11/16/18

Week آٹھ 8
CIVICS

Due to the holiday and a vacation, the next blog will be published 11/30/18

My notes say that Weeks 8 and on are for the theme Family and Friends. If you want to continue Civics, just check in with your HUB Manager. I'll share resources for Family/Friends with the next blog post.

POST TESTING: It's that time already!

Just a quick note about post-testing. It's important that we get as many students tested as possible. Our program is "graded" by the percentage of students that receive a post-test, and percentage of those that make a gain on their test (receive a higher score than their pre-test).

When Intake Advisors, student mentors, HUB Managers and other staff come to test your class, it's really helpful if you coordinate with them to help get all of your students tested. Unlike other terms, all students will need to be post-tested this time around. Remember you can see on your roster pre-test scores, and who has been post tested.

If you work in an ALC, and you have a student in class that needs a test, it's super helpful for you to let staff know the student is available for a test.

If you have any questions, leave a comment at the end of the blog. Thanks for your help getting this hugely important task accomplished!

TEACHING RESOURCES

I can envision a pretty cool civics project using this idea from Free Technology for Teachers:

Meaningful Reading Engagement with Quote Cards

Thanksgiving activities from Teachervision: Teachervision Thanksgiving Resources

Some videos from VOA

The US Congress Explained
Women Help Lead Democrats to US House Majority

TEACHER READING

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

English Language Teaching Global Blog

25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups

There are many benefits to getting students to work in pairs and groups. 

These range from giving students more speaking opportunities to creating better 

overall classroom dynamics. Read the full blog post here: 

25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE
This week, Sandra Ham has shared some pictures:

My Hudson Park 5/6 class did a walking tour of Greenwich village as part of the Civics unit. Emil and Heather (library staff) led the tour.

We visited the narrowest house in Manhattan- a one time residence of Edna St Vincent Millay and several other historical sites. We were lucky to have a beautiful fall day for our tour.

I also included a photo of the fashion shoot that was going on during our tour and a mural that some of us went to see afterwards.

Best, Sandra 

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.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

Last day of classes: Monday, December 17

2019 Dates to Note:
January 22: Winter term begins
February 18: No classes
March 31 Winter term ends

April 22 Spring term begins
June 30 Spring term ends

July 29 Summer term begins
August 25 Summer term ends

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NYS TESOL NYC Region

in collaboration with

Columbia University’s American

Language Program

“Providing

Essay Feedback”

Register now! 

https://nystesol.wildapricot.org/event-3095926   

Friday, November 30^th, 2018 5-7pm

Columbia University, 601 Fairchild

Presenters: 

The ‘Why’ of Errors in Correction Logs

Louise Stracke, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Five Common Errors Made by High-Level Students in Academic Writing

Alan Kennedy, American Language Program

La Crème de la Crème

David Quinn, American Language Program

Written Corrective Feedback: Effective for Students, Timesaving for Teachers

Jeanne Lambert, New School

NYS TESOL Members: $10
Non-Members: $15

For more information: nyc@nystesol.org

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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

May 4, 2018 Shopping

Shopping

Tom Wool gave a great presentation at our meeting last week on Giving Directions and Teacher Talk. It seemed to me that everyone really enjoyed it, and took something away from his workshop.

Hello All!

As promised, I've attached the slides from my "Giving Directions" presentation to this email. Thank you,

-Tom Wool

ESOL at NYPL: Giving Directions

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Group 1: Beginners

Cecilia Foskett, Dalena Ruiz, Susan Bradley, Karen Camino

Lisandra Carlomagno, Joan Benham

Group 1 Lesson Plan

Group 2: Beginners
Pat Palma, Paul Decoster, Charmain Haynes, Crystal Rodwell

Group Two Lesson Plan

Group 3: Intermediate
Colette Hughes, Galina Gvozdeva, Julie Romacker, Rosalinda Tuason

Nancy Wolfe, Gale Honts, Geniene Monterrosa

Group Three Lesson Plan

Group 4: Advanced: 
Martha Soffer, Pat Lynden, Stephanie Cimino, Marina Bekkerman

Group Four Lesson Plan

Group 5: Literacy 

Elke Stappert, Emily Skalet, Dolores Roberts, Roger Franz, Gwen Wallace, Susan Delamare

Group Five Lesson Plan

Ventures Resources in Google Drive: It was easier to simply share you on the folder than to copy the myriad resources. You should have received an email that you were shared.

I'd love to hear from you all- have you taught your lesson yet? How did it go? Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post. Remember,  we want our Community of Practice to be an active, enriching experience for everyone- throughout the term,not just at our teacher meeting. 

TEACHER MEETING

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.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

IMPORTANT

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to announce that the Library is upgrading to eTime Version 8.0, our payroll time and attendance system that is administered by ADP. The planned “go-live” date for the upgrade is June 21, 2018. The upgraded eTime will have a fresh new look with improved security and navigation.

To help everyone get familiar with the new look and feel of eTime v8.0, all employees will be required to complete two Bridge eTime v8.0 training modules that are being created by Human Resources. The training modules will be designed to get you acquainted with the new user interface of eTime v8.0 and ADP’s security Management System, NetSecure.  In the coming days/weeks, you will receive additional announcements and reminders regarding the upgrade, training, and any actions that may be required of you.

We encourage everyone to complete the training modules as soon as they become available, as this will lay the groundwork for a successful upgrade and easy transition.  

Thank you.

Lorraine Karlen| The New York Public Library

Controller

445 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

T: 212.592.7423  lorrainekarlen@nypl.org

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Call For Proposals:  

NYS TESOL 48th Annual Conference

Experience:  The Heart of Teaching and Learning

November 2nd and 3rd, 2018, Albany, NY

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

-John Dewey

NYS TESOL is currently inviting proposal submissions to share and discuss ideas related to the conference theme within the following nine categories:

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

There will be five different types of sessions at the 2018 conference:  

1) 70 minute workshop;

2) 70 minute panel;

3) 35 minute paper presentation;

4) 20 minute teaching tip;

5) poster presentation.

You may submit up to three proposals as the lead or co-presenter.

Submit all proposals online at:  https://tinyurl.com/NYS-TESOL-AC18-CFP

Proposal deadline is June 1, 2018.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 15, 2018.

Need help writing a good proposal? Read this article from TESOL International:

http://www.nystesol.org/ac15/tips-for-submitting-a-good-conference-proposal.pdf

For more information, please contact:

Gretchen Oliver: Conference Chair

Vpconference@...

Ashley Fifer: Assistant Conference Chair

Vpconference-elect@...

Carmen Diaz: Proposal Chair

proposals@...

Conference Location: Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12205

Phone: (518) 458-8444

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

April 20, 2018

Welcome/Learning to Learn

TEACHING RESOURCES

Here are some interesting resources I've come across. Wishing you all a great first week of class!

The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of School

Learning Names (by Marc Helgesen)

Breaking News English

Macmillan Dictionary Word of the Day blog

OUP Blog: Learning to Learn from the Dictionary

NYPL Spring 2018 Curriculum

ALC Week 1 Wiki

Give your students jobs in the classroom: I Heart Input Blog: Giving Students Jobs

TEACHER SHARE

Sharing Your Best Work With Other Teachers

Eight ways you can share lessons or other great ideas with fellow teachers everywhere. Read the Edutopia blog post here: Sharing Best Work With Other Teachers

GOOGLE RESOURCES

I've had some questions from a few of you recently about Google Calendar Invitations. The one you'll be most familiar with right now is the invite for the ALC Instructional Staff Meeting on 4/27. It's important that you respond YES or NO when you receive this kind of invitation and others.

So let me give you some visuals:

This is what it will look like in your email. It will have "Invitation" in the subject line. You can go back and search for old invitations by entering "invitation" in the search bar at the top.

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When you open a Google Calendar Invite, it will look like this:

(Ardit invited me to work with him on Saturday. Wasn't that nice of him?) :-)

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So you need to respond to the invitation YES or NO. (Maybe isn't really very helpful, but you can use that too.) See YES is circled in yellow in the photo below.

So, when you reply, it will look like this- see how it turned green?

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​Now the person who invited you knows and can see your response. Hope this is helpful!

IMPORTANT DATES

April 23 - Spring term begins
April 27 - Teacher Meeting- Harlem Library 
9 W 124th St, New York, NY 10027
 May 15 - Ramadan begins
May 26, 27, 28 - Memorial Day weekend - no classes
June 15 - Ramadan ends/Eid
June 30 - Spring term ends
July 30 - Summer term begins
August 25 - Summer tern ends
October 1 - Fall term begins

TELL ME!

As the term begins, I'm thinking about goals and what I'd like to accomplish this spring. Could you please take a minute to give me some of your thoughts? This will help me so I know what you're interested in, and what I can include in the blog. It's only five questions!

Fill out the Google Form here: Goals for Spring 2018

FROM THE NYPL PRESIDENT

Dear Colleagues,

On National Library Workers Day, I want to thank you for all that you do both for the Library and the communities you serve. No matter your role, the work you do every day honors our priority to have More People Reading More and makes NYPL a vital public resource for so many New Yorkers.

This year, you will each receive a small gift, a tote bag that proudly shares a message we believe in so deeply: “Libraries Are for Everyone.” In this time of public funding challenges and tight budgets, you are the ones who protect the spirit of NYPL and make our libraries safe and welcoming places for all. You keep people coming back to attend our programs and to read more every year. Thank you to all of our staff and our colleagues in Local 1930, Local 374, and DC 37 for your dedication to The New York Public Library.

Today we celebrate National Library Workers Day, and I hope you will continue this celebration throughout this advocacy season by recognizing each other on our staff recognition site. Thank you for all of the work you do every day to show how important libraries are to our city and around the world.  

Yours,

Tony

-- 

Anthony W. Marx | The New York Public Library

President

INTERESTING READS

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

English Language Teaching Global Blog

Minds matter: Psychology of language learning

‘It’s all in the mind!’ – How true when it comes to learning a foreign language. Every teacher knows that you can have the best resources in the world, but if the learner is not in the right frame of mind to engage with the new language and use the opportunities before them, then they are unlikely to do so. There are all kinds of reasons why a learner may put obstacles in their own way or simply avoid engaging, but many of these reasons often lie in how learners view themselves, their competences, and their relationship to the language, classroom, peers, and the teacher

Read the entire blog post here: Minds Matter



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“Tech in Ten”

Join our Workshop!

Sponsored by NYS TESOL NYC Region in collaboration with Baruch College’s Tools for Clear Speech

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 6-8 PM https://nystesol.wildapricot..org/event-2860944   Location details in registration confirmation email Baruch College, CUNY 55 Lexington Avenue, room 14-270 Learn novel ideas for incorporating technology into                                                  your classes in this fast-paced and dynamic event!                                                 Each presenter has ten minutes to demonstrate a tech tool                                          for ESL education, followed by a short Q&A. Learn, share and network at the reception after the presentations. Advance Registration Required Due to Space Limitations NYS TESOL Members: $10 Non-Members: $15 For more information: nyc@nystesol.org

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“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery” (Mark van Doren)

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