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Literacy Volunteers of Westchester County, Inc. |
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These professional development materials are designed to assist training facilitators as they prepare volunteers and other instructors to use the Learning for Life Curriculum. The materials’ main purpose is to present strategies, activities, and tools that trainers can use to instruct teachers in understanding and practicing the features of this EL/CE Curriculum. By participating in the training, teachers can improve their delivery of instruction and enhance their students’ success with the curriculum.
A second purpose is to demonstrate the LFL model through the training itself. The training activities, in particular, are intended to mirror many of the techniques incorporated into the LFL Curriculum. As teachers work with professional developers in this training, they will experience a increasingly learner-centered, spiraling approach, with opportunities for collaboration, peer support, online resources, review of key concepts, and self-assessment.
To be most effective, trainers should use the training activities in conjunction with the facilitators’ notes, transparencies, handouts, and recommended supplementary materials. |
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Objective: Participants will become comfortable with the format within each module and with the front matter and definitions/techniques sections of the curriculum materials |
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Objective: Participants will show an understanding of the link between theory and practice by mastering the specific techniques and activities that apply program philosophy and concepts |
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Objective: Participants will be able to describe, analyze, and evaluate each section of the lesson plan template, using the terms and concepts they mastered in Activity Two. |
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Objective: Participants will demonstrate their online proficiency by navigating the LFL website and performing specific search, find, and utilization tasks |
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Objective: Participants will collaboratively plan and implement an effective lesson based on the template provided and will show how their lesson includes the components of a successful EL/CE learning experience as practiced in the LFL Curriculum. |
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Objective: Participants will conduct a peer review based on the criteria provided that will assess the effectiveness of lessons prepared by their fellow participants |
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Training Activities |
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Objective: Participants will evaluate the effectiveness of each training activity and will make suggestions for additional training experiences and/or modifications in the existing training. |
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U.S. Civics for Immigrants: From Native Language to English Literacy |