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</span></span></p><p>As subscribers to this listserv you may be interested in an important upcoming professional development opportunity sponsored by ProLiteracy America and COABE. Below is detailed information about the event that will be held in Portland, OR February 28-29.
</p><p>All the best,</p><p>Kathy St. John</p><p>Regional Institute Coordinator</p><p>ProLiteracy America</p><p><a href="mailto:katlit2003@yahoo.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">katlit2003@yahoo.com</a>
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KNOWLEDGE<span style="color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span></b>
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SKILLS<span style="color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span></b>
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PERSPECTIVE</b></span></span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Northwest Regional Institute</b></span>
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> <span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 19px; "> February 28-29, 2008
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">University Place, <span style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
Portland, Oregon</span></b></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Sponsored by ProLiteracy and COABE</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></b></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">____________________________________________________________
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Featuring three intensive and interactive workshops:</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 33.85pt; margin-left: 49.7pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-family: Times; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(71, 127, 169); font-family: Wingdings; ">n</span> Data Analysis for Program Decision-Making (Dollar General/ProLiteracy Performance Accountability Initiative)
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(71, 127, 169); font-family: Wingdings; ">n</span> Models and Strategies for Adult Transitions</span></p><p style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 33.85pt; margin-left: 49.7pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-family: Times; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(71, 127, 169); font-family: Wingdings; ">n</span> Student Retention Through Student Success
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_________________________________________________</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Registration Deadline: February 3, 2008
</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></b></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Registration information is located in the workshop descriptions below.
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<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Questions? </b></span><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
Please call <span style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> (315) 422-9121 ext. 283</span>
or e-mail <a rel="nofollow" href="http://us.f329.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=prodev@proliteracy.org" target="_blank" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">prodev@proliteracy.org</span></a>.</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 21px; ">_____________________________________</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Site Information</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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University Place Hotel & Conference Center</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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310 SW Lincoln Street</span></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Portland, Oregon</b></span><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></b></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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(866) 845-4647</span></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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Participants must make their own overnight accommodations. Contact University Place and request a room in the ProLiteracy block. Book your hotel reservation <b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
before February 3rd </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">to receive the reduced room rate of $99.00.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); ">Onsite parking is available for Institute attendees. Parking fees based on length of stay. Map and driving directions at
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<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://www.pdx.edu/cegs/uplace.html</span></a></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">________________________________________________________________</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Schedule</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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Thursday, February 28</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
11:00 to 3:00 Registration</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
3:00 to 6:00 Sessions</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
6:30 to 7:30 Networking Reception</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); ">
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<span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Friday, February 29</b></span></p>
<p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">9:00 to 9:45 Breakfast Forum
</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">10:00 to 12:00 Sessions
</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">12:00 to 1:00 Lunch
</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">1:00 to 4:00 Sessions
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Special Feature: Breakfast Forum with David Harvey, President, ProLiteracy
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">9:00 – 9:45 a.m., Friday, February 29<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">
</span></i></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Join David Harvey, president and CEO of ProLiteracy, for breakfast! Talk with ProLiteracy staff about professional development and services that you need to help your programs and students succeed; get updates on national developments that affect your programs and students.
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____________________________________________________________</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Session #1</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="width: 541px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Program Management Workshop:</i></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 85, 113); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Data Analysis for Program Decision-Making
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">(Module #2 of the <b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> Dollar General/ProLiteracy Performance Accountability Initiative
</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> . Note: You must be accepted into this program to attend this free training. See "To Apply for Participation," below.)
</span></span></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Do you have the information you need to:
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Evaluate your program's performance?</b></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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Identify and prioritize program improvement strategies?</b></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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Support winning grant proposals?</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
In this second of three modules in the Dollar General/ProLiteracy Performance Accountability Initiative, you will:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Review highlights of Module 1: Data Collection and Management</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Think about how you use program data to improve your program</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Compare and contrast how seven exemplary programs use data to make program decisions</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Practice analyzing program data and identifying trends</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Identify strategies and outline a process for data-driven program improvement</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Assess how using team approaches can improve your program's "culture of accountability and program improvement"
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Explore the Initiative's online project wiki
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Draft a plan to adapt and use promising data analysis and decision-making practices over a nine-month period
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; ">To apply for participation:</span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">If you want your program to be a part of the Performance Accountability Initiative, contact Marie Cora, Project Manager, at
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<span style="color: windowtext; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">mcora@proliteracy.org</span></a> for more information and an application form.</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Programs accepted in the Initiative project will receive information for registering two people for Module Two: Data Analysis for Program Decision-Making training.
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*The Performance Accountability Initiative, funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, provides training, online courses, electronic resources, and stipends to participating programs. For more information, contact Marie Cora, Project Manager, at
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<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">mcora@proliteracy.org</span></a>.</i></span></p><span style="font-size: 16pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">_____________________________________<br clear="ALL" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></b></span>
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Session #2</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">For program managers, coordinators, and instructional staff/volunteers:
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Models and Strategies for Adult Transitions</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; "> Students succeed in your classrooms.</span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Are they ready for what's next? Are you ready to help them?
</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> <span style="font-size: 16px; ">
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<span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Students who succeed in one academic environment may struggle in another. They need support as they learn about new systems and develop life skills so they can continue their education. For example, we know that college pays off for GED holders, but research also shows that only one-third of GED students go on to college, and just 10 percent finish at least one year of postsecondary education. Less than 3 percent of all adult learners earn an associate degree. (Source: J. H. Tyler,
<i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> The Economic Benefits of the GED: Lessons from Recent Research</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
, 2002).</span></span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">In this workshop, you will:
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Take a poignant, fun, and user-friendly trip through the research on adult transitions
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Identify important elements of transition programming
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Apply the information to your program, design next steps, and get feedback from colleagues
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Presenter: </i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> Cynthia Zafft, director, National College Transitions Network, a project of World Education, Inc.
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Registration fee:</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> <b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">$127 for ProLiteracy and COABE affiliates; $149 for non-affiliates (Registration fee includes networking reception, breakfast forum, and lunch.)
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">To register</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
: Go to <a rel="nofollow" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "> https://www.proliteracy.org/external/mod2_form2.asp</a></span></span>
</i></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">_____________________________________
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Session #3</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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For program managers, trainers, and instructional staff/ volunteers:</i></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 85, 113); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Student Retention Through Student Success</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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How do your students' emotions and attitudes affect their ability to "stay the course"?</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">How do your assessment practices impact students' retention?</b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Students are motivated when they see progress. Showing them that they can be—and indeed, have been—successful supports their decision to stay with a learning program. In this workshop, we'll talk about the supports that affect adult student persistence, as identified by research from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). We'll also apply these supports to your programs and classrooms.
</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">In this workshop you will:</span>
</p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Describe how students' self-efficacy influences their persistence
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Identify research-based categories of support for students' self-efficacy
</span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.75in; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(71, 127, 169); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
n<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Explore strategies to monitor students' progress toward meeting goals
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n </span>Apply what you learned about self-efficacy and showing student progress to a case study and your students.</span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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<b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Presenter:</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
Jane Greiner, professional development coordinator, ProLiteracy</span></span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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<i style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Registration fee:</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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$127 for ProLiteracy and COABE affiliates; $149 for non-affiliates (Registration fee includes networking reception, breakfast forum, and lunch.)</span></span></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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To register</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> : Go to <a rel="nofollow" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">
https://www.proliteracy.org/external/mod2_form2.asp</a></span></span></i></b></span></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; ">__________________________________________________________________________________________</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Registration Deadline: February 3, 2008.<span style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">
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