Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Session V

Session VI

Session I
Monday, November 17^th
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

1. Cracking the Code: Understanding the Language Demands of Postsecondary Texts - Donna Kinerney

2. Using Improvisational Theater in Professional Development and the Classroom - Thomas Nash

3. Tools for Success: A Tour of the NCTN College Transition Toolkit - Sandy Goodman

4. Combining Approaches to ESL College Transition -
Mihaela Cosma, Alina Vanica and Geraldine Moloney

5. Partnerships & Creative Collaborations for Adult Education - Jose Cruz

6. Would we Teach Differently if we didn’t Know Test Results?
Mary Lou Friedline

7. College Transitions and Social Justice Curriculum – What’s the Connection?
Cynthia Peters

Session II
Monday, November 17^th
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

1. Meeting the Math Transition Challenge at The City University of New York - Steve Hinds

2. Implementing Maine’s College Transitions Program - Larinda Meade, Pat Theriault and Ann Sargent Slayton

3. GED Bridge Programs – Transitioning from GED to College and Work - Jane Mackillop, Amy Dalsimer and Linda Chin

4. Career Planning: The Key to College Transitions - Carol Bower and Martha Oesch

5. Establishing a GED Program in a Union Training Facility - Melanie Mayeux

6. From ABE to College: What Do Our Students Say? - Tünde Csepelyi

7. College Transition using The Learner Web - Stephen Reder, David Rosen

8. Transition to Postsecondary Education for 18 - 24 year dropouts - Phil Linfante

Session III
Monday, November 17^th
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

1. Meeting the Reading/Writing Transition Challenge at The City University of New York - Hilary Sideris, Gayle Cooper-Shpirt

2. Creating a Successful Adult Education/College Partnership in Ten Easy Steps - Julie Scoskie

3. Club IMPACT: Using learner leadership to increase transitions into college - Katy Taylor

4. Developing Healthcare Career Ladders for Adult English Language Learners - Jodi Crandall

5. Transitioning adult GED recipients to enrollment in community college: A research perspective - Hal Beder and Marian Eberly

6. Access and retention for immigrant students in New York - Marian Blaber

7. College Transitions and Social Justice Curriculum – What’s The Connection? - Cynthia Peters

8. Algebra as the Gate Keeper: Developing Algebraic Reasoning - Pam Meader

Session IV
Tuesday, November 18^th
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM

1. Free Reading for College Transition Readiness in the ESOL Classroom - Celeste Mazur

2. Transition Model for Adult Education to College and the Workforce - Karon Rosa, Karen Wheeler

3. Our Mission is Transition - Donna Miller-Parker, Sara Baldwin

4. Algebra as the Gate Keeper: Developing Algebraic Reasoning - Pam Meader

5. Video podcasting books and the classroom lectures - Steve Timmer

6. A Pathway to Pathways: One Program’s Leap into Transitional Programming - Donna Kinerney

7. Implementing Maine’s College Transitions Program - Larinda Meade, Pat Theriault and Ann Sargent Slayton

8. Student Retention Through Student Success - Jane Greiner

Session V
Tuesday, November 18^th
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

1. Delivering Developmental Education in the community in partnership with a community college - Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier

2. Would we teach differently if we didn’t know test results? - Mary Lou Friedline

3. Transitioning to College and Career Success - Maria Knuth, Jennifer Bell and Sharon Martin

4. A REAL Basic Skills Model for Transition to College - Nancy Hampson and Gary Gleckman

5. Mentoring to Support Transitions-level Teachers - Kimberly Johnson and Betsy Parrish

6. Connecting Aspirations to a Plan - Wendy Ault, Peter Caron and Connie Patton

7. Update on OVAE's Ready for College - Christopher Coro

8. Tools for Success: A Tour of the NCTN College Transition Toolkit - Sandy Goodman

Session VI
Tuesday, November 18^th
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

1. Exploring Support Systems for Parents Transitioning to College - Lindy Whiton and Stephanie Gale

2. Bridging Community and College Programs for ESOL Student Success - Laura Porter

3. A Transitions To College Network-Systems Building Step by Step - Sharon Hoffman, Johan Uvin, Marie Crecca-Romero, Angela Downing and Angela Salvadore

4. Welcome to "Smooth Transitions" (ABE to College) - Kermit Dunkelberg, Michele Sedor and Robin Hodgkinson

5. Career Planning: The Key to College Transitions - Carol Bower, Martha Oesch

6. Learner Persistence: What We're Learning through Action Research - Andy Nash and Janet Hedlund