National Adult Education and Family Literacy (AEFL) Week will be observed from September 19 to September 25. Join us in the LINCS Community in celebration of AEFL Week for the following live events and hosted discussions highlighting the positive impact of adult education on work, family and community life.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 9/20/2021:
Hosted Discussion: LINCS Community AEFL Week Round Robin
Description: To celebrate AEFL Week, LINCS Community moderators are hosting round robin discussions all week! Each day we’ll introduce a new topic considering a different aspect of AEFL in a different group. Topics will include personal and workplace skills; literacy and numeracy; equity and access from a content perspective; family literacy instructional strategies; role of identity in students’ success; technology integration; and value of TSTM resources for English learners. Be part of these important conversations!
Date/Time: Monday, September 20 through Friday, September 24, 2021 (asynchronous discussion)
LINCS Community Groups: Career Pathways, English Language Acquisition, Disabilities and Equitable Outcomes, Math and Numeracy, Integrating Technology, Professional Development, Program Management, and Teaching and Learning
A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussions. Learn more about this week-long event and view all the discussion topics for the LINCS Community AEFL Week Round Robin.
Hosted Discussion: Exploring Resources and Approaches to Teaching Personal and Workplace Success Skills
Description: Curious about personal and workforce readiness skills? Join our asynchronous discussion in the Career Pathways group to explore resources and approaches to teaching personal and workplace success skills with special guests Sandy Goodman, Dani Scherer, and Kathleen O’Connell.
Date/Time: Monday, September 20 through Friday, September 24, 2021 (asynchronous discussion)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways
A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussion, Exploring Resources and Approaches to Teaching Personal & Workplace Success Skills.
Live Session: The Write Stuff: Writing in the Math Classroom
Description: Can writing about math improve adult students’ ability to learn math? Yes, it can! Join the Reading and Writing and Math groups for an interactive presentation on classroom-ready techniques for using writing as a tool to help students succeed in math. It’s all “write” to bring your questions and ideas too!
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 21, 2:00 – 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Math and Numeracy, Reading and Writing
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for The Write Stuff: Writing in the Math Classroom.
Live Session: Innovations in Digital Literacy for Non-literate and English Learners at Tyson Foods
Description: Join us to learn how Tyson Foods implements digital literacy for its largely immigrant and refugee frontline workforce in plants across the country. Challenges and solutions for supporting rural areas and going digital with non-literate and English Learners will be discussed by Tyson representatives Anson Green, Della Adams, and Julie Clark. The session will describe their innovative program and workarounds for implementing digital literacy with adult education partners, and close with a discussion of options for reporting digital literacy in the National Reporting System.
Date/Time: Thursday, September 23, 1:30 – 2:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Integrating Technology
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Innovations in Digital Literacy for Non-literate and English Learners at Tyson Foods.
Live Session: Bringing Families Together Through Education
Description: Join the Correctional and Reentry Education group and the Coalition on Adult Basic Education’s Literacy Behind & Beyond the Walls Committee as we talk about bringing families together who have been touched by our justice systems. This open forum will explore ways to bring families together through learning and share our successes, resources, and best practices for keeping the family bond strong through education, even in the most challenging of times. Bringing Families Together Through Education is a special presentation in recognition of Adult Education & Family Literacy Week.
Date/Time: Friday, September 24, 1:00 – 2:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Correctional and Reentry Education
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Bringing Families Together Through Education.
Please see below for the LINCS Community event for the week of 9/27/2021:
Live Session: Teaching Health Literacy in Different Settings: How to adapt available health literacy resources for classroom, community and online teaching
Description: Health literacy is more important now than ever! Join the LINCS Community Teaching and Learning group to discuss how to adapt available health literacy resources for the classroom, community and online teaching!
Date/Time: Thursday, September 30, 3:00 – 4:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Teaching Health Literacy in Different Settings: How to adapt available health literacy resources for classroom, community and online teaching.