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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April - June 2023 Public Calendar
Workshops
6 Pronunciation Skills Your Students Need to Know
Date: 4.3.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: When it comes to teaching pronunciation, individual sounds get the most attention, but what about rhythm, voice settings, and all the rest? Join this workshop to learn about the 6 levels of pronunciation, how to identify them in your learners’ speech, activities to help your students practice them, and how to integrate pronunciation practice into a communicative, theme-based lesson. Significant time for Q&A about your students’ particular pronunciation challenges will be provided.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Will Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://al6-pronunciation-skills.eventbrite.com
Graphics Novels in the Adult Education Classroom
Date: 4.19.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Description: Heard of graphic novels but not sure what they are or how to use them? Join us to consider ways to integrate using graphic novels in adult education classrooms, and come away with actionable knowledge and resources to help improve your students reading and critical thinking skills.
To Register: https://air-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvduurrD0sGdHuTflAzBWWl52TAKm0lfGg
This is a LINCS sponsored event
Tailoring Instructional Design - Preparing Students to Take the GED Exam
Date: 4.20.23
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Description: This session will dive into shared best practices for preparing our learners to achieve success on the GED exam, specifically for the social studies, the RLA, and the essay. We will explore commonalities between these subject areas and strategize how we can introduce and reinforce academic skills such as decoding vocabulary, streamlining reading comprehension, prioritizing information, interpreting context clues, and more.
Presenter: Raj Srinivasan
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Raj Srinivasan at srikanth@5and5.co if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://GEDPrepInstructionaldesign.eventbrite.com
Apps for In-Person ESOL: Quizlet and Ventures Arcade
Date: 4.28.23
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: Quizlet and Ventures Arcade offer fun, free, ready-to-use online activities that work just as well in class or out of class as homework. While Quizlet offers users more opportunities for customization and focuses on vocabulary memorization, Ventures Arcade has more comprehensive practice (i.e. vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading), and both applications have activities for all levels of ESOL. Join this workshop to learn the basics of accessing and using these two apps as well as logistical tips for integrating them into your in-person teaching.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Will Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://AL-ESOL-apps-Quizlet-Ventures-Arcade.eventbrite.com
10 Things You Can do to Create LGBTQ+-Inclusive and Affirming Language Classrooms (in-person event)
Date: 5.5.23
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Description: We know that LGBTQ+ people and their lives are rarely included in the content of classroom language learning. While many language educators understand the urgent need to support all learners in the development of appropriate and respectful queer literacies, how can we do that in ways that are affirming for the LGBTQ+ people in our classrooms? It can be scary to take that first step ("What if something goes wrong?"), and confusing to even know which step to take. In this lecture, Ashley Moore shares ten research-informed principles and practices that you can implement right away to create language classrooms that are both inclusive of LGBTQ+ lives and affirming for the LGBTQ+ people in them.
Presenters: Ashley Moore, William Linn
Location: 85 Broad St. Room 9H
Audience: ABE, HSE, and ESOL instructors, and program staff in adult literacy programs and social justice organizations
To Register: https://10-tips-LGBTQ-plus-Affirming-classes.eventbrite.com
Lesson Planning for Effective ABE/HSE Math Instruction
Date: 5.5.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00pm
Description: Math and numeracy can sometimes be challenging content to learn, but it can also be tricky to teach. Developing effective lesson plans that are engaging, inclusive and effective requires intentionality towards a number of things. During this session we will identify essential components of math lessons, share tips for how to ensure your lesson address learning differences and integrate necessary skills such as digital literacy.
Presenter: Cynthia Bell
Location: Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Cynthia Bell at cynthiab@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://planning4math.eventbrite.com
Workshop Series
Adult Education at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. A Two-Part Series
Series Overview: The Brooklyn Museum of Art offers opportunities for adult-literacy providers that are geared toward supporting adult learners, whether in an ESOL, Adult Basic Education (ABE), pre-High School Equivalency (pre-HSE), or High School Equivalency (HSE) class. Join this series to discover new connections across disciplines and deepen student engagement with your curricula through object-based teaching. Participants have the choice to attend one or both sessions.
Dates: 3.10.23 and 4.21.23
Session 2: Art and the Environment: Using Art in the Adult Education and Literacy STEAM Classroom (in-person event)
Date: 4.21.23
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Description: Learn strategies for incorporating art into your classrooms to support content area curricula. During this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to techniques used to facilitate conversations about art as a way to support discipline-specific literacy skills. This session is open to instructors and administrators of any adult literacy program in New York City, including English for speakers of other languages, adult basic education, and high school equivalency classes.
