- Provide a high-level overview of WOIA
- Highlight partnership opportunities to improve services to adult learners
- Share tips for partnering effectively
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Recent research has demonstrated that adult language learners work best when their instruction is personalized, relevant to their real-world needs, and tailored to their interests and motivations; unfortunately, most traditional English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are not designed this way. This webinar will walk program administrators and teachers through how to conduct a language needs analysis for their non-native English speakers and then how to use the results to design innovative, forward-thinking programs that integrate language skills with skills development in order to improve outcomes for English Language Learners (ELLs). Based on recent empirical research in the fields of second language acquisition and technology-enabled instruction, practical recommendations for building and measuring an effective task-based language learning program will be reviewed.
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Fast-moving changes in federal immigration policies are affecting adult learners and the programs and organizations that serve them. Get an overview of key developments regarding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), refugee resettlement, and the public charge. Find out how adult educators can advocate for their learners in this changing environment. Then, hear from an expert in trauma-informed education about creating safe and welcoming classrooms amidst the roller-coaster of policy changes.
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Rarely in AE are emotions or traumas discussed. Yet, emotions and trauma have a major impact on how students learn. Join this engaging, 2-part webinar to see why emotions are the key to learning, how emotions and trauma keep students from learning, why students have major roles in their knowledge and skills, and what learning challenges AE students have that, if not identified and addressed, will perpetuate negative feelings about themselves and school. Four simple techniques will be offered in Part 2 that educators can use with AE students. These simple strategies can both change student success and attune teachers to what outside issues might be keeping students from learning!
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This webinar will ask you to rethink your approach to technology integration and explore how technology under WIOA should be implemented in classrooms. Whether an expert or novice, this webinar will give you a framework to support strategic technology integration that creates digital literacy and citizenship. Students will learn how to use technology they way in which they are expected to in the world of post secondary education and the workforce. This webinar introduces instructors to more realistic and naturally aligned technology options so they can better create digitally literate students who can practice digital citizenship. Students should be able to not just survive but thrive in a technology-based society, and this webinar gives ideas and tools on how their educators can get them there.
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Implementing Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education for Adults, this webinar will provide an update on implementation challenges and successes for the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The webinar will include some basic information about the Section 243 IELCE grant program which changed under WIOA and will update participants on lessons learned to date through the Building Opportunities project.
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is dramatically different than previous legislation for adult education. Presenters will address these changes and how they will affect professional development. Participants will share in small groups what they are already doing to address the changes and what they will institute in the future. This will be not only a “what needs to be done” session, but also a “how to do it” session. Participants will be given a new professional development framework and a tool box on how to get started.
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Adults learning English at the beginning and intermediate levels need activities to engage them in the learning process. Experience several hands-on strategies to use in your classroom that are specific to low-level learners. Observe a variety of ways to address reading, writing, speaking, and listening that require active participation by learners.