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Basic Skills and Libraries: It’s “Mint” to Be!. http://www.quia.com/pages/dcrumb/eslandlibraries. Presented by RTC’s Debbie Crumb Revised 08/12/09. Peninsula College Library August 13, 2009. What I’ll Cover. Overview of RTC RTC’s UDL initiative Reading Apprenticeship and RATs
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Basic Skills and Libraries:It’s “Mint” to Be! http://www.quia.com/pages/dcrumb/eslandlibraries Presented by RTC’s Debbie Crumb Revised 08/12/09 Peninsula College LibraryAugust 13, 2009
What I’ll Cover • Overview of RTC • RTC’s UDL initiative • Reading Apprenticeship and RATs • Basic Studies and Library Partnership • ESL orientation and workshop excerpts • Fabulous, fabulous prizes!
RTC in 2007-08 • 15,229 students (head count) • 3,826 state-supported FTEs • 10,870 students in training programs • 4,164 (26.5%) enrolled in ESL/Basic Studies
RTC in 2007-08 • 50.8% are persons of color or interracial (Latino 19.5%; Asian/Pacific Islander 17.3%; African American 12.3%; Native American 1.5%, White 49.2%) • Immigrant, Refugee, & Temp. Legal Resident: 2,235 (17.8%) • 471 students moved from ESL into career programs
I-Best Classes at RTC • Allied Health • Central Service Technician • Certified Nursing Assistant • Licensed Practical Nurse • Pharmacy Technician • Phlebotomy • Surgery Technician • Early Childhood Careers • Accounting
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/UDL_Guidelines_v1.0-Organizer.pdf
RTC’s UDL Initiative • 2002-09 funded by Dept. of Education • Faculty trained to better understand: • Learning disabilities, • Brain-based learning, • Universal Design for Learning, • Assistive technology and learning strategies • Multi-modal technologies for classrooms.
More Info re:RTC’s UDL Initiative • RTC’s UDL website http://www.rtc.edu/AboutUs/DSDPGrant/ • RTC Application of UDL with resources: http://webs.rtc.edu/ii/dsdp.html
Reading Apprenticeship (RA) • WestEd’s research-based framework for improving reading comprehension in content areas • Routines can be used with ALL students including ABE, GED and ESL • It’s all about the metacognitive conversation & making invisible, visible
RA http://www.wested.org/cs/sli/print/docs/sli/ra_framework.htm
RA and RATs at RTC • Formed RATs support group • Created RATs website and blog • http://rtc-rats.org • Publish monthly RAT Review newsletter • Conduct monthly workshops • Faculty In-Service trainings
RA Makes a Difference!Data from 2 ABE Classes (* Defined as having a 3 – 5 point gain across the quarter.)
Library & Basic Studies Partnership • Collection development • Instructors encouraged to make purchase suggestions for collection • Basic Studies materials on “reserve” • Library liaison to Basic Studies • Orientations and workshops
Collection Developmentand Circulation Stats Currently there are 1,942 items in the 400’s section. About 25% of the total circulation is from the 400’s.
ep Problem: Missing Dept. Materials
Library Liaison • Attends Basic Studies Department meetings and potlucks • On Basic Studies email list • Informs Basic Studies staff about library materials and websites • Facilitates problem-solving • Teaches most of the workshops.
Library Orientation & Workshops • Library orientation and tour • Library Terminology Games • Practicing Library Situations • Using an English Language Dictionary • Library Online Catalog • Online Encyclopedias • Using Google • Online Job Searching
Library Presentation Statistics • In FY2007-2008, the RTC Library gave 268 presentations (120 orientations and 148 workshops) to 4,632 attendees • 40-50% were given to ESL classes • All ESL students attend library orientation • Over 80% of the ESL teachers schedule additional library workshops for classes
Strategies List for Teaching Library Sessions to ESL Students
What to Say, How to Say It • Enumerate when possible • Keep it simple • Speak clearly, slowly and pause often • Be specific and explicit • Choose words carefully-no slang/idioms • Say it another way • Give oral, visual, physical clues • Relax and maintain sense of humor Mitchell, Elisabeth. Check It Out Handbook: A Guide for Library Staff. Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Community House Training Project, 1998, pp. 2-3.
Short Stretch Break & Prizes! Everyone stand up and stretch a bit while we conduct drawings for some fabulous, fabulous prizes.
Library Workshop Excerpts • Library Terminology Games • Practicing Library Situations • Using the Library Online Catalog • Using an English Language Dictionary
For More Info Crumb, Debbie and Eric Palo. “It’s Showtime! Engaging Students in Library Instruction.” pages 30 – 39. Cook, Douglas, and Ryan Sittler. Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies to Improve Student Learning. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.
More Resources • National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/ • Literacy NOW http://literacynow.info/ • ESL Annotated Bibliography • Making it Real: Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Students. • Check It Out Handbook: A Guide for Library Staff ($10) & Check It Out Visuals: A Package of Graphics for Libraries ($35).
Picture Dictionaries • Milet Picture Dictionaires & Milet Vilingual Visual Dictionaries: http://www.milet.com/ • Oxford Picture Dictionaries: http://www.oup.com/us/
More Collection Development Resources • National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/ • California Language Laboratories http://www.esltapes.com/ • World Language http://www.worldlanguage.com/ • Pimsleur http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/learn-english.asp • Pro Lingua Associates http://www.prolinguaassociates.com/
Other Stuff • Study Guides and Strategies http://www.studygs.net • Using English.com http://www.usingenglish.com/ • BBC Learning English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ • Palo, Eric. “ESL Students and Technology in the College Library,” in Our New Public, A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries. Libraries Unlimited, 2007, pp. 114-120.
Toys & Stuff • Trainers Warehouse http://www.trainerswarehouse.com/ • Trainers' Market http://www.trainersmarket.com/ • Discount School Supply http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/ • SmileMakers http://smilemakers.com
Workshop Evaluation • Please complete the workshop evaluation form. Thanks!