Presenter: Christina Marinelli and Lizelena Iglesias
Location: 200 Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn 11238
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE, and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://adulteducationBMAsession2.eventbrite.com
Teaching EL/Civics for All Skills. A Three-Part Series
Dates: 4.21.23, 5.12.23, and 6.2.23
Time: 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Series Overview: This three-part workshop series addresses different ways to teach citizenship to ESOL students. We will review techniques and activities to prepare students for all citizenship test requirements, from the 100 questions to reading, writing, and the interview. We will provide a Padlet with outside-of-class citizenship study tools for students. In addition, there will be citizenship and American history segments that can be sprinkled throughout regular ESOL classes and related music or movie clips to keep students engaged. We will look at activities for low intermediate to advanced students. Participants have the choice to attend one or all sessions.
Presenter: Elke Stappert
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, EL/Civics and ABE Instructors
Session 1 : Geography and More
Description: In the first session of the series, we will focus on citizenship questions around the topic of geography and explore notions of “home” with a range of activities. These will include partner interviews and “I am from” poem writing—how can students be at home in the US, and how can they share stories about their home countries? Other activities include teaching cardinal directions with world and city maps and looking at relevant movies in popular culture, from the Wizard of Oz to the Matrix. We will also practice different interview techniques to help students speak more confidently and prepare for interview situations. A Padlet with citizenship prep, online resources, and lesson plan activities will be provided.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session1.eventbrite.com
Session 2: History and More
Description: In the second session of the series, we will look at citizenship questions around the topic of US history and immigration. Where and when have immigrants historically arrived, and what difficulties and opportunities have they encountered? We will connect history questions from the citizenship test with current events, such as the Civil Rights movement and its connection to Black Lives Matter, Women’s suffrage to gender equality issues today, and the plight of Native Americans. We will engage students by analyzing movie scenes about great moments in American history and watching different pop singers perform the National Anthem. We will add more resources to the Citizenship Preparation Padlet, so you walk away ready to implement these ideas in your online and in-person classes.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session2.eventbrite.com
Session 3: Government and More
Description:: In the last session, we will explore citizenship questions around the topic of the US government and address the remaining test questions. Group and partner activities will help students differentiate between the three branches of government and understand the Bill of Rights and the importance of the Constitution and the Supreme Court. We will look at activities around voting, elections, reporting the news, and news for ESOL students. Wrapping up, we’ll review quizzes, mini-lessons and other tools from all three workshops with the lens of enabling students to practice independently for the citizenship test and learn more about US history.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session3.eventbrite.com
Google Club Series
Dates: 4.26.23, 5.24.23, and 6.28.23
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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 fourth Wednesday of the month from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Each Google Club session will include an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. Participants can also develop their own personal learning plan to increase their Google skills.
Presenter: Nell Eckersley & TBD
Location: Zoom. The Zoom link will appear in your Eventbrite account and will also be sent out a few days before the workshops. Please contact Nell Eckersley at NellE@lacnyc.org if you don't receive a link.
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors, Program Managers, Program Directors
4.26.23: Jamboard for Specific Teaching Strategies: https://googleclub42623.eventbrite.com
5.24.23: Google Draw Basics: https://googleclub52423.eventbrite.com
6.28.23: Show and Tell: https://googleclub62823.eventbrite.com
An Introduction to ESOL Curriculum Design: A Two-Part Series
Dates: 5.4.23 and 5.18.23
Time: 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Description: From the big picture questions of curriculum design - where to start and what to include - to the nuts and bolts questions - how to design a curriculum for an ESOL class with rolling admissions - this series will give participants effective approaches, strategies, and tips for developing their own curricula. Participants will also have time within the sessions to work on their ESOL curricula with support from their peers and the facilitator. Participants must be able to attend both sessions.
Session 1: The facilitator will present approaches and strategies for curriculum design, and participants will begin to work on their own curricula.
Session 2: Participants will continue to work on their curricula and they will share what they have produced.
Presenter: William Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact William Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://Curriculum-Design-Series-FY23.eventbrite.com
Using Short Videos for Feedback and Instruction. A Two-Part Series
Dates: 5.18.23 and 5.24.23
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description: Using video to provide feedback and short how-to instructions for students has never been easier. In this two-part series, we will look at some free tools we can use to create our videos and how to share videos with students. We will look at examples of videos and discuss what makes them effective. Participants will then create their own videos as homework and share them back with our group. In the second session of the series, we will review the videos and discuss the experience of making them and viewing them. We will troubleshoot any issues that came up and develop plans for how each of us can bring videos into our teaching practice. Coaching will be available to participants. Registrants are required to attend both sessions. B y registering for the May 18th session, you are also registered for the follow-up session on May 24th (updated). You will receive a Zoom link for the follow-up session during the May 18th session.
