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In this episode, Dr. Matt Rhoads discusses his book 'Crush It From the Start: 25 Tips for Instructional Coaches and Leaders' with host Jeffrey Bradbury. They explore the importance of organization, key themes from the book, and practical tips for instructional coaches. Dr. Rhoads emphasizes the significance of understanding cognitive science, effective coaching strategies, and the integration of technology in education. The conversation also touches on the challenges faced by coaches and the need for reflection and balance in their professional lives. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter To get our weekly Instructional Coaching Tips sent right to your inbox, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Conversation Takeaways Blocking out time strategically is essential for productivity. Harnessing technology can streamline workflow for coaches. Building relationships is a key theme in instructional coaching. Understanding cognitive science enhances teaching effectiveness. Rehearsing instructional strategies can improve classroom performance. Focusing on a few key areas can lead to greater impact. Utilizing frameworks like TPAC can guide technology integration. Visibility in classrooms helps build trust with teachers. Feedback should be timely and constructive to foster growth. Reflection and self-care are crucial for educators. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Instructional Coaching 05:28 The Importance of Organization in Coaching 08:28 Key Themes from 'Crush It From the Start' 20:08 Top Tips for Instructional Coaches 23:05 Utilizing the TPAC Framework 26:14 Looking Ahead: Future Projects and Reflections About our Guest: Matthew Rhoads, Ed.D., is an expert in educational technology and instructional strategy integration, working across online, blended, and traditional classroom settings in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He develops EdTech integrations paired with research-based strategies and serves as a leader, trainer, and coach for educators. Dr. Rhoads also acts as a professional learning specialist and mentors pre-service teachers and doctoral students as a dissertation chair. He is a ten time author on books discussing instruction, EdTech integration, and instructional coaching and leadership. For more information on Dr. Rhoads, his website is matthewrhoads.com. Learn more about his new book today!: https://25tipsforcoaches.com Links of Interest Website: https://matthewrhoads.com Book Website: https://25tipsforcoaches.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-rhoads-ed-d-95772120/ Follow Our Podcast And Subscribe View All Episodes Apple Podcasts Spotify

Episode 52.Rabbi Molly Karp was raised with both the message she could do anything, and the Orthodox Jewish day school's many restrictions for girls. Added to this was time in nature, on Israeli kibbutzim, and in Judaic Studies courses. Her passion and skills with Jewish education were apparent early on and she has dedicated most of her professional life to that work. She has also acquired rabbinic ordination and been a congregational rabbi. Doing things in her own way and not according to a denominational “party platform” is important to her. Teaching in her own program – SAJE: Senior Adult Jewish Education – allows for that. In her experience, adults know what they want to learn and her job is to teach them in the best way she can. Highlights:00:11:45 Historical realization, Jewish diversity, childcare on kibbutz00:19:06 Reform religious school --> raising kids --> therapy --> Jewish mindfulness program --> embracing role as a rabbi.00:21:20 Formed SAJE after the Jewish Federation ended WAJE. Jewish adult education, Montessori-inspired.00:30:48 Diversity in Jewish beliefs and practices continues.00:35:23 Center of Torah: Love others as yourself.00:37:57 "Embrace Jewish roots, be the change."00:40:29 Common reactions to my identity as a rabbi are  the person's self-criticism and their grievances against Judaism.Social Media links for Rabbi Molly Karp:Website – www.rabbimollykarp.com Email –  rabbimollykarp@gmail.comSocial Media links for Méli:Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.orgLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066435622271Transcript:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1851013/episodes/13846558Follow the podcast!The Living Our Beliefs podcast offers a place to learn about other religions and faith practices. When you hear about how observant Christians, Jews and Muslims live their faith, new ideas and questions arise:  Is your way similar or different?  Is there an idea or practice that you want to explore?  Understanding how other people live opens your mind and heart to new people you meet. Comments?  Questions? Email  Méli at – info@talkingwithgodproject.orgThe Living Our Beliefs podcast is part of the Talking with God Project. For information on talks, blog posts and more, go to – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org/

