Video/Webinar
Teacher Training Plus is a webinar series across four strands that presents best-practice instructional strategies. Training and support for tutors and teachers working with students reading and writing below an 8th grade level.
Within each strand, we identified three areas of need and designed webinars to address each. Throughout all three topics, we addressed working in a multilevel class or group and converting in-person teaching strategies to distance learning.
Generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Upcoming Webinars
“How Do I Know When I’m Ready to Test?”
When adult students walk into HSE classrooms, adult educators know that they have one goal in mind: obtain their High School Equivalency (HSE). Although that may be the common goal, each student’s timeline will be different. In this webinar, Kara will discuss how to navigate and answer the question, “When can I take the test?”
January 22, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
“What Am I Looking At?”
It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but how do we know what that picture is saying? Even though we use visual literacy to understand what we see and encounter in our everyday lives, there is added pressure when facing it on a High School Equivalency (HSE) test. In this webinar, Kara will identify key methods for decoding graphs, charts, tables, and maps on the HSE tests.
March 18, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
About the Presenter
Kara Krawiec earned her Master of Arts degree in literature from John Carroll University. Upon graduation, she became an adjunct professor at John Carroll University, Lakeland Community College, and Cuyahoga Community College, teaching developmental reading and writing courses to non-traditional learners.
In 2017, she joined Seeds of Literacy, in Cleveland, OH, and was recently promoted to director of student success, working with students on their next steps after earning their high school equivalency (HSE). During her time at Seeds, Kara has worked tirelessly to focus not only on students’ individual needs but the need for a strong learning community as well.
In 2018, Kara accepted the ProLiteracy Hero Award on behalf of Seeds of Literacy, and in October 2023, she was awarded the Sharon Davis-Stubbe Outstanding Teacher Award. Kara regularly shares her experience and expertise at local, state, and national conferences. This will be Kara’s third year presenting and facilitating workshops as part of ProLiteracy’s Teacher Training Plus.