Proposal Submissions
Conference Strands
Travel Essentials for Teachers: Exploring the Classroom Landscapes
This ‘beginner-level’ strand for Adult Educators will provide novice Adult Educators with skills/tools needed in their ‘luggage’ to be effective teachers! This includes the “what” and “how” of instruction, creating and unpacking monthly reports, navigating through online programs, and communicating with new students.
Audience: adult ed instructors, advisors, career coaches, college and career navigators, career and technical education instructors, workforce education instructors
Teaching Trailblazers
This strand will explore more advanced topics of advising, recruitment, and retention for adult learners, including covering roles, responsibilities, and strategies necessary to advance student learning towards a goal of completion.
Audience: local program directors, adult ed instructors, advisors, career coaches, college and career navigators, career and technical education instructors, workforce education instructors, Integrated Education and Training programs.
Bon Voyage: Navigating Careers
Highlight strategies for preparing individuals to be successful in Apprenticeship, Career Technical Education, Workforce Development, or Noncredit Certifications. This includes ACE/MAPs sessions, transitioning to employment, IET options, and higher education.
Audience: teachers, career coaches, college and career navigators, advisors, career and technical education instructors, workforce education instructors, American Job Center staff, bridge-to-college programs, transition to college, Integrated Education and Training programs
Bridging Worlds through Customs
Presentations in this strand include strategies to support and enhance instruction for non-native English speakers, civic engagement, and citizenship preparation.
Audience: teachers, local program administrators, professional development specialists
EdTech Escapade: Your Passport to Instructional Technology
Presentations in this strand integrate digital and online technologies into instruction to improve student outcomes, assist students in acquiring digital literacy skills, and provide strategies for supporting online or distance learning.
Audience: teachers, local program administrators, professional development specialists
Sailing towards Professional and Family Growth
Highlight the role adult education plays in economic and academic success for multiple generations, impacting long-term change within a family and oneself.
Audience: teachers, local program administrators, professional development specialists
General Interest Strand
Explore topics broadly relevant to adults and to serving adult students
Audience: anyone