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CALPRO Professional Learning Opportunities for January and February 2025 |
CALPRO is offering many learning opportunities for January and February 2025. Visit the CALPRO flyer for more information.
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Facilitated Online Courses |
Optimizing ESL Instructional Planning: Management, Monitoring, and Reflection
Dates: January 27 – February 23, 2025
The goals of this course are to (1) optimize instructional planning and introduce management, monitoring, and reflection; (2) share activities that incorporate these components into the English as a second language (ESL) course as a whole and into daily lessons; and (3) provide research that supports these activities as best practices.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/6e8f146f/VryguKDbq0SrhfCjExstfg?u=https://bit.ly/3BqH2ya
Teaching by Design: Lesson Planning for Adult Learners
Dates: January 31 – February 9, 2025
Plan and deliver effective lessons! This course takes participants step by step through the process of lesson design and provides an opportunity to learn up-to-date strategies for planning lessons for adult learners using the WIPPEA stages, creating learning objectives. Using the information and skills taught in this course, participants will find that lesson planning becomes a quick, easy process.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/fe444f1e/lFnXnEnjoEquMflIY24lfg?u=https://bit.ly/3ZPVSbe
Effective Teaching for Adult Educators
Dates: February 3 – March 2, 2025
This course is intended to (1)build teachers’ capacity to identify the skills and knowledge required for excellent teaching as presented in the Adult Education Teacher Competencies, (2) evaluate in which areas participants are strong and in which areas professional development could support improvement, and (3) plan for increasing effectiveness of instruction.
Register Visit https://link.edgepilot.com/s/744bd449/Auh4-r51V0mmEYGdhFRh8Q?u=https://bit.ly/4j4uP3o
Managing the Multilevel ESL Classroom
Dates: February 17 – March 16, 2025
How do you meet the needs of ESL students in a class with skill levels ranging from beginning to intermediate to advanced? This course presents strategies for planning lessons for learners of widely varying language skills.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/d361d153/x15sfB97ME2cWT4OkdNBXQ?u=https://bit.ly/405Ck19
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CALPRO Communities of Practice |
Civic Engagement through Democratic Literacy (LACC)
Date: January 10, 2025
Civic Education and Democratic Literacy play a pivotal role in empowering students to become engaged and informed citizens. Individuals equipped with this knowledge understand political and civic systems, allowing them to navigate these systems effectively and contribute meaningfully to the improvement of their communities.
The goal of this CoP is to enhance the capacity of adult educators and programs to provide instruction that amplifies student perspective and voice, builds civic engagement, and dives deep into participatory approaches to democratic processes for adults including those who are developing literacy and language skills.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/40c62e23/FsRq9kpls06md2WbhyoC2A?u=https://bit.ly/4fXgmnH
Collaborative Curriculum Alignment (Victor Valley AE Consortium)
Date: January 10, 2025
This training outlines the process of curriculum alignment to help adult learners successfully transition within adult education programs and from adult education to post-secondary environments.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/85142a55/_t3cOMfXYEaSaBG38Tduvw?u=https://bit.ly/49k562v
Civic Engagement through Democratic Literacy (College of Marin)
Dates: January 20 – April 11, 2025
Civic Education and Democratic Literacy play a pivotal role in empowering students to become engaged and informed citizens. Individuals equipped with this knowledge understand political and civic systems, allowing them to navigate these systems effectively and contribute meaningfully to the improvement of their communities.
The goal of this CoP is to enhance the capacity of adult educators and programs to provide instruction that amplifies student perspective and voice, builds civic engagement, and dives deep into participatory approaches to democratic processes for adults including those who are developing literacy and language skills.
Register Visit https://link.edgepilot.com/s/36862cc3/vvEIwHmoMEWMLpBoSxocLw?u=https://bit.ly/3Pnk8vc
Supporting Student Transitions to Postsecondary Education & the Workforce (Ventura County AE Consortium)
Date: February 7, 2025
The goal of this CoP is to support adult learners’ postsecondary and workforce transitions by
- building consortia and adult education program staff’s capacity to implement evidence-based practices that facilitate transitions.
- identifying ways to enhance support services, program structures, and local partnerships.
- prioritizing improvement actions and identifying challenges and solutions for implementation.
Register https://link.edgepilot.com/s/8a482023/oCGre4a68k2M07S7yo_h-A?u=https://bit.ly/3WaPZmr
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CALPRO Webinars |
Administrators Forum Webinar: Creating a Clear and Useful Continuous Improvement Plan for 2025-26
Working on your Continuous Improvement Plan? Hear the latest from CDE on the process and goals for this year and get some tips on choosing strong goals and avoiding some common pitfalls.
Date: January 21, 2025,
Register: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/acb3ec89/cW3lZ0_FA02DRtfuTZ3gTg?u=https://bit.ly/4jaZZWC
Research Forum Webinar: Integrated Healthcare Curriculum and Instruction
Join us for an insightful webinar showcasing the integrated healthcare curriculum and instruction presented by two California adult education agencies. We are featuring the Pharmacy Clerk Pathway at Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center and the Phlebotomy Pathway at Saddleback College.
Our panel of practitioners will share effective instructional practices and examples of healthcare contextualization. Learn how these programs are designed to support adult English language learners in achieving their healthcare career goals through coordinated efforts.
Join us to discover practical strategies for enhancing healthcare pathways in your own programs!
Date: January 29, 2025
Register: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/29d1df79/6kNmJAr0L0S3aOthaTpsHQ?u=https://bit.ly/40oDIgE
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CALPRO Clinics & Institutes |
Apply now! CALPRO Spring 2025 Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic
The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO), in conjunction with the California Department of Education (CDE), is seeking applications for CALPRO’s Integrated Education and Training (IET) Implementation Clinic (the Clinic). We are seeking agency teams consisting of an IET program administrator, an English as a Second Language instructor and a Career and Technical Education (CTE) instructor. There are 5 principal features of this unique online professional learning opportunity. The innovative format of the Implementation Clinic features two day-long virtual training sessions; three live, interactive online sessions; ongoing online discussions, and completion of a capstone project and presentation of the project at the second day-long session. CALPRO is pleased to announce IET clinic participating teams will now have the support of an IET implementation coach to support you for one year upon completion of the IET clinic. Applications must be received by February 6, 2025.
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Professional Development Links |
Professional Development Opportunity – December 2025: Webinar on Ability to Benefit – Understanding New Processes, Resources, and Guidance
Access the LINCS resource at https://link.edgepilot.com/s/3b076bc5/dpP-vsTol0epktgBWxg4uA?u=https://bit.ly/4a7DVZ2
Research-Based Practices – December 2025: Advanced IET Research Repository
Access the resource at https://link.edgepilot.com/s/c1e810e6/PGmcyvUTz0KMMMXm8eNUmw?u=https://bit.ly/4j3wC8Q
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CALPRO Self-Directed Courses |
Would you rather learn at your own pace? Don’t forget about CALPRO’s fifteen ongoing online self-directed courses.
Visit our website and check our Event Calendar frequently; more opportunities for professional development are added as they become available.
Planning professional development at your program? Host a regional training for your site!
California Adult Education Students Succeed Nomination Window Opens January 1, 2025. Think about the adult learner you would like to nominate.