week. We have done variations of this in the past -- I hope that this tradition to use the PD List and COABE for sharing and creating blended PD will continue to grow. This week, tell us a little about yourself and your answers to one (or more) of the questions below: For those presenting at COABE: Tell us about your session(s). Why might others attend your session? What might participants look forward to learning or exploring? For those attending COABE: What are you looking forward to learning at COABE? What are your goals for attending COABE and what do you plan to do to achieve them? (Here is the session agenda for easy reference: http://www.coabeconference.org/schedule.html ) For those who are not going: What are the issues you are confronted with in your practice that you would like to hear more about in general? (This way, if someone attends or presents a session on your topic of interest they might share a report of the session with the PD List.) After COABE I encourage us to share with each other what stood out about the conference, what was gained from it, and your notes from a session of your choice. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Jackie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/ Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers http://www.aalpd.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080424/f9be9e58/attachment.html
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