In the studio today is David Leon, Director of Workforce Programs at the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), and Kate Kaegi, Project Manager for the DIF. In recognition of Disability Awareness Month, the second podcast of our DIF series includes David and Kate explaining how Virginia's DIF grant was initiated, implemented, and adjusted to best reach their initiatives of placing 750 individuals with disabilities in STEM and healthcare careers, registered apprenticeships, and State, County, and City jobs. Learn about the challenges they navigated and what they recommend when applying for a DIF grant.   Listen Here   Full Transcript:   {Music} David: Don't be afraid to apply for a diff grant. It is an amazing opportunity to infuse energy and enthusiasm into your workforce. It is a chance to stretch, learn new skills, try new programs. You get to see staff flourish and more importantly, get some really cool outcomes for the clients we serve.   Kate: I was a little intimidated with the idea of RSA, but what I have found is this RSA is there to help us. They want us to succeed.   David: You can accomplish some great things.   Speaker1: Manager Minute brought to you by the VRTAC for Quality Management, Conversations powered by VR, one manager at a time, one minute at a time. Here is your host Carol Pankow.   Carol: Well, welcome to the Manager Minute. Joining me in the studio today is David Leon, director for workforce programs at the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, or DARS, and Kate Kaegi, project manager for the DEP. So David, how are things going at DARS?   David: They are great. We are plugging along, working on our grant. A colleague has a SWITZI grant, so it's been neat to really try a bunch of new things here in Virginia.   Carol: Very cool. So how are you Kate?   Kate: I am doing spectacular. Thank you for having me here today.   Carol: You bet. So, David, you and I had a chance to visit in a podcast on work incentives counseling in April of 22. And just so you know, you were one of my top five downloads. And when I think of Virginia, I always think of you and all the amazing things that have been cooking all the time. You guys always have something in the hopper and this is no different. So I started a series of podcasts focused on the diff grants and career advancement, and you are the second in my series and happened to fall in October with a nod to Disability Employment Awareness Month. So I want to just give our listeners a little snippet again about the diff grant. And so this particular round, the grant activities are geared to support innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities. And the Career Advancement Initiative model. Demonstrations were funded in federal fiscal year 2021. They were intended to identify and demonstrate practices supported by evidence to assist eligible individuals with disabilities, including previous served participants in employment who reenter the program to do the following. They were looking at advancing in high demand, high quality careers like science, technology, engineering and math, or those Stem careers to enter career pathways in industry driven sectors through pre apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships and industry recognized apprenticeship programs to improve and maximize competitive integrated employment outcomes, economic self-sufficiency, independence and inclusion in society, and to reduce reliance on public benefits like SSI, SSDI, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and State or local benefits. Now, I remember reading in the announcement some of that sort of I thought it was disturbing data that provided the base for why RSA picked this particular area and chose to fund it. And they based it on the program year 2019, RSA 911 data. And some of the things that they said were participants that were exiting the program in competitive integrated employment reported a median wage of 12 bucks an hour and working like 30 hours a week. And the top ten most common occupations were reported. They were like stock clerks and they were order fillers, customer service reps, janitors, cleaners. I call it the whole Food, Filth and Flowers. So I know through this initiative they were trying to do more. So let's dig into what you guys have cooking in Virginia. David, tell our listeners a little bit about yourself. How did you get to VR?   David: Thanks, Carol. Started as a job coach years ago. We won't say when. It'll make me feel old, and I worked for a private nonprofit. I then assisted in Virginia, working with individuals, exiting a training center and moving towards community living. From there, I came back to the Richmond area to work for a community service board and again was a job coach and then worked within a sheltered work and day services program before coming to DARS, where I started with the Ticket to Work program and now have that the work incentives and a few grants and the workforce programs.   Carol: You and I have very similar backgrounds. I too was a job coach. I did work in a sheltered workshop for a while as well and all of that. It's always interesting how people find their way to VR. Kate, how about you? Why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself and how you got to VR?   Kate: I kind of fell into this. A lot of times, similar to other people. Unexpectedly, I found out about East Carolina's rehab program and that they had a scholarship for people who wanted to get their master's. And I'm like, Oh, free money. So I jumped into that. Absolutely loved it. I did my internship at the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitative Center. It was called something or a different title when I started back in the day. As I tell my kids, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I was there, started off there as an evaluator and then kind of moved across the state, became a rehab counselor in the field, have done transition counseling, substance abuse counseling, went back to Boca Vale for a little bit, even dipped my toes into the world of job coaching and worked with David for a period of time at the CSV, came back to DARS, worked with the Department for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and also, as an aside, also had joined the military during that timeframe on the reserve side. So I'm out of that at this point. So I have quite an eclectic background. As a supervisor once said that I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to do, but it was all overall 24 years of work working with individuals with disabilities in a variety of areas. So it really kind of dovetailed well for me to work in the first dif grant that we received prior to this grant where I was a VMA or Virginia Manufacturing Association liaison for our grant. And when we were working on this Phase two grant, it was just pulling from what we've learned previously and growing from there. And so here I am.   Carol: I love it, it positions you really well for the work under this new grant. Very cool. Thanks for sharing that. So, David, why don't you paint us a picture of Virginia DARS How many staff do you have? About how many people are you all serving?   David: Okay, DARS comprises the Division of Rehabilitative Services, the Disability Determination Services, Aging Services. We have roughly 28 to 30 offices around the state and are currently serving just around 18,000 clients. If you include Pre-ETS in those totals.   Carol: that's a bunch., holy cow. I didn't realize you guys were that big.   David: Yeah, and that doesn't include however many cases DDS is handling or our aging or the other units. But that's a little bit about DARS, and I like to say we stretch from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to almost as far west as Detroit. If you go down to Bristol, Virginia, which is technically a little further than Detroit. So lots of types of environments and communities and very unique challenges in different areas.   Carol: Yeah, so you're definitely facing different geographical issues and I'm sure probably even economic differences. You know, if you're talking the coast versus maybe more of a rural area. So I'm sure there's probably some challenges there with even getting providers or how you're providing services.   David: It's interesting. One of the things we've been able to see in, for instance, Southwest Virginia, there is an economic center that's only 16 miles away from an office. But to get there, you go over three mountains and it could take two hours. So are those jobs really accessible to someone without a vehicle? On paper from Richmond, it might look like, why aren't we placing folks in this community out of that office? Well, it's a two hour drive each way, and that's the only way to do it. You mentioned at the beginning those top ten job areas. And one of the things we're really trying to challenge ourselves with now is giving people the information to make an informed decision about a career choice. But if they choose a career that might not look as great, what is the best potential version of that job? What is the job within that sector that actually could become a career? So at the beginning when we were starting to work on this, our agency had been in order of selection for years with categories closed and with the pandemic. That all changed. But the clients we were seeing didn't change and their goals didn't change. I think that's going to be a longer term conversation. But if we can do things to promote the best version of a position. And so I'll just give you one example. And our commissioner, other folks would probably say, why do we have so many folks who want jobs in food service or in this? Because typically they're low paying. Typically there's a lot of turnover. It's hard to become stable. One of the first projects we worked on in this grant was a partnership with a school nutrition program, and we've been able to help a few individuals enter into work in a kitchen at a school where they have the same hours. Monday through Friday. They have the opportunity for benefits. In one case, we couldn't find transportation. That school system was allowing the individual to take the school bus for that person. That's a really stable job and it's somewhere they can grow and thrive for years. So I do want to just say we have to think a little bit differently about what Kate or I or others might think of as a career. How do we find that best option for someone where there is room for growth, but equally important room for that time for stability to get to mastery, to then look at other skills and hopefully down the road they'd come back, not because they lost that job and need it again, but because they've learned so much that they want to go on to the next thing of their own accord.   Carol: Yeah, I like that you said that because I remember that when we visited before talking about that best version of that job. So not to mean that no one can work in kind of food, filth and flowers. I know I say that and it sounds sort of condescending and it's not meant to be. But we typically relied on kind of those occupations, really entry level. But I like that you're taking a spin on that and really looking deeper because we need folks to work in those occupations too. And there's people that love doing that work. But how like you say, can you do the best version of that? So you have benefits and you're looking at those long term like working in a school district, you can get retirement and all these different really awesome things that go with that. So, Kate, I'm going to switch to you. So big picture, break it down for us on your grant proposal and what you're hoping to accomplish with I know you had said you have three core components. Talk a little bit about that.   Kate: Sure. I do want to make a caveat that I love about this grant is it is a demonstration grant, meaning we have the opportunity to try out innovative products and projects across the state. I just want to put a caveat on that to keep that in your mind as I'm going forward here. So our main goal is to place 750 individuals with disabilities in federal, state, county, city jobs and or registered apprenticeships or also Stem and health careers. So we have those three main components on that. And when we looked at this grant and David worked on the development and the proposal for this, we really wanted to touch individuals that had been kind of missed in the first grant. And this I think, is something as we're doing a grant, you're learning all the time. And we wanted to make sure that we were hitting those unserved and underserved across the state. So individuals that aren't as plentiful in different areas. So say like Winchester has a large Hispanic population, does that reflect the number served in the actual DARS office? How do we get Spanish speaking individuals more involved in DARS? How do we get women who may only recognize those areas that you talked about that flower filth? And because that's what they're aware of, that's the work they've done in the past. So I just need another job in that area. How can we open up some possibilities? Have you thought about the IT field? Have you thought about advanced manufacturing and can you see yourself doing that? So providing those opportunities, it's a way for us to look at those unserved and underserved across the state. And we're defining that as we're going and we're looking at the census data, we're looking at who we're serving within each state. And then we're also looking at our plans, the plans that the rehab counselors are creating. What are those plans? What is the main goal? Overall we see a lot of customer service because it's kind of a catch all. What does that mean? Is that customer service as a helpdesk technician as opposed to just somebody as a receptionist? So we're really helping both the VRC, the counselor, and the candidate explore possibilities like that.   Carol: I like that. I just love what you guys are doing and really fundamentally getting down, digging in and really focusing on those folks that have been underserved or unserved and just taking that twist on the occupation because there's a wide range like within customer service, you have the job from here to here.   Kate: Exactly.   Carol: Yeah, that is very cool. Now, I know you all had some really weird hiccups in the beginning when you were starting out with this particular grant. So what were some of those kind of hiccups and how did you overcome that? And Kate, I'll probably shoot to you first on this.   Kate: So part of the thing that I didn't mention was is that the roles that our team players have. So we have a liaison with Department of Labor and Industry, specifically the registered apprenticeship side. So they have their foot in the DOLI world and the foot in the DARS world. We also have a team member who has their foot in the Department of Human Resource Management Liaison, and then also her toes are also dipping in the DARS. So we've had some different team members on that. We also have a quick response, counselor, somebody who can go in and respond to immediate needs of employers, of an individual that might be working with them, that has a disability, that might need some help, whether that's in a registered apprenticeship or on that particular job. During the first year we hired and we had everybody up and running and we had two team members, one had a medical emergency and had to move away from the position because there was some driving involved. And then unfortunately, we had Lisa Hanky, who passed away unexpectedly on us. So, you know, you get all getting that hiring going and then all of a sudden we lost two individuals, so we had to restart that process.   David: But Kate, if I can add to that, and I believe this is true for everyone in our round of this DIF funding, I believe we were told two days before the beginning of the project, it was about a day after that that, you know, many agencies coming out of the pandemic have had challenges with staffing and we had those challenges in our procurement division. So getting contracts signed, getting those staff replaced. But the other thing that has been a challenge and we're finally coming out of. We created three positions that this agency has never had, and it had meant that we had to learn how to provide quality support to two other state agencies in the context of working with DARS and similarly with our quick response counselors. So we created these positions that we had an idea of how they could work. But once someone got into those roles and was learning the other agency, we've had to be flexible in understanding how they can actually benefit our clients and our agency. And that has been a learning process.   Carol: You guys bring up a really good point because I think sometimes when folks are applying for the DIF grant, you're not recognizing off the get-go That first year can be a struggle because like you said, you found out two days before and then you get the money. And then as we know with any state government, it takes time to hire and like to get through all those processes. And so RSA may be on one hand going like spend the money and you're like, we're trying, but we've got to get through all our HR processes and all this crazy stuff. So it takes a little bit to get rolling in that first year. And I know we often on the TA world are talking with people as they're applying for grants going just know as you're going into it that first year, you're probably not going to spend the amount of funds you projected originally because there's just is a time factor and getting through all of that.   Kate: Absolutely. That was the one thought that David and I, if you know, we apply for another one down the road, maybe making that first year a little bit less intensive and spreading it out from year 2 to 5 because that's where the major work will be done.   Carol: Yeah, that's smart. Very smart. So I know you guys were talking about some challenges. What are some other particular challenges that you're experiencing right now?   Kate: Well, I'll get started on that piece. One of the things we have found similar to the staffing, the challenge that we had when we first started of hiring individuals, we're finding a turnover in staff in DARS. And so we are having a lot of younger counselors that have, in some cases don't have a rehab background. They might have a social work background. So we have a lot of training that we're doing and then redoing on that. We're having a training coming up in October for the VOC rehab counselors and we're getting kind of back to basics. What makes a good referral for our Pathways Grant, looking at those possibilities of not just that receptionist job, let's look at helpdesk. What are the opportunities that are out there? And so that has been kind of a challenge, is just retraining. And I think this is kind of normal across the board. But these rehab counselors are busy. They have a lot more documentation they have to put in Aware. There's a lot more individuals coming through their door because we have the rapid engagements, so they are overwhelmed. And how can we dovetail our services to best support them, how to make the referral process as easy as possible for them, what supports make the most sense for them? So that's been one of the interesting challenges.   Carol: So, Kate, have you guys done anything around just the way in which your staff or the support of those counselors, do you have like other staff that are kind of wrapped around them, whether you call them maybe a rehab tech or some sort of a case aide or whatever it might be that can help the counselors with sort of all the documentation requirements and that kind of thing. Have you done some work in that?   Kate: Actually, here in Virginia, we do have support. We have vocational evaluators, placement counselors and what they call employment service specialists that run the job club and things like that. And they can help support with some of the paperwork. But similar to other states that actually have like a rehab tech that would do some of the counseling or the that kind of thing, not as much. And each office is run a little bit different. That's part of the appeal. And what I mean by that is, is some of the offices might not have a vocational evaluator, some might have a placement counselor that might be covering more than one office so that there is enough differences on that piece. But yeah, that has been a struggle for keeping all of that work and getting it done for them.   