Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 11/07/2022:
Live Session: Teaching with Webb's Depth of Knowledge in Mind for High School Equivalency Test Success!
Description: More than ever, information is delivered in visual terms. Infographics can attract or scare consumers, express complicated concepts, or grab the 21st century students’ image-responsive brains. Join us to learn how to bring alive the media literacy critical thinking skills needed to understand infographics and leave ready to develop your own!
Presenter: Steve Schmidt, Reading and Writing group moderator and Jacqueline Korengel, Professional Development group moderator
Date/Time: Monday, November 7, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing; Professional Development
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Teaching With Webb's Depth of Knowledge in Mind for High School Equivalency Test Success!
Live Session: Authentic Engineering Connections through Literacy
Description: Join us to learn easy and practical ways to integrate engineering design and literacy using readings as the springboard. We’ll share how to utilize familiar reading materials to solve problems using the steps of the engineering design process, as well as ways to design possible solutions and collaborate and communicate ideas.
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias, Science group moderator
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 3:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Science
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Authentic Engineering Connections through Literacy.
Live Session: Learning about Veterans' Education Benefits: What Adult Educators Need to Know
Description: Join the LINCS Community in conversation with Terry Warren of the U.S. Veterans Administration to understand the different educational benefits available for Veterans, service members, and their qualified family members. Honor our Veterans this year by learning more about resources to support their education and training, including paying college tuition, finding the right school/training program, and getting career counseling.
Presenter: Terry Warren, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Date/Time: Thursday, November 10, 2022, 12:00pm ET
LINCS Community Group: Learners with Disabilities; Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Learning about Veterans' Education Benefits: What Adult Educators Need to Know.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 11/14/2022:
Live Session: Thanksgiving Celebration: A Special Thanks to Correctional and Reentry Educators
Description: Join us to give special thanks to those working to educate the men and women impacted by our justice systems and recognize the successes of our correctional educators. Our special guest Lester Young will share about adult educators who are changing the lives of their students each and every day and guiding them to a career pathway.
Presenter: Lester Young, Path2Redemption Training & Consulting LLC (pending)
Date/Time: Monday, November 14, 2022, 12:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Correctional and Reentry Education; Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Thanksgiving Celebration: A Special Thanks to Correctional & Reentry Educators.
Live Session: Coffee Talk: Helping Adults Navigate Career Choices
Description: Join us to celebrate National Career Development Month as we highlight the many LINCS resources and beyond to help adult learners navigate career choices.
Presenter: Chrissie Klinger, LINCS Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions Group Moderator
Date/Time: Monday, November 14, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Coffee Talk: Helping Adults Navigate Career Choices.
Live Session: Coffee Break: With So Much to Teach Where Should I Start?
Description: Join us for a conversation on what to teach and where to start in the adult mathematics classroom. Students need to know so much, and many teachers struggle with where to start with teaching items for educational gains and high school completion tests. We’ll have an open discussion and brainstorm ideas that teachers can take back to their classroom.
Presenter: Brooke Istas, LINCS Math and Numeracy Group Moderator
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Math and Numeracy
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Coffee Break: With so much to teach where should I start?
Live Session: Keeping Students Engaged During the Winter Break
Description: Join the Program Management group to consider how to keep students engaged in programs and improve retention during the winter breaks. Come prepared to share your ideas and discover strategies from other practitioner!
Presenter: Kathy Tracey, LINCS Program Management Group Moderator
Date/Time: Friday, November 18, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Program Management
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Keeping Students Engaged During the Winter Break
*Please note: LINCS moderator-led events are not recorded, so we encourage you to participate in them as they happen. Certificates are provided for attending live LINCS events.