Integrated and Contextualized Workforce Skills in the ESL Classroom
How can you prepare your learners to succeed in the workforce? Find out what employers say are essential skills for today's workforce. This Community of Practice shows you how to connect transferable skills in the English as a Second Language classroom to the workplace. It also offers examples of contextualizing ESL instruction easily by using workplace activities and forms.
Integrated Education and Training (IET)
This training guides agency teams in creating an action plan for putting into place the necessary foundations for implementing an Integrated Education and Training (IET) model that aligns with the agency’s IET vision.
Supporting Student Transitions to Postsecondary Education & the Workforce
The goal of this CoP is to support adult learners’ postsecondary and workforce transitions by
- building consortia and adult education program staff’s capacity to implement evidence-based practices that facilitate transitions.
- identifying ways to enhance support services, program structures, and local partnerships.
- prioritizing improvement actions and identifying challenges and solutions for implementation.
Civic Engagement through Democratic Literacy
Civic Education and Democratic Literacy play a pivotal role in empowering students to become engaged and informed citizens. Individuals equipped with this knowledge understand political and civic systems, allowing them to navigate these systems effectively and contribute meaningfully to the improvement of their communities.
The goal of this CoP is to enhance the capacity of adult educators and programs to provide instruction that amplifies student perspective and voice, builds civic engagement, and dives deep into participatory approaches to democratic processes for adults including those who are developing literacy and language skills.
Classroom Strategies for Overcoming Internal Barriers to Learner Success
Facilitator: Kristi ReyesAdult learners sometimes face internal barriers that can limit their potential for success in our classes, but there are things we can do to help students develop strategies for overcoming barriers. Of the possible strategies, this webinar will focus on two: encouraging a growth mindset and overcoming the effects of internalized stereotypes. These strategies can affect not only performance in school but can also have a positive influence on learners' lives beyond education. Learn how these strategies work and consider ways of using them in your own teaching.
Integrating Academic and Employability Skills in the Adult Education Classroom
Facilitator: Amy DalsimerHow can adult educators develop academic and employability skills simultaneously to help students prepare for work and new careers? Employability skills—also referred to as 21st century workplace skills, soft-skills, or non-cognitive skills—are needed by our adult education students for college and career readiness and success regardless of the industry or job position. This webinar offers an overview of the employability skills framework and highlights helpful tools, strategies and classroom resources adult educators can use to integrate employability skills development into their ABE, ESL or HSE classroom.
What’s in a Word? Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary
Facilitator: Marjorie Schneider, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictProviding your ABE, ASE and CTE students with daily doses of direct, explicit vocabulary instruction will improve their ability to say what they mean, understand what others say, think logically, and make positive impressions on others. In this webinar, learn research-based instructional strategies to enrich your students’ vocabulary.
Helping Students Transition to Meet Their Goals
Facilitator: Tricia Ouellette, Mt. Diablo Adult EducationWhat kind of support can we provide to our students to help them meet their goals and move on to the next stage of life, whether it's further education, job training, or a better job? In this session, you will hear about the many strategies Mt. Diablo Adult Education, as part of the Contra Costa Adult Education Consortium, has employed to support learner transitions, including an interest survey, new English and Math courses, counseling, financial aid workshops, career exploration, and more!
Working with ELLs in CTE and other Classes
Facilitator: Heide Wrigley, PhD, Senior Researcher and President of Literacywork InternationalIf your students are working to reach their career goals and some of them are challenged by their lack of English language skills, how can you best meet the needs of those students while not neglecting the rest of the class? This webinar will offer strategies for any instructor with English Language Learners in class who is looking for effective ways to engage these learners and help them master course content.
Applying the English Language Proficiency Standards
Facilitator: Dave Coleman, ESL Teacher/Advisor, Los Angeles Unified School DistrictThis webinar will assist ESL teachers in exploring how the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) are related to the College and Career Readiness Standards, how to make use of two different approaches to the ELPS, and how to apply them in the classroom. The presenter will provide vignettes and case studies, and give you the opportunity to share your own strategies.