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Learning Circles Address Wait Lists for English Classes
By Priyanka Sharma
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According to the Adult Student Waiting List Survey conducted in 2010 by the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education, seventy-two percent of programs had waiting lists across all 50 states. This equals about 160,000 potential learners who were not able to receive access to educational services.
World Education, in partnership with Peer2Peer University (P2PU), has taken up the challenge to pilot a program model to serve English Language Learners (ELLs) who are on waiting lists. English Now!, a project of EdTech Center at World Education, is supported by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to pilot a framework that utilizes blended learning in a facilitated learning circle format.
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The Change Agent looks at Career Pathways |
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Now is the perfect time to get a year’s
subscription to
The Change Agent. It will include the spring issue-- our full-color, bold and beautiful issue called When We Fight, We Win!” and our fall issue (forthcoming in September) -- a student-led exploration of career pathways (not full color, but still bold and beautiful in its own way).
Your semester may be winding down, but take this opportunity to stock up for summer classes and to have some ready-to-use, engaging materials on hand for those first few weeks of the fall semester when students are settling in and your class is beginning to take shape.
The Change Agent, full as it is of student writing, pulls learners in and makes them feel seen and heard -- a great way to launch your next semester.
A bulk subscription costs just $85, and you’ll receive a set of 25 of the current issue and a set of 25 of the Career Pathways issue in September -- a great duo, the inspiring “When We Fight, We Win!” and the practical “Career Pathways.” Please consider also an online subscription, which costs just $20 per teacher per year. You (and your students -- for no extra charge!) will receive access to all our audio and PDFs of all our magazines.
Please order today. Support
The Change Agent and the brave student writers who give it the resonance and richness that make it such an effective teaching resource!
And thanks for all you do.
Cynthia Peters, editor
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Call for Proposals and Early Registration Are Open! |
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Try an online professional development course this summer from
World Education E-Learning to get inspired for a new year! Don't see the course you're looking for? Contact Leah Peterson at 617-385-3740 or
leah_peterson@worlded.org to find out how to request a course or schedule a course from our
catalog for your group. Facilitated courses are four to eight weeks long and take, on average, three hours a week to complete. Our expert facilitators guide participants through the course, provide thoughtful feedback, and encourage participants throughout the course. Participants consistently express their enjoyment at exchanging ideas with colleagues across the country.
Currently open for registration:
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Using the PIAAC Framework for Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments to Guide Instruction: An Introduction for Adult Educators |
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Despite the prevalence of Information Communication Technologies in daily life and work, many adults in the US struggle with the steps involved in effectively selecting and then using digital technology (e.g., spreadsheets, Internet search, email, social media) to solve problems and complete non-routine tasks. Problem Solving in Technology-rich Environments (PS-TRE), one of the three assessment frameworks published by PIAAC, elucidates components of such problem-solving, including defining a task, planning a process for solving a problem, selecting relevant technology resources, and evaluating progress. This brief introduces PS-TRE by describing its components and then provides guidance to teachers on how to use the PS-TRE conceptual framework to craft learning activities that build adults’ skills in effectively solving problems that require creative use of digital technologies.
*Written by Jen Vanek, Director of the
IDEAL Consortium, a project of the
EdTech Center @ World Education. |
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In the U.S., our mission at World Education is to strengthen the effectiveness of educators, organizations, and systems to support adults, older youth, and communities to thrive. We hope our resources help bring best practices and inspiring content to the adult education classroom and beyond. |
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