2020 Annual Conference

 

Overview:

The USBE/AEAUT
3rdAnnual Fall Conference for adult education and youth in care teachers, counselors, mentors, and administrators was held on September 24th and 25th. Participants had their choice of workshops. In the evening, educators had an opportunity to network and connect at the opening social. Friday kicked off the day with a keynote speaker followed by 28 breakout options. Breakfast and lunch was provided on Friday. Vendors were on site to answer questions regarding testing and curriculum.

 

Conference Materials:

Thursday Opening Session:

Keynote Featuring Kevin Honeycutt:
ZOOM Morale (Creating REAL Relationships in a Surreal Environment), 8:00 AM
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Thursday Workshops:

Better Student Engagement by Integrating Play, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join David Vande Veegaete as he presents multiple ways of creating better engagement in your classrooms by integrating play!

Blended Learning in English & Spanish: A Winning Strategy For All Your Students, 10:00 AM
Blended learning delivers the right mix of face-to-face classroom instruction and online software that can lead to more effective programs where students are taught how to become more independent learners. We will discuss the concept of blended learning as an instructional approach that integrates high-quality digital content with traditional print instruction. Paxen Focus personalizes learning for students and can extend learning time and provide flexibility for students, teachers, and curriculum. We will preview a short overview of Paxen Focus, an online program that has course offerings from 0.0 – 12.9 grade equivalencies. Both print and online courses are available in English and Spanish.

Let's Make it Personal: How to Individualize Instruction, 10:00 AM
Individualizing a student's instructional experience begins at orientation and enrollment with assessment that leads to creating short- and long-term goals and continues through transition to post-secondary education or a career.  This session will focus on strategies to ensure instruction is individualized to meet the student's needs and motivate students to complete their educational goals. 
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Say That Again: Incorporating Pronunciation Into ESL Instruction (Double Session), 10:00 AM
Intelligible pronunciation is essential for effective communication, and many adult ESL learners are hungry for pronunciation support. In this session learn about three different pronunciation features that can be easily incorporated into daily lesson plans. Participants will learn how the three features impact speakers’ intelligibility, and explore activities designed to help learners practice using these features in their daily speech. All of the activities can easily be adapted for use in blended or in-person instruction. Participants will also explore the impact that accent discrimination can have on English learners, and discuss strategies for interrupting bias.
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Connect People with Your Purpose through Stories of Impact (Program Outreach), 11:15 AM
Join David Vande Veegaete as he presents multiple ways of creating better engagement in your classrooms by integrating play!
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DWS Services for Refugee Students, 11:15 AM
In this session, you will learn about the Refugee population in Utah.  Asha and Gerald will be sharing with us the DWS process for Refugee students and services that they are able to receive.
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Effective Formative Assessment with Digital Games and Contests, 11:15 AM
Formative assessment is a powerful part of the teaching and learning process. Learn how teachers can use the following formative evaluation tools to inject more excitement and fun into your classroom and at the same time gain insight into what your students really know and understand: ClassFlow, Formative, Kahoot!, Socrative, Plickers, Quizizz, and Nearpod.
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NEW TIME! The Infinite Game of Entrepreneurship: Adult Learners, Entrepreneurship and the History of the World, 11:15 AM
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Lunchtime Activity: Virtual Games! 12:30 PM
Spend your lunch break with us for a little fun and games.  Come to play or join the audience.  Prizes will be given to the winner of each game!
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Engaging and Empowering Students with a Backwards Design Approach, 2:45 PM
When working with adult learners, particularly adult emergent readers with interrupted formal schooling experiences, it is essential that learning is meaningful and relevant, and that teachers and students can see (and celebrate!) evidence of learning. This session introduces the backwards design approach to curriculum design, presents options for alternative and formative assessment, and provides instructional models that support students in reaching the desired results.
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Free Financial Literacy and Life Skills Resources from Everfi, 2:45 PM
EVERFI is an e-learning company that partners with corporations and foundations to provide online learning courses to classes at no cost. EVERFI’s courses aim to engage and teach students a variety of critical life skills ranging from financial literacy to digital citizenship, STEM education and career success. Each of our courses is highly interactive and individualized for the 21st century learner. 
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Get Creative with Digital Teaching and Learning, 2:45 PM
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Intro to CANVAS LMS, 2:45 PM
What is Canvas? And why are we using it? In this first session we cover all the benefits of using an LMS to complement and extend teaching that is already happening in the face to face environment. Specifically we will cover how teachers can harness the power of Canvas to make the use of instructional technology easier and more effective. 
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Friday Opening Session:

Welcome, AEAUT Awards Ceremony, and Keynote Featuring Josh Davies: 2030--The Workplace Revolution

