Conference Information
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Over 750 adult education teachers, tutors of adults, program administrators, postsecondary educators, community collaborators, workforce development partners, trainers, publishers, and researchers shared best practices and networked together. The conference also featured the following special events:
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-Keynote speaker Dr. Cheryl D. King, study director for the new National Commission on Adult Literacy
-Honorary conference chair Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board (PA WIB), Dr. Robert Garraty, Executive Director
-PAACE Recognition Luncheon (generously underwritten by Steck Vaughn)
-Special session, “The Politics of Adult Education,” featuring Art Ellison, New Hampshire’s state director
-Marketplace Grand Opening (generously underwritten by UPS and the exhibitors), featuring children’s book author Suzanne Bloom
-Special invited guest Cheryl L. Keenan, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy
-PAACE Night: reception, banquet, and after-dinner entertainment celebrating Chinese New Year and Mardi Gras! (generously underwritten by Verizon)
An impressive line-up of concurrent sessions offered a rich context for adult education topics and issues. Sessions and roundtables were aligned with PAACE Program Divisions: Adult Basic and Secondary Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing/Higher Education, Corrections Education, English as a Second Language, Family Literacy, and Workforce Development, plus Research, Program Administration, and Public Policy. A number of sessions also addressed a general audience. The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education provided designated sessions for ABLE providers and a breakfast meeting for administrators.
*Presenters can submit handouts to be posted to this website by sending files (PDF preferred) to Destiny Long (dlong@tiu11.org) by March 15, 2008. Be sure to include your name and session title.
Exhibitors and Sponsors
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support of the 2008 PAACE Midwinter Conference. The Midwinter Conference also included many exhibitors where attendees learned more about their products.
Thanks to the following sponsors for their generous support of the PAACE Midwinter Conference:
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Thanks also to:
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Commonwealth Libraries
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Photo Gallery
Photos are now available online! Click on the link below to view a slide show of conference photos. For original picture files, please email Destiny at dlong@tiu11.org. No official endorsement of the online web hosting service inferred. Photos were taken by John Zhong, Destiny Long, and Tana Reiff.
Click here to view 2008 Midwinter Conference photo slide show
You do not need to create an account to see these photos. Click on "View Slideshow."
For more information:
Tana Reiff
PAACE President
E-mail: tana_reiff@comcast.net
Voice: (717) 299-8912
Previous Midwinter Conferences:
Go to Midwinter 2006 Session Handouts