Carol: Yeah, You're definitely joined by your colleagues across the country on that. I keep hearing that over and over. David did you have anything else you wanted to add to that about any of the particular challenges?   David: Yeah, I think we wrote this knowing we needed to do some things better and serve certain populations differently to get to where people had the same outcome regardless of gender, race, ethnicity. And that is still a challenge. We are learning that we have a long way to go to effectively serve those folks who have English as a second language. And when we started the project, we started with like a counselor advisory board to help not only create buy in, but inform us what the counselors needed. We have now shifted to an advisory board geared towards helping us do better with the Hispanic Latino population, and that English is a second language. So we're hoping over this next year, working with members of our state who are representative of those groups will actually help us figure out what services are going to be most likely to bring people in for help. What supports we will need to think about providing for those individuals to be successful. And again, it goes back to how do we help people see for themselves greater opportunities and careers than they might have.   Carol: So are you linked in then with your like your WIOA partners on your adult basic ed side? Like under that, you know, the English as a second language, Like they're more expert than us in working with that group?   Kate: Absolutely. One of our key partners is the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, who teach the adult ed, they help support them across the state when we get further along I'll talk about some of the projects that we're working with with them.   Carol: Yeah, that's excellent. I love that. So I know you guys are seeing some exciting results. What kind of exciting results are percolating up?   Kate: So one of the things that we found as we're moving forward is we actually had working with adult Ed, we had a program that we were doing Intro to IT, where we're starting a basic starting platform for accounting fundamentals, and we were ready to go. We had seven individuals in this first cohort, and one of the things we found was the individuals that we met, even though we just came through Covid with all of the tech training, we had individuals they knew enough to get on to Zoom and to do some items, but we really needed to step back and do some basic tech training. So, they had enough gaps in their knowledge that they couldn't move forward without some major help. So what happened on this is, is we stepped back and started to do some digital literacy training and they moved forward with that. And each of those individuals are now moving forward with the accounting fundamentals this summer. So stepping back, we're actually looking at what we're calling digital work skills training, which is really exciting opportunity for individuals to get started with North Star digital literacy. We're working on goal setting some soft skill development just to get them started on that end. So we have individuals that would typically not be able to go to a virtual training actually get started there. And what we're finding with that end is, is that we have some individuals, you know, those customer service people who just want to do clerical, they're getting introduced to IT. And so we've had a few individuals that have moved on to our next training, which we call the Max Career Lab. And Max Potential is an employer here in Virginia. And I think they go into other states as well, several other states. And what they are, they're a temp agency for IT employment. So they hire individuals to work with Dominion, to work with, you know, with all these employers doing various IT. But they have a unique hiring model. They actually have an opportunity where individuals come in and they go through a career lab five day, three hours a day, 15 hours of a career lab. Then they do an interview. During those five days, they do an overview of data analytics, networking, all these different career areas. So they'll do an hour and a half of overview of the career, and then they do an actual interactive activity that they break out in groups for. So it's a great way to explore the IT field. So we've hired them to actually run career labs for us. They do the 15 hours, then they get homework and then they have an interview assessment. So the interview is just like a typical interview that they run, but they follow up with what activities that they're interested in. So this has been a wonderful way for us to explore different IT areas and to help individuals determine what area of IT they want to do. Here in Virginia, we're blessed. We've got Nova, we've got a lot of IT careers, but counselors and vocal evaluators don't always know how to direct somebody into the right avenue because technology is always changing. You know, cybersecurity, cybersecurity, that's always a great one, right? Because we're right here in Nova. However, not everybody wants to do cyber. Have you thought of data analytics? Have you thought of the different networking positions? Have you thought of machine learning? You know what, all is out there? And so it's an opportunity for us to do a hands on career exploration and next steps with an actual employer running the sessions for us.   Carol: That's cool. Yeah, I hadn't heard about a career lab before like that. That is very intriguing because so many people learn much better, you know, by actually experiencing seeing what that's about because it can sound cool. You read about something like the cybersecurity was the big deal, but then you get into it and you're like, Oh, I don't really want to do that, you know? So giving them that opportunity, I think that's fabulous.   Kate: Yes, and we have had our first cohort. We had 25 people sign up. We had 22 complete the whole piece. That includes the interview.  Of that group we had six individuals. So they compare the group together, but they also compare them to the other public groups that they have across the board. So of those individuals, six are encouraged to look at direct work experience. The rest have been encouraged to do a few other activities, like maybe develop more professional skills or develop more tech training, possibly, you know, accounting fundamentals. We had one that decided they did not want to do IT training. And I'm thinking, what a great opportunity you now know what you don't want to do. And for us, that can be great, right? So we're looking at some other options for that young man. It has been a wonderful opportunity. We're now in our second cohort and our hope is, is to keep continuing this as we're going through this grant and to see how we can set this up once the grant is over.   Carol: Very cool. Have you had any surprises kind of as you've started this. I know you're in year two. Are there any surprises?   David: I think there are always surprises. This is right. Staff and surprises some of the opportunities that have come up. I don't think we anticipated. So we've shifted to take advantage. One of the big pieces of this grant is our focus on state hiring and the individual we hired for that aspect worked diligently during the first six months with them on an alternative hiring process through the legislation, had a go live date, whether we were ready or not. And what we didn't understand is during the first year, this process, it wasn't available to current state employees who may be disabled. That created a lot of issues for folks who were upset that they couldn't access this to move up within state government. We weren't able to change that ourselves, but it was changed in legislation. And starting in July of this year, we were allowed to offer a certificate of disability to someone who was currently employed and that has seen an increase. We've had roughly 1500 people request certificates of disabilities. I think part of what was surprising is what a great opportunity that has become as a referral source for DAR's. Roughly 300 individuals have chosen to get more information and receive VR services, and we are seeing that as a really nice piece of the process. Additionally, I think we finally had our first individual who went from what we call part time wage employment to full time classified, which was one of the intents of the process we developed. So it's nice to begin to see that work. But for Kate and I, we have to remind ourselves some of this might take two, three, four years before we really actually see these things that could be possible in action. And I think the other big surprise there is just how great of a partner our Department of Human Resource Management has been. They recently allowed us to present to 120 hiring managers and we will be a regular part of their monthly recruitment network action meetings. They've bought into our use of windmills training. They advertise it every month and we are co-sponsoring a job accommodation network training in October for them that they will heavily market to state hiring managers. So I think that's been really great. And then the other surprise, it turns out that our division of registered apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Industry is moving to a new state agency. So we will see what that does. You know, you think things are pretty stable and static in certain ways, but they can change. That's been a surprise. But it's not a good or bad. It just, you know, might be a chance to actually work with more of our partners more directly.   Kate: And David, another surprise that we had was the use of data. We have been doing some trainings with the field and they you know, when you bring numbers involved, people get a little, oh, I don't know if I want to touch this, but what we found was the counselors, the evaluators, the placement, they enjoyed looking at this data. They ate it up. So the use of data as a tool to look at who we're serving, how are we serving them, has been an eye opener. At least it was a surprise for me. Now I'm a vocational evaluator, so I love data and I thought I was, you know, unique. But I'm not you know, everybody is, you know, surprisingly likes that data.   Carol: Yeah.. Well, and definitely how you present it to the field, you know, if you're just like blah, blah, blah, whatever, they really are interested because it's the culmination of their work, you know, so they see what's happening. It really helps to paint that picture and then they can react and respond and do things in a different way in response to that data. So I think that's smart that you guys are doing that. Now. I know you both had talked about shifting the conversation around employment and shifting that whole narrative on barriers to advancement and employment. Talk a little bit about that.   Kate: So one of the things that the counselors are really good at is, is when somebody comes in the door and they say, hey, you know, I need help finding work. But when we look at the definition of what we do, it's getting and but it's also keeping or advancing in your career. So what is that advancement look like? So if you have somebody coming in who I need a job right away, maybe this is where somebody is going to go for a stock clerk. But what about the idea of doing a quick training so that they can get a credential in the Certified logistics associate and then moving from there, maybe when they do that interview, now that they have that credential, maybe they can ask for a little bit of a raise. And what is the next step on that piece? So we've definitely looked at that. How do we make, as David said, the most of the career that you're looking at or the other areas that we've already talked about? Let's look at other areas.   David: One of the things that actually came from one of our offices that they wanted was we've heard more and more about attrition and attrition from application to plan, but also attrition from plan before employment or before successful closure. And we have created a group called Work Wise, which is designed for individuals who have just become employed to meet once a week in the evening, talk about their jobs, have an opportunity with a staff person to talk through issues, challenges. It's been really a powerful group, and I've been pleasantly surprised at how the individuals who choose to participate in a couple of cases did not want to stop going when their case was closed because of how valuable it was to in close to real time talk through things that were happening at work with someone with a VR counseling background. And that has been a really powerful group because it's also given folks to learn from each other and get to that stability and confidence to maybe also look for future opportunities. I know we're getting ready to also hold a salary negotiation training for folks. So again, let's help people think through and have those skills now that they may use now or they may use later when an opportunity to move up comes around. And similarly, we've started a group that we're calling money wise where we've partnered with a local credit union with that hope of how can we help make sure folks maximize their the benefits they choose to take advantage of from an employer. How do we help someone make sure that if there's a 401 match and it's X amount, that they do that much at the very least, Right. Those things that everyone is told, Well, if there's free money from an employer, you take it or if there's tuition assistance or some other thing, maybe there are things to plant some seeds. So someone would continue to move forward.   Carol: I can see how so much of this work that you are doing is so foundational and will be of benefit to, you know, your other colleagues across the country with the things you've uncovered and the things that you are working on, these different classes and groups and all of that. I'm sure other people are going, Gosh, I want to do that too. I think this will be amazing to help plant the seeds across the country. Now, David, I know you were concerned about implementing something that could withstand the test of time. And I know DIF grants are meant it's a demonstration grant. You're trying something out, but you want to also be able to carry forward these ideas into the future. So how are you guys structuring this to make that happen?   David: We really are thinking about sustainability and to Commissioner Hayfield's credit, that's been one of the things that she and Dale Batten have really stressed to us. It's great to do great work in a period of time, but how can we make sure that the things that have the potential to be value add or transformative continue and don't just end the day the funding stops? And we've really thought through many of the activities that we are creating, we are working on from at the beginning. What would this look like when there's no funding? How will we continue these? It's part of our partnership with Valray. We're working to get some of these pieces put into Canvas and set up through that learning management system. But within some of the positions, you know, one of our hopes is that the DHRM VR liaison could become its own full time non restricted position at the end. Similarly, we would hope that for the others, or at least those activities become a part of multiple staff strategically throughout the state. And that's one way we're looking at it.   Kate: And yeah, we're looking at the train, the trainers, also the tools that we're using. One of the pieces for vocational evaluators would be English language acquisition and knowledge. So there are assessments that are out there that can test somebody's English language, which is important for us to know if we're working with individuals and we're trying to place them on the job. So how do we get the tools necessary into the hands of the individuals and trained up for that so that that can be moving forward? So we're being proactive for these individuals that we hope to come into our doors a little bit more often.   Carol: That's excellent. So what do you guys see as your next steps? Where are you going from here? The point you're at right now, what are the next steps?   Kate: So a lot of our programming that we're doing right now is in partnership with adult ed. We see a great marriage between DARS and Adult Ed because Adult Ed works with a lot of individuals with disabilities already. They're adult educators. They can provide a little bit more support for our learners for credential training. They've got different things that are across the state. I'm working with our rehab center, Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation to really figure out how can we marry these? Right now I'm coordinating all these trainings. Is there a way that the center can provide this? And this gives the center an opportunity to look at a virtual environment? What does this look like? We're not sure what it looks like, but we're giving a try to see for that next piece so that max potential with the employer, can that be run through Wilson so that it is open and able to run after the grant is over.   Carol: So for our listeners that would want to apply for a grant, but they've been afraid to do so. What advice would you give to other people?   David: Don't be afraid to apply for a grant. It is an amazing opportunity to infuse energy and enthusiasm into your workforce. It is a chance to stretch, learn new skills, try new programs and get some great outcomes. If there are things you've wanted to try and you don't necessarily have the budget to do or don't seem to fit a demonstration grant is a phenomenal opportunity, and when I came into this agency under grants and special programs, usually we had to worry about things like a match component. And if you have the chance to apply for a grant where there isn't a match and you are willing to be patient with that work, you can accomplish some great things. You get to know your partners better. You get to see staff flourish and stretch and more importantly, get some really cool outcomes for the clients we serve.   Carol: Love that infuse that energy and enthusiasm. I wrote that down. That was a great. You're like giving a commercial for the RSA DIF Grants, that's awesome.   Kate: One thing I would add on this too is when I first came in eight years ago on the other grant, I was pretty much kind of a newbie in the grant world, and I was a little intimidated with the idea of RSA. But what I have found is, is RSA is there to help us. They want us to succeed. And if you have a solid grant application and know what you want to do, they will help you give you some ideas. They invited other states to meet with you to kind of talk about different things. So they have been very good about sharing knowledge and they want to see us succeed.   Carol: That sounds so great. Well, I am going to definitely tell our listeners like they should reach out to you too, if they've got some questions to reach out to David and Kate, because you all have a lot of very cool stuff cooking, and I'm sure you're willing to talk to others about what you've been doing as they're thinking about maybe applying some of this, even though they may not have a DIF grant, but applying some of the things that you're learning into their own work in their states?   Kate: Absolutely. We're here.   Carol: Excellent. Well, I appreciate you both. Thanks for spending time with us. And I look forward to circling back with you a little bit in a couple more years as time flies on this grant and see where you're coming in at and those good results. So have a great day.   David: Thank you very much.   Kate: Thank you.   {Music} Speaker1: Conversations powered by VR, one manager at a time, one minute at a time, brought to you by the VR TAC for Quality Management. Catch all of our podcast episodes by subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening!  

