National Adult Education College and Career Readiness Training Design Initiative:

to prepare states and corrections to prepare teachers to enable adult students to meet common core standards, state standards and the 2014 GED® and other high school equivalency tests.

Short-Term PD Plan:

Between now and January 2014 we have two major professional development tasks.

TASK # 1: Preparing Teachers for the 2014 Assessment Changes

a. Changes in the Assessmentsc. Instructional Skills for teaching

Depth of Knowledge Reading – close reading of text, informational texts

b. ContentKnowledge Writing – evidence-based writing

MathMath – reasoning, algebra

English Language Arts/writingd. Computer-Based Testing

Technology for instruction

8 month Timeline / May / Jun / July / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec
  1. Determine the content of the training(single topic, multi-topic)

  1. Transcribe the content into delivery format (face-to-face, on-line, blended, video, etc.) and sequence (multi-day intensive, multi-month w application)

  1. Develop the training calendar (local, regional, centralized, host sites, dates, trainers)

  1. Communicate expectationsto local programs – (who should attend, compensation for teachers, PD hours/credits earned, other)

  1. Communicate incentives to local programs

  1. Coordinatelogistics (registration process, travel, training rooms, food, equipment, other)

  1. Recruit participants(ABE, ASE, all teachers, lead teachers, other)

  1. Deliver the training (trainers, activities, materials,

  1. Training follow-up (assignments, webinars, observations, other)

TASK # 2: Updating teachers’ content knowledge and instructional skills

  • Assessing teacher’s content knowledge
  • Adapt the Colorado Teacher Self-Assessment
  • Adapt the Ohio Teacher Self Assessment
  • GED® Practice Test
  • Resources for buildingcontent knowledge
  • Qualified trainers in our state
  • Online resources (PD MAP Special Issue – Career and College Readiness)
  • Resources for updating instructional skills
  • Qualified trainers in our state
  • Online resources (PD MAP Special Issue – Career and College Readiness)

8 month Timeline / May / Jun / July / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec
  1. Determine plan for assessing teacher’s knowledge and skills

  1. Select or develop the assessment

  1. Communicate the expectation and rationale to local programs

  1. Administer the assessment

  1. Select resources for teachers to use(topics, format, etc.)

  1. Deliver the resources (plan of self-study, credit courses, online trainings, outside trainers/consultants, other)

  1. Create monitoring procedure (local process, centralized state process, self-report, observation, other)

8 month Timeline / May / Jun / July / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec