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Adult Education & Family Literacy Week featured at TESOL International with information, advocacy and resources, such as:

• Download: TESOL's Community and Family Toolkit
• Download: TESOL English Learners and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA): What Educators Need to Know
• Coalition on Adult and Basic Education: National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
• National Coalition for Literacy: National AEFL Week

Recent Training from ProLiteracy's Teacher Training Plus FREELY available on video:

Low-Level English Language Learning (ELL) As a new tutor or teacher, getting started with a low-level English language learner can seem overwhelming. You may worry about the first few weeks of lessons when the students speak almost no English. In this webinar, learn what your very first lesson should look like and how to build from there to make your first month of lessons a success for you and your student(s). [Also available later on video.] Where Do I Start? Planning the First Month of Lessons with a Low-Level ELL Student   Presenter: Steven Reid, Program Mngr. for Literacy Volunteers of NC

From the TESOL International 2023 Virtual Conference, Ana Kryzhanivska fully shares her presentation "Student agency in learning: Differentiated teacher education in linguistics classes." Ms. Kryzhanivska is T/ESOL Program Director & Associate Teaching Professor at Bowling Green State University, where she may be contacted at akryzh@bgsu.edu. View the presentation and sample syllabus in the following downloads.

Presentation Slides:

  Student agency in learning: Differentiated teacher education in linguistics classes.pptx 

Accompanying Course Syllabus:

  Student Agency in Learning Differentiated Teacher Education in Linguistics Classes.pdf

If you did not attend the TESOL International Conference 2023 in Portland, listen to this summary with comments by a few attendees. 

"No Students were Harmed in the Making of This Teacher." As introduced at TESOL International Convention 2023, check out this new method for ESOL teacher training, "funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) entitled Project MELTS (Micro-credentialing of English Learner Teaching Skills)," at University of Central Florida.

Recommended Resources

(Back to) Basics:

The dream: Learning to be bilingual By JinHui Liu. AFT. May 1, 2023.

1. The Center for the Success of English Learners' "research is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C200016 to the University of Houston." (October 21, 2022).                
2. Read/Subscribe for FREE to TESOL English Language Bulletin: Connections “. . .  newsletter that features practical articles and useful resources for English language teachers as well as TESOL International Association news. TC articles reflect the association’s interest in the profession as a global endeavor and its support for linguistic and cultural diversity.”  And, PUBLICALLY FREE to all --  Articles from past and present include, for example, Using station rotation in PD for supporting English language learners (May 31st): Schoolwide professional development requires careful planning to ensure that participants are both engaged and inspired. Activities need to motivate educators to apply what they've learned to support their students.
3. ProLiteracy, developed from Dr. Frank Laubach's pioneering methods in Adult Education, offers materials and professional development webinars free on YouTube and live.                                                                                                              
4. State of Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) provides the latest in Oregon's educational policy and the state's community college/university system. Sign up for HECC newsletter and download OREGON ADULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STANDARDS (OAELPS) Handbook July 14, 2022 (most recent).