Serving Urban Learners

Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Conference
Friday, February 13, 2009
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
TIES Conference Center, 1667 Snelling Ave., St. Paul 

This ABE training opportunity is being offered in conjunction with the MN Department of Education and the ATLAS program at Hamline University.  CEUs indicating attendance will be provided.

Agenda

8:30-9:00      Registration & Breakfast

9:00-9:20      Welcome & Opening Remarks

Nikki Carson-Padilla and Stephanie Sommers, St. Paul & Minneapolis Regional Professional Development Coordinators; Carlye Peterson, Minneapolis ABE; Claudia Bredemus, St. Paul ABE

9:20-10:20     Keynote Address

Julie Strawn, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy

10:20-10:35    Break

10:35-11:45    Concurrent Session I (choose one):

• CD Resource for Work-focused (or general) ESL Classes – Bethany Gustafson, ELL Instructor
• Technology Panel – Gina Jarvi & Stephanie Sommers, Minneapolis ABE; Adam Kieffer & DJ Dahl, Hubbs Center
• Math Preparation for Accuplacer – James (Andy) Albee, ABE Math Instructor
• Teaching to Multiple Cultures of Mind:  How stages of adult psychological development shape motivation and learning – Jennifer Ouellette, ELL Instructor
• Resources for CASAS Life and Work: How to prepare your learners – Suzanne McCurdy, Instructional Support Consultant, & Nancy Bjorn Nordeen, ELL Instructor
• Teaching Pronunciation – Marlene Schoenburg, Linguist

11:45-12:30    Lunch

12:35-1:45     Concurrent Session II (choose one):

• Sustainable Resource Development for ABE Staff – Colleen Sanders, Community Programs Manager
• Teaching Writing to Grow On – Diane Pecoraro, ABE/ESL Consultant
• Post-Secondary Reading Preparation – Kristine Kelly, ABE Reading/Writing Instructor & Developmental English Adjunct at Hennepin Technical College
• Supported Distance Learning with Learner Web – Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt, Educational Technology Trainer, & Jenifer Vanek, Learner Web Consultant
• Refugee and Immigrant Adult Learners: The Effect of Trauma, Grief, and Displacement – Elizabeth Rogers, Director of Psychiatry and Therapy, Doctor of Nursing Practice, & psychiatric nurse practitioner at Community University Health Care Center (U of MN)
• Strategies and Activities for Improving Reading Comprehension – Celeste Mazur, ESOL and Reading Instructor, & Jennie Sartain, Reading Instructor (St. Paul College)
• Incorporating Life-skills Math into English Lessons – Kate Mueller, ELL Instructor & Nikki Carson-Padilla, ELL Instructor

1:45-2:00     Break

2:00-2:45     Collective Intelligence Groups

2:45-3:00     Wrap-up, Evaluations & CEUs

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Workshop Information

• Cost: FREE for all St. Paul and Minneapolis ABE consortium members
• Please address any event questions to Nikki Carson-Padilla, St. Paul Regional Professional Development Coordinator, or Stephanie Sommers, Minneapolis Regional Professional Development Coordinator
• For questions concerning registration, please contact: Marisa Squadrito Geisler, ATLAS Program Assistant

NOTE: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

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