Reading for Adult Educators

March 20, 2009
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
St. Louis, MO



This training has been approved for 5 hours of professional development credit.



This interactive workshop will orient adult educators to current research on best practices from the fields of literacy and adult education associated with teaching adult readers who are working at the intermediate level.  The workshop will systematically develop participants’ understanding of learners’ complex needs and appropriate instructional practices to meet these needs.

This training opportunity will strengthen participants’ ability to:

Use scientifically based reading research to inform reading instructional strategies and practices for adult learners at the mid-level range of ability.

Explore a menu of learning activities to enhance fluency, vocabulary and comprehension and the alphabetic principles.

Learn a screening technique to:

Identify adult learners with significant reading difficulties.

Provide appropriate differentiated instructional strategies and learner support accommodations.

The Reading for Adult Educators workshop will be interactive, providing participants the opportunities to share successful strategies and learn from each other’s challenges.  The workshop will follow the Read With Understanding Standard’s steps:

Determine the reading purpose.

Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose.

Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies.

Analyze the information and reflect on its underlying meaning.

Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose.

Location

LIFT Office/Webster University
815 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 64101

To Register

You can register at our online registration page. The registration deadline is March 13. Registration is limited to 15 participants, so please register early! You will receive a confirmation notice with maps closer to the date of the workshop.

This is a free workshop. Materials and lunch will be provided. Any cancellations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the workshop or a fee of $100 to cover materials will be assessed.