In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Sean Fox. Dr. Sean Fox is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Pediatrics as well as the Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency at Carolinas Medical Center. He works half his shifts in the Pediatric ED and the other half in the Adult ED. Since his time at the University of Maryland, when he served as a Chief Resident, Sean has been passionate about both clinical care and medical education. In 2014 he won the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP's) National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award.  Currently, while he educates the next generation of Emergency Physicians in North Carolina, Sean has partnered with other educators across the U.S. to craft national educational courses and curriculum. Dr. Fox spends his spare time generating and managing several educational websites geared toward the practice of emergency medicine. Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Sean about his career in emergency medicine where he specialized in both adult and pediatrics. Sean has some great morsels of advice and recommendations in this conversation. This episode is called “Inconceivable! From emergency medicine to podcast producer.” Sean Fox can be reached on Twitter and Instragram @PedEMMorsels and @EMGuidewire Dr. Fox's website recommendations: www.pedemmorsels.com, www.emguidewire.com, www.cmcecg.com, www.mededmasters.com, www.cmcedmasters.com

Did you know that your past is not a death sentence to your future? This profound insight came to me during my conversation with the passionate Sharon Bonney, the head of the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (CoABE). Sharon, driven by the inspiring journeys of her grandmother and husband, who both earned their GEDs as adults, is a staunch advocate for adult education. She believes, as do I, that everyone deserves a chance at bettering themselves, no matter their age or prior circumstances. Sharon paints a vivid picture of the breadth of adult education, from basic literacy to digital literacy, workforce readiness, and even family literacy. But what struck me the most is the transformative power education holds. It's not just about acquiring skills; it's about changing lives, filling workforce gaps, and contributing to economic growth. Sharon also shares details about CoABE's key campaigns - 'Move Ahead with Adult Ed' and 'Educate & Elevate'- designed to bring adult education to the forefront of public consciousness. These initiatives have increased adult learners' access to Wi-Fi and devices, making the digital world more navigable.Of course, like any important mission, there are challenges. We talk candidly about the difficulties of branding local education agencies and the scarcity of adequate funding for adult education programs. But Sharon's optimism and faith in the power of education shine through. From discussing the COIP wraparound support program's impact to sharing ways to reduce adult education's stigma, our conversation is both enlightening and instructive. So, tune in, whether you're an adult learner, a teacher, or just someone interested in the transformative power of education. This episode is guaranteed to leave you richer in knowledge and, hopefully, inspiration.We're happy you're here! Like the pod? Follow us on all socials at @amplifywithanika and @yourbrandamplified Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Visit our website Connect with us at anika@yourbrandamplified.com Join me on PodMatch to start your own journey as a podcast guest!

