| 9:00 - 9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Welcome from the Host and Opening Remarks |
| 9:40 - 9:45 | Introduction: Designing Instruction for Career Pathways Project |
| 9:45 - 9:50 | Session 1: Overview of Career Pathways - Importance of career pathways
- Federal commitment to career pathways
- Definition of career pathways
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| 9:50 - 10:00 | Session 2: Introduction to the Adult Career Pathways Training and Support Center (ACP-SC)- How to register to become a member of the ACP-SC
- How to locate and search for resources in the ACP-SC Resource Center
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Session 3: Contextual Teaching and Learning
- Definition of contextualized instruction
- Relevance of contextualized instruction to career pathways
- Characteristics of contextual teaching and learning
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Session 4: Contextual Classroom Characteristics and Roles
- Characteristics of contextual instruction
- Roles in a contextual classroom
- REACT strategies for learner engagement
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | BREAK |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Session 5: Unpacking Contextualized Instructional Resources - Workplace context
- Relevance to career pathways
- Foundational basic skills, technical skills, and employability skills addressed
- Learner engagement strategies
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| 11:45 - 12:30 | Session 6: Large Group Activity
Examine three resources from the ACP-SC instructional resource collection - Activity: Washington ABE Contextual Math for the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics career cluster
- Activity: Michigan Written Communication in the Workplace for the Business Management and Administration career cluster
- Activity: Minnesota FastTRAC Healthcare Bridge for ABE/ESL Culminating Activity for the Health Science career cluster
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| 12:30 - 1:15 | LUNCH |
| 1:15 - 2:00 | Session 7: Small Group Activity
Examine ACP-SC instructional resources
Activity: Unpack, reflect, and discuss one of the following resources, and report out to whole group. - ABE Writing and Communication: Realtor Role Play
- GED® Math: Calculating Body Mass Index
- ABE Math: Welding - Cutting Pipe
- ESL Reading, Listening, Communicating: Assembly
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| 2:00 - 3:15 | Session 8: Designing Contextualized Instruction
Activity: Participants will select a scenario around which to create a contextualized lesson using a template. - Contextualized instruction quick-start
- Lesson planning template components
- Activity: Intensive participant lesson development work
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| 3:15 - 3:30 | Post-Training Activities - Post a completed lesson in the private training group in the ACP Community within the next six weeks.
- Join and participate in the private training group within the ACP Community.
- Complete the Designing Contextualized Instruction online course (Launch date: Spring 2013).
- Participate in the ACP Community.
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| 3:30 - 3:45 | Wrap-Up and Evaluation - Follow ACP-SC via computer or mobile device
- Reflection and evaluation
- Reimbursement guidance
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