The end of the year is approaching quickly and we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the changes we made in our enrollment system this last year. The following presentation is a short glimpse at the changes that took place, the outcomes, and how it relates to next year. The presentation also includes [...]
Archive for the ‘ESL’ Category
PLC Meeting – May 19th
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL, PLC Work on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Study English at Home this Summer with USA Learns
Posted in ESL on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
USA Learns is great! USA Learns is a free website for immigrant adults learning English as a second language. Learn more with this USA Learns webcast: “An ESL Web-based Tool for Distance Learning.”
Reach Higher, America
Posted in Basic Skills, Budget, Career Technical Ed, Civic Responsibility, ESL, HSD, Prof. Development, Tech-Enhanced Inst. on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from National Commission on Adult Literacy An economy that thrives in the new global environment! A workforce educated for jobs that pay a family-sustaining wage! America flourishing as a secure democracy and world leader! Powerful demographic evidence points to a clear connection between these ideals and the need for adult education and workforce skills [...]
ESL & ABE Class Evaluation Results
Posted in ESL, WASC - All Categories on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We use student surveys to support continual program improvement and increase student participation in providing constructive feedback. In January, 420 ESL and ABE students took class evaluation surveys. Here are some aggregated results. Survey Results: Marketing: How did you learn about our adult ed. program? Content: In which two areas would you like more practice? Goals: When you [...]
Things You Need…First 2 Weeks of Class!
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Start your session right with these essentials: orientation PowerPoints, pacing plans, course outlines, goal setting ideas, student needs surveys, persistence-building strategies, and more!…
USA Learns ~ One Year Old and Going Strong
Posted in ESL on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
USA Learns is a free web-based multimedia system for adults learning English as a second language. During the first year of operation, the site was visited 2.9 million times by 900,000 unique learners. More than 11,000 teachers created classes. This video shows how to use USA Learns with ESL and ABE students: http://www.otan.us/DistanceLearning/usaLearns. OTAN will [...]
End-of-Semester Essentials ~ January, 2010
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As the sun sets on 1st semester at Newport-Mesa Adult School, here again are Martha’s End-of-Semester Essentials to help you hit the lip and rip….without any gnarly wipe-outs. Keep it smooth, Dudes and Dudettes!
Civic Engagement ~ The 2010 Census is Coming!
Posted in Civic Responsibility, ESL, tagged 2010 Census on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from U.S. Census Bureau’s Census in Schools: The year 2010 is an important one for our nation and for your students! Beginning in March, The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct a decennial count of everyone living in the US, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. Because an accurante count is important in allocating state and [...]
Construction Math Toolbox
Posted in Basic Skills, Career Technical Ed, ESL, Workplace Readiness, tagged basic skills resources, workforce competitiveness skills on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
from National Institute for Literacy – The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) ~ Construction Math Toolbox combines industry-required math lessons with supplemental academic and career guidance information. It was developed at Renton Technical College as a part of its Transition Math Project. The toolbox provides instructional tools and ideas, worksheets, additional web links, and [...]
Virtual Workroom for Multilevel ESL Instructors
Posted in ESL, Prof. Development, tagged multilevel ESL on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from Mariann Fedele, director of CALPRO: The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) is pleased to announce two new professional development resources, the Virtual Workroom for Multilevel ESL Instructors and its companion electronic Professional Learning Community (e-PLC).
Student Transfer Policy and Procedure
Posted in ESL on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we approach Session II, we want to remind all ESL and ABE teachers, administrators, and office assistants at Newport-Mesa Adult School that our student transfer policy and procedure are as follows…
CBET Pledge Drive ~ Oct. 20-30, 2009
Posted in CBET, ESL on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again! You bet…It’s CBET (Community-Based English Tutoring). The purpose of the CBET funds is to provide free or subsidized adult English instruction to parents or other community members who pledge to provide English tutoring to California school children with limited English proficiency. During our CBET Pledge Drive, our ESL/Family Literacy [...]
