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Tuesday Sessions

Session 5 (60 minutes)   4:30pm-5:30pm

Empowering Families through English Language Literacy
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Ildifonso "Ildi" Carrillo
The Family Literacy Program at San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) is tailored for elementary school parents aiming to enhance their English language skills, thereby fostering their ability to engage more effectively in their children's education. This presentation will explore the curriculum, teaching methodologies, and the program's impact on participants and their families.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, EQT, LRT, PDV, TDL )
Collaborative Strategies for Student Success: Promoting Completion, Transitions, and Livable Wages Through CAEP Partnerships
Single presenter
Monique Ositelu, PhD
This session explores collaborative strategies for promoting completion, transitions, and livable wages among California's adult learners through CAEP partnerships. Participants will discuss national perspectives on student success, the unique California adult education system, and the positive student outcomes of collaboration between adult schools and community colleges. The presentation will highlight evidence-based strategies from the Promising Practices report.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, EQT, LDR, LRT, MKT, PDV, PGE, TDL )
Unlocking Marketing Success in Adult Education
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Cheryl Broom
Discover how the Lompoc Unified Adult Education Consortium (LUAE) and Southwest Riverside Adult Education (SRAE) took different approaches to achieve stellar results in promoting their programs. Despite their varied strategies, both consortia saw significant improvements in program visibility, enrollment growth, and an overall sense of pride in their service offerings.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: MKT )
Leveraging Data Tools for Impactful Three-Year Planning in California Adult Education
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Meghan McBridge
Unlock the potential of data in your three-year planning process! This session will guide adult education practitioners through using the CAEP Fact Sheets and DataVista to identify needs, set goals, and track progress, ensuring evidence-based planning and advocacy.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: LDR, PDV, PGE )
Immigrant Integration: Cultivating a Sense of Belonging through Civic Engagement
Single presenter
Sachiko Oates
How can we facilitate the two-way process of immigrant integration through students’ participation in civic and community activities? Join this workshop to explore ways to support adult immigrants through civics education as understood within the lens of the California Immigrant Integration Initiative and aligned to approved EL Civics metrics. Ready-to-use resources from the Teaching Skills That Matter in Adult Education (TSTM) project will be shared.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, EQT, PDV )
Using Staff Meetings as a Tool for Building Culture
Single presenter
Maureen Campbell
Are your staff meetings stale and unproductive? Do your teams walk away feeling tired or stressed? Learn how you can use those staff meetings to help build a more positive culture and working environment for you and your staff. In this presentation you will share with and learn from others in addition to getting real world examples.
(AUD: ADM • PGM: LDR )
Supporting low performance, low attendance classes
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Ana Mendoza
We will be sharing strategies to help and support classes that have difficulty inspiring students to persist and progress.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: EQT, LDR, LRT, MKT, PDV, PGE )
Addressing AB 1491 with Consortium Bylaws: A hands-on workshop to develop and update bylaws using methods from SOCRC to create systemic policy that defines member effectiveness, supports fiscal responsibility and guides consortium governance
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Karima Feldhus
Join members of the South Orange County Regional Consortium as they describe how the consortium developed policies to address new CAEP legislation under AB 1491. The SOCRC team will lead you through activities that will guide you in the development of new or updated bylaws for your consortium. Audience interaction is encouraged to highlight policy needs and share best practices. Electronic access to the bylaw development materials will be available to participants.
(AUD: ADM, STF • PGM: LDR, PGE )
Decade in Review: Navigating College Transition Counseling, Successes, Strategies, and Challenges.
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Maria Lopez
Join us as we reflect on the ten-year journey of how Inland Adult Education Consortium built strategies and successes to create a robust counseling framework which supports adults' transition to post-secondary education and workforce readiness. An in depth look at how the Inland Adult Education Consortium counselors designed and implemented a blueprint that helped shape a state recognized model program.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: LRT )

