Providing Adult Education and Family Literacy Professional Development and Teacher Training

In the News

"The rationale for extensive new teacher training is clear: first, most new adult education teachers were not trained in the field of education or if they were, most of their experience came from the K-12 system; second, historically high levels of teacher turnover in adult education are due in part to the sense of isolation that many new teachers experience in their programs; and third, change in the classroom is more likely to result from relevant and intensive workshops that provide teachers opportunities to try out new strategies and share them with their peers (Smith, Hofer, 2004). The New Teacher Academy seeks to address these issues by providing a dynamic overview of adult learning theory and a chance to implement new research-based strategies in the classroom and offer new teachers the moral and professional support that they need to succeed." Eduardo Honold, Harris County Department of Education