Have you ever struggled to help your students understand the Americans with Disabilities Act form they are required to sign? Programs may have translated it into multiple languages and provided some examples, but it can still be confusing. It can be especially challenging for learners with limited formal education. Thanks to Literacy Minnesota and PANDA (Minnesota ABE Physical and Nonapparent Disability Assistance) we now have a clear, accessible guide.
Continue reading Guide to Disability Accommodations for Adult LearnersOnline Tools for Independent Pronunciation Practice (ESOL)
Baruch College’s Tools for Clear Speech program offers in-person and online services for Baruch students. One section of their website, however, is publicly accessible: Tools To-Go.
Using the Change Agent in Math Class
The Change Agent is an adult education magazine for social justice, written by and for adult education students and adult education teachers. Each issue is centered around a theme – recent themes have included Mental Health, the Pandemic, Indigenous Peoples, Our Immigration Stories, and We Take Action.
Many ELA classes in adult education use the Change Agent to study reading, writing, social studies and science. But the Change Agent is also a fantastic resource for math class!
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2023 Voter Engagement Resources for Adult Literacy Programs
The 2023 New York City Primary Elections are here! Early voting has started and the final day to vote is June 27th, 2023! All 51 City Council seats, plus some District Attorney and judicial races, are on the ballot this year.
The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) has partnered with Community Votes and a group of nonprofit adult literacy education programs to integrate voter engagement into their ongoing programs. Nonpartisan voter education, outreach, registration, and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities are opportunities to engage students and community members around the upcoming elections. Voter engagement not only encourages students to vote, but also to reach members of their communities to vote on Election Day.
Continue reading 2023 Voter Engagement Resources for Adult Literacy ProgramsSlow Reveal Graphs Collection
A slow reveal graph is a teaching tool that starts with a numberless graph (or map, diagram, etc.) without labels. As the class notices and wonders about the graph, the teacher slowly reveals the original text and numbers until the class is looking at the complete original graph. The process allows students and teachers to focus on specific parts of the graph and do a close reading and analysis. For more information about slow reveal graphs, please visit Slow Reveal Graphs | CollectEdNY. For more graphs you can use in the classroom, please visit the CUNY data, graphs and maps collection.
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This collection of slow reveal graphs was originally created by Tim Berrigan, a NYSED Teacher Leader from the Brooklyn Public Library, to respond to the fact that mathematical reasoning is required on the Social Studies and Science sections of the GED. While working with slow reveal graphs, students practice the following skills: fact vs. opinion, evidence and conclusions, using data to make predictions, dependent and independent variables, correlation and causation, mean, median, mode, and range in statistics.
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