Adult & Community Education
Tuesday in the Know - March 20, 2018
Message from the Leadership Team.
Welcome back! We hope your spring break was restful and that you come back ready to finish the semester with a renewed energy and focus. Testing will continue this week and students who test into a new class will be placed in the class at the start of the new session. We know you will continue to challenge your students and remind them of the importance of attending every class. Students let us know how engaging and relevant they feel the instruction is by their attendance, so let’s continue to give them a reason to return each day! Our new session starts April 2nd/3rd, and it is a sprint! It is 7.5 weeks long, which means it is critically important that instructors continue to use the entire instructional time. We should be using our ½ hour planning as intended and design lesson plans that maximize instructional time. Our initial testing results have been good and we thank you for your efforts, dedication and professionalism!
Tuesday In The Know
I invite you to spend some time with your students reviewing the information found in
Tuesday in the Know. This is an easy way to contextualize your lessons with information about Career Exploration & Planning, Jobs, Educational Opportunities, Financial Literacy, Health Literacy and so much more!
Students can be added to the distribution list by emailing schnapsc@collierschools.com !
Email schnapsc@collierschools.com if you:
- Have any questions or need assistance with the information shared!
- Want to discuss your career, your next steps and your future!
- Would like to be included in the weekly email!
- Have suggestions about information to be shared!
Kudos
*Tammy C. and Rasim K. for teaching "Bell-to Bell" every night!
*Barbara B., Luis F., Lin R., Felicity B. for winning a little "surprise" for reading the Tuesday in the Know!
*Valerie G. for working hard to enhance the GED/ABE program.
*Cheree D. for stepping in and helping out where needed most.
*Carlos G. for filling in last minute to teach.
Important Dates
March 12-16 Spring Break (No Classes)
Tuesday, April 3 Start of Spring 2nd Session
Thursday, May 24 Last Day of Evening Classes
ESOL Instructor Resources
Effective Strategies for Reading
1. Project Words: To help students develop automaticity with word recognition, flash one word at a time on the board. Have students orally read each word as it comes up.
2. Repeat and Speak: When asking students to write letters, words, or sentences, use the following process to engage multiple language skills at the same time: Say the letter, word, or sentence twice. Have students repeat it back twice. Have them write it once. Finally, have them read it aloud once.
3. Allow Think Time: When asking a question, allow enough “think time” for students to generate an answer.
4. Employ the 3-2-1 Strategy: Use the 3-2-1 strategy to measure student engagement. After students read a passage, have them write 3 things they learned, 2 things that are interesting, and 1 question they may have about what they read.
5. Inference: To teach inference, gather a suitcase full of objects, and have students describe what the owner of the suitcase must be like based on inferences made from the items in the suitcase. Relate the activity to clues that the author gives in a story or passage from which students can draw inferences.
Our Google Share Drive; Compiled Teacher Resources: http://goo.gl/Rh7TdO Click Teacher Resources
FWC officer visiting the Golden Gate Learning Center
Florida Panther
Contacts
Ariel Pechokas, Assistant Director of Adult Education, 377-0959 pechokar@collierschools.com
Bruce Rutila, Coordinator of Adult Education 377-1300, rutilb@collierschools.com
Annia Bonilla, Adult Education Secretary, 377-1319, bonila@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