Videos and Workshops
Spring Lunch & Learn I - February 21, 2024
Join us for a unique perspective on Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom. Former ACLC ESL student, Marica Prozo, brings her experience as a student and a psychologist to this training. Listen to her story and some suggestions on how to maintain a steady flow of progress - no matter the pace! - in your classrooms. Stick around after the presentation for a few great tutor roundtable questions and solution suggestions!
Fall Lunch & Learn - November 15, 2023
Our State Monitoring results are in! Watch the video for the findings and recommendations for improvement provided by PDE - our major grantor.
Learn about some resources you may not have realized are available and hear advice and comments from each attending tutor who shared advice during the Round Table session.
Have questions about anything discussed? Reach out to your program coordinator!
Fall 2023 Tutor Training - September 27, 2023
Fall 2023 Tutor Training was held in a HyFLex format, and hosted at LIU12 FCLC. Guest presenter, Mary Ellen Moore, addresses the reasons behind reading difficulties for individuals with dyslexia and for English language learners who may not recognize certain sounds in this new-to-them language. This video includes resources, strategies, and suggested tactics for building and supporting phonemic awareness in adult learners as they streghten thier reading and speaking skills. Apologies for the video deck covering some of the slides, but the information is all good and the slide decks are below!
Additional Resources from International Dyslexia Assoc. (Thanks to Deb B. for finding this resource)
Dyslexia in the Classroom: What Every Teacher Needs to Know (PDF Handbook)
Dyslexia Fact Sheets (Informative Links)
Monitoring Information and Prep 9.27.2023FYI's
A short slide deck outlining best practices and reviewing common terminology and adult ed policies to refresh our memories before monitoring in October!
It is all about the sound presentation.pptxSlide Deck: Phonemic Awareness
Mary Ellen Moore's Slide deck from the above video. Slides contain active links for resources including websites, YouTube videos, and more!
Phonemic Awareness - Handout 2023.pdfDashboard: Phonemic Awareness
Mary Ellen Moore's Phonemic Awareness Dashboard contains active links for resources including definitions, YouTube videos for activities, etc. Live links included!
Spring 2023 Tutor Training
Spring 2023 Tutor Training was held at both Literacy Councils in person and virtual (HyFlex) and was recorded live. You won't want to miss this training (and be sure to revisit it frequently for a refresher). Learn about connecting the community with our mission through videos and testimonials; the importance of data and how we use your reports and attendance; what testing looks like for both ESL and ABE students, what competencies are and how to use them to inform lesson plans; fantastic grammar and writing strategies for ESL and ABE; and how to connect with your personal mission and become joint stewards with other adult education tutors and staff!
Using Data to Inform Instruction (Slide Deck - Lynsie Turner)
Lynsie Turner's slide deck from the Spring 2023 Tutor Training has great information about student assessments and how those test results can help tutors target areas that students may need more help with. Slide contain live links to helpful information pertaining to this important aspect of our work.
Grammar, Sentence Structure, & Paragraph (Slide Deck- Deb Barnes)
Deb Barnes' slide deck presentation from the Spring 2023 Tutor Training is chock full of great information and live links for all ESL and ABE tutors looking for Grammar strategies and resources! Bonus: Click HERE to access the resource sheet on the 12 verb tenses Deb referred to!
Find Your Why and Make the Way (Slide Deck- Angie Wilt)
Angie Wilt's slide deck from the Spring 2023 Tutor training. Click the live links to connect with your "why", create a personal mission statement, and learn how to use both to become joint stewards with your fellow tutors and Lit Council staff as we all work toward student success!
Virtual Tutor Training - Fall 2022 In-service Update
In this Fall 2022 Tutor Training, we discuss updates from the Adult Education In-service from LIU12 and PDE. Angie provides information about goals for the 2022-2023 Program Year and provides updates on FCLC's agency vision and goals. An overall Professional Learning Coop (PLC) tutorial provided by Adult Ed's own Josh Rutledge is included and outlines opportunities and focuses for this program year.
Writing as a Basis for Reading and So Much More
In this LINCS Webinar, Dr. Rebeca Fernandez, an assistant professor at Davidson College, will draw on 25 years of experience in the field of language and literacy in her presentation. Participants will discover new and effective strategies to integrate writing with reading activities, as well as listening and speaking, to support English learners to enhance their academic language skills
Virtual Tutor Training Workshop: Digital Literacy and Project Based Learning
In this training, the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) are briefly introduced (we'll be visiting them more in depth throughout the coming year!) and we're visited by special guest presenter, Sara Cole, from Literacy Pittsburgh! Sara shows us some great examples of Digital Literacy and Project Based Learning. The video also features some agency updates for both ACLC and FCLC, as well as an introduction to the newest resource for tutors. The workshop wraps up with a wonderful, open conversation among the tutors about current situations with students and shared solutions for current challenges.
Teaching Skills That Matter: Civics Education In Action
This video shows the components for teaching a Civics Education lesson. You'll see Robert Lee teach a lesson about the Flint Michigan water crisis to intermediate and intermediate-high (NRS levels) English language learners in his distance learning class. Robert Lee is a Teaching Skills that Matter Coach in addition to being an ESL teacher and ESL Tutor Trainer with the Delaware County Literacy Council in Pennsylvania. In the video, you'll also hear from Betsy Parrish, an adult education subject matter expert and a TEFL/TESOL professor at Hamline University.
Resource Overview
Proliteracy Education Network! In this video, Angie goes over the features in this Tutor and Student resource!
Teaching Skills That Matter: Workforce Preparation In Action
Basic ZOOM Tutorial: How to Teach with Zoom
Great step-by-step tutorial from creating an account to tips for teaching!