The ABE teachers through out the state have also participated in Bridges training. One series used a distance learning format to broadcast the series from St. Louis to Kansas City. Participants are asked to construct case studies as they implement new screening and teaching strategies. We developed the Adult Literacy Screening Inventory for this purpose.
Participants have email and phone access to their mentor.
Learning styles and preferences are also addressed in screening and instruction. Concrete examples guide the training. Case reports are analyzed by the team and the adult instructors are given feedback regarding their data and observations. We plan to offer a series of six workshops with the appropriate technical assistance and practice requirements for participants next year. There's more, but email is supposed to be short and sweet.