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Speaking for Kids podcast host Matt Gillard from Michigan's Children talks with three top state advocates about the sizeable funding wins in the new FY24 state budget for afterschool programming, services for homeless and runaway youths, and adult education and literacy help. Listen in as Matt welcomes Patrick Brown, Executive Director of the Michigan Adult, Community and Alternative Education Association; Ben Moe, President, of Michigan Network for Youth and Families; and Erin Skene-Pratt, Executive Director, of Michigan Afterschool Partnership. Hear what these unprecedented and historic funding increases mean for real service improvements and outcomes for youth and families, what made the difference in budget advocacy this year, and the lessons advocates can take away from these important new successes.

Jason Berger is a Director, a Producer, and the CEO & Founder of "KIDS AT PLAY". "KIDS AT PLAY has been on the forefront of storytelling in the digital age. Our office (known as “THE PLAYGROUND”) is an inspired place where we utilizetraditional narrative and comedy foundations to push mediums, connect with audiences, and define new creative spaces. KAP has a strong footprint in thekids and comedy space and an overarching sense of “youthfulness” in the projects they do.With writers, directors, producers, editors and graphic teams working under one roof, KAP has the ability to move projects from script to screen quickly, onbudget, and at the highest of quality standards.KAP collaborates with TV networks, writers, directors, producers, agencies, brands, and entertainment companies to produce world-class programming. Thisincludes partnerships with Facebook, YouTube, Disney, FX, Paramount Network, Comedy Central, The CW, TVLand, CMT, Warner Bros, Legendary, Viacom,Pepsi, Xbox, LG, Old Spice, Dunkin' Donuts, eHarmony, Ogilvy, Bud Light, VEVO, Purina, Intel, Smirnoff, IGN, Play Station, Listerine, StubHub, Freeform,Universal, Scripps Networks, Raycom, Yahoo!, AOL, Travel Channel, Food Network, and Cooking Channel, among others. We have unannounced projectswith Spyglass, Village Roadshow, Fox Studios, OWN, Comedy Central, YouTube Originals, Food Network, Twitch.Recently KIDS AT PLAY produced the Emmy Nominated & 2 Time NAACP winning series Tab Time with Tabitha Brown for Youtube Kids, Keke Palmer's latestcomedy series “Turnt Up With The Taylors” for Facebook (Keke won an Emmy for the series), Lightning Wolves for Comedy Central (Bobby Moynihan, TaranKillam, Cobie Smulders), The Me & You Show for Snap (over 50M views) , Daring Simone Biles for Snap, the hybrid scripted/docu pilot “Millennials Save TheWorld” for FX featuring Moses Storm and Chris Redd, “The Quinn Marcus Show” for PopTV, “Junketeers” for Comedy Central featuring Josh Duhamel, MarkWahlberg, Kristen Bell & Matt Bomer with an overall reach of 24.3 million, and the recent second seasons of comedies “Rhett & Link's Buddy System” forYouTube Originals and “Now We're Talking” for Warner Bros.In unscripted, talk and non-fiction, KAP produced 150 half-hour episodes of the hilarious daily syndicated talk show “Me Time with Frangela” for the Gray/Raycom station group, Eat Their Words for Food Network, “Oh My Josh!” For Freeform/Hulu, “Adult Ed with Jake & Amir” for Complex Networks, “Wild Food”for the Travel Channel, “Burrito Brothers” and “Snob vs. Slob” for Food Network/Cooking Channel, and “Shay Mitchell: Chapters” for Fullscreen.In the theatrical film space, we produced the thriller “The Thinning” for Legendary, which generated over 300 million social impressions reaching a totalof 135M+ fans, and the rowdy comedy feature “Beerfest: Thirst for Victory” for Warner Bros., and “The Toll Road” short film starring Lizzy Caplan andMartin Starr.KAP's ship is steered by award-winning director and producer Jason Berger and Forbes “30 Under 30” alumAmy Laslett. They are represented by UTA and Artists First."- Bio provided by "KIDS AT PLAY" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Driver arrested following high-speed chase that ends in Morrilton; helicopter makes emergency landing in Morrilton; Petit Jean Fall Auto Swap Meet is underway; Arkansas Goat Festival to return in Perryville; Garcia named Top Advisor by AMP; Adult Ed centers holding open house events; we talk with Morgan Zimmerman of the Sacred Heart Oktoberfest.

Rabbi David Glickman is a proven leader dedicating his professional career to creating communities of meaning. He has crafted a rabbinate rooted in Torah and relationships and has cultivated innovative programs utilizing cutting edge human and technological resources with relevant learning experiences, bringing timeless wisdom to the current day. He formerly served as an associate rabbi in Dallas, Texas, where he spearheaded a new, independent-style minyan in the far-north suburbs. He has also served as a congregational rabbi in Biloxi, a student chaplain in Seattle and a program director at Camp Ramah. Rabbi Glickman received a BA in Jewish Studies from the University of Michigan, studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He participated in the Synagogue Transformation and Renewal (STAR) program, where he continues to be part of the alumni network. He serves as the Rabbi of the synagogue. He teaches Adult Ed classes, Downtown Talmud Jam, and oversees curriculum at the religious school.

Rabbi David Glickman is a proven leader dedicating his professional career to creating communities of meaning. He has crafted a rabbinate rooted in Torah and relationships and has cultivated innovative programs utilizing cutting edge human and technological resources with relevant learning experiences, bringing timeless wisdom to the current day. He formerly served as an associate rabbi in Dallas, Texas, where he spearheaded a new, independent-style minyan in the far-north suburbs. He has also served as a congregational rabbi in Biloxi, a student chaplain in Seattle and a program director at Camp Ramah. Rabbi Glickman received a BA in Jewish Studies from the University of Michigan, studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He participated in the Synagogue Transformation and Renewal (STAR) program, where he continues to be part of the alumni network. He serves as the Rabbi of the synagogue. He teaches Adult Ed classes, Downtown Talmud Jam, and oversees curriculum at the religious school.

Houston Community College works closely with municipalities in its service area. Today we're highlighting our partnership with the City of Stafford. Guests: Cecil Willis, Mayor, City of Stafford; Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, Vice Chancellor Workforce and President, Southwest College; Robert Bostic, Superintendent of Schools, Stafford Municipal School District. Web Links: staffordtx.gov Apprenticeship: https://www.hccs.edu/continuing-education/departments/office-of-work-based-learning--industry-partnerships/ Fast Track Training: https://www.hccs.edu/continuing-education/fast-track-training-opportunity/ Small Business and Community Learning Opportunities https://www.hccs.edu/hcc-in-the-community/community-learning-program/ Adult Ed and Citizenship classes: https://www.hccs.edu/programs/adult-education/ SMSD Website: www.staffordmsd.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMSD82 Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaffordMSD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staffordmsd/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stafford-municipal-school-district/ #cityofstaffordtx #staffordmunicipalschooldistrict #smsd #WeAreHCC #partnerships #dualcredit #workforce

