by Julie Slack | Mar 1, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Reading, Resources
Presenter: Brooke Machado & Medhin Gebreslasse This workshop covers practical classroom routines that have successfully worked with adult emergent readers in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) classroom. The workshop materials include strategies that engage adult...
by Julie Slack | Feb 16, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Program & Classroom Management, Resources
Presenter: Allison Reid Adult educators must reconcile ambitious goals, high standards, and often limited hours. This can leave dedicated professionals feeling that they are never done – the to do list is simply too long. This workshop explores actionable...
by Julie Slack | Jan 27, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Resources, Student Engagement
Presenter: Sarah Lynn This workshop explores communication techniques to increase student-talk time in whole class-instruction, and ways to structure and support collaborative and communicative group activities. First Literacy Professional Development Workshop...
by Julie Slack | Jan 18, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Cultural Awareness, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI), Resources
Presenter: Denzil Mohammed This workshop discussed immigrant and refugee students in the classroom and how educators can support them. Objectives included main themes regarding immigration today, strategies for combatting disinformation, an asset-based approach to...
by Julie Slack | Dec 9, 2022 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Resources, Student Engagement
Presenter: Emile “Mike” Boutin, Jr, EdD These workshop materials review current research on persistence, retention, and student success, and explore issues of self-agency and motivation, and the obstacles that prevent students from succeeding. Slides...
by Julie Slack | Dec 9, 2022 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Curriculum Development, Resources
Presenter: Sarah Lynn “Scaffolding” describes all the temporary supports we provide our students so they can tackle steeper learning curves. It is essential to effective instruction and yet often overlooked in our lesson plans. Examples of scaffolding include...
Recent Comments