Important Conference and Hotel Accommodations Information!

2005 Kentucky Adult Education Conference Program
Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville
September 19-21

For the first time ever, the conference will be held in conjunction with the Council on Postsecondary Education’s Governor’s Conference on Postsecondary Education Trusteeship. Governor Ernie Fletcher will address both communities at the close of the Postsecondary Education Trusteeship Conference and the opening of the Kentucky Adult Education Conference in a joint luncheon to showcase the important relationship between two of Kentucky’s educational systems. A college student who is a GED graduate will introduce the governor, and employers will be recognized for their support of adult education. The joint luncheon will be held in the Cascade Ballroom, First Floor, Kentucky International Convention Center, September 19, Noon - 2:30.

A plenary session, “Adult Education: A State, National, and Global Perspective,” will be presented by Dennis Jones, President of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), at 2:45 in the same room immediately following the joint luncheon with the Governor’s Trusteeship Conference.  Jones has been instrumental in putting into perspective for other states Kentucky’s work resulting from adult and postsecondary education reform. He will help us celebrate our good work in adult education, share his wealth of knowledge on the national and global state of education and its relationship to workforce development, and predict what challenges lie ahead of us. NCHEMS is a research and development center founded to improve the management effectiveness of colleges and universities.  A member of the staff since 1969, Jones is widely recognized for his work in such areas as state and institutional approaches to resource allocation, strategic planning, educational needs assessment, and strategic decision-making.

Conference topics will include English as a Second Language, GED, Family Literacy, Program Leadership, Adult Learners with Disabilities, Advocacy, Corrections Education, Data Collection and Management, Health Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning Strategies, Transitioning into Postsecondary Education and Workforce Education.  The entire 2005 KYAE Conference Program Booklet (4117K PDF) is now available for your viewing.

Adult educators will earn one professional development unit (PDU) for attending the conference and one PDU for the preconference.  (Please note that professional development requirements have changed – full-time staff must earn 8 PDUs annually, and part-time must earn 2 PDUs.  For an explanation of PDUs, see the 2005-06 PD Handbook at Professional Development Handbook: A New Framework for Learning [2182K PDF]).  

Certificates for one PDU for pre-conference attendees will be handed out in the sessions on Monday, September 19. Certificates for one PDU for full conference attendees will be handed out at the close of the last concurrent session on Wednesday, September 21.

If you are a KYAE-funded adult education staff member, KYAE will pay your $150 registration fee to attend the conference scheduled for September 19-21 at the Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville.  KYAE-funded programs are allowed to use PD funds to pay for travel and hotel accommodation expenses.

PLEASE NOTE – KYAE funds, of any kind, shall NOT be used for conference registration cancellation fees, KAACE membership fees or conference “no shows.”  Adult educators who register and do not attend without canceling by the deadline stated on the registration form will be responsible for paying the $150 registration fee without using KYAE funds.  You may view the cancellation registration policy located on the KYAE Adult Education Conference Registration Form (106K DOC).