Federally funded Adult Basic Education (ABE) helps more than a million and half adults each year earn a high school equivalency, increase basic and employability skills, or improve their English language proficiency. The National Reporting Service governs the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRSAE) inside Adult Ed. Through an accountability and performance system of Educational Functioning Levels and Measurable Skill Gains, these standards guide learning and assessment in Adult Ed.A group of nine subject matter experts in Adult Education formed a panel to align the CCRSAE to the benchmarks of WorkKeys. The panelists represent four states across the South, Midwest, and Northeast regions of the U.S. Results of the study help demonstrate a crosswalk with the Educational Functioning Levels to help ABE programs optimize performance as working learners meet both career and education goals. The report is available now. Enhancing the detail of the crosswalk are best practices from the Mississippi Community College Board, Hagerstown Community College in Maryland, and Metropolitan Community College of Omaha, Nebraska. Each guest contributes their perspectives on the importance of the alignment work and how it helps improve ABE programming. The panelists share what they gained in unique insights from the research that also helps demystify Strength of Link. Episode 30 concludes with tips to read and interpret the crosswalk along with a briefing on the new Move Ahead with Adult Ed campaign.Guest ContributorsTammy Green, Metropolitan Community College of OmahaBronwyn Robertson, Mississippi Community College BoardDawn Shoenenberger, Hagerstown (Maryland) Community CollegeResourcesWorkKeys Crosswalk Alignment with Adult Ed Standards (CCRSAE) TABE-WorkKeys Data Relationships in MississippiACT Work Ready CommunitiesACT WorkKeys Job Profiling and Research See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amal would like to spend the night hiding from, well, everything. But when her bestie has other ideas - ideas that include a world renowned research university, high heels, and lowered expectations - she agrees to a not-so-scientific exercise that could take her, well, anywhere. All right. Just this once. THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT, a Wordsmith Duo play supported by the Axe-Houghton Foundation, was written by playwright Mfoniso Udofia (Sojourners, “13 Reasons Why,” “Little America”) and directed by Logan Vaughn. It features actors Adepero Oduye (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Pariah), Alex Ubokudom (Seeds of Abraham, Macbeth, Adult Ed), and Kalyne Coleman (What to Send Up When It Goes Down, Black Odyssey, Julius Caesar). Original music by composer Jimmy Keys (Skeleton Crew, Night Visions, Revelations). Graphic design is by Harrison Gale.

What's in a name? 本期是由改名字引发的一些对身份认同的讨论，算是对两年前那期「Adulting」的跟进。 「新」名字的故事，那些花花绿绿的英文名 (1:35) 被隐藏的本族语言名字 (11:50) 成年人改名字的过程和改人称代词有点像 (15:30) 少数族裔名字的逐步合理化 (20:45) 买咖啡和订餐时用的假名 (26:45) 如果把名字改成字母缩写呢 (31:40) 不再为「与美国人无障碍交流」而付出努力了 (33:25) 心理医生一定要找个亚裔女性吗 (46:15) 近期推荐 (55:04) 医学生的学习视频（Study with me） 时尚博主 Brittany Bathgate 的 vlog 此处插播对娱乐消遣中展现的阶级特权的接受程度 阿迪契的《美国佬》（Americanah） Nick Cave 的个人博客 The Red Hand Files --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/GFtherapy/message

Matt is a Theatre and television actor with an extensive acting resume…on the New York stage for years, becoming a mainstay of the Off-Broadway scene. As a writer, his work includes the digital series ADULT ED, the plays INTERSTATES ,DEACON OF THE BRONX , ONE MAN DROWNED  and NO NO NO YES. On television, Matt was a Series Regular on Amazon’s hit Prime Original, “Just Add Magic: New Protectors”. Other TV credits include “Homeland”, "Blue Bloods", “Person Of Interest”, “Do No Harm”, “CSI:NY”, “Onion SportsDome”, “Law & Order”, Lifetime’s “My Sordid Affair”, and a recurring role on CBS’ “Tommy” Another enlightening conversation with a true working artist.   WATCH the Video version on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/wzhoXZfgKI4 Links Matt’s Website https://www.mattdellapina.com IMDB Matt Dellapina https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2768526/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2768526/) Matts Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mattdellapina/ (https://www.instagram.com/mattdellapina/) Links to Russ on YouTube and his Websites https://linktr.ee/russcamarda (https://linktr.ee/russcamarda) Russ Movies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/) http://www.russcamarda.com/ (http://www.russcamarda.com) http://tagstudiony.com/ (http://tagstudiony.com) Production partners https://idunleashed.com/ (https://idunleashed.com) Support this podcast

Dear FPC friends,Here is the link to our YouTube worship for this 5th Sunday in Lent, March 21st.https://youtu.be/gL02-4MsL0gIf you’d like to join us for Sunday afternoon Adult Ed class (4pm) here is the zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81079833059?pwd=UUI1QWVtc0RxZ01XSWFaOFF5ZUxZdz09Meeting ID:   810 7983 3059Passcode:   896605Session and the Worship Committee have voted and we are making plans for some […]

Dear FPC Friends,We hope that you are all well.  Worship with us on the second Sunday in Lent.https://youtu.be/xG-veApe3RUYou’re also invited to Adult Ed class, and Bible Study on Tuesday morning.Pastor Meg’s class:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81387905694?pwd=RlYwTU5JMFowQ20vYVpJRUNnK0FtQT09Bible Study:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84861234310Pease remember that next Sunday is communion Sunday, you’re invited to come through the church parking lot between 11-11:30am.  And don’t forget to […]

This week we're sitting down with two of our newest adult education program directors, Julie Gordon of UA - Rich Mountain, and Becky Warren of the U of A Community College at Batesville to get to know them a little better, find out how adult ed has been treating them so far, and hopefully get them to open up and overcome some of their shyness.We cover a lot of ground in this rollicking episode, so strap in!For all your pig, goat, and other exclusive farm animal pic needs, make sure to check out @stellaroseandpearl on Instagram. 

Dear FPC friends,Here is our worship video for Sunday, January 17th.  We explore an interesting and important passage from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in the gospel according to Luke. In addition to hymns and a choral piece there’s a wonderful solo from Anya Chamberlain.https://youtu.be/h0N8f5X90oQLink for Adult Ed class Sunday at 4pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81387905694?pwd=RlYwTU5JMFowQ20vYVpJRUNnK0FtQT09Link for Bible Study […]

Dear FPC Logan friends,Attached is the YouTube link to our worship video for this Sunday.  Worship with us from home as we explore the baptism of Jesus.https://youtu.be/Z4hxh9__kUIPastor Meg has this weekend off so there isn’t an Adult Ed zoom discussion on Sunday, but she’ll be back to host it on Sunday the 17th of January.If […]

Dear FPC Logan friends,This week our worship service is graced by many of the children and youth of FPC.  Through narration, music, and song they tell the story of the birth of Jesus.  Here is the link to YouTube:https://youtu.be/FNyOtqsr-hIPastor Meg will host her Adult Ed zoom class on Sunday at 4pm:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81387905694?pwd=RlYwTU5JMFowQ20vYVpJRUNnK0FtQT09I’ll host Bible Study Tuesday […]

Hello FPC Friends,I hope this email finds you well.  The link to our worship video for Sunday, November 15th is below.  Pastor Meg preaches a nice sermon using text from the prophet Isaiah.  And we have wonderful music from the Westminster Bell Choir.  There are also two Zoom links: to Adult Ed class on Sunday […]

Catching up with Erica one of the most wonderful people I have met in my life. Best Friend, Boss and all-around amazing human. In today's episode we discuss: Our friendship Erica’s life on land Farting Singing Lessons The importance of proper shoes and does she feel guilty about not saving the animals??… Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ericapable Live Stream Link: https://www.facebook.com/Rohanwindlecomedy/videos/?ref=page_internal All Songs Are Love Songs Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-songs-are-love-songs/id1534552886 *************** SHOW NOTES *************** Thank you for joining me here on the podcast! If you haven’t already I would love to connect with you across our social media pages, you can find me at: www.facebook.com/leeyourcruisedirector www.instagram.com/leeyourcruisedirector Your support is invaluable! If you would like to support the show further, why not get yourself a t-shirt or hoodie…or two from: leeyourcruisedirector.teemill.com DISCLAIMER All opinions expressed on this show are mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer. For Carnival/cruise specific questions, I direct you towards Carnival directly. Alternatively, our Brand Ambassador Mr. John Heald is incredibly active on social media and is very helpful. ****************** SPECIAL THANKS ****************** Jingle - Rohan Windle https://www.facebook.com/Rohanwindlecomedy Special Guest - Erica Parsons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teawithlee/message

Adult Ed. Hour: Surprised by CommunityWeek 5: Ben Loos

Adult Ed. Hour: Surprised by CommunityWeek 6: Mark Olson

Episode Notes Burr Guthrie walked several career paths along his journey before finding his calling in Adult Education. Though he made sure to keep learning and adding tools to his belt as he tried each path, and he feels it makes him a successful Coordinator of Adult Ed. at the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

This week we are joined by Barbara Hamilton, Director of Adult Education at SAU-Tech, as well as Dr. Jason Morrison, the Chancellor at Tech, to discuss the importance of having shared goals and a common mission between Adult Ed programs and their LEA (Local Educational Authority) when it comes to helping students succeed.

