Come learn about the brand new LINCS online course! -- Teaching Adult English Learners: Principles and Practices! Course developer, Betsy Parrish, provides an overview of this FREE online course highlighting important principles and many effective strategies for teaching English learners.
Join OCTAE’s Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans project to explore how IELCE activities can be an integral part of a career pathway. Hear from state staff and program administrators about their use of effective strategies such as incremental credentialing, on-ramps and bridges to IELCE/IET programs, and the use of navigators.
During these workshops, Rachel Riggs, Digital Learning Specialist, invites attendees to either bring ideas or tools they’d like to try out OR just come and observe while we explore new developments and strategies in educational technology. These will be casual workshops with no fixed agenda, no single presenter, and no pressure. Come as you are […]
This discussion series is a space for discussion and sharing of best practices for supporting Spanish-language HSE preparation. View this Google Doc to see the notes and resources from the previous two sessions.
Digital Inclusion practitioners have been working to end the digital divide for decades, creating their own community, definitions, resources, and gaining knowledge of what works and doesn’t. Digital Inclusion is a multifaceted issue that takes time to understand and NDIA is here to help!
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all of the disconnected pieces of information on the internet? Wakelet aims to bridge the gap between humans and algorithms as it empowers people to curate their content in an organized, useful, & personal manner. In this session, participants will be introduced to this curation tool as we explore […]
Join OCTAE’s Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans project to explore strategies for effectively serving diverse populations, including Internationally-Trained Professionals (ITPs) and individuals with emerging English proficiency and/or literacy in IELCE activities. Hear from state staff and program administrators from Texas and Virginia about how their experiences and strategies for serving these learner populations. […]
Hear from peers in the field about how professional development around Integrated Education and Training (IET) helped them improve the programming and services that are offered to adult learners. Our panelists include IET design camp leaders and participants from five different states. This is a live event and participants will have an opportunity to ask […]
The first connection adult learners have with the adult education program typically occurs during an intake process. Join this interactive discussion and discover ideas for streamlining the intake process for both in person students and students who wish to access services remotely. Register Here
This webinar will prepare advocates to contact their mayors, governors, and federal members of congress during Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Talk to your legislator to help move the needle for funding for adult education at the local, state, and federal levels. At a time when funding is so critically needed, we need YOU […]
Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to NRS data collection. 1st Tuesday of Each month from 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Data Office Hours is an hour long, ongoing monthly meeting for anyone involved in adult ed data collection and reporting. This session provides support for policy and practice related to NRS data collection. 1st Tuesday of Each month from 2:00–3:00 p.m. Registration Link
In this workshop, you will hear about three sources of free or discounted devices and connectivity, and we will discuss successful practices for loaning technology. We will also share a source for assistive equipment for computer users with disabilities.
How do you develop the teaching practices of Math and Numeracy practitioners? What strategies do you use when supporting adult educators? Join Brooke Istas and Kathy Tracey as we engage in a field directed conversation about promising practices and research-based strategies used to contextualize math instruction and help learners increase their math and numeracy proficiency.
In the first lightning talk, hear about Maine’s All Learning Counts initiative to implement a micro-credentialing framework for Integrated Education and Training (IET) programs. Megan Dichter will share what the framework looks like now, lessons they’re learning along the way, and how the work is evolving. Following Megan’s lightning talk, the Transforming Immigrant Digital Equity […]
