Annual RI Adult Education Conference
October 1, 2015 at New England Tech !
Please consider submitting a proposal to share your program’s, learners’ or classroom’s best practices or new endeavors!
Knowing that we are entering a few years of change, as the statewide Unified Plan is being developed for WIOA, and the Adult Education RFP will subsequently be re-written at RIDE, we would like this conference to highlight the:
Present Practices That are Effective and Good: What’s working for you? For the learners? For your programs?
The new federal law (WIOA) does emphasize career pathways and employment, as well as technology rich learning environments, and Standards-based Curriculum…. but also required will be programs that are strong in: language acquisition programs for ESOL, reaching those with the lowest skill levels, and Transitions to College and Careers.
We encourage all of you who have materials, practices or research on any of these to consider submitting a proposal for the Fall Conference!
We seek proposals from you for workshops (demonstrations of teaching, use of materials, hands-on activities and discussions of particular topics), roundtables(discussions of issues of concern and interest) and/orpanels (more formal discussions involving 3 or 4 people and a moderator). Proposals are due by Monday April 27th, 2015 to Janet Isserlis at (401) 863-2839, or .If you would like to discuss your proposal prior to submission, please contact Janet before then.
Proposal:
Lead Presenter/Session Organizer
Name:
Email:
Phone:
[please also list names of others participating, if applicable]:
1. Presentation type (see below for descriptions):
__ Workshop (Please indicate your choice of: __ 1 hour or __1.5 hours) an activity emphasizing participant involvement, carefully structured by the facilitator, and containing little lecturing
___ Roundtable (Please indicate your choice of: __ 1 hour or __1.5 hours) facilitated discussion with panelists that actively engages participants
___ Panel (Please indicate your choice of __ 1 hour or __1.5 hours more formal, brief prepared remarks by panelists with time for questions and answers with conference audience
2. Title of presentation:
3.Attach a brief Abstract (please, no more than one page). of your session: include information about the topic, approach/format (e.g. interactive workshop on using active voice in the writing process, or presentation of research findings about x,y or z); what you hope that attendees will know or learn as a result of their participation; what they can expect to gain from attendance. You may also add information about handouts if you plan to distribute them, or a few carefully-chosen [web-based or other easily available] resources that might be of use prior to the session
4. audio visual requirements: overhead projector, LCD projector (presenters are asked to bring their own laptop computers), newsprint, marker, easel. Please indicate your needs here. Without this information we will be unable to provide any AV assistance on the day of the conference.
5. brief bio of each presenter. (25-word MAXIMUM) – will appear in the program distributed to attendees on the day of the conference itself.
Please submit your proposal by email to no later than April 27, 2015.
144 Bignall Street, Warwick, RI 02888 Phone: (401) 941-8353ext. 109 Fax: (401) 941-8535