Joe & Becce explore the "Gut or Body Space" triad of the Enneagram, types 8, 9 and 1. 

Becce and CKPC's Ministry Associate Ty Whitman, explore his journey with the Enneagram. 

Introducing Effective & Efficient, your destination for all things Arkansas Adult Education. In the coming weeks, Co-Hosts Dan Bingaman and Jon Lee - along with a rotating panel of guests from the State Office - will be talking with subject matter experts, Program Directors, employers, and anyone they can get to speak with them about what they do, why it matters, and how it can benefit listeners. Subscribe and stay tuned!

March 12, 2020 | Joe & Becce explore the head triad of the Enneagram, types 5, 6 and 7.

March 5, 2020 | Joe and Becce explore Enneagram types 2, 3, and 4 in this first full session of the class. 

March 1, 2020 | For the season of Lent, retired Pastor Joe Bettridge and licensed spiritual advisor Becce Bettridge are teaching a class together on the Enneagram as a path to Christian repentance and wholeness. Here is the introduction/informational session, which will be followed by three Thursday night classes and a half-day retreat.

Matt & Sean discuss the sadness of March, take you through the process of getting ADULT ED. together, and advocate for specificity of voice over trying to feel “professional”.

Anna Dobbie works in HEMS, PEM, and Adult ED and is a badass at all of them. She is the person you’d want leading your trauma team. Want to be just a little more like Anna? Then listen to her talk and find out how to step up.

On our fourteenth episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed. Meet the new faces of our podcast -- a group of people from around the world who share their first impressions of life in a small Midwestern town in the U.S. They call themselves L.I.F.E. in South Bend.  Enjoy! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

Adult Ed-ACNA Catechism - Q3-4

Adult Ed.-ACNA Catechism Lesson One Q1-2.

Introduction to the ACNA Catechism taught by Fr. Patrick Malone

Adult Ed-ACNA Catechism - Q3-4

Adult Ed.-ACNA Catechism Lesson One Q1-2.

Introduction to the ACNA Catechism taught by Fr. Patrick Malone

Being an adult learner it’s a whole new world trying to juggle planning learning etc... but it’s an amazing journey that’s helping me grow! Stay tuned.... for the growth xx

A brief intro to Sean Lewis and Matt Dellapina. Covering some of the micro-budget films they've made - incl. THESE HOPELESS SAVAGES and ADULT ED. - and the murky terrain of figuring out what's next.

Rex Koivisto’s lectures from our Adult Education class on Hermeneutics, Part 4.

Rex Koivisto’s lectures from our Adult Education class on Hermeneutics, Part 3.

Rex Koivisto’s lectures from our Adult Education class on Hermeneutics, Part 1.

Rex Koivisto’s lectures from our Adult Education class on Hermeneutics, Part 5.

Rex Koivisto’s lectures from our Adult Education class on Hermeneutics, Part 2.

This week we got to have a conversation with Lori Thomas, the Executive Director of Youth First. -- Lori started working with kids as a Young Life volunteer in college, 1979. (40 years ago) ---graduated from UNR, taught English and coached at Reed High School for 4 years ---went on YL staff and was Area Director in this area for 21 years ---taught alternative and Adult Ed part-time with Washoe County School District 20-ish years at various schools --worked @ Truckee Meadows Boys & Girls Club as director of teen centers for 3 years, while deciding what I wanted to be when I grew up. ☺ --Started Youth First in 2010 as Executive Director I oversee operations of four ministry teams (listed below), recruit, train and deploy volunteers and ministry helpers, oversee fundraisers, network with our community partners, and mentor young adults and young moms. Youth First is a non-denominational outreach that works within the context of mentoring and relationship-building to bring the gospel to kids and families in generational poverty and the urban parts of our city. We also mentor in terms of life skills, with homework help, emergency referrals, financial education, etc. YF MINISTRY “CLUBS” -- 1010 Moms Club (Moms in their 20's or teens) -- KFC (Kids First Club—an elementary school on Denslowe Dr / Lemelson Stem neighborhood) --Young Adults (kids coming out of Hug High) --Hug High YF club

Congratulations Rob!! Rob is a teacher and an athletic coach who licensed his second product idea using the inventRight 10-step process to license an idea. He discusses his journey as an inventor and the challenges and excitement of realizing your dreams. Rob explains how he came up with the Word Tracker: I came up with the idea of The Word Tracker at the completion of my son's dyslexia program ceremony. A teacher in the program was being honored for her work she had done with certain dyslexic students. In honoring her she was allowed to demonstrate techniques she used when tutoring students. When sharing her reading strategies, she used a reading aide called an EZ reader reading strip which is basically an 6 inch ruler without any numbers. The reading strip allowed her to track sentences, but it was clumsy, awkward and it only served one purpose which was to track words and sentences linearly. I felt it did little in supporting the Orton-Gillingham curriculum. So I created a product with the solution in mind. How do you learn to read? Using my experience as a teacher and a parent of a dyslexic child, I knew part of the problem was in decoding words. So I developed a product that allows you to decode words with speed and fluency, The Word Tracker! What I didn't realize is The Word Tracker is a literacy product that's cross-categorical. It can be used in any reading curriculum to decode numbers, can decode different languages, can be used as a fidget tool, and for older students as well (High School and Adult Ed). Bringing an invention to market? Let inventRight, the world's leading experts on product licensing, show you how. Co-founded by Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss in 1999, inventRight has since helped people from more than 60 countries license their ideas. Visit http://www.inventright.com for more information and to become their student. Call #1-800-701-7993 to set up an appointment with Andrew or another member of the inventRight team to discuss how we can help you license your ideas. New to licensing? Read inventRight cofounder Stephen Key's bestselling book “One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work.” Find it here: http://amzn.to/1LGotjB. Want to learn how to license your product ideas without a patent? Stephen's book “Sell Your Ideas With or Without a Patent” explains exactly how. Find it here: http://amzn.to/1T1dOU2. inventRight, LLC. is not a law firm and does not provide legal, patent, trademark, or copyright advice. Please exercise caution when evaluating any information, including but not limited to business opportunities; links to news stories; links to services, products, or other websites. No endorsements are issued by inventRight, LLC., expressed or implied. Depiction of any trademarks/logos does not represent endorsement of inventRight, LLC, its services, or products by the trademark owner. All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Amy Richmund - ELL : Adult Ed- Wayne Twp. Indianapolis by Tom Alsop

On our thirteenth episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed, join the English language learners and their teachers (Sandy, Brittany, and Katie) at our Robinson Community Learning Center site as they share what they've been learning with you. They cover topics like: Using "do" and "does"/Days of the week Current events - Global warming American culture and summer farewells Enjoy!  Happy a happy summer! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

On our twelfth episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed, join the Linda's High School Equivalency class at our Bendix site as they share what they've been learning with you. They cover topics like: All you need to know about magnets A current crisis for the bat population Get out your microscope...It's the world of cells! Enjoy! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

On this episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed, join the level 3 and 4 class at Robinson Community Learning Center as they share what they've been learning with you. They cover topics like: Healthcare in the United States Current Events Measles outbreak Hijab-friendly salon African poaching crisis Grammar - past tense modals Enjoy! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

Our fourth season of Filmography, on the films of genre-blending dreamer Tim Burton, continues with our second episode, "Adult Burton". This week, CoS Film/TV Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by senior writer Allison Shoemaker and film critic Caroline Siede to discuss Burton's approaches to more emotionally and dramatically mature material, the ways in which "adaptation" has been an ever-shifting concept throughout decades of Burton's work, the complications that arose when he took on Stephen Sondheim, and much more. Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Burton Gothic: A Discussion (1:28), Ed Wood (10:04), Big Fish (25:01), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (41:37), Big Eyes (1:02:21), Intermission (1:12:54), Sight [Cinematography/Editing/Visuals] (1:12:57), The Lasting Image (1:33:52), Music & Score (1:38:04), Closing Remarks (1:48:41) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Adult Ed. 3.24.19 :: Fr. Ben

On this episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed, join Brandon's evening HSE class as they share their learning on some of the important topics covered on the TASC test, including:     -Little known facts about the Great Depression  -Who was involved in the Civil War?   Brandon's class also shares their thoughts on preparing for winter storms.  With record breaking cold temperatures this winter, you'll want to tune in to find out what they have to say about this timely topic!   This episode also includes a bonus segment about getting in the right mindset for the TASC Test.  Learn how some of our HSE students plan to prepare for success on the test.   Enjoy!   Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