STEP Forward (Sub Teacher Essentials Packet)
Posted in ESL on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We want our substitute teachers to have a productive and pleasant experience with our wonderful students at Newport-Mesa Adult School. To help with this goal, we created the first STEP: Substitute Teacher Essentials Packet We hope our STEP will help you efficiently create your substitute lesson plans. Remember, you must provide a detailed written lesson plan for [...]
Top Post This Week – Remembering 9/11
Posted in ESL on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On his blog Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day……For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL, Larry compiled a list of helpful sites for remembering 9/11 in the ESL classroom. Check out these excellent resources:
Revised ESL Pacing Plans and Testing Calendar
Posted in ESL on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the revised ESL Pacing Plans and Testing Calendar for 2009-10: All-Star I Pacing Plan (2009-10) All-Star II Pacing Plan (2009-10) All-Star III Pacing Plan (2009-10) All-Star IV Pacing Plan (2009-10) Testing Calendar (2009-10) A big THANKS to Mandi for revising our pacing plans and testing calendar to align with our new managed-enrollment session [...]
End-of-Semester Essentials ~ June, 2009
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL on May 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here again are Martha’s End-of-Semester Essentials to help you hit the lip and rip….without any gnarly wipe-outs. Keep it smooth, Dudes and Dudettes! Click on BACK after viewing a file to return to this post. CASAS Assessment Resources CASAS Scores & ESL Level Placement Sample Certificate of Achievement Certificates Sample Certificate of Achievement (CASAS) Attendance & [...]
Brain Botox
Posted in ESL on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Botox is known to be somewhat helpful in keeping a person’s appearance youthful if only for a while. But to consistently lessen the effects of cognitive decline, researchers have found that the best remedies are proved to be linked with problem solving, excercise, a healthy diet, sleep and socializing. Among other recommended activities, to keep our [...]
“And In This Corner…”
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a cool website that I have been using in my classroom. It has lots of activities including thematic units, lesson plans, and printable worksheets for your students…and it’s FREE! Check it out! http://www.theteacherscorner.net/
Hail Today in Laguna Hills
Posted in ESL on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Things You Need ~ 1st Week of 2nd Semester
Posted in ESL on January 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Class Orientation PowerPoints Beginning Literacy ESL Orientation PowerPoint Beginning Low ESL Orientation PowerPoint Beginning High ESL Orientation PowerPoint Intermediate Low ESL Orientation PowerPoint Intermediate High ESL OrientationPowerPoint Multi-Advanced ESL Orientation PowerPoint Sonora’s ESL & Tech Orientation PowerPoint Course Outlines Course Outline: Beginning Literacy Course Outline: Beginning Low Course Outline: Beginning High Course Outline: Intermediate Low Course [...]
End-of-Semester Essentials
Posted in ESL, tagged end of semester on January 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
As the sun sets on 1st semester at Newport-Mesa Adult School, here again are Martha’s End-of-Semester Essentials to help you hit the lip and rip….without any gnarly wipe-outs. Keep it smooth, Dudes and Dudettes! Click on BACK after viewing a file to return to this post. CASAS Assessment Resources CASAS Scores & ESL Level Placement [...]
Orientation PowerPoints Are Here!!!
Posted in ESL, Persistence, tagged Adult Education, orientation PowerPoints, Persistence on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Student Council 2007-08Student Council asked for it! They helped make it! THEY GET IT! How do learners become LEADERS at N-MUSD Adult School? Continue reading to learn how our 2007-08 Student Council changed how we do intake & orientation at our school. View/save/edit our student-created PowerPoints and use them in your classes for Orientation Week…and beyond.
