Summer Institute
Each Summer more than one hundred Adult Basic Skills and community-based organization colleagues attend the week-long Institutes. The Institute program focuses on planning and presenting effective professional development in the Basic Skills of reading, writing, and mathematics. The Institute benefits do not end when participants leave Appalachian; they impact the future learning of adult students. Quality instruction leading to lifelong learning is an ultimate goal of ABSPD.
Institute 2009 - Multimedia and Technology
May 24-29, May 31-June 5
Institute is an investment in the future of adult education! It provides professional development training which affects adult educators at all levels: administrators, directors, trainers, instructors, literacy volunteers, and graduate students. In addition, you may earn three semester hours of graduate credit.
Institute 2008 - Teaching Reading:
From Assessment to Practice
Institute 2008 focused on ways to assess adult learners' reading levels, and ideas on teaching reading to adults.
Click here to access downloads of presentations and materials from Institute 08
