Professional Development Course List
for Adult Education Instructors
Section M-N
(Courses are arranged alphabetically)
Mathematics Strand, Module 1: ABE/ASE Mathematics
CABEA 6800034
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers
Description: The training includes an overview of the structure of the GED Mathematics exam, the concepts and content of the test items, strategies for preparing students for the test, and techniques for making lessons relevant, practical, productive, and interactive. The sample lessons will focus of hands-on participation and several lessons involve group activities. This session is a module of the Mathematics Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Describe the structure and four major content areas of the GED math exam.
- Analyze several types of test problems, with an emphasis on the different levels of thinking skills required.
- Practice many interactive and relevant activities and lessons that will motivate the ABE/ASE student.
Mathematics Strand, Module 2: Number Operations and Sense
CABEA 6800144
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers
Description: Number Operations and Sense is designed to provide teachers with creative teaching techniques of basic math terminology and the ability to solve math expressions or equations, either in isolation or as a step in a complex, multi-step problem. Teachers will be refreshed in the following subjected areas: demonstrating numeric understanding, performing math operations, analyzing and applying percentages, ratios, proportions, and estimate to solve problems and assess possible solutions. This session is a module of the Mathematics Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Broaden instructional strategies.
- Incorporate real-world materials.
- Recognize and understand math misconceptions of today’s ABE/ASE student as it relates to number operations and sense in mathematical concepts, mathematical rules, and mathematical principles.
- Provide tools and games for ABE/ASE math teachers that actively engage students and provide large and small group instruction and hands on learning activities
Mathematics Strand, Module 3: Developing Data and Graph Literacy
CABEA 6800142
3hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers
Description: This training is designed to provide teachers with basic but creative teaching techniques to assist ABE/ASE students with the capacity to interpret and use data, present in a different format, solve problems, or make predictions. Teachers will be refreshed in the following subject areas: (1) understanding statistical concepts; (2) constructing, interpreting, and comparing tables, charts, and graphs of statistical data; and (3) comparing and contrasting data sets and making predictions based on probabilities. This session is a module of the Mathematics Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Use broader instructional strategies.
- Incorporate real-world materials.
- Recognize and understand math misconceptions of today’s adult math learners.
- Implement tools and games for math teachers.
Mathematics Strand, Module 4: Algebra, Functions, and Patterns
CABEA 6800157
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers
Description: This training is designed to provide teachers with creative teaching techniques so that they can create and solve algebraic expressions and explain patterns and functional relationships presented in textual, graphical and other forms. The training will include a review on how to create algebraic expressions and equations to model and solve problems; use variables and equations to represent data provided in tables, graphs, and word problems; analyze tables and graphs to generalize patterns and relationships; and understand functional relationships and solve linear, quadratic, and exponential functions. This session is a module of the Mathematics Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Use a broader range of instructional strategies
- Incorporate Real-World Materials in instruction
- Create algebraic expressions and equations to model and solve problems
- Understand functional relationships and solve linear, quadratic, and exponential functions
- Provide Tools and Games for use in the GED Math instruction
- Actively Engage Students and use hands-on learning activities in large and small group instruction.
Mathematics Strand, Module 5: Geometry and Measurement
CABEA 6800159
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers
Description: This training is designed to provide teachers with creative teaching techniques for units of measurement in different systems to assess the characteristics of lines and geometric figures. The training will include a review on how to convert from metric and customary measures; interpret lines and graphs (e.g., coordinates, perpendicular, parallel, intersections, slope); analyze geometric figures (e.g., angles, congruence, Pythagorean Theorem); and solve problems (e.g., length, perimeter, area, surface area, volume, weight). This session is a module of the Mathematics Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Use a broader range of instructional strategies
- Incorporate real- world materials in instruction
- Analyze Pythagorean Theorem
- Solve problems involving area, perimeter and volume
- Provide tools and games for use in ABE/ASE math Instruction
Money Smart Curriculum (FDIC)
CABEA 6800267
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers, and EL Civics Teachers
Description: The Money Smart curriculum helps individuals build financial knowledge, develop financial confidence, and use banking services effectively. Money Smart was created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) because it recognizes the importance of financial education, particularly for people with little or no banking experience. Money Smart is a training program to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Explain available banking services and how to build a positive relationship with a financial institution.
- Demonstrate how credit works and determine if they are ready to apply for credit.
- Teach adult learners how to use a checking account responsibly.