Wednesday Sessions

Session 8 (60 minutes)   1:00pm-2:00pm

Creating a Student Council to help increase student retention, persistence and success
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Ana Mendoza
How to start your first student council and empower them to start their own business to generate passive income for scholarships and increase student retention, persistence and success.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: EQT, LDR, LRT, MKT, PDV, PGE )
Streamline Planning with AI: Leverage Generative Tools to Craft Custom Lessons
Single presenter
Susan Coulter
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help streamline educators' workflows. This hands-on session explores how to leverage AI to generate customized lesson plans. Gain experience writing effective prompts to produce drafts meeting your goals, standards, and student's needs. Educators will leave equipped with a prompt template and strategies to refine AI output into polished plans for their teaching context. This session empowers educators across all disciplines/grade levels.
(AUD: ADM, TEA • PGM: CRR )
The Ridiculously Easy Guide to Consortium Engagement: 12 Key Moves for Turning the Cruise Ship
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Michele Stiehl
Consortium engagement isn’t about apps but mindset. Last year we shared 7 key concepts for creative consorting. That was just the beginning. We’ve added 5 bonus items! Walk away with some new ideas to boost engagement, communication, collaboration, and sharing between your member-districts….or for that matter any groups that you lead. The ridiculously easy guide will be provided to all. Results may vary.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: LDR )
CASAS Teacher Portal
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Jay Wright
Enhance Student Persistence Using the CASAS Teacher Portal Engage, Empower, and Expand your agency's performance. The CASAS Teacher Portal is an easy-to-use, web-based tool that can be used to generate instructional and demographic reports. Provide immediate feedback and customized student support following testing sessions, collaborate with colleagues based on class data to maximize Measurable Student Gains (MSGs). Join us for a fun and interactive session!
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, PDV, TDL )
Empowering Immigrants and Refugees for Career Success: A Collaborative Community Partnership CTE Bridge Program between Laney College ESOL Department and Lao Family Community Development (LFCD)
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Cheryl Eccles
Visualizing a pathway to achieve career goals seems overwhelming for many immigrants and refugees. The collaborative Laney College and LFCD Career Readiness Bridge Program is a non-credit, eight-week, four-day per week, six-hour per day program that provides a holistic approach to promoting students’ growth and well-being. This program helps to bridge the gap between essential skills training and real-world employment opportunities.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: LRT )
Level Up Your ESL Program by Reaching All Students with Ellii
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Nikki Ross
Learn from Grossmont Adult School program specialist Nikki Ross how Ellii supports ESL students in the classroom as well as in a distance education model. Ellii's flexible platform increases equity and access for ESL programs that strive to meet all adult students where they are.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, EQT, LRT, TDL )
Vision 2030 & Gen AI: Achieving Community College Transformation & Student Equity in A HUMANS-Centered AI Future
Single presenter
Don Harjo Daves-Rougeaux
Join us for a discussion about the "Vision 2030 Generative AI Strategy and action plan, including how we can harness the potential of AI and emerging technologies to enhance learning, operations, and student support services. We will discuss anticipated impacts, challenges, and strategies for ensuring AI augments rather than replaces the human touch - and expertise - in education."
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, EQT, LDR, LRT, MKT, PDV, PGE, TDL )
Supporting Learner Transition - Victor Valley College Adult Education
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Pablo Saldana
Victor Valley College is growing in admissions and our classes are offered at three different locations. Our counselors are also located on the opposite side of campus. Because of our wide reach, we sometimes have a challenge knowing the phase in which the student may be in. Also, the ESL CTE program is getting developed. In this presentation we describe the wins and challenges of partnering with Adult Schools and transitioning adult students into college adult ed & collegiate level programs.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: EQT, LDR, LRT, MKT, TDL )
Assess, Develop and Certify Your Students' Soft Skills and Increase their Job Readiness
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Paul Kratzer
A highly interactive session which explores questions around how to define soft skills, how to measure soft skills, how to improve soft skills, how to engage employers in conversations about soft skills and how to match employers' needs with your students' skill levels.
(AUD: ADM, STF, TEA • PGM: CRR, LRT )
Adjusting SMART Goals and Integrating Data-Driven Plans to Enhance Program Excellence
Multiple presenters (maximum is 6 presenters)
Jaemi Naish
Join us to explore how to refine SMART goals to align with your Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) and effectively use data to drive program objectives. Gain practical strategies and insights to ensure your goals are measurable, achievable, and impactful, paving the way for continued success in adult education.
(AUD: ADM, STF • PGM: LDR, PDV, PGE )
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