Teaching/Learning Strategies

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Networks  for Integrating New Americans, an innovative national initiative, identified, strengthened, and documented place-based models of immigrant integration that other communities can replicate and adapt. It positioned adult education programs as key contributors to local, multi-sector networks which were formed as the primary vehicle for promoting and advancing immigrant integration. The national initiative was led by World Education in partnership with Welcoming America, IMPRINT, and the National Partnership for New Americans which together coached the five networks.   The technical assistance was underwritten by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. ATTACHMENTS: ImmigrantIntegration Report Cover 1

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This conference session demonstrates  practical strategies that adult education teachers can use to differentiate instruction and help ALL learners increase their writing performance. It also explores how to design instruction according to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), thereby  contributing to a learning environment that challenges and engages diverse learners, helping them overcome their reluctance to write and find their voice. When teachers provide options for the ways that students access and participate in learning, they can motivate learners to reach their writing potential. ATTACHMENTS: Corley_Handouts_2016 COABE_Differentiated Writing Instruction

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Here is the link to the google folder for the PowerPoint handout and other resources from my COABE 2016 workshop. Presentation summary:  Many adult English Language Learners receive six or fewer hours of instruction weekly. Yet research shows that more time is needed to achieve fluency. Drawing on experience with her own classes, the presenter will provide participants with insights into creating effective homework activities and projects that promote learner autonomy and augment classroom instruction. A variety of activities including the use of a homework blog, study partner logs and the concept of four-skills homework will be provided

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A group of nine short, free, authentic professional development videos for teachers or tutors in which a team of ESOL/ESL family literacy teachers, and their volunteers, help immigrant mothers learning English to support their children's literacy. The videos are short, edited segments of a longer lesson. The videos will be found at this web page: http://www.mlots.org/?page_id=85

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Student engagement can be a challenge in any classroom, and it becomes even more difficult when technology introduces additional boundaries and limitations. Join New Mexico Distance Education & Learning Technology (DELT) Master Teacher Cash Clifton in exploring best practices in online student engagement. Participants will learn about best practices in online teaching, communication skills to foster student motivation, techniques for respecting cultural diversity, and maintaining healthy boundaries with students. ATTACHMENTS: COABE 2016 Clifton

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FUHSD Adult School in California has an explicit focus on Academic Readiness. Specifically, we define Academic Readiness as: The ability to be successful in the current and next learning venue which includes developing self-advocacy, taking responsibility for educational goals and communicating effectively. Learn how our ABE and ASE induction system and orientation begins with academic readiness training (SOAR) prior to students stepping foot in a classroom. Find out how we moved from very little student support to an abundance of student support that includes academic counseling, student case management, goal setting and self-assessment activities, flexible scheduling, built-in supports such as tutoring and a Learning Resource Center, academic field trips, book clubs and more. Further, get insight into how we have run staff development for classified, teaching, and administrative staff to unify our efforts around providing excellent and consistent student services. ATTACHMENTS: COABE 2016 F CCR and Success Organizer paper may 2014 copy CCRS Wheel copy

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Upping the Rigor: Vertically Aligning the Curriculum from ESL to ASE   Presentation Abstract (500 word maximum): This description will be included in the program)   In 2015, we presented our overall ABE/ASE program to a packed room. Our COABE title was SOAR: Upping the Game of Academic Rigor in ABE and ASE,- and we detailed our massive structural, policy and curricular shifts. This was a macro presentation about revamp our ABE and ASE program (independent study to direct instruction and little student services to full-time counseling, field trips, and more). Our student enrollment and number of graduates has more than doubled as a result of our changes; similarly, we have had large increases in student persistence and completion levels. The next step in our work has been in the area of curriculum alignment. Specifically, we have expanded our goal and are now deeply involved in vertically aligning the curriculum from beginning ESL through ABE/ASE.   This curriculum alignment anchors each class level and accompanying common assessments to the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) and the Common Core Standards.   Specifically we will share the following: Scaffolded activities, curriculum (including texts), and assessments that align the breadth and depth of the CCRSs; Layered assessments (within and between levels) that build to the final assessment rubric developed within the California State University System; Lesson plans that demonstrate what rigor looks like and sounds like in the classroom whether via a Shakespearean play; philosophical texts on logos, ethos and pathos; or written appeals to the United Nations about Syrian refugees. Our model of how teamwork, staff development, administrative support, curriculum planning and grading pay became part of our system of success. ATTACHMENTS: HANDOUT RIGOR COABE 2016 1 CCR and Success Organizer paper may 2014 IMG_0274 1 COABE Rigor 2016 Kickoff Slides

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Points on the coordinate grid, functions, equations, graphs, and slope--if tackled individually this can be an overwhelming list! In this session we will practice using a free, adaptable worksheet that summarizes and links those topics in an organized way. Use the sheet over and over with various prompts to give your students practice and emphasize connections among these concepts. ATTACHMENTS: A Tool for Teaching Functions and Graphs COABE 2015 Sample Prompts Exploring Functions and Graphing