2024 Iowa Adult Education & Literacy Conference

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2024 Iowa Adult Education & Literacy Conference

8:00am CDT

Light Breakfast & Networking Attrium

8:30am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

9:00am CDT

Welcome Ballroom

10:00am CDT

Ventures, ELPS and CASAS STEPS: We’ve Got You Covered Room 112Robin Graybill Canvas Essentials: Time-Saving Features and New IDEAL Courses Room 115Tawny Hoskin How to Boost Adult Students’ Low Reading Scores Room 108Barbara McNamara I've Got this: Increasing Engagement & Support of Life Skills Class for Incarcerated Individuals Room 109Danni Halbrook Inspiring Achievement: Crafting a Clear and Cohesive Community-based ESL Curriculum Room 113Wendy Klatt Building Employer Capacity and Great Outreach for your IET and IELCE Programs Room 114Mike Williams

11:00am CDT

Break - Vendor Exhibits Attrium

11:30am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146 Lunch & Entertainment Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146 Keynote - Poverty Informed Practice BallroomChad Dull

12:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

1:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

1:15pm CDT

InspirED Achievement: Implementing CASAS STEPS with Nebraska Adult Education Room 112April Lawton Beyond Buzzwords: Practical AI Strategies for Educators Room 114Michelle Schott • Margaret Coles Inspiring Adult Learners to Persist Room 109Erin Vobornik Strategy-based Reading Instruction: Vocabulary, Grammar, Comprehension Room 108Kathy Houghton Poverty Informed Practice: From Awareness to Action Room 113Chad Dull

1:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:45pm CDT

Break - Snacks Available Attrium

3:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146 Mental Health for the Correctional Educator Room 109Jeremy Pullens Executive Functions and Student Success Room 112Chandra Keairnes Navigating the New CASAS Test Series: An Overview Room 114Kristine Mains • Karen Burger Strategy-based Writing Instruction: Informational Texts Room 108Kathy Houghton Coordinator Q & A Room 113Kyle Clabby-Kane DiplomaSender's GPI Room 106Paul Hughey Mindset and Persistence: Understanding the Role of Executive Functioning in Success Room 115Richard Wilson

3:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

4:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

4:30pm CDT

Networking Reception Sponsored by HiSET Whiskey River

7:30am CDT

Coordinators' Meeting Room 108 Iowa Literacy Council Meeting Room 109 Breakfast Attrium

8:00am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

8:30am CDT

Welcome Ballroom

8:45am CDT

Keynote - From Prison to Promise BallroomDennis Henderson

9:50am CDT

Review of the Day - Jayne Smith, ILC Board Member Ballroom

10:00am CDT

Break Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

10:15am CDT

IDOC Registered Apprenticeship Program and Post-secondary Education Room 113Jennifer Seil • Rohey Sallah Vision Boards: Integrating Digital Skills, Goal Setting, and Writing in the ELL Classroom Room 109Natalie Miller • Christina Tafolla One Learner's Journey to Her Summit Room 112Megan Linzy-Johnson Constructing Comprehension: Thinking is an Active Experience Room 114Cheryl Goodwillie Student Achievement in Reading Room 106Ashleigh Richmond Leading with Grace Room 108Jon Klaus Building Bridges: Inspired Achievement through Employer Engagement Room 115Karyn Goven

10:30am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

11:00am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

11:15am CDT

Break - Vendor Exhibits Attrium

11:30am CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146 Lunch, Awards & Door Prizes Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Afrobeats Dance Team from the Genesis Youth Foundation Ballroom Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

12:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

1:00pm CDT

Break Attrium Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

1:15pm CDT

Embracing Diversity in a Multilevel Classroom Room 113April Lawton The 2024 HiSET Horizon - Updates and Interactive Discussions Room 114Stephanie Bauer Learner Persistence: How Can We Engage and Motivate Our Learners? Room 108Kathy Houghton Simple Study Strategies Room 112Tina Miller Artificial Intelligence and Data Systems Room 109Treg Hopkins • Matthew Pranger Video Boom - Looming, Zooming or Something Else! Room 115Eric Sundermeyer

1:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

2:45pm CDT

Break - Snacks Available Attrium

3:00pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146 ESL in Corrections Room 114Danielle Shirley • Kyle Beargeon Have You Ever Considered Teaching in Corrections? Room 109Barb Scholtens • Avie Cupples ESOL at NICC: How to Prepare Lessons and Students for Zoom Instruction Room 108Korinne Hollis More Back to the Basics: Improving Instructional Strategies through Adult Teaching Theories Room 115Ann Beeson Rethinking Instruction: Adapting to Student Needs in Today’s World Room 113Laura Grell Leveling Up: Monitoring EXP Room 112Nathan Svare

3:30pm CDT

Personalized Digital Strategy Session With Atomic Jolt Room 146

4:00pm CDT

Posting of Additional Door Prizes Attrium