Presenter: Nell Eckersley
Location: Zoom. The Zoom link will appear in your Eventbrite account and will also be sent out a few days before the workshops. Please contact Nell Eckersley at NellE@lacnyc.org if you don't receive a link.
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors, Program Managers, Program Directors
To Register: https://VideoFeedback51823.eventbrite.com
Financial Literacy as a Tool for Social Justice. A Two-Part Series ( in-person event)
Dates: 5.26.23 & 6.9.23
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Description: Taxes may be one of life’s great certainties, but the financial literacy needed to understand them unfortunately is not. All too often our students are under- equipped with regard to taxes, budgeting, income and debt management, financial self-efficacy, financial advisement resources that are available to them, and economies of scale. Adult learners also benefit from learning how to advocate for themselves –how to match the value of their skills and work to the salary they are paid, how to ask for a raise with confidence, and how to seek out employment that fits their experience and skills with bravery and joy. Adult Education can teach these imperative life skills with the understanding that our students are already fully participating economic actors, rather than mere consumers. By understanding the importance of the worker in our economy, financial literacy becomes a portal to community empowerment and economic justice. During session one of this series, we’ll discuss the tenets of financial literacy in straightforward, accessible language. During session two, we will explore instructional approaches to teaching financial literacy through a critical lens and we will collaboratively develop project outlines ready to implement in your classrooms. Participants have the choice to attend one or both sessions.
Presenters: Lizelena Iglesias and Kevin Dotson
Location: 85 Broad Street, Room 18F
Audience: ESOL, ABE, HSE, and ESOL instructors, and program staff in adult literacy programs and social justice organizations
5.26.23 Session 1: Financial Literacy Basics
To Register for Session 1: https://AL-FinancialLiteracySeriessession1.eventbrite.com
6.9.23 Session 2: Popular Education and Project Based Learning as Tools for Economic Justice
To Register for Session 2: https://financialliteracysession2.eventbrite.com
6 Pronunciation Skills Your Students Need to Know
Date: 4.3.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: When it comes to teaching pronunciation, individual sounds get the most attention, but what about rhythm, voice settings, and all the rest? Join this workshop to learn about the 6 levels of pronunciation, how to identify them in your learners’ speech, activities to help your students practice them, and how to integrate pronunciation practice into a communicative, theme-based lesson. Significant time for Q&A about your students’ particular pronunciation challenges will be provided.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Will Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://al6-pronunciation-skills.eventbrite.com
Graphics Novels in the Adult Education Classroom
Date: 4.19.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Description: Heard of graphic novels but not sure what they are or how to use them? Join us to consider ways to integrate using graphic novels in adult education classrooms, and come away with actionable knowledge and resources to help improve your students reading and critical thinking skills.
To Register: https://air-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvduurrD0sGdHuTflAzBWWl52TAKm0lfGg
This is a LINCS sponsored event
Tailoring Instructional Design - Preparing Students to Take the GED Exam
Date: 4.20.23
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Description: This session will dive into shared best practices for preparing our learners to achieve success on the GED exam, specifically for the social studies, the RLA, and the essay. We will explore commonalities between these subject areas and strategize how we can introduce and reinforce academic skills such as decoding vocabulary, streamlining reading comprehension, prioritizing information, interpreting context clues, and more.
Presenter: Raj Srinivasan
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Raj Srinivasan at srikanth@5and5.co if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://GEDPrepInstructionaldesign.eventbrite.com
Apps for In-Person ESOL: Quizlet and Ventures Arcade
Date: 4.28.23
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Description: Quizlet and Ventures Arcade offer fun, free, ready-to-use online activities that work just as well in class or out of class as homework. While Quizlet offers users more opportunities for customization and focuses on vocabulary memorization, Ventures Arcade has more comprehensive practice (i.e. vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading), and both applications have activities for all levels of ESOL. Join this workshop to learn the basics of accessing and using these two apps as well as logistical tips for integrating them into your in-person teaching.
Presenter: Will Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Will Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://AL-ESOL-apps-Quizlet-Ventures-Arcade.eventbrite.com
10 Things You Can do to Create LGBTQ+-Inclusive and Affirming Language Classrooms (in-person event)
Date: 5.5.23
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Description: We know that LGBTQ+ people and their lives are rarely included in the content of classroom language learning. While many language educators understand the urgent need to support all learners in the development of appropriate and respectful queer literacies, how can we do that in ways that are affirming for the LGBTQ+ people in our classrooms? It can be scary to take that first step ("What if something goes wrong?"), and confusing to even know which step to take. In this lecture, Ashley Moore shares ten research-informed principles and practices that you can implement right away to create language classrooms that are both inclusive of LGBTQ+ lives and affirming for the LGBTQ+ people in them.
