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	<title>Innovative Approaches to Family Literacy</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Join Burlington English Representative April Lawton and Kelly Heth from Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa discuss how to run a successful Family Literacy Program without regular access to a key instructional element &#8211; the family.]]></description>
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	<title>Strategies for Strengthening Student Accountability and Program Structure in Adult Education</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Join BurlingtonEnglish representative Lynn Napolitano as she interviews Jessie Thompson, Instructional Specialist at Harford Community College, about four key strategies their team has used to enhance adult education success over the past three years.]]></description>
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	<title>Boosting Program Success Through Student Intake and Retention</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Listen to BurlingtonEnglish Representative Bethany Macarus interview Kathleen Ferrell, Director of Adult Education at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, New Mexico, as they discuss how her team is increasing their overall Adult Ed program success by focusing on student intake and retention in their High School Equivalency program.]]></description>
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	<title>Teaching Transferable Soft Skills in Adult Education</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode, BurlingtonEnglish Representative April Lawton sits down with Rachel Gasselling, Program Director of Adult Education at Western Nebraska Community College. Listen to how Rachel and her team rise to the challenge of teaching students the transferable soft skills they need to be successful in today’s academic and workplace settings.]]></description>
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