LAC Workshop CalendarThese professional development offerings are provided through funding from the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the Literacy Assistance Center.
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Summer 2021 Calendar
July Workshops
LAC Google Club: Club: Making eBooks using Google Slides
Date: 7.21.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucu6vrjkiHNTulT1rDv1gwitVqhkQUG71
Join our Coffee Break this month! Reflective Listening: The Key to Meaningful Conversations in your Classroom
Description: Conflict is an inevitable part of our daily lives. In times of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, stress and tension levels escalate, thus giving rise to more conflict. What are some ways to manage such conflicts in your classrooms? Reflective listening is one effective way to amicably resolve such conflicts.
Date: 7.28.21
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Presenter: Be Jensen
Audience: ESOL, ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors, Case Managers, Coordinators
To Register: https://mahernet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlceCgrT8tHdHo37VvOjsoo6zm87gMoyF5
Note: This is a LINCS sponsored event
August Workshops
Brain-Based Teaching Strategies
Description: During this session we will look at powerful brain-based teaching strategies that can help our students succeed both inside and outside the classroom. These strategies are easy to use and don't require additional preparation. You will walk away equipped to help your students learn better and more effectively.
Date: 8.6.21
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://al-brainbasedstrategies.eventbrite.com
The Basics of Google Slides
Date: 8.12.21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Description: This workshop will cover the basics of Google Slides including how to open a new slides document, creating your own theme, inserting images and animations, arranging your slides, and sharing your slides. This session is for beginners with little or no experience using Google Slides.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOCurD4uHNFdU74KofKnTdW2wWN9tqJB
Four Thinking Skills for Deeper Learning in Any Setting
Description: Looking for ideas to facilitate meaning-making in your classroom? Curious about thinking skills that facilitate knowledge acquisition and deeper learning? Come to this session to explore the four thinking tools: 1) framing learning around big ideas, 2) conceptualizing, 3) predicting and hypothesizing, 4) perspective taking and empathizing, that will expand your toolkit of strategies and will help empower your students to be active thinkers.
Date: 8.13.21
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://aldeeperlearningthinkingskills.eventbrite.com
Science and Literacy Practices Working Together
Description: Is it possible to improve students’ reading and writing skills while teaching science content? Yes, it is! In this 90-minute presentation, you will learn how to incorporate skill development tools like interactive read-alouds, graphic organizers, and writing scaffolds into science teaching and learning. These methods will work for other content areas too.
Date: 8.18.21
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias and Steven Schmidt
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://mahernet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvc-yrpzojHNNUYH7MfRtP20EY3fJvrIiA
Note: This is a LINCS sponsored event
LAC Google Club: Google Docs and Review of Google Certifications
Date: 8.18.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0odeGspjgiGtHjVEk9VUqjlc-DKX942DE2
September Workshops
Let’s Get Digital! Strategies for Teaching Basic Digital Skills
Date: 9.3.21
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Description: ESOL instruction has long focused on practical life skills such as filling out a job application or making a doctor’s appointment, but what about when these tasks go digital? There are countless employment, government, and educational resources available online, and they are inaccessible to ESOL learners who lack digital literacy. In this workshop, we will discuss the various elements of digital literacy and have hands-on practice with instructional techniques for teaching basic digital skills. Participants will also learn ways to seamlessly integrate digital literacy into their existing lessons.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ESOL Instructors
To Register: https://public-basic-digital-skills-2021.eventbrite.com
LAC Google Club: Managing Google Drive and Student Portfolios
Date: 9.15.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuurpjstGNUB5EdiQsaMk8TZ8fRcoYTc
Introduction to Teaching with Desmos
Description: Desmos is an incredible ed tech tool for teaching and learning math. What makes it so unique is that it can be effectively used for in-person or remote instruction. Instructors can use ready-made and accessible math activities with learners or make their own customized activities. Attend this workshop to get an introduction to this transformative tool. Once you go Desmos, you’ll never go back.
Date: 9.17.21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Presenter: Cynthia Bell
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://al-teachingwithdesmos.eventbrite.com
Multi-Level Activities and Strategies for Remote ESOL
Date: 9.29.21
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Description: Teachers often find out that their “beginner” or “intermediate” ESOL classes contain learners whose skill levels are widely disparate. Some speak well but have minimal writing skills. Others are good readers but have trouble with oral English. Still others, while falling in the designated class level are much lower or higher in all skills than most of the group. In this session, participants will learn strategies for multi-leveling any activity, have hands-on practice applying these strategies, and get tips for structuring a remote lesson to support their multi-level students’ learning.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ESOL Instructors
To Register: https://public-multilevel-remote-esol.eventbrite.com
LAC Google Club: Club: Making eBooks using Google Slides
Date: 7.21.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucu6vrjkiHNTulT1rDv1gwitVqhkQUG71
Join our Coffee Break this month! Reflective Listening: The Key to Meaningful Conversations in your Classroom
Description: Conflict is an inevitable part of our daily lives. In times of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, stress and tension levels escalate, thus giving rise to more conflict. What are some ways to manage such conflicts in your classrooms? Reflective listening is one effective way to amicably resolve such conflicts.
