Melanie - who is this? I'm interested. The attachment was only a text
with my address on it.

Tell me more, tell me more.

 

Janice Strohmeier

Harris County Department of Education

Adult Education

Instructor/Transition Advisor

713-692-6216

Ext. 2408

 

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Additional Professional Development Opportunities :

 

Career Development Facilitator certification with eLearning option:

 


What is a Career Development Facilitator (CDF)?



This occupational title designates individuals working in a variety of
career development settings. A CDF may serve as a career group
facilitator, job search trainer, career resource center coordinator,
career coach, career development case manager, intake interviewer,
occupational and labor market information resource person, human
resource career development coordinator, employment/placement
specialist, or workforce development staff person. 

The counseling profession has made great progress in defining
professional counseling and the career counseling specialty through such
efforts as NCDA's career counseling competencies
<http://www.ncda.org/pdf/counselingcompetencies.pdf>  (pdf 29kb) and
code of ethics <http://www.ncda.org/pdf/EthicalStandards.pdf>  and state
licensing and registry requirements. However, several professional
groups recognized that many individuals who are currently providing
career assistance are not professional counselors. The CDF credential
was developed to provide standards, training specifications and
credentialing for these career providers. The goal was to define and
differentiate two levels of career practice. 

 

 

http://www.ncda.org

tsticht at znet.com wrote:

	January 4, 2008
	
	Professional Development for Adult Literacy Educators:
	Motivational, Informative, Inspirational, Empowering
	
	Tom Sticht
	International Consultant in Adult Education
	
	Greetings in the New Year of 2008!
	
	Following a well attended series of presentations in Canada,
Ireland, the
	United Kingdom and eight of the United States last year, I am
pleased to
	announce that once again in 2008 I will be presenting FREE
workshops and
	speeches for adult literacy educators.
	
	There are three, one day, six hour, motivational and
informational workshops
	available to choose from, including
	
	(1) Adult Literacy Education in Industrialized Nations
	A survey of research, policies, and practices in language,
literacy, and
	numeracy (LLN) instruction related to seven PReP PAPP factors
	[Participation, Retention, Persistence, Progression,
Achievement,
	Accountability, Prevention (of education problems with
children)]. This
	workshop looks at research on and successes in meeting the PReP
PAPP
	challenges common to LLN provision in Australia, Canada,
Ireland, New
	Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States.
	
	(2) The Spoken Language and Reading Development of Adults
	2008 is the 100th anniversary of E. B. Huey's 1908 classic book,
"The
	Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading" in which he stated that,
"The child
	comes to his first reader with his habits of spoken language
fairly well
	formed, and these habits grow more deeply set with every year.
His meanings
	inhere in this spoken language and belong but secondarily to the
printed
	symbols...." . This workshop examines research, policy, and
practices from
	the United States and United Kingdom on the development of
spoken and
	written language skills of native language speaking adults, and
the
	transfer of these skills from parents to their children.
	
	(3) Functional Context Education: Principles and Practices for
Adult
	Literacy Education
	There is a growing concern in several knowledge-based nations
for education
	that is more relevant to the needs of youth and adults who are
at risk of
	social exclusion and economic marginalization because of their
lack of
	basic skills and knowledge. This workshop presents case studies
and
	summarizes principles underlying the design and development of
	instructional programs for these youth and adults which
integrate the
	teaching of literacy with important content areas such as job
training,
	parenting, health, computer use, and others.
	
	Each of these three workshops includes extensive information and
	evidence-based practices from professional wisdom and scientific
studies
	presented with humor and easy to understand illustrations.
Materials
	relevant to each of these workshops are available online for
free
	downloading.
	
	I will also be presenting keynote, general, and breakout
sessions of an
	informational and motivational nature including five speeches
entitled (1)
	The Shoulders on Which We Stand, (2) The Lions of Literacy:
Sustaining
	Motivation for Adult Literacy Learners, (3) From Parents to
Progeny: The
	Intergenerational Transfer of Literacy From Parents to Their
Children, (4)
	Integrating Literacy and Numeracy in Workforce, Health, and
Parenting
	Education, and (5) Contemporary Issues in Adult Literacy
Education.
	Materials relevant to each of these workshops are available
online for free
	downloading.
	
	I charge no fee for any of these workshops or presentations, but
sponsors
	must pay travel expenses and make all arrangements for the
events.
	Following is a list of the presently scheduled meeting and
speaking events
	for 2008. In past years I have enjoyed meeting many members of
various
	discussion lists and putting faces with names! I look forward to
meeting
	many more this year!
	
	1. February 1, Miami, Florida. Adult Education Miami Dade County
Public
	Schools. Contact: Darlene Kostrub, dskostrub at aol.com [Full day
	presentation of Adult Literacy Education in Industrialized
Nations]
	
	2. February 15, Washington DC, Adult Literacy Research Working
Group
	(ALRWG). [Scheduled meeting of ALRWG members, no presentation]
	
	3. March 13, Connecticut. Connecticut Association of Adult and
Continuing
	Education. Contact: Andy Tyskiewicz, atyskiewicz at crec.org
[Keynote and
	follow-up session]
	
	4. April 4, 2008 Delaware, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Association
for Adult
	Continuing Education. Contact: Matt Davis, mhdavis24 at yahoo.com
[Keynote and
	follow-up session]
	
	5. May 6, Georgia, Atlanta, Reading Hall of Fame (RHF),
International
	Reading Association. Contact: Tom Sticht, tsticht at aznet.net
[Presentation
	in a special RHF session celebrating 100 years of E. B. Huey's
The
	Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading]
	
	6. June 20, New Mexico. New Mexico Coalition for Literacy.
Contact: Heather
	Heunermund,heather at nmcl.org [General session presentation]
	
	7. August 7, North Carolina, Raleigh. N.C. C.C. Basic Skills
Conference.
	Contact: Karen Brown, kbrown at nccommunitycolleges.edu [General
session
	presentation]
	
	For additional information and to arrange a workshop or
presentation in your
	area contact Tom Sticht by email: tsticht at aznet.net
	
	Thomas G. Sticht
	International Consultant in Adult Education
	2062 Valley View Blvd.
	El Cajon, CA 92019-2059
	Tel/fax: (619) 444-9133
	Email: tsticht at aznet.net
	
	
	
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