Video/Webinar
Training and support for tutors and teachers working with students performing below an 8th grade level.
Most tutors and teachers receive quality training before they start working with students. However, once they begin their teaching experience, they have little access to additional training and support.
Teacher Training Plus, funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, is a webinar series that presents best-practice instructional strategies. These video recordings began in Fall of 2022 and are continuous.
We’ve identified areas of need and have designed webinars to address each. Throughout all of the topics, we will also address working in a multilevel class or group and converting in-person teaching strategies to distance learning.
October 2023
Instructional Routines for Reasoning & Sense Making
Are you unsure about the most effective instructional techniques to cultivate your learners’ reasoning skills across various mathematical topics? If your response is a hesitant “I’m not sure,” then watch this interactive webinar to explore instructional routines specifically designed to emphasize reasoning and meaningful understanding beyond mere solution seeking
January 2024
Instructional Routines for Developing Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Are you unsure about the most effective instructional techniques to cultivate your learners’ reasoning skills across various mathematical topics? If your response is a hesitant “I’m not sure,” then watch this interactive webinar to explore instructional routines specifically designed to emphasize reasoning and meaningful understanding beyond mere solution seeking.
April 2024
Instructional Routines for Building Number Sense & Using Structure
Number sense stands as a pivotal pillar of mathematics and numeracy. Yet, guiding learners to cultivate this sense beyond mere drills and repetitive worksheets can pose a challenge. The solution lies in impactful instructional routines that enable learners to uncover patterns and make use of structures in their journey to enhance number sense. Watch this webinar in the math track to learn effective instructional routines to add to your teaching toolbox.
About the Presenter
Cynthia Bell is the Director of Numeracy & Workforce Development services at the Literacy Assistance Center, where she oversees workforce projects and initiatives, develops, and facilitates workshops for adult basic education (ABE) and high school equivalency (HSE) instructors on standards-based numeracy and mathematics instruction, as well as on blending academic and workforce skills. When she is not leading and developing trainings, Cynthia is providing customized coaching to instructors on integrated curriculum design, blending workforce and academic instruction, and the best practices of teaching and learning mathematics. In 2016, she co-authored the teacher resource book Teaching Adults: A HiSET Exam Resource Book. Cynthia has presented at international, national, state, and regional conferences, and is an active board member of the National Coalition for Literacy (NCL), an affiliate delegate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and a national LINCS numeracy trainer and resource reviewer.