LITERACY UNITES US

A Professional Development Institute for Volunteer and Professional Adult Educators

April 25, 26, and 27, 2002

Wyndham Newark Airport

Elizabeth, NJ

Program Highlights:

April 25, 2002            Advocacy and Administration Focus
  8:00 - 8:45 Registration
  8:45 - 10:00       Breakout Sessions
  10:15 - 1:45   General Session, Steve Sasala - Speaker,  Regional WIB Sessions, Lunch
  2:00 - 3:15 Breakout Sessions
  3:30 - 4:45  Breakout Sessions
            Over 20 Breakout Sessions scheduled. Topics include:
 

Managing Public and Private Grant Reporting Requirements

Literacy Education Reform in New Jersey

Opportunities for Adult Education Funding in New Jersey

Models for Successful Advocacy

Working with the Local WIB

April 26, 2002            Practitioner and Advocacy Focus
  8:00 - 8:45   Registration and Vendors
  8:45 - 11:30 Breakout Sessions
  11:45 - 2:00 Lunch, NJALL Awards, Vendors/Networking
  1:30 - 4:45 Breakout Sessions
            Over 30 Breakout Sessions scheduled. Topics include:
 

Equipped for the Future and Curriculum Development

Project Based Learning in the Basic Literacy Classroom

How to Teach the New GED

Changes in Immigration Laws and Enforcement since September 11

Developing and Implementing Authentic Oral Assessment Instruments

Student Dramatic presentation

April 27, 2002             Practitioner and Student Focus
  8:15 - 9:00 Registration and LVA-NJ Annual Meeting
  9:15 - 12:00 Breakout Sessions
  12:15 - 1:45 Lunch, Senator Bagger - Speaker, LVA-NJ Awards
  2:00 - 4:10 Breakout Sessions
  4:20 - 4:50 Student Drama
            Over 30 Breakout Sessions scheduled. Topics include:
 

Life’s Pie: A Tool for Helping Students set Realistic and Relevant Goals

Developing Financial Life Skills

Strategies for working with students with Learning Differences

F.A.T. City: a student led Learning Disabilities workshop

Using newspapers and tabloids as teaching tools

Student Institute: What Should I do Before I Pick Up the Phone?;  Public Speaking

 
 

Check websites listed on below for program updates after March 15

 

Conference presented in collaboration with

 New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning – www.easternlincs.org/njall/

Literacy Volunteers of America, New Jersey – http://members.aol.com/lvanj

New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages – www.njtesol-njbe.org

Questions? Email LJFrazer@hotmail.com or call 800-848-0048

 

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