THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, School of Con­tinuing Studies, Division of Education. (Post-Graduate course work in Adult Education/Special Education/Evaluation).

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Graduate Courses in Educa­tional Administration.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, School of Education, Department of Exceptional Education, Majors: Mental Retardation and Learning Disabilities, M.S.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Summer Courses in Behavioral Psychology.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, College of Letters and Science, Majors: Psychol­ogy and Sociology, B.S.

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, College of Liberal Arts.

STUROMSKI & ASSOCIATES, Consulting Firm, Originally – Washington, DC, Currently – St. Petersburg, FL.

ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Washington, DC, Director of the National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center (NALLDC). Created Newsletters and Policy Papers, Informational News Briefs, etc. Ran Focus Groups to Support Information on Best Practices, Training, Speaking, etc.

LAB SCHOO­L OF W­A­S­H­I­N­G­T­ON, W­as­h­in­g­to­n, DC, Di­rector of the Night School for Adults with Learn­ing Dis­abilities, 1987 to 1993; Assistant Director, 1985 to 1987; Night School Instructor, 1984-1985.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, School of Education, Department of Special Education, Ad-Hoc Instructor.

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, School of Educa­tion and Human Development, Department of Special Education, Ad-Hoc Instructor.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING, Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Special Education; U.S. Department of Education, Office of Education Research and Improvement; Interstate Research Associa­tion; Central Intelligence Agency.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Maryland, McKenny Hills Learning Center, Case Management Coor­dinator, 1987-1988; Westland Intermediate School, Alterna­tive Educa­tion Teacher, 1985-1987; QUEST Summer Program at White Oak Intermedi­ate School, 1987, 1986, 1985; Sligo Intermediate School, English Teacher, Basic Skills Coor­dinator, 1983-1985; Longview School, Teacher of Students with Severe and Profound Mental Retarda­tion, Summer 1984, 1983; Mark Twain High School, Teacher of Students with Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabili­ties, 1980-1983.

WAUKESHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Wisconsin, Teacher of Students with Learning Disabilities, K – 6, Educational Diagnostician, Started a Gifted and Talented program.

State of Florida (2017-2018 Contract) Conference Presentations, Working with Program Directors for delivering training on ‘Reading Piece’ – Reading: Instructional Information for Adult Education and Training – Four-Seven One-Day State Training Events on Effective Instruction.

State of Mississippi (Year Long Training) – Process of professional development/training to create Program Leaders – Teacher Mentors. It includes face-to-face training, materials, online Forum, etc. The training also supports the College and Career Readiness Standards and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

State of Idaho (Year Long Training) – Process of professional development/training to create Program Leaders – Teacher Mentors. It includes face-to-face training, materials, online Forum, etc. The training also supports the College and Career Readiness Standards and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

State of Arkansas (Year Long Training) – Process of professional development/training to create Program Leaders – Teacher Mentors. It includes face-to-face training, materials, online Forum, etc. The training also supports the College and Career Readiness Standards.

State of Nebraska (Year Long Training) – Process of professional development/training to create Program Leaders – Teacher Mentors. It includes face-to-face training, materials, online Forum, etc. The training also supports the College and Career Readiness Standards.

State of Oklahoma – Oklahoma City Community College – Adult Education – Consult with administrators, coordinators regarding the College and Career Readiness Standards, Higher-Order Thinking Skills, and Instructor Goals and Evaluation – July, 2014, to include follow-up meetings – to be arranged – to observe evaluations and continue to support program.

State of Louisiana – Training – Teaching Reading and Writing Skills to adult education instructors in support of OVAE’s College and Career Readiness Standards. Louisiana Association for Public, Community & Adult Education Conference, 2014 – Plenary Session – Higher-Order Thinking Skills and the College and Career Readiness Standards: Developing and Designing Lessons from the Current Curriculum.

State of Illinois – Development and Video/Power Point Training – Advance Organizers 101 and Problem Solving – Critical Thinking Skills.

