Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 07/29/2024:
Live Session: Contextualizing Employability Skills
Description: Would you like to learn more about contextualizing employability skills for deeper learning? During July, we are encouraging adult educators to complete the 1.5 hour online/on-demand course- Workforce Preparation Activities in the Classroom: Contextualizing Employability Skills for Deeper Learning. Join us for this live event to further discuss what we learned in the course. We will also share some examples of contextualized activities and lesson plans.
Presenter: Chrissie Klinger, LINCS Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transition Group Moderator and Erin Vobornik, LINCS Teaching and Learning Group Moderator
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 3:00 PM ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions; Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Contextualizing Employability Skills.
Live Session: Aphasia: What is it and Accommodations to Support Learners
Description: A National Institutes of Health survey found that 84.5% of Americans have never heard the term “Aphasia”, yet there are 180,000 new aphasia cases a year in the U.S. Join us to learn about this language-based disorder and gain some instructional best practices and resources to support learners in and outside the classroom.
Presenter: Mike Cruse, LINCS Learners with Disabilities Group Moderator
Date/Time: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 12:30 PM ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Learners with Disabilities;
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Aphasia: What is it and Accommodations to Support Learners.
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 08/05/2024:
Live Session: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for IET
Description: IETs are expanding across the country. Join a discussion with our guest presenters, Wendy Scheder Black, Director of College and Career Transitions & Partnerships, Pima Community College, and Kate Daly Rolander, Director of Literacy Programming, The Virginia Adult Learning Resources Center at VCU to explore resources and strategies that help sustain and scale IET programming and share promising practices from Arizona and Virginia.
Presenter: Wendy Scheder Black, Pima Community College and Kate Rolander, The Virginia Adult Learning Resources Center
Date/Time: Monday, August 5, 2024, 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for IET.
Live Session: The Mirroring Project: A Pronunciation Approach for In-Class, Online, Group or Individual Pronunciation Instruction
Description: Teaching pronunciation to adult English learners is important, but it can be challenging. Join our guest presenters Suzanne Gilchrist McCurdy, ELA teacher, and Colleen M. Meyers, Education Specialist with the University of Minnesota who will introduce an innovative approach called "Mirroring," which has the potential to increase the communication skills of English learners. If you’re an ELA teacher this LINCS event will be a great way to receive practical guidance and support to teach pronunciation to your students.
Presenter: Colleen M. Meyers and Suzanne Gilchrist McCurdy, University of Minnesota
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 3:00 PM ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: English Language Acquisition; Teaching and Learning
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for The Mirroring Project: A Pronunciation Approach for In-Class, Online, Group or Individual Pronunciation Instruction.
**Please note: LINCS moderator-led events are not recorded, so we encourage you to participate in them as they happen. Certificates are provided for attending live LINCS events and are issued within 2-3 business days after the event.