2013 WVABE Initiatives
TECH-SHOW:
Integrating New
Technologies Into the
Classroom
You may request three
hours of core credit for
each new technology
that you are observed
utilizing competently in
your classroom.
CLASS-ACT 1:
Incorporating Career
Awareness into the
Intake Process and
Preparing Students for
Post-Secondary
Opportunities
CLASS-ACT 2:
Incorporating
Higher Level Math
and/or
Hands-On Math and
Science Activities into
the Classroom
CLASS-ACT 3:
Planning/Delivering
Multi-Level Group
Lessons that Improve
Higher Level Thinking
Skills
Suggested Elective Sessions at the Summer and/or Fall
Conferences Related to the Initiative
Introductory and/or Advanced Training in how to use
the following new equipment and integrate it into your
classroom:
 Document cameras
 iPads
 Kindles
 Mobis
 SmartBoards/Interactive whiteboards
 Responders
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Career Awareness Lessons Learned
CFWV.com sessions
GCF LearnFree
WIN/My Strategic Compass
Preparing Students for College-level Math
The Postsecondary Transition Transition
Think Like a Boss: Empower Your Students for
Employment
Serving Under-Resourced Students in a PostSecondary Transition Program
Everyday Science for GED® Students
Preparing Students for College-level Math
Connecting the Data: Geometry and Measurement
Developing Geometric Reasoning
Reading and Interpreting Graphs and Tables
Space Weather: An iPad Lab Workshop about the Sun
Introduction to GPS
WVU Extension Service & Cent$ible Nutrition
Multiple Strategies for Instruction in Comprehension
in Reading and Math
Differentiated Instruction
Learning to Achieve: Explicit Instruction
Diving Into the Deep: Depth of Knowledge and ABE
Strategies for Engaging Adult Learners (SEAL)
Next Generation Content Standards for WVABE
Effective Instructor Skills for WVABE Classrooms
A Few Resources to Check out
 Attend conference sessions related to
the new equipment in your classroom or
available for loan from the RESA.
 Ask your regional coordinator about
training opportunities.
 Look for online training opportunities
 Contact Louise Miller at
louise@wvabe.org to identify the
Technology Integration Specialist in your
area.
 2012-13 Instructor Handbook Section 7:
Goal Setting and Career Exploration
 Career Awareness Resources:
http://wvabe.wetpaint.com/page/Caree
r+Awareness+Resources
 Career Awareness Live Binder
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?i
d=570639
How to Get CORE Credit
1. Install your new equipment.
2. Look at the Technology
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Observation Checklists to see what
you need to know how to do.
Learn to use the equipment.
Prepare a TECH-SHOW Lesson
Plan that incorporates the new
technology.
Request to be observed.
Complete the Request for Credit
for TECH-SHOW: Technology
Integration Demonstration
1. Select one of the CLASS-ACT
Initiatives on which to focus.
2. Research written information,
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examine resource materials, and
attend training sessions that
relate to the initiative you
selected.
Develop a way to apply your
understanding of the instructional
ideas taken from your research in
your own classroom context.
Describe how you implemented
this into your classroom.
Reflect on your success.
Complete the Request for Credit
for CLASS-ACT 2013: Core Credit
for your Classroom Action Plan
 Teacher’s Domain Videos:
 Math Instructional Strategies: Number
Operations
 Math Instructional Strategies: Geometry
 Measurement and Geometry: Resources
for Adult Educators
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 2012-13 Instructor Handbook Section 8:
Instruction in the WVABE Classroom
 Teacher’s Domain Videos:
Teaching Strategies: Resources for Adult
Educators
 Learning to Achieve: A Professional’s
Guide to Educating Adults with Learning
Disabilities
You may request 3 hours of core
credit for each initiative you pursue
in your classroom. You must
complete a separate request for each
initiative you address.
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