LCMC Citizenship Workshop for students, tutors and teachers
LCMC is hosting a workshop on citizenship and immigration on Monday, September 20 from 6.30 – 8.00 pm, Rockville Library, meeting room #2.
It will be a panel discussion with representatives from CIS and a law firm.  Topics will include:

• Naturalization: Guidelines for qualification, How to apply, Review of application, Interview process, Mock interview, How to check on status of a cas
• Green Card: Guidelines for qualification/who is eligible, How to apply, Issues e.g., divorce/death/arrest
• Work Authorization: Guidelines for qualification, Employers obligations, Employees rights, What if I overstay?
• Visas: General overview and guidelines, What if I overstay?
• Asylum: General overview

It will mainly be geared to students, but both tutors and teachers are invited to attend as well.  Students should have a basic comfort level of English as the presentation will be English, but family members are welcome to attend to help with translation.
If people would like to attend, please RSVP to the Literacy Council at 301.610.0030.

June 14, 2010, 1-3pm
Montgomery County Education, Training and Workforce Providers Meeting
 
Do you want to help your clients:
•find a job?
•access training programs to help them prepare for their next job?
•develop new skills, such as English, literacy or career specific skills?

Join us on June 14th to meet new partners that can support the education, workforce and vocational needs of your clients; share your thoughts and experiences with a community of providers; learn about services offered by Montgomery College, Montgomery Works and MCAEL, and hear the results of our latest survey; tour Montgomery County’s One-Stop Workforce Center. Light refreshments will be served.

MontgomeryWorks One-Stop Centerat the UpCounty Regional Services Center
12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD 20874. Phone: 240-777-2050
 
Hosted by representatives of: The Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL), MontgomeryWorks, Montgomery College. Please RSVP to connect@mcael.org to confirm your attendance at this event.

WATESOL Spring 2010 Professional Development Workshop
Saturday, June 19, 2010
8:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
Register On-line Now @ www.watesol.org
Reading and Adult Learners of English: What do we need to know?
By Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD   Ph.D. (Candidate)

Workshop Description:
Reading is just...READING, right?   Actually, reading -- especially in a second or other language -- is a lot more than just making sense of letters and words in English.  In this workshop, we will first cover some foundational theories and research on the process of reading and then on reading in a second or other language and the notion of transfer.  Factors that cause learners to seem to have reading difficulties will be discussed as we go along.   One segment of the workshop will focus on the needs of learners with no prior print literacy and how these learners and their needs differ from those who have already achieved literacy, even at a very low level. Finally, we will co-construct a blue print for a reading lesson for you to use at different levels of ESOL.  As we build this plan, we will include specific practices that build skills that contribute to better reading.    

Upcoming Meetings:

RFP Q&A/Creative & Practical Strategies for Raising Resources
Wednesday, February 24th, 9am-12noon
This meeting will be in 2 parts:
(1) MCAEL RFP Informational session, with questions and answers on the release of the MCAEL RFP and;
(2) Creative and Practical Strategies for Raising Resources, a workshop designed to assist providers with raising new resources for your organization..
 
Creative and Practical Strategies for Raising Resources Workshop Description:
We all know that government funding has shrunk, foundations have cut back, individuals are stretched thin, we're spending all our time energy keeping our programs running, and wondering how we're going to meet payroll. Sound familiar? What do we do? This workshop will provide an overview of promising practices for a range of resource development strategies - from earned income to different uses of volunteers. It will help participants think about creative and practical things they can do to increase resources for their organization, and provide space for participants to share their own experiences and ideas. Led by Hilary Binder Aviles of MOSAICA. Please RSVP if you are planning to attend. No application is required.

Provider and Instructor Workshop – Learner Persistence with Sarah Lynn,
Friday, March 12th 9:30am-12noon
Sarah Lynn, an ESL and EFL teacher for 20 years and author of the adult ESOL textbook, Future,  will lead a workshop for providers and instructors on learner persistence. She will explore common reasons learners drop out of adult education. She will also briefly identify research-supported measures that can strengthen our adult learners’ ability to persist and achieve their educational goals.   Participants will brainstorm and evaluate various persistence building measures they may want to adopt for their programs and classrooms.  Please RSVP for this workshop. No application is required. This workshop is open to providers and instructors.

Montgomery College Offers ESOL for the Building Trades Class

Please view the flyer for more detail on this exciting opportunity for advanced and intermediate level ESOL learners to concurrently develop trade skills and English.

