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SUMMARY:ESOL Basics: Instructional Strategies Online Course
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed for adult educators who are new to teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) either in the classroom or through one-to-one tutoring sessions. ESOL is a term often used synonymously with ESL\, or ELA (English language acquisition). For consistency\, we use the term ESOL in this course but recognize that some programs may use other terms.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/esol-basics-instructional-strategies-online-course/
CATEGORIES:Facilitated Online Course
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SUMMARY:Foundations of Reading: Print Skills Online Course
DESCRIPTION:Did you know many adult learners\, even those who can read and comprehend at higher levels\, struggle with alphabetic skills and fluency? No matter what level learner you work with\, this course will provide you with information about and strategies to help you incorporate alphabetic skills and fluency into your lessons. Participants in this course will leave with useful resources\, a deeper understanding of how alphabetic skills and fluency affect comprehension\, and experience contextualizing these skills into lessons. This course complements Foundations of Reading: Meaning Skills.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/foundations-of-reading-print-skills-online-course/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T130000
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SUMMARY:The Right Question Institute: Foster Client Agency through Building Self-advocacy Skills
DESCRIPTION:The Right Question Institute (RQI) specializes in designing simple educational methods and tools to teach skills essential for self-advocacy and agency. In this interactive training session\, participants will learn a practical method to: \n\nStrengthen clients’ sense of agency and voice as they navigate systems.\nBuild people’s capacity to advocate for themselves and take action on their own behalf in all places where decisions are being made that affect them\, in the legal system and beyond.\n\nThis webinar will be relevant to anyone interested in building people’s skills to advocate for their needs. People working on the front lines in legal services\, criminal justice\, adult education\, direct services\, community-based organizations\, and public agencies are especially encouraged to attend. \nRegister here.
URL:https://valrc.org/event/the-right-question-institute-foster-client-agency-through-building-self-advocacy-skills/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Digital Literacy for Multilingual Learners Webinar Series\, Session 2: Integrating Digital Literacy Skills Development Into Daily Lesson Plans
DESCRIPTION:Is your class time split into separate English practice and then digital literacy practice? Are you challenged by using technology throughout a lesson plan to support instruction?  \nThis webinar is designed to provide a strategy for integrating standards-based activities\, correlated to the Seattle Digital Equity Initiative Digital Skills Framework\, into each part of a lesson plan. After an overview\, participants will choose and discuss one of the units. They will collaborate on strategies to integrate one objective into a contextualized lesson plan. They will use the Digital Skills Glossary to support their objective.  \nThis webinar is meant for anyone seeking to support learners in developing digital resilience as they develop their English skills. Participants will receive resources including links to the framework and glossary. \nObjectives:  \n\nUnderstand the purpose of the Digital Skills Framework and how it is similar to other sets of standards (ELPS\, CCRS)\nChoose a unit and objective to explore and discuss\nUse the Digital Skills Glossary to support the objective being planned\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://valrc.org/event/digital-literacy-for-multilingual-learners-webinar-series-session-2-integrating-digital-literacy-skills-development-into-daily-lesson-plans/
LOCATION:Virtual
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