USALearns- A Free Online English Portal
Posted in ESL, tagged Adult Education, USA Learns, USALearns on December 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
USALearns is a free web site for immigrants and other adults wanting to improve their English skills. It’s free. It’s simple. It’s easily accessible. It can be used inside or outside the traditional classroom. It teaches basic English skills and helps adults improve their English proficiency. At NMUSD Adult School, we can use this web site as [...]
Miguel’s Tech Tip of the Week: http://classtools.net/
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, tagged classtools.net, tech tip on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Miguel’s Tech Tip: Our computer/digital photography teacher, Miguel Vasquez, shared a cool website http://classtools.net/ at last week’s PLC for our daytime ESL teachers. Overview: It’s a great interactive tool for practicing vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar. Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, [...]
ESL Fun with Karaoke
Posted in ESL, tagged ESL on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These recommendations come from Larry Ferlazzo’s Best of list. He writes: Karaoke is a good language-development activity, and there are quite a few karaoke sites on the Internet…. [These sites are] …available free-of-charge (or at least some of its resources have to be free), easy-to-use, require no download, and allow students — either alone or in [...]
Verb Power! Simply Pointing It Out
Posted in ESL, tagged Adult Education, ESL, PowerPoint, verb practice on October 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Here is a Verb PowerPoint that points out the power of consistency and simplicity in verb practice. It uses simple, repetitive sentence structures to help ESL students differentiate between present progressive, simple past, and simple present verbs. The images come from FreeFoto.com. A N-MUSD Adult School Beginning High ESL Teacher created the PowerPoint after an “unsuccessful” grammar lesson on the same concept. [...]
Learn English at Home…for FREE!
Posted in ESL, Persistence, WASC - Category C, tagged Distance Learning, EASY English, ESL on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Mandi Spottsville, Distance Learning Program Coordinator The Newport-Mesa Adult School is using a wonderful program to help meet the needs of parents who cannot attend our 3-hour classes but who still want to learn English. This program is called EASY English. The EASY program is a set of DVDs and corresponding work packets that [...]
Learners to Leaders 2008!
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL, tagged candidates, ESL, presidential elections on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NMUSD Adult School ~ a dynamic community of learners and leaders! We learn to become wise leaders in our families, our workplaces, and our local, national and global community. Education…becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. [...]
Our ESL Student Transfer Policy and Procedure
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category A, WASC - Category B, tagged ESL, ESL levels, student transfers on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We want to remind all ESL teachers, administrators, and office assistants at Newport-Mesa Adult School that our student transfer policy and procedure are as follows…
Remembering 9/11 in the ESL Classroom
Posted in ESL, tagged 9/11, ESL, Patriot Day on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On his blog Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day……For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL, Larry compiled a list of helpful sites for remembering 9/11 in the ESL classroom. Check out these excellent resources: Inside 9/11 is from the National Geographic. It has short video interviews, along with transcripts, of key people connected to the event, including [...]
Essential End-of-Semester Materials
Posted in ESL, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category B, tagged Assessment on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are only 6 weeks until the end of the semester! Click on the Continue Reading link for our essential end-of-semester materials to help you plan and organize the last month of instruction and assessment.
Using Video in ESL Instruction
Posted in ESL, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged ESL, video on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check out this easy-to-make video on teachertube.com: ESL Instruction-Teaching Eating Utensils. Description from teachertube.com Although obviously homemade, this video is a wonderful example of ESL instruction using video implementation. It is a great jumping off point for you to use in your classroom, creating your own videos for vocabulary lessons, or even encouraging your students [...]
Movie Project ~ Starring Beg. Lit & Low ESL Students
Posted in ESL, PLC Work, tagged ESL Beginning Low project on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the last PLC meeting, our Beg. Lit and Low teachers at our BESST-evening site came up with a great a culminating group project. Their students will make a Moving on Up movie that introduces beginning literacy students to the beginning low level. This project capitalizes on the power of project based learning. It gives students a [...]
