ERIC ED439287: Guide for Instructors of Adult ESOL. Quality Professional Development Project.

132 Pages·1999·2.9 MB·English

by  ERIC

DOCUMENT RESUME
CE 079 932
ED 439 287
Guide for Instructors of Adult ESOL. Quality Professional
TITLE
Development Project.
Florida Community Coll., Jacksonville.
INSTITUTION
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of
SPONS AGENCY
Workforce Development.
1999-00-00
PUB DATE
130p.; For other guides in the Quality Professional
NOTE
Development Project, see ED 430 098-104 and CE 079 933-934.
Florida ACENET/IDEAL, 777 Glades Road, Building 47, Room
AVAILABLE FROM
245, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991. Tel: [phone], Fax:
561-297-2345; e-mail: [email protected].
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PUB TYPE
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EDRS PRICE
*Academic Standards; Adult Education; Adult Educators;
DESCRIPTORS
*Adult Students; Behavioral Objectives; Classroom
Techniques; *English (Second Language); *Faculty
Development; Instructional Materials; Learning Activities;
Lesson Plans; Second Language Instruction; Student
Evaluation; *Student Placement; Student Recruitment;
*Teaching Methods
ABSTRACT
This manual on conducting-an adult English for speakers of
other languages (ESOL) program is designed for professional development of
new ESOL instructors. It is one of three manuals developed to supplement a
previous series of professional development manuals. The Adult ESOL
Instructor Self-Directed Assessment is provided to assess prior adult ESOL
teaching knowledge. Its answer key is correlated to the manual's page numbers
for easy reference. Each of the five units consist of some or all of the
following components: objectives; informational material; and references. The
(1) student orientation, assessment, and
following are unit topics:
(2) frameworks curricula: adult ESOL, adult vocational ESOL,
placement;
(3) adult ESOL instructional
workplace readiness, and citizenship;
(4) student tracking: literacy completion points; and (5) your
strategies;
institution's adult education ESOL programs and resources (to be customized
by the program manager). Appendixes include adult education acronyms, ESOL
academic skills, sample lesson plans and activities, definitions, instructor
resources, staff development mentoring model, and evaluation form.
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Educator's Internet and E-mail Access
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