From Objectives to Assessment: Breathing Life into Your Lesson Planning

A First Literacy Professional Development Workshop

February 14 & March 7 !"14 1#"" pm $ 4#"" pm 1%! &oylston 'treet (th Floor
(Across from the Boston Common)

Workshop Description As teachers, we know how much thought and planning go into great teaching, the work needed to prepare lessons that are stimulating, relevant, and that help develop our students skills and performance. Before we set foot into the classroom, theres so much to consider: students goals, learning standards, test preparation and learning gains. We also need to think a out learning o !ectives, what resources to use and how to use them, classroom activities, and, "es, assessment. #his workshop will go beyond grounding teachers in the asic components of a well$designed lesson and will also consider various wa"s to approach lesson planning for %&'(, )re$A&%, A&%, and other AB% classes, so that full lesson planning, formal or informal, ecomes second nature. Also on the ta le will e including the national College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education in "our planning. #wo sessions, this workshop will e instructive and interactive and will include participants developing and sharing their own lesson plan with other participants. A commitment to attend both sessions is asked of all participants. Workshop Facilitators are! "eid is a staff developer from &AB%&*s Central +esource Center, where he works primaril" in the areas of assessment, curriculum, and licensure. A mem er of the team that developed the SABES/ACLS Lesson Planning Resource Guide , Care" has facilitated numerous workshops on lesson planning is currentl" focusing on the national College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education. Lori #$Alleva is the ,irector of Charlestown Adult %ducation. &he has taught (iterac", %&'(, and -%, preparation for over twent" "ears and has een working with teachers in Charlestown on lesson planning using the new College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education. %ichael Feher has een in the AB% field over ./ "ears, as a teacher of %&'(, (iterac", Basic &kills and 0.&. %1uivalenc" (0&%) preparation, and as a coordinator and program director. 0e is currentl" the ,irector of )rograms at 2irst (iterac" and the lead facilitator of its professional development workshops.
Due to hi)h *eman* enrollment is official only +ith formal confirmation,

&his 'orkshop is free to staff of all (reater)Boston AB* programs.