Overview

The Professional Adult Educator is a six-week, ten-hour online course that explores the art of teaching adults, viewed through the lens of the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education.

    Audience

    This professional development activity/course is designed for:

  • New and experienced ELA, Math, and ESOL adult education teachers interested in learning how to use the MA Professional Standards for Adult Education to enhance their teaching practice
Description

This course employs an inquiry-based learning approach to guide you in making connections between the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education and your teaching practice. You will begin to develop and/or strengthen your proficiency around standards, curriculum, assessment, planning, instructional design, and teaching approaches. Through a combination of self-paced and facilitated virtual sessions, you will engage in reflective exercises and investigate instructional strategies based on best practices. The course offers separate tracks for novice and for more experienced practitioners and is thus appropriate for all adult educators.

The course components include:

  • Three facilitated webinars (4 hours)
  • Three self-directed modules (6 hours)

To receive credit, you must participate in all components. Total PD hours: 10. PDPs are available upon request.

  1. Wednesday 10/16/2019 -  course opens with a facilitated webinar 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
  2. 10/16/2019 to 10/30/2019 - self-directed Module 1
  3. Wednesday 10/30/2019 - facilitated webinar 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
  4. 10/30/2019 to 11/6/2019 - self-directed Module 2
  5. 11/6/2019 to 11/13/2019 - self-directed Module 3
  6. Friday 11/22/2019 - final facilitated webinar - 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

For more information, contact Dori McCormack @ dmccormack@qcc.mass.edu, Donna Curry at donnac@gwi.net, or Merilee Freeman at mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu 

    Learning Objectives

    Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

  • Describe how the MA Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education provide a framework for effective teaching and promote the learning and growth of all students
  • Collect and organize evidence-based strategies and best practices that connect to the Professional Standards and accompanying Self-Assessment Rubric
  • Answer the course's essential question: What does high-quality teaching and meaningful learning look like and sound like in an AE classroom?
  • Critically assess your professional knowledge, understanding, and practice in order to develop next-step goals for continued growth and ultimately to enhance student outcomes
Presenter(s) / Facilitator(s)
Date
10/16/2019 - 3:00 pm to 10/16/2019 - 4:30 pm
10/30/2019 - 3:00 pm to 10/30/2019 - 4:30 pm
11/22/2019 - 3:00 pm to 11/22/2019 - 4:30 pm
Location

Online
United States

PD Center
C&I PD Centers Collaboration
SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum and Instruction PD Center
SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction PD Center
SABES English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Curriculum & Instruction PD Center
Topic Area
ELA
ESOL/English Learners
Licensure
Mathematics and Adult Numeracy
New Staff
PDP Eligible
Yes