June 23, 2017 - Week 10 Daily Living/ Community Svcs FINAL for SP17

Week 10

Daily living/ Community Services

INTERESTING READING

How Apps Are Helping ELL Parents Learn Alongside Their Student 

Read the article from the Huffington Post here: How Apps Are Helping ELL Parents

NEED A BEST PLUS REFRESHER?

Administrators have to be "refreshed" once a year, by an approved provider. The RAEN is offering some chances to be refeshed this summer. 
Check out the schedule here: RAEN Schedule

DATES TO REMEMBER

JUNE 26: NYC Public Schools OFF

JUNE 28: Last Day of NYC Public Schools

JUNE 30: NYPL Spring 2017 term ends

JULY 28: TEACHER HUB blog returns!

JULY 31: NYPL Summer 2017 term begins

AUGUST 26: NYPL Summer 2017 term ends

OCTOBER 2: NYPL Fall 2017 Term begins

You are invited to submit an article for Idiom’s 2017 summer issue! 

Theme: Empowering Students

Deadline for Submissions: August 12, 2017

If you are interested in submitting an article to Idiom for consideration, please review the following guidelines before submitting or visit Idiom’s webpage at http://idiom.nystesol.org/submissionguidelines.html . 

Guidelines for Article Submission:
Idiom seeks to publish articles covering a range of issues couched within a theoretical framework relating to all levels of learners.

• Length: Maximum 900 words (include a word count excluding references and author’s bio)
• Formatting: Please use APA guidelines, particularly when citing references.
• Articles: Please send completed articles in DOC or DOCX format.
• Graphs and charts: Please embed in body of document. Please include as JPG or PNG files.
• An author’s brief biographical statement (three sentences maximum), email and degree (e.g. Ed.D., M.A.), must be at the bottom of the article (after references).
• The article should contain in-text citations and references, which must be done according to proper APA format. Please check out an important web site on APA citation style here
• Be sure your article includes your byline underneath the article’s title.
• Anonymous contributions cannot be published. Please do not submit dissertations or theses. Literature reviews for dissertations, dissertations or excerpts, or submissions that do not follow these basic guidelines cannot be considered for publication.
• Articles should be typed in Times New Roman font size 12

Want to submit an article? Submit here: http://idiom.nystesol.org/submit.html

Have questions? Email editors@idiom.nystesol.org

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HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!

June 16, 2017

Week 9

Daily Living/ Community Services

Hello Teacher friends: Elke and I have been challenged to put something together for you this week. As you may know, Elke is currently on medical leave and I had a death in the family. Thanks for being patient with us!

INTERESTING READING

COABE- The Coalition on Adult Basic Education published an interesting newletter this month, maybe you'll find it interesting: COABE Newsletter

The Economist magazine has an interesting article here: Immigrants to America Are Better Educated Than Ever Before (Thanks to Adriana Blancarte-Hayward for sharing!)

The Free Tech 4 Teachers Website has a tutorial on how to create a word cloud in Google. Read the post here: Free Tech 4 Teachers: Google Word Cloud

CLASSROOM PHOTOS
These photos are from Ruby Taylor MacBride's WIOA class, level 5/6, at SGC as they learned about resumes.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Final Call for Proposals
NYS TESOL 47^th Annual Conference 

Empathy in Action: Social Pedagogy and Public Advocacy for English Language Learners

Please submit a proposal to the NYS TESOL 47^th Annual Conference

November 3 & 4, 2017
Hilton Long Island/Huntington, Melville, NY

Proposal deadline has been extended to June 28th, 2017.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 8, 2017

The NYS TESOL 47^th Annual Conference invites you to join us, along with the TESOL community across New York State, to rethink the role of English language teaching and learning as part of an ongoing cycle of inquiry, reflection, and action. Join us in the quest for a new paradigm of public advocacy that will allow us to create strong inroads towards open dialogue and crack open new possibilities for social changes.

