Hot off the press: our ESOL Year-at-a-Glance calendar! Organized by quarter, this chart shows a list of courses and special events that we’ll be offering throughout the year. Please note the addition of curriculum and instructional coaches and program-based workshops by request, along with our...
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Posted on: 01/16/2020
Frustrated that your students continue to struggle with word problems? You might think it's because they don't read carefully enough, but it could be that they don't know how to make sense of the situation. Singapore Strips (also called bar models or tape diagrams) are a visual tool that can help...
Posted on: 01/13/2020
We use them all the time, so why not get cozy with percents? Check out the new adult numeracy blog by Sarah Lonberg-Lew entitled, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Percents."
Posted on: 10/07/2019
With support from the ELA C&I PD Center in FY20, I want to ... Work with an ELA coach , tailored to my program's needs and schedule. Empower students with effective reading tools and strategies, and/or support the teachers and volunteers in EBRI classrooms. Hear from two local veteran STAR...
Posted on: 01/03/2020
On Friday, March 27th, this kickoff will provide a series of topics and activities to help programs begin envisioning how they might fully integrate distance and blended learning services as part of their planning for the upcoming fiscal or program year. Look for future announcements with more...
Posted on: 11/30/2016
Overview of the STAR Initiative The ST udent A chievement in R eading (STAR) initiative focuses on building the reading skills of intermediate level adult learners (GLE 4.0–8.9). STAR is explicitly listed as one of the ways in which OCTAE “supports states in meeting these new WIOA requirements”...
Posted on: 11/21/2019
Two excellent nonprofit educational organizations based in Massachusetts provide these free educator webinars. While geared toward K–12 educators, the webinars will also be relevant to ABE and ESOL teachers who wish to incorporate these topics into classes, or to use the teaching strategies modeled...
Posted on: 11/04/2019
Update your U.S. Social Studies content knowledge with a Teaching Tolerance webinar, recorded from the live event in early November 2019. "Explore the role of U.S. segregation in everything from housing to employment to wealth accumulation—and the policies that made it all happen. Inspired by and...
Posted on: 10/31/2019
The Program Support PD Center digital literacy team is pleased to share the following information about a free, facilitated online course on technology adoption offered by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). ISTE's SkillRise course focuses on how to use educational...
Posted on: 10/31/2019
We are pleased to share that the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center will be hosting its annual Job Fair for English Language Learners on Thursday, November 7, from 12:30 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m. at the Pao Arts Center, 99 Albany Street, Boston. Employers include the United States Census , MicroTech...
