Adult and Community Education
"In The Know" 3/7/2017
Spring break and Session II
Sites will be closed for Spring break the week of March 13 and will resume on March 21st. Please remind students of these dates. Encourage your students to practice their English during the break. Simple activities, such as visiting a public library or shopping mall, allow students to engage in language. We will be balancing the student count of classes and making some schedule adjustments based on the current enrollment figures. The changes will go into effect when we return from spring break and will be communicated through your site coordinators and email. We appreciate the great work that all classrooms are demonstrating from maximizing instructional time to utilizing the strategies shared by Christine. Enjoy your break, and thanks for all you do!
JOBS, EDUCATION AND CAREER INFORMATION!
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.
TEACHERS- HERE'S A GREAT ACTIVITY FROM MRS. J! CLICK HERE
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:
(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 Human Services career cluster.
Individuals interested in Human Services might want to investigate the programs offered at Lorenzo Walker Technical College.
To investigate all the LWTC programs visit LWTC.EDU.
To investigate all the iTECH programs visit iTECH.EDU.
Please consider registering for some of our free Career Workshops offered at Lorenzo Walker Technical College.
Now that you’ve found a job, how do you keep it?
Come learn about what skills and habits employers demand from their employees as presented by Dr. Leo Mediavilla.
Workplace Success, Thursday, March 9th, 1:30-2:30 LWTC Media Center, RSVP
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.
Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Tuesday, March 14th, 9-11 A.M.
CareerSource Southwest Florida
3050 North Horseshoe Drive
Naples, FL 34104
HELP WANTED! EMPLOYFLORIDA.COM
Click on this link to bring you to a great job search tool!
Part Time Merchandiser American Greetings Naples, FL
BB&T Securities Registered Client Service Associate I Naples, FL
Administrative Assistant Tad PGS Inc Naples, FL
Road Supervisor MV Transport Naples, FL
Inventory Control Clerk - 33882 Arthrex Naples, FL
Office Assistant Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Naples, FL
Employment Security Representatives 1 NAPLES, FL $25,774.06 per year
Full Time Processors Goodwill Industries of SW FL- Naples-Town Center Naples, FL
Learn more about Applying for Jobs Online click here
WELLS FARGO HANDS ON BANKING
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 6: Loans.
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
Online Resources
Intermediate/Advanced: http://www.izzit.org (Have to register for FREE) engaging videos promoting critical thinking skills. One lesson entails Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking! **Thank you Cheree Jones-Diver for recommending**
Beginner/Intermediate: http://www.eslhome.org Pre-listening, vocabulary, listening, post listening activities. CLICK Students; Click Work Online; Click Listen, easy, medium, Difficult **Thank you Howard WIlenski for recommending**
Tests and Test Prep Books should be used at the end of each Unit.
The Listening, Reading and Life Skills section are very helpful for test practice.
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
- March 9: End of Spring Session I (evening classes)
- March 10: End of Spring Session I (day classes)
- March 13: Start of Spring Break (No classes all sites)
- March 21: Start of Spring Session II (all sites)
- April 14: No School (all sites)
- April 17: No School (all sites)
Birthdays
9 Caroline Hylemon
11 Nancy Embree
12 Heather Burdick
13 Kurt Schumacher
Kudos
- Anna Cancellier, Howard Wilenski, Irene Nirmaier from PRHS; Glenn Herriman, Galina Petersen, Sondra Vazquez, Joy Potter, Connie Mazgaj from GGHS; Randi Powell, Maylen Garcia, Rasim Kut, Lisa Hanba, Lyssa Young, Lindsey Simmons, Rolf Metral from LWTC for participating in the Communication-Collaboration site visits.
- Howard Wilenski for sharing www.englishclub.com for extra listening practice.
- Joy Potter for always trying out the new resources that are mentioned in Tuesday in the Know and/or at our meetings.
- Sarah Bugay for planning ahead of time for each class making sure there is a warm-up, engaging lessons, and closure. Extra Kudos for providing plans though PowerPoint to keep you and students on track.
- Huguette Dorvily, Sylvia Reinhart and Laura Nichols for co-teaching with Christine for the administration of the CASAS practice listening test.
- Cheree Jones-Diver for sharing http://www.izzit.org for our Intermediate/Advanced learners.
- Andrew Ward for reminding us and recommending a wonderful website to use in your classrooms:
https://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/pett/reading-tests
https://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/listening-and-dictation/
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