Welcome/Learning to Learn
Week 1 (4/22-4/28): Introductions; Learning to Learn
Week 2 (4/29-5/5): Shopping
Week 3 (5/6-5/12): Shopping
Week 4 (5/13-5/19): Shopping
Week 5 (5/20-5/26) Work (no class 5/25, 5/26)
Week 6 (5/27-6/2): Work (no class 5/27)
Week 7 (6/3-6/9): Work Post Testing
Week 8 (6/10-6/16): Daily living/community services Post Testing
Week 9 (6/17-6/23): Daily living/community services Post Testing
Week 10 (6/24-6/30): Daily living/community services
SPRING WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
(A)What is your most valuable possession?
Did you buy it or was it a gift? What’s the difference between valuable and expensive?
OR (B) Describe your first job (What was it? How did you get it? How old were you?)
or Describe your dream job (How can you get this job?)
OR (C) Describe your first or a special experience at the New York Public Library
(A)What is your most valuable possession?
Did you buy it or was it a gift? What’s the difference between valuable and expensive?
OR (B) Describe your first job (What was it? How did you get it? How old were you?)
or Describe your dream job (How can you get this job?)
OR (C) Describe your first or a special experience at the New York Public Library
TEACHING RESOURCES
Ventures Teacher Resources: http://www.cambridge.org/ventures/resources
Ventures Streaming Audio http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/venturesadulted/venturesarcade/studentaudio/
Google Drive: Ventures Downloads
Spring Curriculum (non-WIOA)
TEACHER READING
I'm starting a book club for Adult Educators, I hope you'll join us.
Participation is VOLUNTARY.
We will be reading and discussing the book:
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In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, athletes, students, and business people--both seasoned and new--that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit." Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments.
Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not "genius" but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own "character lab" and set out to test her theory. Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance.
Finally, she shares what she's learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers--from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that--not talent or luck--makes all the difference"-- Provided by publisher.
HOW YOU CAN READ IT:
You can borrow it from the NYPL here: NYPL Link (reserve it now, it's a popular book!)
or purchase from Amazon here:Amazon Link
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE:
Join me online on the dates/times below. Participation is completely voluntary. You can log in from the comfort of home.
If you have any questions, please reply here or email me: elizabethschade@nypl.org
Topic: Grit Book Discussion 5/3/19
We will discuss Part 1: What GRIT is and why it Matters (pages 1-92)
Time: May 3, 2019 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/6553635714
Dial by your location
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 655 363 5714
CALENDAR
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| April 26: Teacher Meeting** see note below May 5 - June 4: Ramadan May 3, 17, 31: Grit Book Discussion (voluntary, online) May 25-27: No classes, Memorial Day June 4, 6, 11: NYC Public Schools closed June 26: NYC Public Schools last day June 30: Last day NYPL Spring 2019 Session July 29-August 25: NYPL Summer 2019 Session September 30-December 16: NYPL Fall 2019 Session |
From Steve Mahoney:
Our next instructional staff meeting is scheduled for Friday, 4/26 at the Stephen A Schwarzman Library. We'll be meeting 10am-1:30pm in the Trustee's Room on the 2nd floor. Please arrive on time so we can begin promptly at 10:00. To gain access to the Trustees Room, please bring your employee ID and enter using the 42nd Street door (not the 5th Ave entrance).
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| Steve Mahoney, Ivelise Lugo, Elke Stappert and Stephanie Burnes attended the COABE (Coalition on Adult Basic Education) Conference in New Orleans. |
From HUB Manager Eric Rosenbaum about the ABE Conference on April 13th:
To My Fellow NYPL Educators:
I'm pleased to inform you that for the 40th Anniversary of the NYC Adult Basic Education Conference for Adult ABE and ESOL Educators, Ken English, together with the Literacy Assistance Center's Ira Yankwitt, received Special Recognition Awards for their decades-long support for this annual event that features the best professional development New York City (and therefore, the country) has to offer.
As a member of the committee organizing the conference, I can assure you that there were many excellent workshops to choose from, including from our NYPL colleagues, Crystal Rodwell and Diana Vayserfirova. Instructors Emilio Lopez, Martha Soffer and Charmain Haynes (and others) were in attendance as well.
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 I 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.
I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday.
If I 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
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
I'd like to share the Call for Proposals for the NYS TESOL 49th Annual Conference which will take place on November 14th-16th of this year in White Plains, NY. The conference theme is Strategies for Success: Supporting English/Multi-Language Learners in All Learning Environments.
Please consider submitting a proposal and also sharing this information with your network of colleagues. The deadline is in TWO WEEKS - May 1, 2019.
Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out! Have a great day!
Monica Baker
VP Conference, NYS TESOL
NYS TESOL 49th Annual Conference
November 14-16, 2019
White Plains, NY
To submit your proposal or for more information go to: www.nystesol.org/ac19
https://sites.google.com/nystesol.org/nys-tesol-annual-conference-19
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
I often use this FILM English Website. I just discovered that they have a lesson that might be appropriate for our first week of classes. "I Want to Learn English Because . . ."
ReplyDeletehttp://film-english.com/2014/09/15/i-want-to-learn-english-because/