By Yigal Kerszenbaum, Employment Technology Fund and Alison Ascher Webber, EdTech Center @ World Education Originally posted on Walmart Today Having recently arrived to the U.S. from Cape Verde, Africa, Solange is eager to improve her English and pass her citizenship exam. She hopes to pursue a career in healthcare and build a brighter future for … Continue reading How Tech Can Bridge the Employment Opportunity Gap
Every year, our staff delivers engaging workshops across a range of topics. This year we have 18 workshops being presented by staff members, and we are sponsoring two strands at the conference! Below is a list of all the workshops our staff members are presenting, but don’t forget to check out the “Transitions Strand” sponsored by … Continue reading World Education Staff Workshops at COABE 2018
Pam Meader is a math consultant for TERC in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a national math trainer for LINCS. Pam is co-facilitator of the Mathematizing ESOL series serving as the math expert. She is co-author of the Hands on Math series from Walch Publishing and is a member of ANN, Adult Numeracy Network. Integrating curriculum is … Continue reading Math and ESOL, A Winning Combination
Our workplace education students at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center (Seaport) are some of the lucky ones who have an employer who recognizes their potential for growth. Twice a week for a total of four hours a week, employees come to one of two workplace ESOL classes on 100% paid release time. The … Continue reading Developing Meaningful Workplace Curriculum
The overall theme of NCTN’s 11th annual Effective Transitions in Adult Education Conference was Connect and Engage. The plenary session in particular was dedicated to that theme. John Sarrouf from Essential Partners shared insights and guided experiential exercises to create an inspiring learning experience. During the current climate of disconnection, it was meaningful to have the time to sharpen our abilities to … Continue reading Insights and Innovations from the 2017 NCTN Conference
By Jen Vanek, Director of the IDEAL Consoritum at World Education A key strategy to our EdTech Center’s work catalyzing an edtech movement in adult learning is the IDEAL Consortium, a Professional Development (PD) and technical assistance initiative comprised of state-level staff, PD leaders, and ed tech specialists from 11 member states. Through peer mentoring, … Continue reading 2017 Highlights from the IDEAL Consortium
When it comes to adult literacy education, professional development is not just a nice thing to offer teachers, it’s essential. In order to provide high quality instruction in literacy, numeracy, and high school equivalency, and prepare adults for success in college and careers, we must provide in-service training. Many adult educators do not have a … Continue reading And the Literacy Leadership Award Goes to… Minnesota ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) @ Hamline University
In yesterday’s blog post, Upping Our Civic Game, Andy Nash offered suggestions to help adult students engage in civic life. One tool that can help you do this is The Change Agent. Every issue of The Change Agent gives students a view of other adult learners’ efforts to make change in their own lives or … Continue reading Raise Your Civic Voice with The Change Agent
National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, along with providing an opportunity to draw attention to the importance of adult education, reminds us of the need for widespread civic engagement. Despite WIOA’s almost singular focus on workforce development, many practitioners are thinking about the role of civics in adult education. Threats to the education budget, along with … Continue reading Upping Our Civic Game
In educating immigrants on their rights or on how to raise up their civic voices, organizations are increasingly deploying social media, creating websites and apps, and using texting to provide essential just in time information and anytime, anywhere learning. In recent months, two new apps have been developed to assist individuals to know and assert … Continue reading Apps for Knowing Your Rights & Notifying in Emergencies
