2026 Iowa Adult Education & Literacy Conference

2026 Iowa Adult Education & Literacy Conference

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Ginger Culpepper

Northwest Iowa Community College

Instructor

10:00am CDT

Welcome & Keynote - The Weight and the Wonder Ballroom

11:00am CDT

Applying Key Principles of Adult Learning for Effective ESL Instruction 113

Using CASAS STEPS, GOALS 2 and Other Tools to Inform Instruction and Support Learner Progress Ballroom

1:15pm CDT

Teaching Real Life Conversations to the Beginning Student: A Teaching Strategy Developed by Chris Westergaard of the Language House in Prague 108

Accelerated Learning Strategies for Busy Adult Learners 109

3:00pm CDT

Academic Conversations in the Adult ELL Classroom 109

8:00am CDT

Keynote - Remember Your Why: Reconnecting Purpose in Adult Education Ballroom

9:30am CDT

Igniting Collaboration: High-Impact Strategies for English Learners 114

Executive Functioning Skills for Adult Learners 109

10:45am CDT

A Teacher’s Dozen: Activities to Engage Your Learners 114

Workplace English for ESOL Learners 109

Civic Education for All: Capitalizing on the Civics Exam to Strengthen Civic Culture 115

1:45pm CDT

Instructional Strategies for Multi-Level Adult ELL Classes 113

Igniting Access: A Framework for AI Innovation in Adult Education 108

Quick-Win Lessons: Low Prep Strategies for Mixed Level Classrooms Ballroom Igniting Literacy Collaboration Across Content: Making Learning Stick 114