Greetings,
The 44th Annual PAACE Midwinter Conference on Adult Education, the largest gathering of adult educators in Pennsylvania, will be held at the Hershey Lodge, February 11-13, 2009. Adult educators and those from related areas will convene for the premier professional development and networking opportunity for all aspects of adult education in Pennsylvania.
The theme, "PAACE Yourself: Keeping Up with Adult Education," will provide a focal point for exploring educational opportunities for all types of adult students, more efficient delivery systems, transition to postsecondary education and training, new research, professional development, workforce development, public policy supporting adult education, and the great strides within our field. The 2009 PAACE Midwinter Conference will offer a rich context for adult education topics and issues. If you are a teacher or tutor of adults, program administrator, postsecondary educator, community collaborator, workforce development partner, trainer, publisher, or researcher-or you're simply interested, you will not want to miss this conference.
 Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ian Baptiste who is an Associate Professor of Education and Professor-in-Charge of the Adult Education program at the Pennsylvania State University. As our 2009 keynote speaker, Dr. Baptiste will explore the role community partners can play in defining, developing, and assisting residents in applying literacy in their daily lives. Honorary conference chair is the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. Special invited guests include Jackie Taylor who is the advocacy co-chair for the Tennessee Association of Adult and Community Education and runs Tennessee's federal level advocacy network and Katherine Ayres, author of Up, Down, and Around, the 2008 selection for the third annual Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child program. She'll be signing books at the Marketplace Grand Opening and presenting a session, "Playing with Words: Writing is the Other Side of Literacy".
Fun and networking are on the agenda, too: the Marketplace Grand Opening, PDC reception, and PAACE Night, encompassing the Thursday evening reception, banquet, and after-dinner entertainment, where we'll be celebrating in grand style.
Registration opens December 1. The fee for PAACE members who register by December 31 is only $125, including 8 Act 48 hours. To qualify for the member discount, your membership needs to be in effect during the conference registration.
Look for session descriptions, awards information, conference registration, and a link to hotel reservations at www.paacesite.org<http://www.paacesite.org/>. Please spread the word.
 See you in Hershey!

Diane C. Inverso
First Vice-President and Midwinter Conference Chair
Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE) www.paacesite.org<https://webmail.library.phila.gov/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.paacesite.org/>

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