State Conference

GBC Conference Center - Toccoa 
  2013
 GEORGIA BAPTIST
LITERACY MISSIONS STATE CONFERENCE


Friday, September 20, 2013, 1:00 pm through
Sunday, September 22, 2013, 1:00 pm


Georgia Baptist Conference Center at
Toccoa
( 8496 Lake Louise Road, Toccoa, GA 30577)



 
Georgia Baptist 2013 Literacy Missions Conference
September 20-22, 2013
Georgia Baptist Conference Center, Toccoa






SCHEDULE
:

Friday, September 20, 2013
 1.    1:00 -  1:45 PM:  Welcome / Orientation for Basic Workshop Participants & the already-
                                      certified

 2A.  1:15 PM:  Dismissal of Basic Workshop Participants (See 2B just below)

 2B.  1:30 PM:  Basic Workshops begin for those participating in Basic Workshops
                            for NAMB certification*

           Adult Reading & Writing                          Basic Workshops offered:

              A.  Adult Reading & Writing (ARW): 14-hour Basic Workshop*
                           Training for teaching reading, writing, and
                           GED-preparation to semi-literate English-speakers.


  EFL                   B.  English as a Foreign Language (EFL):  8-hour Basic Workshop*
                                            Training for teaching conversational English during
                                                           short-term mission trips.



English as a Second Language
 
              C.  English as a Second Language (ESL):  14-hour Basic Workshop*
                          Training for teaching conversational English to
                          English-language-learners.



Tutoring Children & Youth
                D.  Tutoring Children & Youth (TCY):  14-hour Basic Workshop*
                       Training for tutoring children and youth with their
                               homework and teaching other skills to help
                               them succeed in school



Bible Storytelling
              E.  Bible Storytelling:  14-hour Basic Workshop
                     Accurately and chronologically retelling the events
                           
of the Bible in a manner that stimulates interest and 
                                                          participation from the listeners.  

 

 2:00 -  3:00 PM:  Sessions begin for those who are already NAMB*-certified:

             Please note the following acronyms for the sessions (for volunteers already certified):
             ALL:     Subject applies to all Literacy Missions' tracks
             ARW:   Subject applies mostly, but not exclusively, to Adult Reading & Writing
             CIT:       Subject applies to Citizenship
             ESL:    Subject applies mostly, but not exclusively, to English as a Second Language
             TCY:    Subject applies mostly, but not exclusively, to Tutoring Children & Youth


             3.  ALL             - ___   Computers:  An Introduction
            
4.  ARW/TCY  -  ___  An Introduction to "Laubach Way to Learning"
            
5.  ESL            -  ___  Crossover Skills that Work, Part 1 of 2
             6.  ESL            -  ___  Conversation Cafe

 3:15 -  4:15 PM:
             7.  ALL             - ___   Computers for Intermediates
             8.  ALL             - ___   Games that Teach
             9.  CIT              - ___   Citizenship & Immigration Issues, Part 1 of 2
           10.  ESL            - ___   Crossover Skills that Work, Part 2 of 2

 4:30 -  5:30 PM:
           11. ALL             - ___   The Best Ways to Teach
           12. CIT              - ___   Citizenship & Immigration Issues, Part 2 of 2
           13. ESL            - ___   The New ESL Placement Interview
           14. ESL            - ___   Teaching From a Lesson Plan
 

 5:45 -  7:00 PM:
            15.  Dinner      -  ___

 8:00 -   9:00 PM:
            16.  ALL          - ___  Meetings by Region with Your Regional Coordinator


Saturday, September 21, 2012
 7:30 - 8:15 AM:
            17.  Breakfast -  ___

 8:30 - 9:15 AM:
            18.  Chapel     -  ___  Devotional, Music and Testimonies

 9:30 - 10:30 AM:
            19.  ALL          -  ___  A Successful Associational Literacy Missions Ministry
            20.  ALL          -  ___  Animated Literacy
            21.  CIT/ESL  -  ___  An ESL/Citizenship Lesson Plan
            22.  ESL         -  ___  ESL Directors' Meeting 

10:45 - 11:45 AM:
            23.  ARW        -  ___  ARW Workshop Leaders' Update, Part 1 of 3
            24.  ESL         -  ___  Fruit of English:  A Beginning English Course
            25.  ESL         -  ___  Four Levels of Beginners
            26.  TCY         -  ___  I Finished the TCY Workshop, Now What?

12:00 - 1:00 PM:
            27.  Lunch      -  ___

  1:15 - 2:15 PM:
            28.  ALL         -  ___  Making Math Marvelous
            29.  ARW       -  ___  ARW Workshop Leaders' Update, Part 2 of 3
            30.  ESL         -  ___  Getting Serious About Top-down, Bottom-up Pronunciation,
                                                    Part 1 of 2
            31.  ESL         -  ___  Sharing the Good News with Muslims, Part 1 of 2

   2:30 -  3:30 PM:
            32.  ARW        -  ___   ARW Workshop Leaders' Update, Part 3 of 3
            33.  ESL          -  ___   Getting Serious About Top-down, Bottom-up Pronunciation,
                                                     Part 2 of 2
            34.  ESL          -  ___   Sharing the Good News with Muslims, Part 2 of 2
            35.  ESL          -  ___   Sharing the Good News with Hindus, Part 1 of 2


  
3:45 -  4:45 PM:
            36. ALL            -  ___  Literacy from the Beginning
            37. ESL            - ___  How to Start a Citizenship Ministry
            38. ESL            - ___  How to Work Activities into a Lesson Plan
            39. ESL            - ___  Sharing the Good News with Hindus, Part 2 of 2
            40. ESL            - ___  Sharing the Good News with Hispanics, Part 1 of 2

   5:00 -  6:00 PM:
            41. ALL            -  ___  Show and Tell of YOUR Ideas
            42. ALL            -  ___  Ministering Outside the Classroom
            43. CIT/ ESL    -  ___  Mock Citizenship Interview
            44. ESL            -  ___  Sharing the Good News with Hispanics, Part 2 of 2

   6:15 - 7:30 PM:
            45.  Dinner       -  ___

   7:45 -  8:45 PM:
            46.  ALL           -  ___  Ice Cream Costume Party

 9:00 - 10:00 PM:
            47.  ALL           -  ___  Prayer Walking

Sunday, September 23, 2012
 7:30 - 8:30 AM:
            48.  Breakfast  -  ___

 8:45 -  9:45 AM:
            49.  ALL            -  ___   An Introduction to Bible Storytelling, Part 1 of 2 
            50.  ALL            -  ___   Music in Literacy Missions
            51.  ALL            -  ___   Committed to Learn, Serve and Grow:  The HOW Part

10:00 - 11:00 AM:
            52.  ALL            -  ___   An Introduction to Bible Storytelling, Part 2 of 2
            53. 
ALL            -  ___   The Beauty of a Church's Ministries Working Together
            54.  ALL            -  ___   Leading Devotionals

11:15 - 12:30 PM:
            55.  Chapel       -  ___  Message, Testimony and Commissioning of Volunteers

12:45 - 1:45 PM:
            56.  Lunch         -  ___.


For more information,
please contact Paulette DeHart at
pdehart@gabaptist.org or 770.979.0588.

*  North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention



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