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TEACHING RESOURCES

Just in case it might be useful, I'm resharing Stephanie Burnes' excellent instructions:
Projector Display Solutions

And what the heck, here's the: Presentation Plus Handbook

TEACHER SHARE

One decent link was for Ventures Touchstone. The class found it more engaging than Ventures Arcade. Here is the link: TOUCHSTONE 

This site is supported only by Internet Explorer (I.E.). It doesn't work with any other browsers.

I also came across the Ventures Student's Audio link.

Ventures Student Audio

This link has the audio for the Ventures Workbook, as well as the Student's Book for all levels. This is helpful if a teacher has no cd drawer in their laptop.

Sincerely, 

Roger Franz

WE SPEAK NYC

Did you know that they've made 7 new films that they are calling Season 2 of We Are New York? Their website should be available with the films and study guides and materials within a month.

Here's an article about it: Metro US: NYC Unveils New Season

Our Robin Poley has more:

Hi Elizabeth,

Steve and I attended the We Speak NYC Season 2 launch last night, May 9th at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.

It was great to see some colleagues and friends from Literacy Assistance Center, Literacy Partners, and CUNY. The group photo is (l to r): Sam Seifnourian, We Speak NYC script writer; Judy Trupin and Lizelena Iglesius, Literacy Assistance Center; Robin Poley, NYPL; Wendy Wen, NYC Consortium for Adult Basic Education. An introduction was made by Bitta Mostofi, Commissioner at NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. The guest speaker in the second photo is Andre Aciman, award-winning author and educator. His book Call Me By Your Name is now a multilingual Academy Award winning major motion picture. 

Thanks!

Best,

Robin

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE
From Sandra Ham and her Hudson Park 5/6 class - T/Th 10-12 class:

Here are some photos of the Literacy Review dinner on May 1st.
My student Stephanie Jacquier-Redon was chosen as the final reader of the evening. 

Magali Redon (sister of reader), Arnaud Jaquier (spouse of reader) Stepanie Jaquier-Redon (reader / student), Sandra Ham (teacher), and Francois Gignac (spouse of teacher)

Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level.
I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday.
If already have enough submissions for the week-
that just means your pictures will be published the next week.
Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

ADVOCACY LETTER

It's the time of year that the NYPL makes a public appeal to elected city officials to prioritize funding to the library.

There is a nice letter, already printed. All the students have to do is write their name, address and phone number. They don't have to do anything more than that.

Please take a minute to read the letter, and of course, explain what it is to your group. Once you have them finished, please give to your HUB Manager (if they wish), or to the branch manager. I'm sure the branch manager can give you some at the satellites. But there is a link below as well

Thanks. This helps the branches out a lot, and we want to be good citizens of the library. 

Good luck!

Advocacy Letter Tracker - How is your branch doing? Click to find out!

The letter is at the bottom of this page- you have to know your local representative, then click on his/her name: NYPL Advocacy Resources

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Remember the 6 Principles I shared from the TESOL Convention? Members of TESOL can watch a webinar for free, Wednesday, 23 May 2018, (10:30 am–11:30 pm ET)

This virtual seminar offers an overview of the 6 core principles for exemplary teaching of English learners and their applications to classrooms, programs, and schools. Presenters share the rationale for the 6 Principles, describe effective instructional and assessment practices that support them, explain optimal conditions for English language learning, and discuss how to use 6Ps for school improvement. Participants have opportunities to ask questions and provides ideas for implementation in their educational settings.

Get the details here: The 6 Principles for English Learner Success

I have a nice laminated copy to give away. Comment below if you would like it.

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

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