State of Wyoming (Year Long Training) – Process of professional development/training to create Program Leaders – Teacher Mentors. It includes face-to-face training, materials, online Forum, etc.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Alternative Media Access Center: External Evaluator on two Federal Government grants. The grants were awarded through the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Justice. Consultant/Writer LD Technology/Resource Guide – available 2014.

State of Oklahoma (Year Long Trainings): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. Trainer-of-trainer component held in 1998-99, 2000-2001. In 1997 helped organize and coordinate statewide, multi-agency task force that set state policy and supported evaluation of state programs for individuals with special needs. In 1999-2000 taught The Reading Process – Teaching Reading to Adults in Adult Education and Literacy Programs. A Trainer-of-trainer component held in 2001. A Woodcock-Johnson-Third Edition, Tests of Achievement, training on the broad scores as updates for GED Accommodations. A number of 2003-2004 trainings have been held or are scheduled – Using Adult Education and Literacy Evaluation Data for Program Improvement, Instructing GED Examiners on Accommodations for Adults with Disabilities, Supporting Adults with Learning Differences and Leaning Disabilities, and Reading, Writing and Math Strategies for the Adult Education Teacher. Did training for and worked with correctional facilities. In 2004-2005 five programs across the state were evaluated and technical assistance was provided to the program directors and instructors. In addition, technical assistance workshops were provided including one titled – Adult Education: More than a GED held in McAlester. In addition at the GED Chief Examiners meeting, Instructing GED Examiners on Accommodations for Adults with Disabilities was provided and Back to Basics, Instruction in Reading, Writing, and Math Strategies for the Adult Education Teacher was provided. In 2005-2006, eight programs across the state were evaluated and technical assistance was provided to the program directors and instructors. In addition, Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs, the 12-day yearlong training was again provided, as was Back to Basics training. In 2006-2007 nine programs across the state were evaluated and technical assistance was provided to the program directors and instructors. In addition a training titled Goal Setting to Lesson Planning was planned and training was provided. In 2007-2008 six programs across the state were evaluated and technical assistance was provided to the program directors and instructors. In 2008-2009 seven to nine programs across the state will be evaluated and technical assistance was provided to the program directors and instructors. In 2007-2007 training titled Teaching in Adult Education: Instructing Adults was planned and training was provided. In 2008-2009 training on Learning Disabilities in Adult Education was be provided. In 2009 – 2010 – contract continued for trainings, program evaluations, etc. In 2010-2011 – limited contract in support of GED accommodations issues. In 2012/2012 trained at and supported (evaluated) adult education program at Oklahoma City Community College.

Louisiana – Trained Teaching Reading and Writing, to Adults in Adult Education to adult education instructors. Worked with GED Chief Examiners and Examiners on accommodations’ requests. Contracted for 2010-2012 GED accommodations’ reviews process and training support.

State of Texas (Year Long Trainings): Effective Instruction in Adult Basic Education for All Students Including Those with Special Learning Needs, trainer-of-trainer component 2008-2009 and again in 2009-2010. Evaluation report provided each quarter. Working with ABE staff on 2011 conference presentations for February conference.

General Educational Development Testing Service (GEDTS): Disabilities Consultant – providing evaluation of accommodation’s policy, reviewing accommodations requests, and providing informational training to state GED Examiners and also teaching the “review” process to State GED Administrators and designees across the country. Have provided individual State GED Administer training in Illinois, New York, and Louisiana. Have provided training to other GED State Administrators in group-sessions in Washington and at yearly conference – most recently in Savannah, GA in 2009 and for the 2010 GED Administrators conference in St Louis.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Project – Worked with Oklahoma City Community College in support of their newly formed TANF classes in adult education.

Transition Project – Created a training module on transition planning and supportive services in adult education in Illinois. Worked with the Southern Illinois Professional Development Center, a part of the Southern Illinois University.

State of Vermont (Multi-Session Trainings): Basic Skills – Teaching Reading, Writing, and Math to Adults in Adult Education and Literacy Programs.

State of North Carolina (Year Long Trainings): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs was held in 2003-2004 and again in 2004-2005. Trainer-of-trainer component held in 2006 and 2007. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates). In addition, presentation on supporting individuals with disabilities for adult education instructors in corrections was held at correctional facility.

