by Julie Slack | Nov 20, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Career Readiness, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Resources
Presenter: Kelly Folsom Employers often cite “soft skills” (job readiness) as the most important barrier to employment at any level. Job readiness courses empower low-income, lower-skilled populations to take control of their lives by helping them to better understand...
by Julie Slack | Oct 30, 2023 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Resources
Presenter: Sarah Lynn Many of our beginning level English language learners are new to classroom learning. In this workshop explores simple tools, activities, routines, and classroom systems to develop our students’ “learning-to-learn” skills, so they may become more...
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 | 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 | Dec 9, 2022 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Resources
Presenter: Deborah Centamore This workshop suggests ways to make quick games and teach English using Instagram – social media platform where many adult learners are already engaged. First Literacy Workshop Using Instagram To Make Learning Fun Slides...
by Julie Slack | Nov 23, 2022 | Adult Basic Education (ABE), Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Resources
Presenter: Alex Babbist and Viktor Detwiler This workshop offers tools and insights for educators to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ learners in their adult classrooms and curriculum, to identify curriculum gaps where gender, sexuality, and family diversity are presented...
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