Please consider presenting and sharing discussing ideas related to the conference theme within the following categories:

• Adult Education
• Applied Linguistics
• Bilingual Education
• Elementary Education
• Higher Education
• Secondary Education
• Special Education
• Teacher Education
• Teaching English Internationally

Submit proposals at http://ac17.nystesol.org/ac-17-prop.html

Session Types

·      35 minute paper presentation 70 minute workshop Poster presentation Virtual Presentation

·      Panel 20 Minute Teaching Tip

·      Paper Presentation: tells about something you are doing in relation to theory and/or practice. Often, this type of information is presented using audio-visual aids and is accompanied by handouts. Papers are generally not read, but spoken from notes. (35 minutes)

·      Workshop/Demonstration: provides participants with "hands on" experience in developing methods and materials, analyzing research data, or solving a specific research/teaching problem. In a workshop, there is very little lecturing by the leader(s); rather, the emphasis is on the participants doing something. A demonstration describes or shows how to do something, e.g., a technique for teaching or testing language which affects development of one or all of the four skills. (70 minutes)

·      Panel: explores a specific issue from the different points of view expressed by the participants. (70 minutes)

·      Poster session: features successful lesson plans, projects and research studies. Presenters stay near posters during scheduled session times to discuss their work and answer any questions.

·      Virtual Presentation: a short prerecorded presentation intended to feature successful lessons, projects, reports on work in progress, and/or research studies. Virtual Presentations will be broadcast on the NYS TESOL website during the Annual Conference.

·      20 Minute Teaching Tip: a short format presentation, which allows presenters to share a quick strategy, game, or tool that facilitates instruction in their classroom. Teaching tips should be practical in focus and simple enough to be explained in a 20-minute format.

·      Commercial: NYS TESOL accepts a limited number of Commercial Presentations, those given by publishers or sponsors of publisher's materials. These require purchase of exhibitor space and must be specifically marked as “Commercial”.

For more information, please contact:

Ching Ching Lin/Conference Chairperson: vpconference@nystesol.org

Teale LaBarbera and Karen Gregory/Proposal Co-Chairs: proposals@nystesol.org

Conference Location:

Hilton Long Island/Huntington, 598 NY-110, Melville, NY 11747

Announcing 2 Grant Opportunities for Active NYS TESOL Members

Do you have a great idea for an innovative language-learning project but need some money to make it happen?  

Do you want to attend NYS TESOL's annual conference but need help with traveling and lodging?  

Learn more about grant opportunities below!

Visit the pages for our 2 most recent grant opportunities, exclusively for active NYS TESOL members.

NYS TESOL Teacher Materials Grant 

NYS TESOL Teacher Travel Grant 

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June 9, 2017 - week 8 daily living/comm svcs

Week 8

Daily living/ Community Services

TEACHER RESOURCES

ALC Wiki: Resources


Due to circumstances beyond our control, neither of us were able to 
work on the blog this week. 
We hope you will understand and check back in next week. 
Thank you!

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June 2, 2017 - week 7 work

Week 7

Work

(Next week: Daily Living/Community Services)

  

SUMMER 2017 DATES

pixabay.com JUNE 8: NYC Public Schools off JUNE 26: Last Day of NYC Public Schools JUNE 30: NYPL Spring 2017 term ends JULY 31: NYPL Summer 2017 term begins… AUGUST 26: NYPL Summer 2017 term ends…… OCTOBER 2: NYPL Fall 2017 Term begins

5 Ways to Find FREE IMAGES Need images for student projects? Google’s recent introduction of the “Explore” tool in Google Slides retained the option for students to find images for their slides, but removed the option to filter the images according to usage rights. There are other ways to find free images to legally use in slides, videos and other multimedia projects. The video below demonstrates five tools that students can use to find free images.   Below you’ll find examples from these sources: Wikimedia Commons Flickr Pixabay.com When you Google for images: ·      type in what you’re looking for ·      click “images” ·      click “tools” ·      click “usage rights” ·      click “labeled for reuse” ·      download your images You will find images from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, picserver, pixabay and more. You can also directly go to pixabay.com (they ask for a donation if you download a lot). On the pixabay site, don’t use the top row, those are images are from Shutterstock, you have to pay.

www.pixabay.com

Wikimedia Commons

Flickr

TEACHING RESOURCES

Here’s a lesson plan for filling out a job application with great ideas from spelfabet.com Many Internships Offer a Direct Path to Jobs There is a nice page on the VOA website with audio and video concerning jobs that you could work into a lesson. Access it here: The VOA Page

INTERESTING READING

Welcome to Idiom 

 Spring 2017 Issue 

Each issue focuses on a theme of interest to ESOL professionals, such as the job market, technology, assessment, and teaching ESOL in the content areas. Articles cover a broad spectrum of ESOL instruction, including elementary,secondary, and higher education, intensive English programs, adult education, and teacher training. Besides theme-based articles, Idiom features the following regular columns: Book Reviews, Culture Notes and Promising Practices. Read the latest edition here:

Spring 2017 Idiom

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