State of Illinois (Year Long Trainings): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates). Trainer-of-trainer component held in 1999. Consultation/Planning for Training held in 1997. Helped organize Statewide, multi-agency collaborative task force. A second set of trainer-of-trainer workshops was held again in 2005-2006. A Woodcock-Johnson-Third Edition, Tests of Achievement, training on the broad scores as updates for GED Accommodations, was held in 2006.

Harris County Department of Education – Texas LEARNS: Provided technical assistance on the State of Texas Disabilities Policy Manual, providing information to the 20 service centers via Television Network on long-term training, disabilities, learning disabilities, and effective instruction.

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Employment and Training Division – Workforce Oklahoma System Training – Worked for Payne & Associates in training on LD for One-Stop Center and Center partners.

Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Learning Disability Regional Form Meetings to Support Policy Development – Denver, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and Baltimore. Keynote Presentation and Ran Focus Groups and Provided Technical Assistance Consultation on Learning Disabilities to Each State Team.

National Institute for Literacy, Adult Learning Disabilities Workshop and Symposium Writer. Symposium held September 14 -16, 2003.

ProLiteracy Worldwide – to conduct two-day seminar/training – Understanding Learning Disabilities: Effective Instruction, and Specific Strategies and Techniques for Literacy Providers – in Washington, DC.

LDOnline – “Ask Neil Sturomski” – Providing Responses to Questions Asked by Adults on Issues Having to do with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

District of Columbia (Year Long Trainings): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates). Trainer-of-trainer component held in 2002-2003.

State of Illinois Collaborative project between the Departments of Health and Human Services and Adult Education. Educational specialist project including technical assistance, resource information, and program evaluation.

State of Nebraska Training: The Reading Process – Teaching Reading to Adults in Adult Education and Literacy Programs.

McKenzie Group, Educational Consultants, Washington, DC. Consultant to President’s Task Force on the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities – resource mapping project of Federal government agencies’ programs regarding the transition of youth with disabilities and the evaluation of those programs. Wrote the Executive Summary — the final evaluation report.

State of Rhode Island (Year Long Training): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates).

State of Mississippi (Year Long Training): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates). Trainer-of-trainer component held in 2000.

State of Washington (Year Long Trainings): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates). Trainer-of-trainer component began in late 1998 and a second set of trainer-of-trainer workshops was held in 1999. Implementation Team Planning Training held in 1997.

Suwannee River Regional Literacy Center (Six Month-Four Part Training): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs.

State of Nebraska (Year Long Training): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. (In collaboration with Nancie Payne and Payne & Associates).

State of New Jersey (Video-Taped-Four Part Training): Supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs. Videotapes to be used by trainers in New Jersey to provide long-term training throughout the state.

Sturomski, Neil. SƆRAMBLƎD (Scrambled). St. Petersburg, FL: N.A. Sturomski Publishing, 2015, Print (Amazon) and Electronic (Kindle).

Sturomski, N. (2015). Reading: Instructional information for adult education. St. Petersburg, FL. Available through contact – Sturomski & Associates – www.neilsturomski.com

Sturomski, N. (2011). The use of organizers to support instruction: Using organizers in all educational settings including with adults in adult education and literacy programs. St. Petersburg, FL: Sturomski & Associates Publishing.

Sturomski, N. (2011). Teaching reading the reading process: Insightful information instructional ideas. St. Petersburg, FL: Sturomski & Associates Publishing.

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA). Taking the GED Tests: Requesting Accommodations.

Florida Human Resources Development, Inc. How to effectively implement instruction for adults with special learning needs in the “imperfect” adult education setting. Practitioners’ Points, Volume 3, Issue 1. Reprinted in 2005 in another Florida publication.

American Association of Adult and Continuing Education. Providing accommodations on the GED test. Adult Learning, Volume 12, Number 2.

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA). Taking the GED tests: Accommodating accommodations. LDA News Digest January/February, Volume 36, No. 1. Reprinted at “LDOnline” in April.

National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center (NALLDC). Bridges to practice. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. (A Senior Developer and Author).

