'Writing by Writing' - An ILN (Instructors Learning Network) Event
May 9
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Please join us for a luncheon with Award Winning local writer Sarah Willis of John Carroll University. Our topic will be “Writing by Writing: an effective approach to writing instruction.” Attendees will participate in a real writer’s workshop and leave with the skills to conduct a writer’s workshop for their clients. Incorporating writing workshops in the literacy classroom gives students the motivation to write. This will be a unique forum for learning to edit writing.
Presenter: Sarah Willis, John Carroll University
Location: WVIZ/PBS ideastream, Idea Center, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
Becoming Culturally Competent: Diversity Awareness Training for Literacy Providers
May 16
9 a.m. - Noon
This three-hour session will increase participants’ sensitivity to and awareness of all aspects of diversity.
Instructors and tutors will receive information and skills to meet the needs of a diverse student population, and literacy providers will learn strategies to recruit and maintain a diverse volunteer team. All participants will share challenges and experiences, explore diversity topics from personal and professional standpoints, and learn and practice strategies regarding effective cross-cultural communication.
Presenters: Tamika Taylor, Ph.D., and Liz Roccoforte of the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)
Classrooms without Conflict: Using Discipline to Help Children Succeed
June 6
9 a.m. - Noon
This workshop will provide effective strategies to decrease classroom conflict and build children’s confidence and skills. Participants will explore the relationship between children’s self-esteem and behavior problem, and also learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy self-esteem. Learn classroom strategies that help prevent behavior problems while teaching positive social skills and citizenship. Attendees can receive three Ohio
Department of Education (ODE) credits and Step Up to Quality Professional Development Credits.
Presenter: Annie Lopez, Ph.D., principal consultant, Limitless Learning
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)

Helping Students Overcome Personal Barriers to Learning
June 27
9:30 - Noon
The classroom is a place where trust and care is developed, and instructors and tutors are often called upon to listen to students’ needs and issues. Yet they may lack the skills or knowledge of resources to best assist students.
This two-hour session will teach participants how to respond to student issues that affect learning and persistence. Attendees will:
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Gain tips on how to be sensitive to realities different from their own
Learn how to provide helpful feedback and support in response to student self-disclosures
Understand how to access and direct students to helpful community resources, and
Practice new skills by role-playing with other participants
Presenter: Tracy Tillotson, director of AssistNOW, the EAP division of Recovery Resources
Location: The Hanna Building, Steven A. Minter Conference Center, 1422 Euclid Ave., 12th Floor, Cleveland
(across from Playhouse Square Center, paid parking on Euclid and Prospect avenues)
Reaching More Families: Practical Ways to Promote Family Literacy
July 18
9 a.m. - Noon
Designed for early-childhood teachers, this workshop aims to help increase family literacy rates though innovative, hands-on and cost-effective classroom instruction techniques that impact the entire family at home.
Learn how to address difficult family situations that affect attendance and increase student retention rates. Form connections with other early-childhood educators to share ideas, resources and strengthen program offerings.
The workshop attendees will depart with instructional tools and resources for immediate implementation, and can receive three Ohio Department of Education (ODE) credits and Step Up to Quality Professional
Development Credits.
Presenter: Annie Lopez, Ph.D., principal consultant, Limitless Learning
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)
Managing Aggression in the Classroom
July 25
9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
This four-hour session will address causes and strategies to tackle aggression in the classroom. Attendees will learn to deescalate situations that threaten the learning environment or safety of other students and instructors/tutors. This training will help participants:
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Understand what can cause a student to get agitated and act-out in the classroom
Become aware of various ways we communicate and learn to do so more consciously
Provide tools to help you deescalate a volatile situation and recognize when you should NOT engage, and
Apply these new tools in role-playing scenarios

Presenter: Tracy Tillotson, director, AssistNOW
Location: The Hanna Building, Steven A. Minter Conference Center, 1422 Euclid Ave., 12th Floor, Cleveland
(across from Playhouse Square Center, paid parking on Euclid and Prospect avenues)
Adding Workforce Skills to GED Instruction
August 15
9:30 a.m. - Noon
Getting a better job motivates most adult students to work towards attaining the GED certificate. But how well are they prepared for this better job after they have completed their studies and taken the test? Integrating important workforce skills into GED classes could prove the best strategy for improving students’ odds for success. This two-hour training will demonstrate how to incorporate various job readiness tools and strategies into current literacy materials to make learning more relevant to students’ goals and to help build their job readiness skills. Instructors will also be given information to increase their awareness of employer expectations.
Presenter: Lynne Perry, Towards Employment
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)
Workforce Resources- Information Sharing & Networking Opportunity
September 12
9:30 - Noon
Come network and learn about available services from some of the best workforce agencies in Cleveland.
Presenters Towards Employment, Vocational Guidance Services, the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Youth Opportunities Unlimited will provide:
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Information on connecting students to workforce development agencies and resources (Find out who does what and how to refer to them)
How workforce and literacy providers can work together more and have stronger ties
Skills needed for career pathways, enabling students to move out of poverty
Success stories
Presenter: Lynne Perry, Towards Employment
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)
Numeric Literacy: Practical Ways to Instruct Mathematics for Adult Learners
October 17
9 - 11:30 a.m.
Math often is a challenge for both students and instructors. While many of us can arrive at the correct answer, we

can't explain how or why. Instead of only focusing on the mechanics of mathematics, we should also be familiar with mathematical concepts. Attend this two hour interactive workshop and obtain experiential learning techniques to help adults learn and retain numeric concepts. The workshop will review current adult learning theory, and participants will acquire new methods to teach numerics in the classroom. Attendees will leave the workshop with sample lessons plans and activities which can be immediately implemented with students.
Presenter: Carmine Burkette, Coordinator, ABLE Program at Cuyahoga Community College
Location: Trinity Cathedral and Commons, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
(Enter Trinity Commons on Prospect Avenue at East 22nd Street for free parking)
Coming soon: Three training sessions from the Northeast ABLE Resource Center
Learning Disabilities
Cultural Differences in the ESOL Classroom, and
Transitioning ABE Students to College
Check the Literacy Cooperative's calendar at www.literacycooperative.org for updates.
To register for programs, contact Erika Mason at 216.393.4549 or emason@literacycoooperative.org.
Space is limited to 30 participants per session. Registration deadline is one week before workshops.
Lunch will be provided at all sessions; please notify us of dietary restrictions when you register.
Cancellation policy: Canceling two to three business days before a workshop opens slots up for interested individuals, should we have waiting lists. It also allows the Literacy Cooperative to continue to provide quality training in cost efficient ways. Please contact us if you will not be able to attend a workshop for which you have registered.