Presenters: Ashley Moore, William Linn
Location: 85 Broad St. Room 9H
Audience: ABE, HSE, and ESOL instructors, and program staff in adult literacy programs and social justice organizations
To Register: https://10-tips-LGBTQ-plus-Affirming-classes.eventbrite.com
Lesson Planning for Effective ABE/HSE Math Instruction
Date: 5.5.23
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00pm
Description: Math and numeracy can sometimes be challenging content to learn, but it can also be tricky to teach. Developing effective lesson plans that are engaging, inclusive and effective requires intentionality towards a number of things. During this session we will identify essential components of math lessons, share tips for how to ensure your lesson address learning differences and integrate necessary skills such as digital literacy.
Presenter: Cynthia Bell
Location: Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact Cynthia Bell at cynthiab@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://planning4math.eventbrite.com
Workshop Series
Adult Education at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. A Two-Part Series
Series Overview: The Brooklyn Museum of Art offers opportunities for adult-literacy providers that are geared toward supporting adult learners, whether in an ESOL, Adult Basic Education (ABE), pre-High School Equivalency (pre-HSE), or High School Equivalency (HSE) class. Join this series to discover new connections across disciplines and deepen student engagement with your curricula through object-based teaching. Participants have the choice to attend one or both sessions.
Dates: 3.10.23 and 4.21.23
Session 2: Art and the Environment: Using Art in the Adult Education and Literacy STEAM Classroom (in-person event)
Date: 4.21.23
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Description: Learn strategies for incorporating art into your classrooms to support content area curricula. During this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to techniques used to facilitate conversations about art as a way to support discipline-specific literacy skills. This session is open to instructors and administrators of any adult literacy program in New York City, including English for speakers of other languages, adult basic education, and high school equivalency classes.
Presenter: Christina Marinelli and Lizelena Iglesias
Location: 200 Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn 11238
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE, and HSE Instructors
To Register: https://adulteducationBMAsession2.eventbrite.com
Teaching EL/Civics for All Skills. A Three-Part Series
Dates: 4.21.23, 5.12.23, and 6.2.23
Time: 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Series Overview: This three-part workshop series addresses different ways to teach citizenship to ESOL students. We will review techniques and activities to prepare students for all citizenship test requirements, from the 100 questions to reading, writing, and the interview. We will provide a Padlet with outside-of-class citizenship study tools for students. In addition, there will be citizenship and American history segments that can be sprinkled throughout regular ESOL classes and related music or movie clips to keep students engaged. We will look at activities for low intermediate to advanced students. Participants have the choice to attend one or all sessions.
Presenter: Elke Stappert
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, EL/Civics and ABE Instructors
Session 1 : Geography and More
Description: In the first session of the series, we will focus on citizenship questions around the topic of geography and explore notions of “home” with a range of activities. These will include partner interviews and “I am from” poem writing—how can students be at home in the US, and how can they share stories about their home countries? Other activities include teaching cardinal directions with world and city maps and looking at relevant movies in popular culture, from the Wizard of Oz to the Matrix. We will also practice different interview techniques to help students speak more confidently and prepare for interview situations. A Padlet with citizenship prep, online resources, and lesson plan activities will be provided.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session1.eventbrite.com
Session 2: History and More
Description: In the second session of the series, we will look at citizenship questions around the topic of US history and immigration. Where and when have immigrants historically arrived, and what difficulties and opportunities have they encountered? We will connect history questions from the citizenship test with current events, such as the Civil Rights movement and its connection to Black Lives Matter, Women’s suffrage to gender equality issues today, and the plight of Native Americans. We will engage students by analyzing movie scenes about great moments in American history and watching different pop singers perform the National Anthem. We will add more resources to the Citizenship Preparation Padlet, so you walk away ready to implement these ideas in your online and in-person classes.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session2.eventbrite.com
Session 3: Government and More
Description:: In the last session, we will explore citizenship questions around the topic of the US government and address the remaining test questions. Group and partner activities will help students differentiate between the three branches of government and understand the Bill of Rights and the importance of the Constitution and the Supreme Court. We will look at activities around voting, elections, reporting the news, and news for ESOL students. Wrapping up, we’ll review quizzes, mini-lessons and other tools from all three workshops with the lens of enabling students to practice independently for the citizenship test and learn more about US history.