National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center (NALLDC). Serving adults with learning disabilities: Implications for effective practice. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. (Editor).

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY). Interventions for students with learning disabilities. (NICHCY News Digest Volume 25). Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.

National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center (NALLDC). Learning disabilities and the correctional system. (NALLDC Newsletter Volume 3, Number 2). Washington DC: Academy for Educational Development.

Building bridges. In S. Cramer & W. Ellis (Eds.), Learning Disabilities: Lifelong Issues. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co.

Literacy needs for adults who have learning disabilities. In N. Gregg, C. Hoy & A. Gay (Eds.), Adults with Learning Disabilities: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. New York: Guilford Press.

The transition of individuals with learning disabilities into the work setting. Topics in Language Disorders, 16 (3), 37-51.

Management & substance: Job training reform & adults with learning disabilities. Making Sense of Federal Employment and Training Policy for Youth and Adults. Washington, DC: National Youth Employment Coalition and American Youth Policy Forum.

Phoenix, Arizona, 2018, Orlando, Florida, 2017, Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) – National Conference. Strand Partner (Learning Difficulties Strand).
Presenter, Orlando, 2017- Instructional Information in Support of All Adult Education Students, Including Students with Special Learning Needs, Presenter, Phoenix, 2018, Presentations TBD.

ACE (Adult and Continuing Education) Conference – Sessions – Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Other Special Learning Needs: Definitions – Issues – Solutions and Teaching Strategies and Techniques: Making Instruction Effective and Efficient. In addition – Presentation to Program Directors on the use of and training on: Reading:Instructional Information for Adult Education (See Publications).

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Workforce Conference – (Three Sessions) Essential Components of Reading Instruction (Alignment with OCTAE’s Directive on the focus on WIOA, Soft Skills – Critical Thinking and Strategies for Effective Problem Solving, and Soft Skills – Effective Communication, Listening, Speaking, Writing, Interpreting – April 2017.

Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mississippi Adult Education Conference – Developing Writing Skills: Supporting Students in All Aspects of Writing Including Writing Extended Responses to Life’s Questions

St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida Literacy Conference, Presented by Florida Literacy Coalition – Soft Skills: Critical Skills Necessary for Postsecondary Education and Careers

Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Adult Education and Literacy, Joint Conference – Metacognitive Skills: Supporting Students in the Further Development and Use of Higher Order Thinking Skills, and Soft Skills: Critical in Postsecondary Education and Careers

Yearly Presentations at Mississippi’s Full Time Adult Education Instructors Conferences – 2009/2010/2011 Two Summer Conferences in Oxford and Natchez (June) – did a number of break-out sessions at each conference. State Conference – 2012/2013.

Yearly Presentations – Wyoming, Casper, ABE/GED/Family Literacy Fall Institute – Teaching Strategies and Techniques: Making Reading and Writing Instruction Efficient and Effective. Continuing process to create Program Leaders 2012-2013 – see above.

South Dakota Summer Summit – Higher-Order Thinking Skills: Using Advance Organizers to Support Instruction, Reading and Writing: Effective and Efficient Instruction in Reading and Writing, and GED and Accommodations – Issues. Invited to 2012 Conference to Speak.

Norman, Oklahoma, Adult Education and Literacy, Joint Conference – Higher Order Thinking Skills: Using Advanced Organizers to Support Instruction and Effective Instruction – Reading and Writing.

El Civic Summit, Tulsa Oklahoma. Break-out sessions – Higher Order Thinking Skills – Supporting Overall Organization and Instructional Methodology – Effectively and Efficiently Supporting Students.

Keynote Speaker – Retention: Motivating All Adult Education Students to Attend Classes and Reach Their Goals. Break-out sessions – Goal Setting and Lesson Planning, Supporting Instruction: providing Effective and Efficient Instruction in Writing, and Providing Direct Instruction in Multi-Level Classes. Presentations at MS Trainer Conference in November 2010.

Oklahoma Adult Basic Education Association Conference – Keynote speaker, title – Bridging the Gaps: Solidifying the Pipeline to Reach One’s Goals – also did a number of break-out sessions. Oklahoma EL Civics Summit – speaker, provided information in a number of break-out sessions.

