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An Introduction to LINCS and the ELL-U Resources September 2013

An Introduction to LINCS and the ELL-U Resources September 2013. Presented by Beth Ponder, Center for Literacy, Education & Employment (CLEE), University of Tennessee, LINCS Region 2 Professional Development Center (RPDC). Agenda. What is LINCS? LINCS Website and Resource Collection

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An Introduction to LINCS and the ELL-U Resources September 2013

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  1. An Introduction to LINCS and the ELL-U ResourcesSeptember 2013 Presented by Beth Ponder, Center for Literacy, Education & Employment (CLEE), University of Tennessee, LINCS Region 2 Professional Development Center (RPDC)

  2. Agenda • What is LINCS? • LINCS Website and Resource Collection • LINCS Community of Practice • LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers • LINCS Online Learning Portal • NC Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate

  3. LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers

  4. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty CertificateTraining Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development Gateway to STRAND Activities: Second Language Acquisition: Myths, Beliefs, and What the Research Shows Online via LINCS And Second Language Acquisition for Teachers of Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy GatewayCourse to STRAND Activities: Second Language Acquisition: Myths, Beliefs, and What the Research Shows Online via LINCS http://lincs.edu.gov/programs/ell-u/online-courses And Second Language Acquisition for Teachers of Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy (Pre-requisite for all participants)

  5. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty CertificateTraining Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND A: Teaching Adults Who are Emergent Readers Online via LINCS AND Planning and Instruction for ESL Beginners F2F via Training Academy

  6. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty CertificateTraining Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND B: Formative Assessment to Inform Quality ESL Instruction Online via LINCS AND Formative Assessment for Learning in Adult ESL F2F via Training Academy

  7. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty CertificateTraining Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND C: Principles of Second Language Teaching: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Instruction Online via LINCS AND Effective Lesson Planning for Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy

  8. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty CertificateTraining Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND D: Principles and Techniques of ESL Methodology F2F via Training Academy (No Online course available)

  9. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate:Getting Started • Step-by-step instructions can be found on the NCCCS College and Career Readiness website at: • http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/professional_development.htm • Getting Started • Complete the online, self-paced Second Language Acquisition course and any one online ELL-U strand. You are eligible to attend the corresponding face-to-face ESOL course. Then keep working on the other online ELL-U courses.

  10. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate:Getting Started (continued) • Be sure to place your ELL-U Certificates of Completion in Dropbox so that we know you are ready to attend f2f/CEU credit class. • Register by the due date for your face-to-face CEU ESOL course via the NCCCS Training Calendar at http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/trainingCalendar.htm. • After completing the Gateway course and Strands A – D, you are awarded the NC Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate!

  11. Questions? Beth Ponder baponder@utk.edu Karen Brown kbrown@nccommunitycolleges.edu

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