To Register: https://EL-Civics-4-all-Skills-session3.eventbrite.com
Google Club Series
Dates: 4.26.23, 5.24.23, and 6.28.23
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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 fourth Wednesday of the month from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Each Google Club session will include an hour on a Google topic and half an hour open to show and tell and questions from participants. Participants can also develop their own personal learning plan to increase their Google skills.
Presenter: Nell Eckersley & TBD
Location: Zoom. The Zoom link will appear in your Eventbrite account and will also be sent out a few days before the workshops. Please contact Nell Eckersley at NellE@lacnyc.org if you don't receive a link.
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors, Program Managers, Program Directors
4.26.23: Jamboard for Specific Teaching Strategies: https://googleclub42623.eventbrite.com
5.24.23: Google Draw Basics: https://googleclub52423.eventbrite.com
6.28.23: Show and Tell: https://googleclub62823.eventbrite.com
An Introduction to ESOL Curriculum Design: A Two-Part Series
Dates: 5.4.23 and 5.18.23
Time: 2:00 pm -5:00 pm
Description: From the big picture questions of curriculum design - where to start and what to include - to the nuts and bolts questions - how to design a curriculum for an ESOL class with rolling admissions - this series will give participants effective approaches, strategies, and tips for developing their own curricula. Participants will also have time within the sessions to work on their ESOL curricula with support from their peers and the facilitator. Participants must be able to attend both sessions.
Session 1: The facilitator will present approaches and strategies for curriculum design, and participants will begin to work on their own curricula.
Session 2: Participants will continue to work on their curricula and they will share what they have produced.
Presenter: William Linn
Location: A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you once you have registered. Please contact William Linn at willl@lacnyc.org if you don’t receive a link.
Audience: ESOL Instructors, Program Directors, Program Managers
To Register: https://Curriculum-Design-Series-FY23.eventbrite.com
Using Short Videos for Feedback and Instruction. A Two-Part Series
Dates: 5.18.23 and 5.24.23
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Description: Using video to provide feedback and short how-to instructions for students has never been easier. In this two-part series, we will look at some free tools we can use to create our videos and how to share videos with students. We will look at examples of videos and discuss what makes them effective. Participants will then create their own videos as homework and share them back with our group. In the second session of the series, we will review the videos and discuss the experience of making them and viewing them. We will troubleshoot any issues that came up and develop plans for how each of us can bring videos into our teaching practice. Coaching will be available to participants. Registrants are required to attend both sessions. B y registering for the May 18th session, you are also registered for the follow-up session on May 24th (updated). You will receive a Zoom link for the follow-up session during the May 18th session.
Presenter: Nell Eckersley
Location: Zoom. The Zoom link will appear in your Eventbrite account and will also be sent out a few days before the workshops. Please contact Nell Eckersley at NellE@lacnyc.org if you don't receive a link.
Audience: ESOL, ABE/Pre-HSE and HSE Instructors, Program Managers, Program Directors
To Register: https://VideoFeedback51823.eventbrite.com
Financial Literacy as a Tool for Social Justice. A Two-Part Series ( in-person event)
Dates: 5.26.23 & 6.9.23
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Description: Taxes may be one of life’s great certainties, but the financial literacy needed to understand them unfortunately is not. All too often our students are under- equipped with regard to taxes, budgeting, income and debt management, financial self-efficacy, financial advisement resources that are available to them, and economies of scale. Adult learners also benefit from learning how to advocate for themselves –how to match the value of their skills and work to the salary they are paid, how to ask for a raise with confidence, and how to seek out employment that fits their experience and skills with bravery and joy. Adult Education can teach these imperative life skills with the understanding that our students are already fully participating economic actors, rather than mere consumers. By understanding the importance of the worker in our economy, financial literacy becomes a portal to community empowerment and economic justice. During session one of this series, we’ll discuss the tenets of financial literacy in straightforward, accessible language. During session two, we will explore instructional approaches to teaching financial literacy through a critical lens and we will collaboratively develop project outlines ready to implement in your classrooms. Participants have the choice to attend one or both sessions.
Presenters: Lizelena Iglesias and Kevin Dotson
Location: 85 Broad Street, Room 18F
Audience: ESOL, ABE, HSE, and ESOL instructors, and program staff in adult literacy programs and social justice organizations
5.26.23 Session 1: Financial Literacy Basics
To Register for Session 1: https://AL-FinancialLiteracySeriessession1.eventbrite.com
6.9.23 Session 2: Popular Education and Project Based Learning as Tools for Economic Justice
To Register for Session 2: https://financialliteracysession2.eventbrite.com