Fw: [RPDC1] Announcement: Free webinar on Differentiating Writing Instruction for ABE/GED Students
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Dear advisory partners,
We’re delighted to offer this free webinar. Please help us spread the word by disseminating this announcement to adult education instructors and administrators in your networks. Feel free to contact us with questions.
Kaye Beall, kaye_...@worlded.org
Cynthia Zafft, cynthi...@worlded.org
Co-Directors, Region 1
LINCS Regional Professional Development Center
A Project of World Education/U.S.
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Join Mary Ann Corley for a webinar on Differentiating Writing Instruction for ABE/GED Students on May 18, 2012, 10:30 am–12:00 pm Eastern/ 11:30 am–1:00 pm Atlantic. Sponsored by LINCS Regional Professional Development Center in Region 1.
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Description: Differentiating Writing Instruction for ABE/GED Students
How do you manage writing instruction in a class with ABE/GED students of diverse ability levels, and with diverse interests, needs, and learning profiles? How do you convince your students of the value of engaging in pre-writing activities before they begin to draft their essays? This webinar will offer strategies for differentiating writing instruction so that it is responsive to the needs and abilities of diverse ABE/GED learners, and it will suggest ways to encourage students to use pre-writing activities. Webinar participants are encouraged to share differentiation strategies they have found to be successful as well as suggestions for encouraging students to do pre-writing.
Presenter
Bio:
Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D., is a principal research analyst for the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in Washington, DC, where she directs the Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) project, which addresses elements of instructional excellence, with an emphasis on research-based writing. Mary Ann has worked in adult education and literacy for more than 40 years, holding positions of ABE/GED/ESL teacher, local adult education program administrator, Maryland state GED administrator, and director of the National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center. In 1988, the adult education program she supervised was named “Outstanding Adult Education Program” by the U.S. Secretary of Education. From 2001-2008, Corley directed the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) and organized the Meeting of the Minds National Research Conferences (2004 and 2006) in Sacramento, CA. She has authored numerous publications in adult education and is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences. Her main focus is translating research to practice and creating professional development materials for adult educators.
Advance Readings:
Corley, M. A. (2005, March). Differentiated instruction: Adjusting to the needs of all learners. Focus on Basics, 7(C), 13–16. Available at http://www.ncsall.net/?id=736, or see attached PDF.
TEAL Center staff (2010). Research-based writing instruction (TEAL Center Fact Sheet No. 1). Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. Available at https://teal.ed.gov/tealGuide/researchbasedwriting, or see attached PDF.
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