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Join the Michigan ESL Professional Advisory Committee at the MACAE Conference as we discuss strategies and resources for teaching listening and speaking skills to English language learners. Learn how to incorporate the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) and WIOA requirements into your curriculum. Visit our website for more information: www.eslpac.weebly.com.
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“Listening and Speaking with the CCRS” MACAE Conference October 16-18, 2016 Presented by: Michigan ESL Professional Advisory Committee
ESL Professional Advisory Committee The Michigan ESL Professional Advisory Committee seeks to provide ESL adult educators with the greater sense of cohesiveness through a forum for discussion and education. We strive to increase awareness of ESL adult education as well as awareness of the larger community and issues relating to ESL. The committee provides a resource for sharing of ideas, information and state requirements. We also provide educational opportunities for professional development. Our goal is to help programs provide the best ESL services to Michigan! Look us up at www.eslpac.weebly.com
WIOA Requirements • WIOA Title II Sec. 201 Purpose • The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) aims to increase access to and opportunities for employment, education, training, and support services, particularly for individuals with the greatest barriers to employment that includes College and Career Readiness Standards. • Greater stress for ELLs to move into Career Pathways. • Program of instruction to help ELLs achieve competence in: • Reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the English language, • Program of instruction must lead to attainment of: • A secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; • Transition to postsecondary education, training, or • Employment.
WIOA and CCRS • CCRS is the required Standards in Adult Education. • CCRS will help in: • Allowing students to be successful in post-secondary/training. • Targeting higher level thinking skills and technical reading (a necessary component with employability skills). • Utilizing contextual materials to aid in Career Pathways.
Listening and Speaking in the CCRS standards • CCRS can be found at: https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CCRStandardsAdultEd.pdf • Use the CCRS when planning your curriculum. • Easy to read and you do it already! • ESLPAC working on lessons, materials and ideas for supporting you.
What’s in and What’s Out! Provided by Susan Pimentel
How can you incorporate it? • Lesson plan template • Syllabus • Remember that CCRS are standards. It does not mean you have to do it in a certain order. • It is not lesson plans, just competencies/goals.
Listening and Speaking Activity • Select a CASAS score • Select one of the 6 anchors and a level • Create a lesson-one using contextualized materials relating to employment. • Sharing