Date: 7.28.21
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Presenter: Be Jensen
Audience: ESOL, ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors, Case Managers, Coordinators
To Register: https://mahernet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlceCgrT8tHdHo37VvOjsoo6zm87gMoyF5
Note: This is a LINCS sponsored event
August Workshops
Brain-Based Teaching Strategies
Description: During this session we will look at powerful brain-based teaching strategies that can help our students succeed both inside and outside the classroom. These strategies are easy to use and don't require additional preparation. You will walk away equipped to help your students learn better and more effectively.
Date: 8.6.21
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://al-brainbasedstrategies.eventbrite.com
The Basics of Google Slides
Date: 8.12.21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Description: This workshop will cover the basics of Google Slides including how to open a new slides document, creating your own theme, inserting images and animations, arranging your slides, and sharing your slides. This session is for beginners with little or no experience using Google Slides.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOCurD4uHNFdU74KofKnTdW2wWN9tqJB
Four Thinking Skills for Deeper Learning in Any Setting
Description: Looking for ideas to facilitate meaning-making in your classroom? Curious about thinking skills that facilitate knowledge acquisition and deeper learning? Come to this session to explore the four thinking tools: 1) framing learning around big ideas, 2) conceptualizing, 3) predicting and hypothesizing, 4) perspective taking and empathizing, that will expand your toolkit of strategies and will help empower your students to be active thinkers.
Date: 8.13.21
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://aldeeperlearningthinkingskills.eventbrite.com
Science and Literacy Practices Working Together
Description: Is it possible to improve students’ reading and writing skills while teaching science content? Yes, it is! In this 90-minute presentation, you will learn how to incorporate skill development tools like interactive read-alouds, graphic organizers, and writing scaffolds into science teaching and learning. These methods will work for other content areas too.
Date: 8.18.21
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Presenter: Lizelena Iglesias and Steven Schmidt
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://mahernet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvc-yrpzojHNNUYH7MfRtP20EY3fJvrIiA
Note: This is a LINCS sponsored event
LAC Google Club: Google Docs and Review of Google Certifications
Date: 8.18.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0odeGspjgiGtHjVEk9VUqjlc-DKX942DE2
September Workshops
Let’s Get Digital! Strategies for Teaching Basic Digital Skills
Date: 9.3.21
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Description: ESOL instruction has long focused on practical life skills such as filling out a job application or making a doctor’s appointment, but what about when these tasks go digital? There are countless employment, government, and educational resources available online, and they are inaccessible to ESOL learners who lack digital literacy. In this workshop, we will discuss the various elements of digital literacy and have hands-on practice with instructional techniques for teaching basic digital skills. Participants will also learn ways to seamlessly integrate digital literacy into their existing lessons.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ESOL Instructors
To Register: https://public-basic-digital-skills-2021.eventbrite.com
LAC Google Club: Managing Google Drive and Student Portfolios
Date: 9.15.21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Description: The LAC’s Google Club is a monthly opportunity to meet with colleagues to learn and share Google knowledge.
Google Club meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 4pm to 5pm (Eastern) on Zoom. Each Google Club session will include half an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. You can also develop your own personal learning plan to increase your Google skills. Come to one session or come to them all.
Facilitators: LAC Staff
Audience: Program Managers, Program Directors, ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuurpjstGNUB5EdiQsaMk8TZ8fRcoYTc
Introduction to Teaching with Desmos
Description: Desmos is an incredible ed tech tool for teaching and learning math. What makes it so unique is that it can be effectively used for in-person or remote instruction. Instructors can use ready-made and accessible math activities with learners or make their own customized activities. Attend this workshop to get an introduction to this transformative tool. Once you go Desmos, you’ll never go back.
Date: 9.17.21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Presenter: Cynthia Bell
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ABE, Pre HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://al-teachingwithdesmos.eventbrite.com
Multi-Level Activities and Strategies for Remote ESOL
Date: 9.29.21
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Description: Teachers often find out that their “beginner” or “intermediate” ESOL classes contain learners whose skill levels are widely disparate. Some speak well but have minimal writing skills. Others are good readers but have trouble with oral English. Still others, while falling in the designated class level are much lower or higher in all skills than most of the group. In this session, participants will learn strategies for multi-leveling any activity, have hands-on practice applying these strategies, and get tips for structuring a remote lesson to support their multi-level students’ learning.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants a few days before the session that will allow you to join the workshop
Audience: ESOL Instructors
To Register: https://public-multilevel-remote-esol.eventbrite.com