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Virginia Community College System's Career Coach Course
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Virginia Community College System's Career Coach Course

$102
Calendar Jan 1, 2020

***This course is only open to employees of the Virginia Community College System and their partner agencies. Please DO NOT register if you are outside of this network.***

The Virginia Community College System’s Career Coach Course provides theoretical frameworks and tools for effective practices of Career Coaches who work in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). It is part of the Virginia Career Coach Certification (VCC) Program. Caroline Lane, James André, and Celeste Hall with the Virginia Community College System’s Office of Workforce Development Services and Sandy Goodman with the National College Transition Network at World Education, Inc., collaborated to customize the content of this program to address the competencies needed for career coaching.

REFUND POLICY:

1. All course registrations are final and no refunds will be issued.

2. Course registrants who are unable to participate in a course may substitute with a colleague or other member of their institution up to 2 weeks after the initial enrollment date.

3. Once a participant has accessed the course, no refunds or transfers can be made.

Addressing the Impact of Chronic Stress on Learning
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Addressing the Impact of Chronic Stress on Learning

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Registration for this course is open only to groups of 8 people or more. Please contact us at literacy@worlded.org to set up a session for your group/organization.

Individual registration is not available at this time.

This course will explore the ways in which chronic stress, trauma, and adverse life experiences affect learning. It will also introduce some teaching approaches and strategies that promote emotional and psychological well-being to help students learn more efficiently. We will look at our roles as educators in helping learners practice healthy coping skills, develop supports, and connect to community resources. In addition, we will explore the value of expressive arts as a way to build community, encourage creative imagination, and enhance mental health for adult learners.

“I was very excited when I enrolled in this course as I wanted to get a grip on the stress in my life as well as my students’ lives. I was surprised by all of the different ways to help alleviate the stresses. This course gave me some peace and my fellow students provided great insights for me to ponder. The best piece is I was able to communicate better and problem solve with my peers.”  Jim Hirshouer, Cochise College, AZ

Estimated Completion Time: 3-4 hrs/week (24 hours total)

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Data: Helping Students Interpret Numeric Information
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Data: Helping Students Interpret Numeric Information

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with Pam Meader

Registration for this course is open only to groups of 8 people or more. Please contact us at literacy@worlded.org to set up a session for your group/organization.

Individual registration is not available at this time.

Data, or numerical information, can be described, represented, analyzed, and interpreted in various ways for various purposes. This course looks at some common uses (and misuses) of data. Learn about the measures of central tendency, graphs, and probability. Through the course readings, activities, and discussions, you’ll review basic concepts and explore strategies for introducing and teaching these concepts to your adult students.

Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hrs/week (12 hours total)

Suggested Prerequisite: Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy

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Differentiated Instruction
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Differentiated Instruction

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Registration for this course is open only to groups of 8 people or more. Please contact us at literacy@worlded.org to set up a session for your group/organization.

Individual registration is not available at this time.

Adult educators almost always face many different levels of learners in their classrooms, with all the attendant difficulties in teaching. In this facilitated, interactive course, you will learn how differentiated instruction can help produce effective teaching in your classes. You will learn to make the strong learning objectives required to keep multilevel instruction on target. Both research and specific strategies will be addressed.

Estimated Completion Time: 4-5 hrs/week (30 hours total)

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Examining Social Issues in the Classroom with The Change Agent
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Examining Social Issues in the Classroom with The Change Agent

Free

Self-paced. Available any time. Get started today!

In this course, you will have the opportunity to consider the intersection of social justice and adult education and to identify concrete steps that you can take to implement classroom activities that will help students understand underlying social issues and how to advocate for themselves and their communities. 

This course is free, but participants need to have access to either an online or paper copy of The Change Agent to complete activities. 

Registration not required! Click here to log in or create a new account, then click on the "Enroll me" button to get started!

Estimated Completion Time: 5 hours

Completion Requirements: Complete readings, watch a webinar recording, and share your ideas in forums to earn a Certificate of Completion and course badge. 

This course was developed by Leah Peterson at World Education.

Finding True North - Role of the Navigator
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Finding True North - Role of the Navigator

Free

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Self-paced. Available any time. Click this link to log in or create a new account, then click on the "Enroll me" button to get started!

This course identifies the types of supports that adult learners need to be truly prepared for college and careers. It introduces the core functions and responsibilities of a Navigator, such as coordinating and providing services that supplement academic instruction – which have been found to aid student persistence and success. It also introduces the core competencies of effective Navigators, advising approaches and styles, and Navigator program design elements to consider. 

Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours

Completion Requirements: Read the presented materials and successfully complete the quiz to be able to download your Certificate of Completion.

Finding True North is the first in the pair of online professional development courses for college and career navigators developed by the National College Transition Network (NCTN) at World Education.  The courses are designed for college and career navigators, coaches, advisors, and case managers who provide direct support and coordinate a comprehensive network of services to assist adult students in attaining their educational and career goals.

Navigating Pathways to Opportunity, the second course, is a facilitated course that entails approximately 24 hours of learning over 5-6 weeks. This is a tuition-based course that is available to cohorts of 12 or more participants recruited and enrolled by a state or institution. 

This series of courses was developed by The National College Transition Network (NCTN) at World Education. For more information, contact Sandy Goodman, NCTN Director, sandy_goodman@worlded.org

Geometry: Teaching About Shapes and their Measures
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Geometry: Teaching About Shapes and their Measures

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with Barbara Goodridge

Registration for this course is open only to groups of 8 people or more. Please contact us at literacy@worlded.org to set up a session for your group/organization.

Individual registration is not available at this time.

Adult basic education students need foundational geometry and measurement skills not only to pass high school equivalency tests, but also in the workplace. In this course, you will explore key topics in geometry, such as area, perimeter, and volume, and their importance in everyday life. You’ll look at numerous instructional activities for teaching about angles, spatial relationships, similarity, and figure transformations on a coordinate graph system.

Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hrs/week (12 hours total)

Suggested Prerequisite: Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy

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IDEAL 101: Foundations of Distance Education and Blended Learning
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IDEAL 101: Foundations of Distance Education and Blended Learning

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This course is set up to help practitioners develop a site plan for offering distance or blended learning to adult learners. It is also a prerequisite for IDEAL 102: Instructional Issues or IDEAL Program Administration. Over the course of six weeks all participants will work with colleagues within their agency (teams generally consist of one admin/manager and at least one teacher per agency) to develop a plan that addresses:

  1. Recruitment: where will your agency look for students who will study online?
  2. Screening: how will you screen to be sure you have online-ready learners?
  3. Orientation: how will you clearly communicate the requirements of being a distance or blended learning student and orient students to the online materials and curriculum?
  4. Instruction: what curriculum will you offer students? How will you support and communicate with students who are studying on their own?
  5. Assessment: how will you keep track of distance and blended learning students, monitor their progress, and collect data?

In the months following the course, each team will work to implement their site plan - supported by monthly webinars with all participants to share progress and ask questions.

This course is free to IDEAL Consortium Basic Professional Development-level member states. Facilitation is available for a fee.

This course is also available to any organization for a fee. Contact edtech@worlded.org for pricing and for more information about how to set up a section of this course for your group.





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