Celebrate Literacy: Buy a Book, Give a Book

Shop at any nationwide Barnes and Noble store on September 24th, 25th, and 26th using the code 598540 and a portion of the proceeds will go to providing books to adult English literacy students in Montgomery County.  Download flyer

And, be sure to join us for 

Celebration of Literacy: Telling Our Story

Poetry and Narratives   Children’s Activities  Movie Screening

PROVIDERS MEETINGS (click here or scroll down to view)

MCAEL Fall Professional Development & Teacher Training

New to the classroom or just looking for a refresher?  MCAEL's Teacher Training helps orient instructors and answer common questions, such as:

• What are some unique characteristics of adult learners?
• How do I write a lesson plan?
• How do I incorporate visual aids into my teaching?
• How can I tell if my students are learning what I’m teaching?
• How do I manage multiple levels in one classroom?
• What are some techniques I can use to teach pronunciation?

For more information, visit Teacher Training on our website or click here to download the MCAEL Fall Professional Development PDF

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Other Events, Trainings and Courses:

WATESOL 2009 FALL CONVENTION

Improving Outcomes,Through Quality Instruction
Keynote Speaker:Sue Miller, Professor & Author
Saturday, October 17, 2009
7:30am- 4:30pm
National 4-H Youth Conference Center

Please click here for flyer and more information

Montgomery College Course (non-credit course offered each fall and spring at Rockville Campus):
An experienced ESOL instructor will share practical activities and strategies to use in the adult ESOL classroom. Participants will practice ESOL classroom activities, observe ESOL classrooms, discuss their observations, and develop their own lesson plans for an ESOL class.  Course meets every Wednesday from 6:30-9:45 for 10 weeks. This course is highly interactive. Instructor is Melissa Zervos of Montgomery College’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education Program. Date: Course runs September 16th, 2009-November 18th, 2009. For more information, location and pricing visit: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/aelg/tesol.html  Location: Montgomery College, Rockville Campus Humanities Building, Room 128, 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, Maryland 20850

Citizenship and Naturalization Process:  
The 1 ½ hour program will cover how to help ESOL learners to pass the new  Citizenship (CIS) test, material available to prepare the learner for
the test, and a video of a simulated CIS interview.  This is a Continuing Education program sponsored by the Literacy Council of Montgomery
County and presented by Nancy McTiernan, LCMC Volunteer. Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from 7:00pm-8:30pm. Location: Rockville  Library, Meeting Room #2. For more information please visit: http://www.literacycouncilmcmd.org/what'snew.html
 

PROVIDERS MEETINGS

October 2008 meeting
Agenda
Immigration 101 Presentation
Pedestrian Safety materials

September 2008 meeting
Agenda
Meeting Notes

June 2008 meeting materials
- Agenda

May 2008 meeting materials
- Agenda
- Notes
- CASAS Implementation - an overview
- Pronunciation - instructional resources
- MAACCE 2008 Conference Resources

Other documents
Provider Priorities
from March 2008 priority setting meeting

MCAEL Evaluation and Provider Survey

Reading Pilot Final Report

RFP Q&A/Creative & Practical Strategies for Raising Resources
Wednesday, February 24th, 9am-12noon
This meeting will be in 2 parts:
(1) MCAEL RFP Informational session, with questions and answers on the release of the MCAEL RFP and;
(2) Creative and Practical Strategies for Raising Resources, a workshop designed to assist providers with raising new resources for your organization..
 
Creative and Practical Strategies for Raising Resources Workshop Description:
We all know that government funding has shrunk, foundations have cut back, individuals are stretched thin, we're spending all our time energy keeping our programs running, and wondering how we're going to meet payroll. Sound familiar? What do we do? This workshop will provide an overview of promising practices for a range of resource development strategies - from earned income to different uses of volunteers. It will help participants think about creative and practical things they can do to increase resources for their organization, and provide space for participants to share their own experiences and ideas. Led by Hilary Binder Aviles of MOSAICA. Please RSVP if you are planning to attend. No application is required.

Provider and Instructor Workshop – Learner Persistence with Sarah Lynn,
Friday, March 12th 9:30am-12noon
Sarah Lynn, an ESL and EFL teacher for 20 years and author of the adult ESOL textbook, Future,  will lead a workshop for providers and instructors on learner persistence. She will explore common reasons learners drop out of adult education. She will also briefly identify research-supported measures that can strengthen our adult learners’ ability to persist and achieve their educational goals.   Participants will brainstorm and evaluate various persistence building measures they may want to adopt for their programs and classrooms.  Please RSVP for this workshop. No application is required. This workshop is open to providers and instructors.