Happy 2019!  We survived the flood in our building back in December and are back to school.  Are you studying for the TASC test?  Do you want to brush up on your science skills?  Are you working toward your HSE?  This is the podcast episode for you!    Meet Linda's HSE class on this episode of A.L.L. Adult Ed.  Her class shares their knowledge on some of the important areas of the TASC science test, including:   -Carbon Dioxide -Plate Techtonics -Genetics   Enjoy!   Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

This is a 4 1/2 minute bonus episode.  Adult Ed had a Tech Friday this morning and a few of the teachers got together to learn about podcasting.  We played a fun word game, while making this bonus episode to learn about how to operate the podcast equipment.  As you listen, see if you can think of the word before the teachers can!  Enjoy! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

As citizens, what do we value about our country?  Do we want to all be similar or honor individuality?  Join A.L.L. Adult Ed for it's third episode featuring Tish's High School Equivalency class.  They share the traditions and culture of their countries during the holiday season.  Learn about the importance of primary sources.  To prepare for their podcasting debut, this class practiced interviewing, writing, editing, and sharing their personal narratives.  Tish shared, "We learned a ton about each other's countries, customs, and government."  The class even learned about Hawaii's statehood in 1959.  Before the episode wraps up, learn how to say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays in several different languages!   Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

On this episode we stop by Alice's level three and Brandon's advanced English classes to learn about Greek and Latin roots, the historical mystery of the deserted colony of Roanoke, and Thanksgiving traditions we share with our families.  Happy Thanksgiving from A.L.L. Adult Ed! Thank you to Plastic by Design for supporting this podcast!   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

Wow!  Our first episode!  Welcome to A.L.L. Adult Ed!  In this episode the level four and advanced English classes cover topics including: Voting and elections in the U.S. versus students' home countries Cultural differences and similarities Recent natural disasters in our world Simple past tense verbs and pronunciation of "ed" Enjoy! Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

The teachers at SBCSC Adult Education know that this podcast project will have a positive impact on their students' lives.  Listen in to their thoughts on this special bonus episode from the teachers of Adult Ed.  Our first official student episode with be released on October 31, 2018.   Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

We are lifelong learners! A.L.L. stands for Adult Lifelong Learning. We are your podcast source for all we are learning in our High School Equivalency (HSE) and English Language Learner (ELL) classrooms here at SBCSC Adult Education. This is a hands-on student project, in which the students are manning the audio mixer and speaking into the microphones. Thanks for being a part of A.L.L. Adult Ed! Musical Track Credit: "Motivational" by Scott Holmes Music

This week on WPblab we'll be joined by Adam Silver to how you can use public speaking to build your WordPress Freelancing business.Adam Silver – Relax. We Got This|ConciergeWP.comPodcastsEverything about WordPress except the Kitchen Sink! | Kitchen Sink WordPressIt's Not A HobbyAdam Silver came to WordPress as a photographer because he needed to convert his own html site. Found he had a gift as a teacher – podcaster – speaker and started sharing his knowledge. One of his keys in warming up a room is sending softball questions to get conversation going.Speaking to a live audience can be a benefit due to the immediate feedback you are able to get but scaling comes with online courses. Adam chose to get his own space and charge per student versus going through Adult Ed. The benefits of teaching a course are that people join his Meetup, take the class or hire him. People generally find him on the Meetup, on meetup.com and through his podcasts. He started using Ad Espresso to run Google adwords. Doing 25 miles within his location. Bridget reminds that images without text perform better in Facebook advertising and says Twitter ads may be less expensive.1st step if you want to talk at a WordCamp – Pitch it at a Meetup – reach out and ask if you can give your talk. Adam has adamislive.com and uses it anytime he speaks.BTW WordPress has Speaker TrainingMake WordPress TrainingAdam’s “It’s Not a Hobby” Podcast coming soon – It's Not A Hobby – sign up to be notified!Class coming up in 20 days. Self-advertising: Once a month Adam sponsors his own show – wouldn’t allow ads for the first 100 shows – wanted his audience to trust himAdam loves to travel & loves to share and speak – he and his wife decided the best way to honor those two passions was to travel to more WordCamps – an investment but also a sacrifice (time away from family)Your Website Engineer – Dustin Hartzler“Helping you create a high quality WordPress website, by teaching you the skills to master WordPress.”WordPress Resource:Your Website Engineer with Dustin HartzlerThe specific episode Adam was on: WordPress ResourceShow Note ContributorsJen Miller @jenblogs4uCheryl LaPrade – @yaycherylSherie LaPrade – @HeySherieJames Tryon – @jamestryonVerious Smith – @verioussmithRobey Lawrence – @robeylawrenceThe post WPblab EP61 – Building Your WordPress Freelancing by Speaking (or Teaching) w/Adam Silver appeared first on WPwatercooler. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daniel Horn Advent Adult Ed by All Souls Anglican Church

Adult Ed

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Central to our Christian faith is caring for God’s creation. What is our relationship to the natural world? In this lecture series, Dr. Tony Tambasco will suggest elements for a “creation spirituality,” drawing on the Pope’s encyclical and Elizabeth Johnson’s book "Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love."

Following our first Dessert and Dialogue with Dr. Tom Insel from the National Institute of Mental Health, we are pleased to have other professionals from NIMH share their expertise with us. Dr. Jane Pearson is the Chair of the NIMH Suicide Research Consortium, leading the NIMH efforts to understanding the complicated challenge of preventing suicides. She helped us understand who is at risk and offered us some education and opportunities to know how to prevent pathways to self-destruction.

Following our first Dessert and Dialogue with Dr. Tom Insel from the National Institute of Mental Health, we are pleased to have other professionals from NIMH share their expertise with us. Dr. Jane Pearson is the Chair of the NIMH Suicide Research Consortium, leading the NIMH efforts to understanding the complicated challenge of preventing suicides. She helped us understand who is at risk and offered us some education and opportunities to know how to prevent pathways to self-destruction.

Following our first Dessert and Dialogue with Dr. Tom Insel from the National Institute of Mental Health, we are pleased to have other professionals from NIMH share their expertise with us. Dr. Daniel Pine is the Chief of the Section on Development & Neuroscience at the NIMH Intramural Research Program. A specialist in pediatric mental disorders, Dr. Pine will discuss ways that anxiety is expressed, especially in children, focusing on the difference between anxiety that is a normal part of life and anxiety that is part of a problem that needs to be addressed.

Following our first Dessert and Dialogue with Dr. Tom Insel from the National Institute of Mental Health, we are pleased to have other professionals from NIMH share their expertise with us. Dr. Daniel Pine is the Chief of the Section on Development & Neuroscience at the NIMH Intramural Research Program. A specialist in pediatric mental disorders, Dr. Pine will discuss ways that anxiety is expressed, especially in children, focusing on the difference between anxiety that is a normal part of life and anxiety that is part of a problem that needs to be addressed.

"We belong to traditions that require us to be dissatisfied with whatever we have--not because we have too little, but because we have too much." Rabbi Jack Moline, Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance, talks to us about how individuals can be proactive about philanthropy beyond typical organizational structures. What are the values and virtues we would like to see better expressed in this world? Rabbi Moline shares how he practices philanthropy and the stories of the people to whom he has donated. on the web: interfaithalliance.org thesixtyfund.weebly.com

"We belong to traditions that require us to be dissatisfied with whatever we have--not because we have too little, but because we have too much." Rabbi Jack Moline, Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance, talks to us about how individuals can be proactive about philanthropy beyond typical organizational structures. What are the values and virtues we would like to see better expressed in this world? Rabbi Moline shares how he practices philanthropy and the stories of the people to whom he has donated. on the web: interfaithalliance.org thesixtyfund.weebly.com

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington, returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. Today, he discusses Marilynne Robinson and Calvinist Mysticism. Part 3 of 3.

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington, returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. Today, he discusses Marilynne Robinson and Calvinist Mysticism. Part 3 of 3.

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. Today, he discusses John de Gruchy and Calvinist Humanism. Part 2 of 3.

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. Today, he discusses John de Gruchy and Calvinist Humanism. Part 2 of 3.

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in John Calvin and his deep and provocative ideas. Dr. Douglass will discuss why this development seems to be taking place as he examines critically some of its many fruits. Part 1 of 3.

Dr. R. Bruce Douglass, Director, Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington returns to Westminster for our first Adult Education series this fall. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in John Calvin and his deep and provocative ideas. Dr. Douglass will discuss why this development seems to be taking place as he examines critically some of its many fruits. Part 1 of 3.

 Adult Ed Shabbat Service with Rabbi Nyer's sermon,"Why do we welcome Shabbat with Challah, Wine and Candles?Listen to podcast