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Students Hit the Mark for HSE  \nA Workshop by GED Testing Service® Adora Beard, State Relationship Manager April 19, 2021  \n1  \n\n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>Innovations for Teaching the Adult Learner |  |  |\n| 2 | \u003Cbr>Implementing Teaching Models:\u003Cbr>• Face to Face\u003Cbr>• Hybrid\u003Cbr>• Virtual | |\n\n2  \n© Copyright GED Testing Service LLC. All  \nrights reserved 1  \n\n| Tuesdays for Teachers:\u003Cbr>August-December 2020\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n| | |\n\n3  \n4  \n© Copyright GED Testing Service LLC. All  \nrights reserved 2  \nGED® Getting Back to Basics in RLA April 19, 2021  \n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>Innovations in Test Delivery |  |\n| 5 | • On-site Test Delivery\u003Cbr>• Reduced capacity\u003Cbr>• Socially distanced\u003Cbr>• Limited hours\u003Cbr>• According to county health requirements\u003Cbr>• Online Proctored GED® Test\u003Cbr>• GED Test offered in English and Spanish\u003Cbr>• Local educators shared information with students\u003Cbr>• Local educators continue to be a critical connection in preparation for the online test experience\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|\n\n5  \n\n| Simplify and Slow Down\u003Cbr>Ask yourself the following!\u003Cbr>• What knowledge is essential?\u003Cbr>• What are prerequisite skills that students need to address the new content?\u003Cbr>• What practice can be emphasized that transfers across multiple content areas?\u003Cbr>• What skills promote analyzing text, constructing arguments, and building knowledge, each of which is needed in real-life and the workplace?\u003Cbr>• What skills have greatest relevance to students?\u003Cbr>Melanie Kitchen, Curator of Creative Curiosity\u003Cbr>[https://sites.google.com/view/curatorofcreativity/blended-learning](https://sites.google.com/view/curatorofcreativity/blended-learning)\u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 6 | |\n\n6  \n© Copyright GED Testing Service LLC. All  \nrights reserved 3  \nGED® Getting Back to Basics in RLA April 19, 2021  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n| A Paradigm |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Critical Thinking Skills: All content areas\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Problem-solving Skills: All content areas\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Close Reading Skills: All content areas\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Evidence-based Writing Skills: Reasoning Through Language Arts\u003Cbr>7\u003Cbr>|\n|  |\n\n7  \n\n| [GED.com-Educators and Administrators](GED.com-Educators and Administrators)\u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 8 | |\n\n8  \n© Copyright GED Testing Service LLC. All  \nrights reserved 4  \nGED® Getting Back to Basics in RLA April 19, 2021  \n\n| 3 Things Every Educator Should Do\u003Cbr>1. Create an [account at GED.com & familiarize yourself with](account at GED.com & familiarize yourself with) the student experience in order to help your students (use a non-work email address) . Use CANDIDATE as your last name.\u003Cbr>2. 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