ESL Tip ~ Online Radio Essays on NPR
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL, tagged Adult Education, ESL on April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This I believe! ~ Here is a true treasure of an ESL tip, shared by Beth Bogage (SDCCD) at the April 10-13 CATESOL conference in Sacramento. Use “This I Believe” online radio essays in your intermediate-high and advanced ESL classes to read, write, and talk about values. Continue reading for WHY, HOW, and WITH WHAT…
ESL Tip: Sponging with Verbs
Posted in ESL, tagged ESL, sponge activities, verbs on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ESL Tip submitted by Nancy NMUSD Adult School Beginning Low ESL instructor Here’s a simple idea that works when you have a few ticks left on the clock and need a quick-n-easy sponge activity that keeps students focused on English.
Goal Setting and Self Reflection – A Daily Practice
Posted in ESL, Persistence on March 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
How do we weave goal setting and self-reflection into the daily fabric of our instructional practice? Read on for some practical ideas.
CPT Meeting ~ March 19, 2008
Posted in Curriculum, ESL, tagged Curriculum, curriculum planning team on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our ESL Curriculum Planning Team will meet this Wednesday at the BESST-Center, Room 116, from 2:30-4:00pm. To view/download our CPT Agenda, click on the below hyperlink: CPT Agenda (March 19) CPT Meeting Minutes (March 19)
Mis CASAS Son Sus CASAS
Posted in Assessments, ESL, WASC - Category B, tagged Assessment, testing on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CASAS testing is coming to a site near you. Click here to view/download our second-semester Testing Calendar. Read on for additional resources to help you prepare your students for the CASAS post-test.
Nifty ESL Site: Breaking News English
Posted in ESL, tagged Advanced ESL, breaking news English on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Breaking News English.com offers free, ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans in Word and PDF with graded news articles, listening, podcast, and communicative activities. It appears to be most appropriate for Intermediate High/Advanced ESL levels. Read on to learn more about this site’s nifty features:
ESL/Citizenship: Fun online quiz
Posted in ESL on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This fun online quiz allows students to find out where they fit on the political map: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html Read on for for helpful ideas on how to use this quiz in your ESL/Citizenship classes to get students excited about the political process and the upcoming elections.
Tech Tip: Building Basic Computer Skills w/Mouserobics
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, tagged Adult Education, basic computer skills, mouserobics, tech tip on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of our adult students are first-time computer users. They often approach a computer with some fear and trepidation. As an ESL/Computer instructor, I use Mouserobics to build my students’ confidence with basic computer skills. Read on to learn why I adore this site! Lead on!!
Eating Well, Living Well: Nutrition Education for Adult ESL
Posted in ESL on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Information provided by: Laurie Cozzolino cozzolino@pacbell.net Nancy Hampson nhampson@sdccd.net Eating Well, Living Well Online Teacher Training Webcasts are ready for use. To register and view the webcasts, go to http://www.sdcoe.net/eatingwell/welcome.asp.
Fast-Acting Relief for the Computer-Lab Headache
Posted in ESL, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged computer lab, ESL, websites on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You want to take your class of 30 adult ESL students to the computer lab for hands-on computer experience. Your lesson objective is to teach how to access and use free ESL web sites. For many students, it will be their first time navigating the web. They feel nervous…and so do you! Read on for some tips from experts in the field [...]
Learner Outcomes for ESL Beginning Literacy
Posted in ESL, tagged Adult Education, Beginning Literacy, Curriculum, ESL on February 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our curriculum planning team is working to provide additional tools for our Beginning Literacy teachers. Here is a draft of our ESL Beginning Literacy Expected Learner Outcomes. Read on for more information.
A PLC at Work on Common Formative Assessments
Posted in ESL, tagged common formative assessments, Professional Learning Community on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, our BESST site teachers met for a 40-minute PLC Power Wrap Session. One team posted their meeting summary this morning in the comment area of the Empowering a Learning Community, Transforming our World article. Their summary includes their Smart Goals, strategies and action steps, responsibilities, timeline, and evidence of success. Read on to learn more about how this team intends to work [...]
