Happy AEFL Week 2024!
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 09/16/2024:
Title: Coffee Break: Meet the Moderators
Description: Are you new to the LINCS Community? Perhaps you haven’t visited in a while and want a refresher on the topical groups? Join this live event for a chance to meet and engage with several of the LINCS moderators! Learn about their groups, what they do, and their plans for the upcoming year. Bring your questions and ideas for topics you would like to see covered in future events or discussions.
Presenters: Chrissie Klinger, LINCS Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions Group Moderator; Jennifer Gagliardi, LINCS Civics Education and Citizenship Group Moderator; Jeff Abramowitz, LINCS Correctional and Reentry Education Group Moderator; Susan Finn Miller, LINCS English Language Acquisition Group Moderator; Brooke Istas, LINCS Math and Numeracy Group Moderator; Jacqueline Korengel, LINCS Professional Development Group Moderator; Adrienne Fontenot, LINCS Program Management Group Moderator; and Steve Schmidt, LINCS Reading and Writing Group Moderator
Date/Time: September 16, 2024, 1:00 PM ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions; Civics Education and Citizenship; Correctional and Reentry Education; English Language Acquisition; Math and Numeracy; Professional Development; Program Management; and Reading and Writing
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Coffee Break: Meet the Moderators.
Live Session: Strategies to Support English Learners with Entering a Career Pathway through Integrated Education and Training (IET)
Description: Come celebrate Adult Education and Family Literacy week by participating in our live event where our guest speakers Christy Schaffner, Ohio Department of Education, and Susan Finn Miller, LINCS English Language Acquisition Group Moderator, will teach strategies to support English learners with entering a career pathway through integrated education and training (IET). Ohio will share how data analysis has led them to focus on increasing IET programming, and ways they support learners to enter and complete training.
Presenter: Christy Schaffner, Program Manager-Aspire/AEFLA WIOA Title II, Ohio Department of Education
Date/Time: September 18, 2024, 2:00 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions; English Language Acquisition
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Strategies to Support English Learners with Entering a Career Pathway through Integrated Education and Training.
Live Session: Interview with Cynthia Bell - Best Practices and Strategies for Success in Numeracy Using the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles to Action
Description: Join us for an enlightening presentation on "Best Practices and Strategies for Success in Numeracy Using the NCTM Principles to Action" as we interview Cynthia Bell, Director of the Numeracy and Workforce Development Service with the Literacy Assistance Center. This session is designed for Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructors to enhance their instructional skills, provide practical strategies for engaging adult learners, and offer valuable resources to support diverse educational needs. Don't miss this opportunity to align your teaching with established standards and improve numeracy education for your students. Register now and take the first step towards creating more effective, inclusive learning environments!
Presenter: Cynthia Bell, Director of Numeracy and Workforce Development Services at the Literacy Assistance Center
Date/Time: September 18, 2024, 3:00 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Math and Numeracy
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Interview with Cynthia Bell - Best Practices and Strategies for Success in Numeracy Using the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles to Action.
Live Session: Interactive Grammar Presentations that Center Students’ Experience
Description: English language acquisition (ELA) teachers know that grammar instruction is an essential component of any adult ELA class, but how can we teach grammar to support learner engagement and inquiry? During this session our guest presenter, Will Linn, ESOL Specialist and Coordinator of ESOL Certificate Programs at the Literacy Assistance Center will introduce teachers to a discovery-based approach to grammar that draws on students’ experiences to support learners to see how grammar is a meaning-making tool for self-expression.
Presenter: Will Linn, ESOL Specialist and Coordinator of ESOL Certificate Programs at the Literacy Assistance Center
Date/Time: September 19, 2024, 3:00 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: English Language Acquisition; Science
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Interactive Grammar Presentations that Center Students’ Experience.
Live Session: A Look into the Future: AI in Correctional and Reentry Education
Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education is quickly becoming the talk of the town and educational institutions across the country are considering ways to use AI to create stronger educational programming to meet the needs of their students. What does this mean for students behind and beyond the walls of our prisons and jails? Join LINCS moderators as they discuss and explore the possibilities of using AI to support our educators, students, and administrators to create a better educational system for those involved individuals who are currently incarcerated and those who have returned home to their communities.
Presenters: Jeff Abramowitz, LINCS Correctional and Reentry Education Group Moderator, Ashly Winkle, LINCS Integrating Technology Group Moderator, Adrienne Fontenot, LINCS Program Management Group Moderator, and Erin Vobornik, LINCS Teaching and Learning Group Moderator
Date/Time: September 20, 2024, 1:00 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Correctional and Reentry Education; Integrating Technology; Program Management; and Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for A Look into the Future: AI in Correctional and Reentry Education.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 09/23/2024:
Live Session: Digital Equity: What Is It? How Do We Do It?
Description: This free, live event is designed to get adult educators on board the digital equity train. Learn about digital equity, why it matters in adult education, and how you and your learners can get involved. Join us for this engaging session!
Presenters: Jackie Aguilera, Project Manager, Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy (MOAL), Houston, TX; Sharon Bonney, CEO, Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE); Neil Eckersley, Director of Digital Equity Projects, Literacy Assistance Center; and Michael Matos, Education Technology Director for ScaleLIT, Managing Illinois Digital Learning Lab
Date/Time: September 23, 2024, 3:00 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Digital Equity: What Is It? How Do We Do It?
Live Session: Meet the New Program Management Group Moderator
Description: Join us as we welcome our new LINCS moderator. In this session, LINCS is pleased to introduce the new moderator of the Program Management group, Adrienne Fontenot! Join us to hear about Adrienne’s experience in adult education and her ideas for the group. There will also be an opportunity to share your ideas for what you would like to learn or discuss in future events and activities.
Presenter: Adrienne Fontenot, LINCS Program Management Group Moderator
Date/Time: September 25, 2024, 12:30 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Program Management
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Meet the New Program Management Group Moderator.
Live Session: Facilitating Conversations About Difficult Topics
Description: Are you an adult educator seeking ways to ease tensions and fears associated with having difficult classroom conversations on topics like race, politics, and other controversial issues? Join us for this live event with LINCS Moderators, Steve Schmidt, LINCS Reading and Writing Group, Carmine Stewart, LINCS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, and Erin Vobornik, LINCS Teaching and Learning Group, to learn practical strategies, tools and resources to boost your confidence to facilitate difficult topics that are reflective and impactful for all.
Presenters: Steve Schmidt, LINCS Reading and Writing Group Moderator, Carmine Stewart, LINCS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group Moderator, and Erin Vobornik, LINCS Teaching and Learning Group Moderator
Date/Time: September 26, 2024, 3:30 PM ET (Live Session)
LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Facilitating Conversations About Difficult Topics
**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.