Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 1/24/2022:
Hosted Discussion: Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses
Description: Wondering about best practice strategies for teaching adults to read? The recently updated LINCS Teaching Adults to Read courses explain reading strategy instruction for beginner, intermediate, and advanced adult readers. Throughout January, the Reading and Writing group will conduct discussions highlighting both courses. Join the discussion at: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/25.
Date/Time: Throughout the month of January
LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing
A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussion Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses.
Live Session: Inclusion for All Adult Learners: Ensuring Accessibility for AE Training and Materials
Description: Join Dahlia Shaewitz of the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) to examine the current status of disability inclusion in Adult Education, identify strategies to create an inclusive classroom curriculum, and take a look at resources needed to support full inclusion of disabilities in learner contexts and materials.
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 2:30pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Professional Development
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Inclusion for All Adult Learners: Ensuring Accessibility for AE Training and Materials.
Live Session: 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Science Instruction
Description: Join the Science group to discuss the 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Instruction through the lens of Science Instruction. We will reflect on how teaching practice changed during emergency remote instruction and how it informs our practice as we move back to hybrid and in-person instruction.
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Science
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for 7 Elements for Highly Effective Remote/Blended/In-person Science Instruction.
Live Session: Texas' Adult Ed Med Video Project: Come See What the Fuss is All About!
Description: Come follow five adult education students as they upskill their way through 40 short video lessons tackling subjects like Digital Literacy and English Language Proficiency, and applying for jobs at the Adult Ed Med Hospital! Presenters will review this State Leadership Initiative from inception through project design, implementation, and curriculum development as well as the challenges of filming during a pandemic. Takeaways include access to videos and resources, including lesson plans and student handouts.
Date/Time: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 2:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Integrating Technology
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Texas' Adult Ed Med Video Project: Come See What the Fuss is All About!
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 1/31/2022:
Live Session: Get to Know the Teaching the Skills That Matter Lessons
Description: Meet the Teaching the Skills that Matter lessons! Join the Teaching and Learning, English Language Acquisition, and Integrating Technology groups for a coffee break to learn more about these rich lesson plans and how they can be used in your classroom.
Date/Time: Monday, January 31, 2022, 1:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Get to Know the Teaching the Skills That Matter Lessons.
Live Session: Coffee Break: Every Day Math and School Math
Description: Join the Math and Numeracy group for our Coffee Break informal meet-up to discuss every day mathematics and school mathematics. We will continue to unpack how understanding our learners and developing community will aid in the development of their mathematical proficiency.
Date/Time: Monday, January 31, 2022, 2:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Math and Numeracy
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Coffee Break: Every Day Math and School Math.
Live Session: Research Bites: Applying What We Know about Adult English Language Acquisition to What We Do
Description: What questions do you have about second language acquisition? Join us to learn about recent, relevant research findings in the field of adult second language acquisition (SLA) and how these findings can inform classroom practice. Dr. Sarah Young Knowles will lead a discussion around some fascinating “research bites” from recently published scholarly journals in a brief, digestible manner. Participants will be guided to generate their own questions about English learners’ language development.
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 2:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: English Language Acquisition
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Research Bites: Applying What We Know about Adult English Language Acquisition to What We Do.
*Please note: LINCS moderator-led events are not recorded, so we encourage you to participate in them as they happen.