- Guide students through preparation of a personal spending plan , identifying ways to decrease spending and increase income.
- Help students identify ways to save money to reach their goals.
- Show students how to read a credit report and how to build and repair their credit history.
- Describe the purpose of credit cards and how to responsibly use them.
- Explain installment loans (e.g. car loans or home equity loans) and the steps involved in buying a house.
More From Students, Less From Teachers
CABEA 6800040
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers
Description:In this session teachers will experience hands-on, interactive tasks designed to actively engage students in the learning process. The strategies presented will increase students’ interest in and retention of material learned. Originally developed for ESOL teachers, this training offers strategies that can be adapted for ABE/ASE students. Handouts will be given.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Identify characteristics of their own teaching styles.
- Adapt and implement interactive learning methods with students.
- Equip students to assume more responsibility for their own learning.
Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, Module 1: Read All about It! Newspapers in the Classroom
CABEA 6800031
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ESOL Teachers
Description: Training provides participants with creative methodology for use of newspapers in the ESOL classroom. Participants will develop a story bank and a picture bank. They will leave with a lesson format and a completed activity with the newspapers for use in the classroom. This session is a module of the Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Identify a variety of newspaper resources available.
- Employ methods to use the newspaper creatively.
- Develop story banks and picture banks.
- Identify possible extension activities from using newspapers.
- Prepare a lesson using the newspaper.
Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, Module 2: Using Multimedia to Practice ESOL
CABEA 6800115
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ESOL Teachers
Description: This training course is designed to train teachers to use multimedia in the classroom. Teachers will model the use of music, radio, TV, videos, movies, and newspapers in creative classroom activities then will assign homework activities to their ESOL students to practice English through multimedia available to them in their own homes. The students will increase their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home. This session is a module of the Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Use multimedia in the classroom to enhance their lesson plans.
- Empower and equip their students to engage in English practice and study at home through music, radio, TV, videos, movies and newspapers.
- Increase the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills of their ESOL students through the use of multimedia in the classroom and at home.
Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, Module 3: Using Newspaper Ads to Teach Adults Math
CABEA 6800047
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ABE/ASE Teachers, ESOL Teachers
Description: Teachers will use newspaper ads to create math lessons and activities for situations that adult learners encounter in all aspects of their lives—grocery shopping, budgeting, shopping for clothes and household items, shopping for cars, using coupons, shopping for their children’s school supplies and clothes, etc. Using actual newspaper resources instead of just problems from a text add a reality dimension to the math class and will increase student interest and motivation. This session is a module of the Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Identify the different sections of the newspaper that may be used for math lessons.
- Create math problems using newspaper and store ads and flyers.
- Develop math lessons using these problems.
- Integrate these concepts into interdisciplinary lessons.
Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, Module 4: Using Newspapers in the Classroom to Develop Language Skills
CABEA 6800256
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ESOL Teachers, EL Civics Teachers
Description: This workshop shows various ways to use newspapers in the ESOL classroom to develop language skills. The activities will demonstrate how newspapers can expand students’ imaginative and creative potential; enhance their language development in the four skill areas of reading, speaking, listening and writing; increase vocabulary; improve cultural awareness; and build an understanding of local and global communities. This session is a module of the Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Identify activities to integrate the newspaper to increase student learning
- Increase interest, motivation and creativity in ESOL students through the newspaper
- Use a variety of newspaper activities to increase language, reading, listening, and speaking skills
- Identify activities for students to enhance their interpersonal and communication skills using the newspaper
- Help the students become more active, knowledgeable citizens
- Develop a lesson incorporating newspaper activities
Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, Module 5: Using Songs & Music in the ESOL Classroom
CABEA 6800111
3 hours/2.5 Credential Points
Audience: ESOL Teachers
Description: The workshop will examine some major principles involved in developing students' listening skills. The presenter will then demonstrate how to plan lessons which use popular songs as a basis for practicing listening comprehension and free speaking. The participants will have an opportunity to discuss and practice planning lessons based on songs. At the end, they will receive sample lesson materials for use with their students. This session is a module of the Multi-Media in the AE Classroom Strand, prerequisite not required.
Objectives: Upon completion, course participants will (be able to):
- Identify major factors affecting the comprehension by ESOL students of English written or recorded texts.
- Plan lessons which help ESOL students to develop their English comprehension and oral fluency skills.
- Make effective use of authentic songs as vehicles to develop ESOL students' listening comprehension skills.
- Make effective use of authentic songs to lead into classroom oral fluency practice.
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