The modern workplace is constantly evolving and changing, with some jobs going away (switchboard operator) and others being created (app developer). But every 30 years, a new wave of technology fundamentally changes the workplace. Assembly lines, computers, and the internet all dramatically shifted the nature of work, and changed the American workplace. Looking ahead to 2030, there is another revolutionary wave that is going to crash the future of work in America. The combination of automation and artificial intelligence will create a new revolution that will destroy not just jobs but potentially entire industries. And this year has already moved these changes into hyper-speed. Rather than sit back and hope, now is the time to prepare for the coming reality of 2030. We need to be developing the revolutionaries of the future! There will still be jobs, but they will require a different set of skills and abilities. Learn how to develop the skills that will make you and your job seekers relevant today and in the future. Don’t sit back and let the waves drag you down, choose instead to ride the coming revolution – and come out on top!
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Friday Workshops:

A Pathway to Blending Instruction (Double Session), 10:00 AM
This session will provide an interactive overview of Blended Learning. It will begin with a look at both the learning and teaching mindset in Blended Learning Classrooms. Participants will then explore teaching strategies from Entry Level to Proficient and on to Advanced to find the right mix for their students and classrooms. Both Synchronous and Asynchronous models will be discussed and a variety of resources will be provided. The session will include many interactive opportunities and a Q&A session for individual concerns.
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Fluency and Reading Comprehension (Double Session), 10:00 AM
What is fluency and why is it important? How will it affect my student's ability to comprehend? Come learn specific fluency and reading comprehension strategies and tactics to help your basic literacy students. You will walk away with a toolbox of ideas you can use in the classroom tomorrow.
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Leveraging Adult Learners' Experiences to Develop Print Literacy, 10:00 AM
Teaching reading to adult emergent readers provides many opportunities to leverage learners’ strengths and experiences, build community and confidence in the classroom, and involve learners in civic engagement. This session will focus on balanced approaches that foster print literacy development while building on students’ lived experiences, tapping into their oral traditions, and expanding on shared class experiences. Digital tools for developing personal narratives and creating books based on class experiences will be shared.
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Nearpod 101 (Double Session), 10:00 AM
In this hands-on session we will cover the basics of using Nearpod. What is it? How does it transform learning? What kind of content is included? After a short demo of a simple lesson demonstrating the differences between running a “Live Lesson” in Nearpod and running a “Student Paced” version, teachers will also practice signing into the Nearpod.com website, looking through the Nearpod Lesson Library, and adding lessons to use with your students.
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Lunchtime Activity: Virtual Games!
Join us during the lunch break for some fun and games.  Come to play or join the audience.  Prizes will be given!
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Lunchtime Activity: Virtual Games!
Join us during the lunch break for some fun and games.  Come to play or join the audience.  Prizes will be given!
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Keynote: Less Talk, More Walk: Creating a Culture of Trust and Accountability
One of the greatest challenges a leader faces is dealing with issues of Trust and accountability. How do you ensure the people you’re leading demonstrate integrity on a daily basis? Do you practice it yourself? Do you model accountability throughout your organization in your interactions with others, operating practices, and personal work habits? Personal and organizational ethics are one of the easiest things to talk about, but hardest to walk. This highly interactive session will address trust and accountability directly through a practical, proven methodology you can employ to build accountability throughout your organization. Using a collaborative and positive approach, participants will go through an experiential assessment and use the results to focus on how to get themselves, their team, and organization not just talking, but walking trust and accountability. The workshop’s content is driven by best practices, cutting-edge literature, and real-world experiences of leaders across the country. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform yourself and your team from talkers to walkers.
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Prezi Slides

Message from Rep. Carol Spackman Moss

Google Apps In Education, 2:45 PM
Learn all about Google's cloud based service for document creation and collaboration including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and forms. We'll also share ideas about how to use google tools to facilitate collaboration in a remote/distance environment.  This presentation will also include an overview of Gmail and Calendars.
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Staying on Target with ELP Standards and CASAS Reading GOALS, 2:45 PM
Reading comprehension and higher order reading skills will have a much larger focus in the new CASAS tests. In this session, learn how teachers can begin to include more rigorous reading instruction into all levels of classes, using the CASAS Reading GOALS as a guide. This session will also explore how the ELP Standards can be used to support and strengthen classroom instruction, and the intersection between the two.
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Teaching the Big Picture (English or ANYthing), 2:45 PM
We educators are intimately familiar with our subject areas; we often fall in love with them! As lovers of our various disciplines, we can forget that newcomers (most of our students) need some kind of a meaningful framework to hang detailed knowledge of our boring subject on. My goal is to give participants examples of, and help them build, such useful, interesting, memorable and effective frameworks.Attendees will receive copies of Mark's own "Big-Picture" instructional frameworks, a worksheet for creating their own frameworks, and a signed picture of Scooter. 
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Using Circles to Build Community in an Adult Ed Setting, 2:45 PM
The use of restorative circles has become the new "it thing". In this session, we'll discuss how circles can be used in adult education to build relationships and community in a mostly "self-directed" learning environment.