January 29, 2018

Week Two

Health

Apologies for the late publishing of this week's blog, but I wanted to be sure to include all of the great resources from Friday's meeting. 

TEACHER HUB will publish again this Friday, February 2.

TEACHING RESOURCES

ALC Health Wiki

Most HUBS should have copies of this series available. If you go to the New Readers Press website, audio files and a Teacher Book is available for free: NRP Health Stories

The LifePrints series are also available to you- often in class sets. Each level has a unit on Health as well. The New Readers Press website also has free downloadable resources (including audio) here: NRP: LifePrints

Click here to access: 

Presentation Plus Handbook

Cambridge Presentation Plus Teacher's Notes

Here is access to all of the downloadable materials for Ventures in a Google Drive folder:

Ventures Basic

Ventures One

Ventures Two

Ventures Three

Ventures Four

Ventures Transitions

For fixing the view on Presentation Plus:

Right click and select GRAPHICS OPTIONS

then select OUTPUT TO CLONE DISPLAY

BLOG UPDATE

I updated TEACHER HUB to help you find some things a little easier:
I put useful links in the top right corner (circled in red)
under that, you can search the blog in the "blog archive" section.
Hope this is helpful!

TEACHER SHARE
Here are some pictures of the collaboration you did on Friday at our teacher meeting.
We'll work on getting these typed up and share with you.

TEACHER MEETING SHOWCASE

Is Ken talking about WIOA?

Congratulations on five years of service! Kathryn Bonn, Marika Martin, and Neal Smith. Not pictured: Stacyann Brower and Albert Chan

Is Steve talking about e-time?

Manal giving us tips on Presentation Plus

Kathryn also giving us pointers on Presentation Plus

Angela teaching us about the Toolbox in Presentation Plus

The Intake Advisors giving us information.
Here is a link to the Staten Island version of the presentation given at Information Sessions. (Each HUB tailors it to their own needs, but this gives you a basic idea.)
Winter 2018 Information Session Slides (Staten Island) 

List of Elective Courses for the NYPL Winter 2018 Cycle  

Thanks to Decklan for putting together a list of the elective courses offered by our program this term: Winter 2018 ALC Electives

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYC ABE CONSORTIUM 2018 CONFERENCE

Celebrating Our 39th NYC ABE Conference Year 
This year's theme is: ​
​Empower Adult Educators, Empower Adult Learners  
Save the date: April 21, 2018, High School of Fashion Industries

The Consortium is accepting applications for presentations. 

Read about it in detail here: ABE Conference Proposal Guidelines or on their website: nycabeconsortium.weebly.com

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“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together” (Scott Hayden)

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

January 19, 2018

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

Week One

Welcome/Learning to Learn

TEACHING RESOURCES

Winter 2018 Curriculum

WEEK 1

Welcome/learning to learn

pages 2-5

WEEKS 2-4

Health

Unit 4

WEEKS 5-7

Around town & Communities

Unit 5

WEEKS 8-10

Time & Weather

Unit 6

This is a repost on how to access Ventures, just in case it might be handy:

1) Go to the website:  cambridge.org/ventures

2) Click "Sign In"  

3) Click "forgot password"

4) They'll email you a link to re-set your password (It should have 1 uppercase letter and 1 number)

5) With that new password, you'll be able to log in

6) Click on "Resources" in the middle of the page

7) Click the "Level" of Ventures you use on the left hand menu on the screen. Click on "Supplementary" on the menu on the left.

8) Identify "Teacher's Edition/Assessment Audio" section in the middle of the screen. Under this heading are the materials found in the teacher previous teacher's resource room.

9) You may get an email from Cambridge asking you to email them back to verify your account.  In the email, please provide them with your name, the name/address of the branch you work at and that you're an NYPL employee.

This should provide you with access to all the materials.

Wikis for the Winter 2018 session are here:

alc-health.wikispaces.com

alc-housing.wikispaces.com

alc-environment.wikispaces.com

alc-resources.wikispaces.com

alc-teachers.wikispaces.com   

alc-students.wikispaces.com (resources for students)

TECH TIPS

PikWizard - Another Place to Find Free Images

PikWizard is a free site that offers thousands of high quality images that you can download and re-use for free. PikWizard provides clear guidance on how you can use each picture that you find on the site. You will find that guidance posted to the right of any picture that you select from search results. PikWizard also provides clear directions on how to give credit to the photographers whose pictures you use. 

Read the entire blog post here: PikWizard

CALENDAR

Dates to Note:

1/22/18- Classes start
1/26/18- Instructional Staff Meeting

2/19/18- President's Day. NYPL closed.

2/19-2/23- NYC public schools closed

3/31/18- Winter 2018 term ends

ALC INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF MEETING

Our winter cycle teacher meeting is scheduled for next week! It's a great opportunity to meet with your fellow teachers, as well as get the latest updates from Ken and Steve.

Please be sure to have your employee ID on you to gain access to this room.

Friday January 26, 2018 - 10am- 1:30pm

Steven A Schwarzman Building (SASB)

Trustees Room, 2nd Floor

476 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10018

Please see the link and select the 2nd floor for directions on how to find the space: Floorplan

PS- The last Friday of every month, NYPL staff receive a special 30% discount at the Library Shop at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Get your NYPL swag and check out the website here: NYPL Shop

PPS- I may have to get the "Book Stack" earrings. -Elizabeth

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYC ABE CONSORTIUM 2018 CONFERENCE

Celebrating Our 39th NYC ABE Conference Year 
This year's theme is: ​
​Empower Adult Educators, Empower Adult Learners  
Save the date: April 21, 2018, High School of Fashion Industries

The Consortium is accepting applications for presentations. 

Read about it in detail here: ABE Conference Proposal Guidelines or on their website: nycabeconsortium.weebly.com

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

Diana from Riverside submitted this photo:

Family Tree by Miladys from RD Beginners

Please submit photos from your classroom by noon on Thursdays to: elizabethschade@nypl.org 

How to Create More Engaging Conference Presentations

Have you had the experience of attending professional conferences where you experienced death by PowerPoint—a presentation in which the person at the front of the room has too much text on too many slides? Often, the presenter then proceeds to read to the audience everything that is already written on the slides. This can soon become very dull indeed. But what if that presenter is you? How can those of us who find ourselves at the front of the room make our presentations more interesting and engaging to our participants?

Read the entire blog post here: TESOL Blog: Engaging Presentations

TEACHER READING

Education Tips: Managing Large Language Classes

Many English language teachers around the world face a common problem: large class sizes. A large number of students in a classroom can lead to difficulties for both the instructor and the learners.

In today’s Education Tips, we discuss what teachers can do to help manage large classes. We will also look at ways to increase student participation.

Read the entire blog post here: VOA: Managing Large Language Classes

TEACHER OPPORTUNITY

Teaching Materials Grant - Tina B. Carver Fund

The Tina B. Carver Fund was established by her family and colleagues to honor the life and work of Tina B. Carver, longtime member of TESOL and the ESL/EFL community. Grants are available for funding the purchase of student classroom learning materials and/or teacher-related materials (e.g., ancillary materials that can be used in conjunction with textbooks or other instruction materials) to support adult ESL education programs in the United States.

Read the entire blog post here: TESOL Teaching Materials Grant

A message from Tony Marx, NYPL President:

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“Those who know, do.
Those that understand, teach” (Aristotle)

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!