Developmental Education On-Demand Training Series: Buy more and save! Buy 3 get the 4th free!
· No One To Waste: Why Developmental Education is Essential
· Retaining Underprepared Students: Creating a Comprehensive Developmental Education Program
· Empowering Developmental Student Success: Integrating Learning Assistance and Student Development Services with Alternative Instructional Approaches
· Best Practices in Learning Support Centers: Increase Student Retention and Academic Success
Frank Christ, the webinar presenter, will group Best Practices in seven presentation modules with time for feedback after each module. They will focus on basic areas of a center: programs and services, clientele, partnering and brokering of services, assessment and evaluation, publicity and public relations, and certification (center, programs, and personnel). Participants will review each of the practices and discuss how they might work at their individual centers. Attendees will receive a link to an extensive Learning Support Centers in Higher Education website bibliography specific to its use by learning center administrators.
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Who Should Attend?
Who is the Speaker?
Frank L. Christ was the director of the CSU Long Beach Summer Institutes (1985-1989), the co-director/coordinator of the Arizona Winter Institutes (1991-2003) and has been actively involved with learning assistance for the past 35 years. He was the founder and past coordinator (1972-1990) of the award-winning Learning Assistance Support System at CSU Long Beach. He is the author of the first computer-based diagnostic and prescriptive study skills survey, six study skills textbooks, and many articles on learning assistance, study skills, and technology as it impacts on teaching and student learning. In recent years, Frank has been involved in on-line course development and teaching as well as presenting workshops on learning support for online student/learners.
Frank is a past president of the College Reading and Learning Association. His editorial contributions include guest editor and contributor to the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Learning Assistance series (1981), founding columnist (1981-87) of the Journal of Developmental Education "Techtalk" Series, co-editor of Starting up a Learning Assistance Center: Conversations With CRLA Members Who Have Been There and Done That (2000), co-author of 100 Things Every Online Student Ought To Know. (2003), and of Online Student Skills and Strategies Handbook (2006). In addition, Frank is a Founding Fellow (2000) of ACDEA.
How does it work?
1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email3. You will have access to these links indefinitely
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