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Conference Sessions

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV


Session I
Thursday, November 8th
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM


1. Raising Adults' Career Awareness: Collaborating with One-Stop Career Centers - Mary Lou Friedline


2. Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy (TIAN): Math Teacher/Math Learner - Roxanne Heller & Michele Bahr


3. Forging partnerships with community leaders - Brenda Dann Messier


4. Creating the "Soft Landing": One program's perspective on transitioning English language learners to community college - Karyn Van Kirk


5. Bridges, Ladders, and Webs: From basic skills to careers - Donna Miller Parker


6. More than the Main Idea: From GED to College Reading - Sally Gabb


7. Math Strategies and Techniques for Student Success - Urban Corridor team


8. Teaching Writing to Low Level Transition Students: Writing Workshops - Lindy Whiton

 

Session II
Friday, November 9th
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM


1. Creating an alumni newsletter for your college transition program - Pat Fina


2. In-house mentoring for transitioning students - Gylean Trabucchi & Marie Crecca-Romero


3. The admissions and orientation process in a rural college transition project - Sally Daniels


4. College for a Day: Opening the door to college for ABE students - Janet Fischer & Michele Sedor


5. Building Pathways to Support Adult Non-Native English Speakers' Transition to Postsecondary Education - Nancy Caddigan


6. Partnering with a Job-Readiness Provider to Improve Recruitment - Don Sands


7. The Challenges and Benefits of community/college collaboration - Elia Dreyfuss and Robin Hodgkinson


8. First Stop:  The Career Academy - Shannon Carroll

 

Session III
Friday, November 9th
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM


1. Building confidence for college writing - Marty Duncan


2. Enlivening the reading class - Wendy Quinones


3. Bridges, Ladders, and Webs: From basic skills to careers - Donna Miller Parker


4. Reading strengths and needs of community college developmental students - John Strucker


5. Raising Adults' Career Awareness: Collaborating with One-Stop Career Centers - Mary Lou Friedline


6. Algebra for Every-one! - Tricia Donovan & Mary Jane Schmitt


7. Collaborating in a Process: Strengths and challenges - Susan Tollefson


8. Taking Career Pathways to the Next Level - Nan Poppe

 

Session IV
Friday, November 9th
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM


1. Factors promoting transition of non-credit ESL students to credit - Sharon Seymour


2. Don't take No for an Answer: Preparing students for postsecondary education - Cynthia Zafft & Andy Nash


3. Career Planning: The key to college transition - Martha Oesch & Carol Bower


4. Focusing on Math and Science prep: Innovative transition programs - Nancy Ahmadifar and panel


5. Enlivening the reading class - Wendy Quinones


6. The Fear Factor: Math as a gatekeeper to college - Pam Meader


7. ESL/GED College Transition: Two CUNY Models - Leslee Oppenheim


8. Supporting Adult ESOL Learners Transitioning to College - Janet Fischer

Note: The schedule is subject to change. Please consult the conference program for the final schedule.

 

 

 

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