This course employs an inquiry-based learning approach to guide you in making connections between the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education and your teaching practice. You will begin to develop and/or strengthen your proficiency around standards, curriculum, assessment, planning, instructional design, and teaching approaches. Through a combination of self-paced and facilitated virtual sessions, you will engage in reflective exercises and investigate instructional strategies based on best practices. The course offers separate tracks for novice and for more experienced practitioners and is thus appropriate for all adult educators.

Before you attend the first webinar, you will be asked to choose a content area to focus on for the duration of the course. You will choose from ELA, ESOL, or Math.

The course components include: 

• Three facilitated webinars (a total of 4 hours)
• Three self-direct modules (a total of 6 hours) 
• A reflective portfolio project (an estimated 3 hours). You will work on this throughout the course

To receive credit, you must participate in all components. Total PD hours: 13. PDPs are available upon request and with completion of all six modules and a final project, to be determined by the participant, course facilitator, and PD Center Director.

1. Thursday, October 8, 2020 - course opens with a facilitated webinar from 3:00pm - 4:00pm 

2. 10/08/2020 - 10/21/2020 - self-directed Module 1

3. Thursday, October 22, 2020 - facilitated webinar 3:00pm - 4:00pm

4. 10/22/2020 - 11/05/2020 - self-directed Module 2

5. 11/06/2020 - 11/18/2020 - self-directed Module 3

6. Thursday, November 19, 2020 - final facilitated webinar - 3:00pm - 4:00pm

7. Final portfolios due by December 4, 2020 

NOTE: When registering for Part I on October 8th, you will automatically be registered for all parts.

For more information, contact Dori McCormack at dmccormack@qcc.mass.edu, Donna Curry at donnac@gwi.net., or Merilee Freeman at mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu