Adult and Community Education
"In The Know" 3/28/2017
Student of the Year Runner-Up & Learn2Earn Scholarship Recipient
COABE Student of the Year runner-up Adiacell Velazquez-Reyes was recognized on March, 22nd during the Rotary Club of Naples Learn2Earn Celebration dinner at Lorenzo Walker Technical College. Adiacell was the presented with a plaque and a Learn2Earn scholarship. She is a 2016 GED graduate and will now be continuing into the upcoming Phlebotomy program. Thank you to our GED Instructors Israel Carraza and Lionel L'Esperance for providing support and encouragement to Adiacell and to Dr. Leo Mediavillia for his guidance and advocacy.
Celebrating Success!
Celebrating Success!
"Real-life" Lessons
The purpose of Tuesday In the Know is to share information with our students about Jobs, Careers, Educational Opportunities, Financial and Health literacy initiatives, and other information.
Click here to watch a brief summary video for this week!
Please email schnapsc@collierschools.com if you:
- Would like to be included in the weekly email with a different email address!
- Have suggestions about information to be shared!
- Want to speak with me about your career and your future!
This week's Career Cluster Video:
Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
(remember a career cluster is a group or family of related careers,
there are 17 different career clusters.)
Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. Students, parents, and educators can use Career Clusters to help focus education plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.
Explore all the careers listed in the O*NET Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Securitycareer cluster.
To investigate all the LWTC programs visit LWTC.EDU.
Please consider registering for some of our free Career Workshops offered at Lorenzo Walker Technical College.
Also of interest might be the following programs offered at Immokalee Technical College!
To investigate all the iTECH programs visit iTECH.EDU.
Also of interest might be the Southwest Florida Public Service Academy.
CareerSource Helps People Find Jobs
The job search can be intimidating. Let us help!
16 to 24 year old students, please remember that Destination Career can pay your 30 dollar tuition for you and much more! They can pay for your GED test and you can even earn 150 dollars for passing your GED! Click here for more information.
Job Search and Applications Workshop FREE
Tuesday, April 4th, 9-11 A.M.
CareerSource Southwest Florida
3050 North Horseshoe Drive
Naples, FL 34104
Ross Dress For Less **Hiring Event** on April 5th, 2017 from 10am-2pm at the Naples Center! 3050 North Horseshoe Drive, Naples, FL 34104
HELP WANTED! EMPLOYFLORIDA.COM
Click on this link to bring you to a great job search tool!
Store Associate Dollar Tree Naples, FL $8.10 to $8.50 per hour
Meat Cutter Texas Roadhouse Naples, FL
Senior Machinist Tad PGS Inc Naples, FL $18.01 to $22.63 per hour
Teller - 19 Hour Part Time Teller BB&T (Branch Bank & Trust) Naples, FL
Clerks **Grocery-Deli-Produce-Meat** (S. Naples) The Fresh Market Naples, FL
Entry-Level AutoCAD Technician Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Naples, FL
Learn more about Applying for Jobs Online click here
Take Charge of Your Future
Welcome to the Hands on Banking® program! Want to take charge of your own finances and reach your goals? Just pick your age group and get started! Whether you want to build your credit, your investments, or your own small business; invest in the market, a home, or higher education; shop for a loan, buy a car, or open your first bank accounts, the Hands on Banking program offers all the basic money tools, skills, and information you need.
This is an amazing free resource. Teachers please take some time to look at each lesson as we present a brief Financial Literacy lesson each week.
Click here for the entire resource. It's also available in Spanish.
Now that we know the basics, let's move on to Using Credit to Your Advantage.
This week let's look at LESSON 8: Recap.
Get free Income Tax Help! Click here
VITA is the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. It is a program that offers no cost tax filing services to working individuals and families with household income of $64,000 or less.
ESOL Teacher Resources
If you never tried Kahoot! before, now would be a perfect time! If you never heard of it before, Kahoot! is a game-based resource that engages all students and motivates class participation. Florida ipdae has a video and handout to explain how to use.
http://www.floridaipdae.org/dfiles/resources/videos/handouts/Handout_GnG_Kahoot_15_7.pdf
If you would like help getting started, please email me and I would be more than happy to come into your class to assist!
*I created my first Kahoot! I geared it for the beginning ESOL level. You can check it out, just remember it was my first attempt!
https://create.kahoot.it/#user/03a8811d-b90b-4448-a97e-b01c50b9691f/kahoots/created
Pacing Guides for each level: http://goo.gl/Rh7TdO Click Teacher Resources; Pacing Guides
Compiled Teacher Resources: http://goo.gl/Rh7TdO Click Teacher Resources,
MCA (Mulitilevel Communicative Activities Book): http://www.futureenglishforresults.com Log in, click Teacher Resources, click Future in your Classroom, scroll down to MCA Guide and view level.
Important Dates
- April 14: No School (all sites)
- April 17: No School (all sites)
Birthdays
27 Kathleen Blackburn
29 Colleen Humphries
31 Lidia Camp 1 Pamela Mccreight 1 Barbara Villa
Kudos
- Israel Caraza and Dr. Leo Mediavillia for participating in the Learn2Earn Luncheon.
- Cheree Jones-Diver for her flexibility and assistance while Melissa was out, and Dan Miller for subbing and providing excellent instruction.
- Anna Cancellier for hosting a celebration for her students from PRHS to celebrate their success in moving up a level! Anna makes her class feel like one big family!
- Khris-Betten Jutasi for creating "real-life" lesson plans. She brought in take-out menus for practicing ordering food, dialogue practice, and using math skills to figuring out the tip!
- Alejandro Anderson for bringing the text book to life! A quick trip to the parking lot to look under a hood of a car to practice learning all the parts!
Florida Department of Education 2016-2017 Curriculum Frameworks
Instructors, below are the updated curriculum frameworks for your use and review which are effective July 1.
- Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (PDF)
- Adult ESOL College and Career Readiness (PDF)
- Adult ESOL Literacy Skills (PDF)
- Citizenship (PDF)
- English Literacy for Career and Technical Education (PDF)
- Adult Basic Education Language Arts (PDF)
- Adult Basic Education Mathematics (PDF)
- Adult Basic Education Reading (PDF)
- GED® Reasoning through Language Arts (PDF)
- GED® Science (PDF)
- GED® Social Studies (PDF)
- GED® Mathematical Reasoning (PDF)
Do you have a place you frequent who would place our book in their office or waiting room? Let us know and we will provide copies to you.
Dulce will be sending out a flyer for the upcoming Fall 1 & 2 sessions which begin after Labor Day.
Adult & Community Education Contacts
Ariel Pechokas, Assistant Director of Adult Education, 377-0959 pechokar@collierschools.com
Bruce Rutila, Coordinator of Adult Education 377-1300, rutilb@collierschools.com
Rosmeri Morales, Adult Education Secretary, 377-1320, moralr1@collierschools.com
Christine Briggs, Resource Teacher, 377-6490, briggsch@collierschools.com
Scott Schnappauf, Adult Education Advisor, 377-2873, schnapsc@collierschools.com
Jack Staples, Adult Education Advisor, 377-4737, staplesi@collierschools.com
Leo Mediavilla, Adult Education Advisor, 377-0210, mediavle@collierschools.com
Lazaro Herandez, Program Specialist, 377-0975, herandla@collierschools.com
Joseph Martino, Community Outreach Specialist, 377-6762, Martinj3@collierschools.com
Samantha Green, Bookeeper, 377-0777, greens4@collierschools.com
Bonnie Thompson, Testing Specialist, 377-0999, thompsbo@collierschools.com
Belynda Williams, Community Education Coordinator, 377-1234, williabe@collierschools.com
Dulce Lora Trejo, Community Education Office Manager, 377-1234, loratd@collierschools.com