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Workshops & Continued Learning
Before you sign up, please note:
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All trainings are virtual
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Trainings are FREE to Community Literacy Members
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Trainings are $15 for non-members
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Popular Education & Student-Centered Learning
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time: 5:30-7 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free for members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Bria Dolnick
The term popular education is often associated with the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. He developed an adult literacy model that envisions everyone in the classroom as a learner and a teacher, and education as a way to envision new possibilities for ourselves and for society.
There’s no one way to do popular education, and it’s all about the context you’re in. In this training, we’ll explore the basic principles and talk about ways you can incorporate popular education ideas into your teaching and tutoring. We’ll give you time to reflect on your own teaching context and we’ll model some tools, practices, and projects that have worked well for other adult education teachers and tutors.
This training is part of our Instructional Techniques series. Content is designed with tutors and teachers in mind, although everyone is welcome!
Game on: Adding More Fun Into Your Lessons
Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025
Time: 5:30-7 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free for members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Bria Dolnick
In this training, we’ll identify games and other playful activities you can use for objectives like community building, practicing new skills, and reviewing information. We’ll provide time for participants to reflect on their own favorite teaching games and give space for sharing resources and ideas with one another. Whatever your level of experience is, you’ll walk away from this training with a few new ideas to try out in your teaching context.
This training is part of our Instructional Techniques series. Content is designed with tutors and teachers in mind, although everyone is welcome!
Teacher Solidarity Study Group
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Time: 5:30-7 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free for members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Jane Rothschild
How does this moment of turbulent social change relate to us, as educators? We are starting the Teacher Solidarity Study Group in order to learn and reflect on United States history so that we can try to understand current events and our roles as teachers and change makers in this moment.
We will meet quarterly with our facilitator, Jane Rothschild, to discuss selected chapters of Howard Zinn's A Young People’s History of the United States, and our focus will be on ordinary people and grassroots movements that have worked to create political and social change.
Join us for community, learning, and reflection on how history can give us and our students courage to work towards a more just and equitable future. You don’t need to commit to the whole year to attend. We will send you digital excerpts of the book and supplemental materials before our discussions. If you’d rather get your own copy of the book, you can buy it here.
This group was created with adult education teachers, tutors, and administrators in mind, although everyone is welcome!
Tech Talk Make & Take Series: Multiple Choice Google Quizzes
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Time: 12-1 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free for members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Lisa Perez
We’re excited to present a new quarterly series led by our Tech Talk Digital volunteer, Lisa Perez. In each hour-long Make & Take training, Lisa will introduce you to a digital teaching tool, share examples of how she's used the tool in her own tutoring practice, and help you make your own sample from a provided template.
Quizzes are a great way to assess students’ learning progress. Learn how to make your own self-grading, multiple choice versions in Google Forms! During this session, Lisa will get you started with hands-on practice creating a quiz. She will also provide how-to materials you can come back to, and you will have the option of making a follow-up 1:1 appointment for more support. You must have access to a Google account to actively participate in this training.
This training is part of our Instructional Techniques series. Content is designed with tutors and teachers in mind, although everyone is welcome!