This following announcement is posted on behalf of Bill McNutt at the 
Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee:

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The Center for Literacy Studies at the University of TN and the Ohio
Literacy Resource Center at Kent State are presenting a series of
on-line trainings for AE practitioners starting on June 5, 2006. The
AEProfessional project (www.aeprofessional.org) has a variety of topics
available for all levels of practitioner. Each of our trainings has
been piloted and is facilitated by trainers experienced in the field and
with many, many hours experience in on-line facilitation. But class
slots are filling up, and the registration deadline is getting close. If
you want to participate, you will need to get your registration in soon.

Our summer offerings are:

Adult Education - Teaching Tools
Cost - $149/person
CEUs: 1 (optional)
Delivered via the Internet, this six-week course focuses on
familiarizing instructors with teaching tools that will enhance teaching
practices leading to greater learning, retention, and success for adult
students. It offers a wealth of resources and teaching strategies on
topics such as reflective teaching, cooperative/collaborative learning,
multiple intelligences, and contextual instruction. The course will help
participants draw their own connections between current research and
teacher practice; it provides opportunities for practical classroom
application, online collaboration, and sharing best practices with other
adult educators-and much more!

ESOL Basics
Cost - $149/person
CEUs: 1 (optional)
Do you need to know the basics of ESOL instruction? Through this online
course, you will learn how to identify characteristics of adult ESOL
learners, effective methods of teaching languages, the four language
skills, and how adults learn another language. Online activities,
discussion boards and assessments will keep you engaged.

Comprehensive Reading and Strategies Help
Cost - $149/person
CEUs: 1 (optional)
This web-based training will provide you with information and resources
that will help you help your students be better readers. If you want to
be effective in helping your students achieve their goals, it is
important that you know about a variety of aspects regarding the adult
student and strategies to enhance reading skills.
Topics within this training include:
The Adult Learner and Brain Compatible Classrooms Essentials of Reading
Adult Learners and Comprehension Strategies Helping ESOL Students and
Students with Learning Disabilities Helping the Adult to Help the Child

Integration of Technology into the Adult Education Classroom Cost -
$149/person
CEUs: 1 (optional)
Have you ever tried to blindly put a puzzle together without knowing
what the final picture will look like? This may be what is happening to
you when you are trying to integrate computer technology into your
classroom. This course will provide quick access to educational
resources, lesson plans, activities, tools for evaluating educational
software, information about purchasing educational software, and
knowledge to help you utilize a variety of software applications and
web-based activities in the classroom. Online activities, discussion
boards and assessments will keep you engaged.

All participants must have their own e-mail address to participate in
the course. ALL online course participants will complete a "Tech Check"
one week before course start date to ensure their computer equipment and
Internet connection are sufficient for effective course participation.
Please come take advantage of this professional development opportunity.
To register, please come to http://www.aeprofessional.org



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