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January 2012


February 2012

  • February 9 - March 28
    College Readiness for Adults: Beyond Academic Preparation
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration   
     
  • February 13 - March 26
    Geometry: Teaching About Shapes and Their Measures
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration 
     
  • February 18
    Total Physical Response (TPR) Workshop
    Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., box lunch provided.
    Presenter: Dana Burwell
    Sponsor: Southern Colorado Professional Development Center
    Location: Latuda Hall, Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad
    Register by February 13 via e-mail to: susan.harris@trinidadstate.edu
    Contact for questions: Nancy Wilkinson, 719.856.5682 ; nancy.wilkinson@trinidadstate.edu 
     
  • February 21 and 22
    Designing a Student Success Course: A New Beginning for Adult Learners
    Feb. 21: 1:00-3:00 p.m. ; Feb. 22: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
    Sponsor: National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs
    Presenter: Dr. Laura Weisel
    Location: Your computer/phone
    Link to registration
     
  • February 21 - April 9
    Helping Students Stay: Exploring Program and Classroom Persistence Strategies
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration     
     
  • February 22-25
    LDA 49th Annual International Conference
    Sponsor: Learning Disabilities Association of America
    Location: Chicago, IL
    Link to conference web site   
     
  • February 24
    Strategies for Adult Learner Persistence (Part 1 of 2-part webinar)
    10:45 a.m. - noon
    Presenter: Nadine Lester
    Sponsor: Northern Colorado Professional Development Center
    Location: Your computer/phone
    Download event flyer   
     
  • February 24-25
    Mini-Conference for Teachers, Tutors and Administrators
    Sponsor: Literacy Coalition of Colorado and CDE/AEFL Denver/Metro Professional Development Resource Center
    Location: Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood 
    Download Call for Presenters
     
  • February 27 - April 23
    Introduction to College Transition Math
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration
     
  • February 29
    Strategies for Adult Learner Persistence (Part 2 of 2-part webinar)
    10:45 a.m. - noon
    Presenter: Nadine Lester
    Sponsor: Northern Colorado Professional Development Center
    Location: Your computer/phone
    Download event flyer   

March 2012

  • March 9
    CASAS Implementation Training (IT)
    Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (9:45 a.m. sign-in and snacks)
    Sponsor: CDE/AEFL and Northern Colorado Professional Development Center
    Location: 820 Main St., Longmont
    Registration: RSVP to Chelsea Stewart, ncpdc@svvsd.org or 303.772.1845 by March 2
    Download training flyer
     
  • March 13 - May 7
    Differentiated Instruction
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration 
     
  • March 15-16
    Achieving NEW: Conference for Rural Adult Learning and Literacy
    Sponsor: Professionals for Rural Adult Living & Learning (a consortium of adult education professionals in western Colorado)
    Link to more information 
     
  • March 19 - April 30
    Data: Helping Students Interpret Statistical Representations
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration 
     
  • March 19 - May 7
    Principles of Diagnostic Assessment and Teaching in Adult Reading Instruction
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration 
     
  • March 22 and 23
    Educator Licensing Online Application System for Initial and Renewal LIA Applications
    March 22: 9:30-11:00 a.m., March 23: 2:30-4:00 p.m.
    Sponsor: CDE/AEFL
    Location: Your computer
    Registration deadline: 5 p.m. March 21
    Link to registration 
     
  • March 25 - 27
    21st National Conference on Family Literacy

    Sponsor: National Center for Family Literacy
    Location: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
    Link to conference web site
     
  • March 28 - 31
    TESOL 2012 Annual Convention and Exhibit

    Sponsor: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
    Location: Philadephia, PA
    Link to conference web site
     
  • March 29 - 31
    Technology Learning Conference: A Practical Approach to Integrating Technology into Literacy Teaching and Learning

    Sponsor: Horry County Schools Adult & Community Education
    Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
    Link to conference web site
     
  • March 30
    7th Annual Pre-Collegiate Conference: Collaborating for a PWR-ful* Culture (*Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness)

    Sponsor: CollegeInColorado
    Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
    Location: Tivoli Center, Auraria Campus, Denver
    Contact: PreCol@cic.state.co.us
    Download conference flyer
    Link to more information and registration

April 2012

  • April 10-13
    2012 COABE/VAACE Conference
    Sponsor: Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) & Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (VAACE)
    Location: Norfolk, VA
    Link to conference web site (COABE)
    Link to conference web site (VAACE)  
     
  • April 11-14
    Implementing Career Pathways in Adult Education Conference
    Sponsor: Mountain Plains Adult Education Association (MPAEA)
    Location: Red Lion Colonial Inn, Helena, MT
    Link to conference web site 
     
  • April 23 - June 4
    Algebra: Introducing Algebraic Reasoning
    Sponsor: ProfessionalStudiesAE.org, online professional development by ProLiteracy and World Education
    Location: Your computer
    Download course description
    Link to registration  
     
  • April 29 - May 2
    57th IRA Annual Convention
    Sponsor: International Reading Association
    Location: Chicago, IL
    Link to conference web site  

May 2012

  • May 31 - June 3
    The 53rd Annual Adult Education Research Conference
    Sponsor: AERC, SUNY, Empire State College
    Location: Saratoga Springs, NY

June 2012


July 2012

  • July 29 - August 1
    67th Annual CEA Conference
    Bridging the Gap From Incarceration to Reentry
    Sponsor: Correctional Education Association
    Location: St. Paul, MN
    Contact: AnDee Flohr, andee.flohr@state.mn.us or Ruth Stadheim, ruth.stadheim@state.mn.us 

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September 2012


October 2012


November 2012


December 2012


AEFLA Critical Dates FY2010-11 and FY 2011-12


Links to Other Calendars


For additional information or to add an event to the calendar, contact Debra Fawcett at fawcett_d@cde.state.co.us