UFV well represented at the Adult Basic Education Association of BC’s Annual Conference

UFV was well represented at the Adult Basic Education Association of British Columbia’s annual conference April 30 and May 1 held in Harrison Hot Springs. This year’s theme was The Kaleidoscope of Learning: Our Shifting Perspectives.

Presenting were:

Beverly Jones Redekop – UUP faculty – “I lost it! Tips for Helping Students Master File Management in ABE computer classes” & “Best Texts: Powerful Stories and Poems for ABE English”

Kathryn Garcia – School of Social Work staff – “Meet It’s A Juggle: A Free-to-Use Resource Supporting Education, Workplace, & Life Readiness”

Leonne Beebe – UUP faculty – “Researching Your Practice: Guided Reflective Writing with Fundamental Math Students” & “From Arithmetic to Algebra: Bridging the Gap between the Known and the Unknown.”

Michelle Vandepol – UUP staff – “The Query Letter: How to Leverage Your Expertise to Secure Publication in Consumer Magazines”

Raymonde Tickner – ESL faculty – “Transformative Learning Through Restorative Justice”

Viviana Chorean – UUP tutor – “The Other Half of Your Classroom: Tapping the Power of Introverts”

Raymonde Tickner – ESL faculty – “Transformative Learning Through Restorative Justice”

On the conference planning committee were Allison Kilgannon — chair (UUP faculty) , Leonne Beebe and Michelle Vandepol.

For more information about the Adult Basic Education Association of British Columbia visit their website at

http://abeabc.ca

For more information, contact Michelle Vandepol at michelle.vandepol@ufv.ca

05/22/2015