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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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Email bria@litworks.org with questions
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Digital Basics for Teachers, Tutors, and Staff, Part 3: Creating Interactive Lessons for Online Learning
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 5:30 - 7 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free to members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Bria Dolnick
It's increasingly necessary to navigate online platforms and digital technologies to communicate, learn, and access information. But what if you don't know how? Join us for a 3-part training series for everyone in adult education who wants to learn or refine digital skills for their tutoring, teaching, or administrative role. You can attend this training whether or not you attended previous sessions!
During this training, we'll review Zoom functions that can boost interactivity with students, introduce helpful websites and resources for creating digital materials, offer ideas for interactive activities, and discuss how to share resources with students in an online setting.
This training is part of our Instructional Techniques series. Content is designed with tutors and teachers in mind, although everyone is welcome!
Cultural Humility for Educators
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Time: 5:30 - 7 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free to members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Keighty Ward
In this workshop, we will explore how the framework of cultural humility can help us create inclusive learning environments that honor the cultures present in our classrooms.
Cultural humility emphasizes self-reflection, openness, and a commitment to lifelong learning about cultural differences. Attendees will examine how their own cultural identities and biases impact their teaching practices and discuss strategies for creating culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy.
This training is part of our Student Support series. Content is designed for those working in adult education in mind, although everyone is welcome!
Teaching Adult English Learners Who Are Emergent Readers
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 5:30-7 (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free to members; $15 for all others
Facilitator: Robyn Hackett
An adult emergent reader is someone with limited or no prior education in their native language. If this is your first time working with this level of learner, it can be difficult to know where to start! Adult emergent readers that are learning to read and write for the first time in a new language need a specialized approach to instruction.
In the first of our two-part series with World Relief Curriculum and Adult Literacy Specialist Robyn Hackett, we’ll explore some big-picture ideas that will give you a strong foundation for developing instructional routines with your learners. We’ll explore different types of literacy and the components of literacy that students will need in U.S. academic settings. We’ll also talk about the diversity of literacy backgrounds that emergent literacy students have and some of the corresponding assets and challenges they bring to the classroom. Finally, we’ll get an overview of the concepts that first-time alphabetic literacy learners need to practice.
This training is part of our Instructional Techniques series. Content is designed with tutors and teachers in mind, although everyone is welcome!
OK Learn Family Literacy Workshops: How We Do It & How You Can, Too
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 1-2:30 pm (CST)
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Price: Free to members; $15 for all others
Facilitators: Keighty Ward & Hope Neal
Parents and caregivers are critical in helping young children develop a strong foundation in early literacy. Through OK Learn (“Our Kids Learn”), Literacy Works’ unique family education program, adults gain confidence and skills in helping young children learn through language, stories, connection, and play.
Keighty Ward of Literacy Works and Hope Neal of Regional Office of Education #33 in Galesburg will talk about the history of this program, the logistics of putting workshops together, and the Ok Learn curriculum. Learn more about how you can get the training, support, and resources you need to do OK Learn workshops at your organization!
This training is part of our Program Operations series. Content is designed with adult education administrators in mind, although everyone is welcome!