Louisiana Association for Public, Community and Adult Education Conference – did session on accommodation issues.

Georgia’s GED Examiners Training. Contract with the Technical College System of Georgia – provided sessions, training, and support on accommodations.

Illinois Adult and Continuing Education Conference (March) – Sessions Planned: Adult Education: Teaching Adults versus Children, Effective Instruction for Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners: Using Tactile/Kinesthetic Activities, and Transitioning to the Workplace for Individuals with Disabilities

Yearly presentations at the State of Louisiana Summer Conferences for Adult Education. Throughout the years presentations on learning disabilities, reading, writing, math, GED accommodations, etc. with such titles as Goal Setting/Lesson Planning, Accommodations on the GED, Individuals with Learning Disabilities and Special Learning Needs: Introduction, Information, and Issues, and Working with Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs: Techniques, Strategies, and Resources.

Understanding Learning Disabilities and Teaching Reading and Writing to Adults in Adult Education Programs, American Samoa and Teaching Reading and Writing to Adults In Adult Education Programs, Hawaii, in March.

“Opening Doors to Adult Literacy” a Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii for the Community Education Section, Adult Education Association and Oahu Workforce Investment Board. Presented – Supporting the Reading Process for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs in Adult Basic Education, Workplace Education, and General Educational Development Classes, Working with Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs: Techniques, Strategies, and Resources, and Individuals with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs: Introduction, Information, and Issues.

Wisconsin Technical College System Department of Public Instruction Workshop, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, January 21. Presented – GED Testing Accommodations 1001 and the 2005 Changes and the Need for the Long-Term Adult Education Instructor Training to Better Serve LD and Other Special Need Learners. October 2005, Joint GED/HSED & Adult Literacy Conference Presented: GEDTS Accommodations Policies & Procedures 101-Introduction & Beyond and GEDTS Accommodations Policies & Procedures 201-Advanced.

Accommodations on the GED Tests for Individuals with Disabilities: From Request to Approval and Building Capacity – Special Learning Needs Students and Systems. Commission on Adult Basic Education Conference, Portland, Oregon.

The GED – Ensuring Accommodations for Special Needs Learners: From Request to Approval, and Accessing Accommodations on the GED. National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs Conference, Columbus, Ohio.

Teaching Reading to Adults in Adult Education and Literacy Programs. State ProLiteracy Conferences in Florida and Illinois – daylong conference presentations in Orlando and Chicago. Contracted with ProLiteracy Worldwide, Syracuse, New York.

Accommodating the needs of adolescents and young adults with LD and/or ADHD and Accommodating accommodations: The GED model. National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention.

GED Testing Service (GEDTS). Conference presentations and training workshops on learning disabilities and accommodation issues.

Learning Disabilities and the Correction System, paper presented at NIFL Conference/Summit.

Working with adults with learning disabilities. Commission on Adult Basic Education Conference, Detroit, Michigan.

Video conferences on Adults with Learning Disabilities – Screening for Learning Disabilities in Correctional and Adult Education Settings and Teaching the Learning Disabled in Correctional and Adult Education Settings produced by the Correctional Education Association and the National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center.

National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center: Information, directions, and resources. The Fourth North American Conference on Adult and Adolescent Literacy, Washing­ton, D.C. Collaboration: Two federally funded centers working together to improve services for adults with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities International Conference, Dallas, Texas. Panel Member: Professional Development and the Adult Basic Educator, World Conference on Literacy, Philadelphia, PA.

National initiatives for serving adults with learning disabilities, Rethinking adult educa­tion: Creating new approaches to literacy, Princeton, New Jersey. Florida’s Association of Community Corrections & Probationers’ Educational Growth Conference, presentations on disability issues. Learning disabilities and their impact on correctional education, Correctional Education Leader­ship Forum, Washington, DC.

Adults with learning disabilities: Lifelong learners, The First Global Conference on Lifelong Learning, Rome, Italy. Panel Member: Learning disabilities: A national responsibility – Summit on learning disabilities, National Center for Learning Disabilities, Summit held in Washington, DC.