ESL Curriculum: Grammar Recommendation
Posted in ESL, tagged ESL Curriculum, grammar on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Based on student and teacher feedback, the NMUSD Adult School Curriculum Planning Team made a recommendation to supplement our ESL curriculum (All-Star series) with class sets of the Azar grammar series. Read on for our CPT recommendations of usage by ESL level. Read on! Lead on!!
Setting and Revisiting Adult Learner Goals
Posted in ESL, Persistence, tagged Adult Education, adult learner goal setting, Persistence on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Second semester begins next week, and it’s time to plan those important first weeks of instruction. As you plan, please consider the research-proven power of goal setting for increased student motivation and retention. Read on for these tips and tools: helpful, research-based tips on goal setting for the adult learner goal setting templates to kick off your second semester class. [...]
Multiple Assessments for Next-Level ESL Placement
Posted in Assessments, ESL, PLC Work, tagged Adult Education, Assessments, ESL, level placement on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In our adult ESL program, we use a variety of assessments to evaluate student learning. During the last week of the semester, our teachers and ESL students work together to review these assessments and jointly determine whether the students have met the exit criteria for their levels. In this article, you can read about our next-level [...]
ESL Tech Tip from Taylor
Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, ESL, Tech Tips, tagged Adult Education, esl.about.com Englishclub.com, NMUSD Adult School, Tech-Enhanced Inst., UsingEnglish.com on December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Contributed by Taylor Blakely – NMUSD Adult School Technology Peer Mentor Here are Taylor’s tech-tip handouts and PowerPoint presentation from his latest Tech Tip featuring UsingEnglish.com, esl.about.com and EnglishClub.com. We share to impart, impact, improve and empower! Read on. Lead on!
Making Course Outlines Meaningful Tools for Learning Communities
Posted in Curriculum, ESL, PLC Work, tagged Adult Education, ESL Course Outlines, NMUSD Adult School, Professional Learning Community on November 29, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Our curriculum planning team (8 teachers, 3 administrators) just approved NMUSD Adult School’s new ESL course outlines. Read on to learn about our revision and adoption process. More importantly, read on to learn how these course outlines are becoming essential tools for our teachers as we pursue our PLC goal of improving student learning. Read on. Lead [...]
Two Thumbs Up for this ESL Site
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged Adult Education, ESL, movies on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The 80th annual Academy Awards are coming! Create your own BUZZ by using this free website that helps your students study English through movie trailers and reproducible ESL activities that go with them. You’ll be an instant celebrity! Read on. Lead on!
Online Tools for Teachers
Posted in ESL, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged Adult Education, Tech-Enhanced Inst. on October 17, 2007 | 6 Comments »
If you have Microsoft Office available, this gallery provides templates for creating certificates, newsletters, various tests, class gradebooks, a seating chart, lesson plans and a syllabus. Read on. Lead on!
Have You Tried Google’s Web Page Translation?
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged Adult Education, ESL, translation on October 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Google breaks the language barrier with this translation feature. Using machine translation technology, Google now gives you the ability to translate any web page with a single click. Read on to see how Google Translation can work as a powerful instructional tool for you! Read on. Lead on!
Daily Oral English: Conversation Starters
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, tagged Adult Education, conversation, daily oral English, ESL on October 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
If you are looking for some conversation starters and reading comprehension activities, this website may just be what you need to get your students listening, talking and learning together. We share to impart, impact, improve and empower! Read on. Lead on!
a4esl.org – Building Vocabulary using Smartboards
Posted in ESL, Tech Tips, tagged Adult Education, ESL, NMUSD Adult School, Tech-Enhanced Inst. on October 9, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Are you looking for a virtual picture file by topic with instant assessment built right in? Look no further than http://a4esl.org/. It’s a homerun! Read on. Lead on!
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