Foundations in Teaching Adult ESOL Students
Tuesday, October 9 and Wednesday, October 10
2:00-4:00 PM (Remote Only)
via Zoom
(Please note: This is a two-part workshop. By registering you are committing to both sessions.)
Workshop Description:
Educators of multilingual learners of English undertake extensive curriculum preparation – and they also strive to build dynamic and rigorous lessons for meaningful learning to take place. Foundations in Teaching Adult Multilingual Learners of English aims to support newly certified and/ or volunteer teachers with minimal teaching experience in utilizing effective lesson-planning strategies, tools, and resources to ease this impressive workload. In this 2-part workshop, participants will identify criteria for dynamic language acquisition and determine components in creating an engaging, communicative, learner-centered lesson plan. Come ready to explore and collaborate – and take away useful resources and a personalized lesson plan template!
Workshop Learning Objectives - Participants will learn how to:
- Identify criteria for dynamic language acquisition
- Determine components in an engaging, learner-centered lesson plan
- Create a personalized lesson plan template
Presenter:
Erica Fleitas is an instructor and content designer with over 12 years of experience working with adult multilingual learners of English. She holds a Master of Science in Education and a TEFL certificate. She has worked in virtual and in-person roles as an instructor and program coordinator with various organizations in Spain and Massachusetts, including ACO Formacion, CUNEF Universidad, the US Dep of State/Georgetown U Virtual Educator Program, Worcester State U (IELI), Clark U (ALCI), and the Community College of Rhode Island (Adult Education). She is currently working as a consultant on curriculum projects and as an instructor at Holyoke Community College MA (ESOL). She is passionate about creating activities for content and language-integrated learning in which others participate in creative and critical thinking about diverse topics and guide their own learning experience.
This workshop is free to staff of all Massachusetts non-profit ABE and ESOL Programs.
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