Upcoming Conferences
Place is planning exhibits and live conference workshops at the following conference events:
COABE 2023, Atlanta, GA
April 2-5
Creating Success for Struggling Learners
Struggling learners in basic education settings need constant feedback and positive reinforcement. They need to be involved in the process and see their progress in clear, concrete ways. These students need to feel successful because success experiences in learning influence their outcomes. The Pace approach, since 1977, organizes basic education into the smallest possible steps, builds independent learning skills, and ensures consistent progress. Join us to learn why “Nothing Teaches Like Success.”
- When: Tuesday, Session 6, 11:45am-1:00pm, Room(s): L506-507/V19
- Strand: High School Equivalency
- Keywords: Adult Education, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Motivation, Curriculum Design
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
Pennsylvania Chapter CEA Conference, State College, PA
April 12-14
Customer Training Part 1, Basic Training – Learning the ‘Ins and Outs’ of a Pace System
Now that I have a complete Pace System, what do I do with it? This workshop will be a basic training covering two Pace academic programs: one for literacy-level students (At Your Own Pace) and another for the pre-HSE or HSE/GED student (The Accelerated Learning Lab). We will discuss student placement, orientation, diagnosis, prescribing and how to evaluate for mastery. Pace’s unique, self-paced lesson design is ideal for ESL, special needs students, unmotivated or struggling learners, and anyone requiring a tailored lesson plan for fast skill acquisition or remediation. It’s all about success, for both the student and teacher.
- When: Thursday, April 13th from 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM in Silver Maple III
- Keywords: Correctional Education, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Motivation, Curriculum Design
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
Customer Training Part 2, Advanced Training – Enhancing Academic Achievement and Self-Confidence
This workshop focuses on how to maximize progress with the Pace programs using various feedback mechanisms such as the Workpage, Pace Lesson Practice Tests and Mastery Tests, the Study Schedule, and helpful learning efficiency measures such as ‘Mastery Test Efficiency’ or ‘Learning Frames Per Minute’. Learn to use Pace tools and methods to change the paradigm for struggling, dependent students from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can.’ Using a Pace System, learning managers can ensure consistent success, and their students can experience real changes in self-confidence and motivation. These students can recognize their own independence, and they become a partner in the learning process.
- When: Thursday, April 13th from 2:00 PM – 2:50 AM in Silver Maple III
- Keywords: Correctional Education, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Motivation, Self-Efficacy, Student Independence
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
GDC Education and Reentry Training Conference, Savannah, GA
April 17-19
Flexible Learning Systems for Correctional Education
Pace Learning Systems has a long history success serving correctional education programs across the United States. For 45 years, Pace has worked to help educators develop incarcerated learners through carefully designed learning systems that ensure quick, consistent progress to higher levels of educational achievement.
Pace systems are not only unique in their structure and design but are made available to correctional educators in unique ways. The Pace curriculum features matching instructional lesson materials in print and in the PaceWare LMS. In addition, customers in correctional programs have special access to a Permission to Copy option. This novel license allows on-demand reproduction of the Pace curriculum, further increasing flexibility to support inmates in confinement, those waiting to enroll, to fit with lockdown limitations, or adapt to other circumstances of correctional environments.
- When: Wednesday, April 19 at 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM; Where: Conference Room Franklin
- Keywords: Correctional Education Technology, Instructional Strategies, Curriculum Design/Delivery
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
Effective Feedback to Enhance Academic Achievement and Self-Confidence
One critical component of an effective learning system is reliable feedback. This is especially so for more dependent, struggling learners in basic education settings. While many educators have their own personal feedback techniques, establishing a structured feedback system can dramatically improve program performance. Join Dr. Susan McKee and Pace discuss the features of effective feedback in basic education settings and find new ways to improve your feedback methods in class. Webinar objective(s):
- Learn strategies to impact student behavior through feedback.
- Learn strategies that support student confidence/independence.
- Learn effective methods for establishing a success-oriented learning environment.
- Explore Pace Learning Systems’ tools and methods for instruction and assessment. – Discover Pace materials for basic education or special education programs.
- When: Tuesday, April 18 at 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM; Where: Conference Room Oglethorpe AB
- Keywords: Instructional Strategies, Curriculum Design/Delivery
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
CEA Region 1 Conference, Niagara Falls, NY
May 9-11
Creating Success for Struggling Learners
Struggling learners in basic education settings need constant feedback and positive reinforcement. They need to be involved in the process and see their progress in clear, concrete ways. These students need to feel successful because success experiences in learning influence their outcomes. The Pace approach, since 1977, organizes basic education into the smallest possible steps, builds independent learning skills, and ensures consistent progress. Join us to learn why “Nothing Teaches Like Success.”
- Learn strategies to impact student behavior through feedback.
- Learn strategies that support student confidence/independence.
- Learn effective methods for establishing a success-oriented learning environment.
- Explore Pace Learning Systems’ tools and methods for instruction and assessment.
- When: TBA
- Strand: TBA
- Keywords: Correctional Education, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Motivation, Student Independence
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
Pace’s Life Skills Program at Folsom State Prison
Those who teach know that to teach and develop ‘intangible’ soft skills is a difficult task. This task only becomes more complex in the social atmosphere of long-term incarceration. Join this workshop to find insights about developing soft skills in prison settings, using Pace’s Life Skills 25 and delivered by inmate peer facilitators:
- 25 core soft skills, designed to support all soft skills areas in Self-Development, Achieving Personal Goals, Interpersonal Skills
- Available as part of Pace’s Permission to Copy Option, allowing direct access to curriculum resources and reproduction as needed
- Features an “Inmate Facilitator’s Manual”, written by inmate tutors using Life Skills 25 in inmate-led soft skills programs
- When: TBA
- Strand: TBA
- Keywords: Correctional Education, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Motivation, Self-Efficacy, Student Independence, Inmate Aides
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
77th CEA International Conference and Training Event, Portland, OR
August 20-23
More details coming soon.
Recent Conferences
2023 CEA Leadership Forum, New Orleans, LA
February 5-7
Flexible Learning Systems for Rigid Learning Environments
Pace Learning Systems has a long history success serving correctional education programs across the United States. For 45 years, Pace has worked to help programs develop inmate learners through carefully designed learning systems that ensure quick, consistent progress to higher levels of educational achievement. Pace’s systems are not only unique in their structure and design but are made available to correctional educators in unique ways. The Pace curriculum features matching instructional lesson materials in print and in the PaceWare LMS. In addition, Pace customers in institutional correctional programs have special access to a Permission to Copy option. This novel license, which allows on-demand reproduction of the Pace curriculum, further increases flexibility to support inmates in confinement, those waiting to enroll, to fit with COVID-19 limitations, or adapt to other limitations of correctional environments. Join us to learn about this option for your school and hear success stories of Pace customers during the pandemic.
- When: Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 in Parish Room
- Keywords: Correctional Education Technology, Instructional Strategies, Curriculum Design/Delivery
- Presenter: Susan P. McKee, PhD
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If you have questions about specific conferences or Pace’s upcoming conference plans, contact Clint Massey at (205) 535-9759 or ctmassey@pacelearning.com.