Date/Time:
July 22,
4:00 - 5:00ET
Managing an Adult ESOL
Class with Multiple Skill Levels —Curriculum, techniques,
materials, and resources that work.
Presenter: Robin
Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD has been an ESOL teacher with 40 years
experience and a specialist in LD. Ms. Schwarz is currently a consultant
to numerous school districts around the country. She has participated in
numerous state and national initiatives on adult ESOL, has authored
numerous articles and book chapters, and is currently doing contract
writing for the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL).
Description: One of the greatest challenges
facing many ESOL teachers is a class where students have many different
skill levels. In this "Webinar," Robin Lovrien Schwarz will teach you
three different approaches to managing such a class. After each
approach is discussed online, you will have the opportunity to create
materials and plans for your own class and get feedback on design and
implementation. Handouts will be available to download, and unlike in
a one-time, live session, you will get to ask those questions you think
of the next day!
Time/Date: August 19,
4:00 - 5:00ET
GED Testing
Accommodations and Adaptations: What’s the
difference? AND How do we level the playing field for adults with
special learning needs?
Presenter: Conni
Leading, GED Testing Accommodations Manager & Chief Examiner for
Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools in Groveport, Ohio, brings
28 years of professional and personal experience to her position. As a
mother of two sons with special learning needs, she has developed a
unique understanding of the emotional and physical aspects of learning
with accommodations and adaptations, and because of this serves as a
strong advocate for the needs of special students.
Description: Adults
with special learning needs taking the GED fall into two categories: (1)
Those adults with documented ADA disabilities, who require
accommodations such as extended time, supervised breaks, scribes,
audiocassettes. (2) Those adults, for whom teachers have identified
learning needs requiring adaptations or modifications such as
magnifiers, colored overlays, straight edges, rooms without fluorescent
lighting, etc. These latter adaptations do not require prior approval by
the GED state offices.
Time/Date:
September 25,
4:00 - 5:00ET
Strategies for
Passing the GED Mathematics Test
Presenter: Caren Van Slyke has almost 30 years
experience as a GED instructor, developer of instructional
materials, and teacher trainer. Formerly a GED instructor in
the city of Chicago and Chicago suburbs, she served as
editorial director of Contemporary Books, where she
developed their 1988 GED series and the Number Power series.
Since 1992, her company, Learning Unlimited, has developed
materials for the 2002 GED Tests for Steck-Vaughn, KET, and
New Readers Press. She has devoted her career to analyzing
the challenges of the GED Mathematics Test (and the other
tests) and using these insights to help teachers develop
strategies to help students pass the GED Tests.
Description: How can we help students pass the GED
Math Test? In this workshop, participants will focus on
problem-solving strategies that their students can master to
pass the GED. Participants will analyze GED math questions,
learn how they can engage different learning styles to help
students succeed with GED math, and discuss a variety of
interactive strategies that they can apply to Pre-GED and
GED Math classes. They will also preview published materials
that incorporate these strategies.
