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Wednesday, July 23: Concurrent Session 4 |
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C4-1: Asking Good Questions: The Heart of Inquiry, Diane Foucar-Szocki Learning is about asking and answering questions. We can challenge and inspire our learners with the questions we ask and the environments we establish for them to seek answers to questions posed. Participants will explore at least three types of questions: analytic, creative and practical and practice when, why and how to ask them in the classroom. |
C4-2: Don't Throw it Out! Incorporating the Inquiry Process into Your Favorite Curriculum, Susan Holt You are a facilitative teacher, and the Inquiry Process with a problem-based approach is compelling. But you are already invested in a curriculum that works for you. This workshop looks at how GED Connection, Workplace Essential Skills and other pre-determined curricula can be adapted and integrated with the Inquiry Process in a problem-based way, to provide the "best of both worlds." |
C4-3: Energy Choice, Clysta Walters Come explore the idea of energy choice in Virginia and how it can be used to teach some basic skills to all levels of adult education students. |
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C4-4: Family Literacy and GED as Project, Valerie Harrison This workshop is designed to discuss how GED as Project can be incorporated into a comprehensive family literacy program. Successes and pitfalls of using GED as Project in this environment will be discussed. |
C4-5: GED Accommodations for Instruction and for Testing, Bob MacGillivray This session will provide participants with information on legal aspects of accommodating adults, using accommodations in the classroom, and GED Testing Service's documentation requirements. |
C4-6: The Inquiry Process in the ABE Classroom: Facilitation Model, Fairfax Co. Schools Over the past year, Fairfax County Public Schools' ABE-level teachers have begun using the GED as Project model of facilitation. They describe the professional development process for implementing this change, what they faced as they changed how they did things in their learning centers, how they are creating their own Inquiry Activities to meet their learners' needs and learner outcomes. |
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C4-7: Teaching Adults to Read with Understanding; EFF-Norfolk Reading Project, Cheryl Williams & Fabra Eley Presenters will incorporate evidence based reading strategies with Equipped for the Future Framework to offer tips and strategies to enhance the reading skills of adult learners. |
C4-8: Trends in E-Learning, George Bailey This session will discuss current trends in online/distance learning and visit some of the websites that provide the most complete resources. The focus will be on the GED and workplace education. E-learning for teachers will also be discussed and some professional development websites for instructors will be explored. |
C4-9: Presentation by Joan Wills |