Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Literacy
This course will explain the best practices for teaching digital skills to adults. Concrete examples will be used to illustrate each best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their understanding of the best practices by watching a video and/or role playing.
Required equipment: You can join this training on a computer, smartphone or tablet. Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Literacy
This course offers supported exploration of the online resource Northstar so that tutors can feel prepared to introduce the curriculum to their students. Tutors will navigate the platform as a student and have time to try out the assessments and online practice. They will also role play teaching with Northstar teacher-led lesson scripts.
Required equipment: You will need to join this training on a computer or laptop. Northstar is not fully compatible with mobile devices (smartphones and tablets). Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
*Wisconsin Literacy members looking to customize this training for a group of tutors can contact jamie@wisconsinliteracy.org
This call is for executive directors of programs with multiple staff members. On this call, you will: talk about the things most important to you, “compare notes” with other directors and follow up on topics from our August meeting.
This networking opportunity is for staff and volunteers from all programs from the Northwest region of Wisconsin Literacy.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Literacy
This course offers supported exploration of the online resource Northstar so that tutors can feel prepared to introduce the curriculum to their students. Tutors will navigate the platform as a student and have time to try out the assessments and online practice. They will also role play teaching with Northstar teacher-led lesson scripts.
Required equipment: You will need to join this training on a computer or laptop. Northstar is not fully compatible with mobile devices (smartphones and tablets). Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
*Wisconsin Literacy members looking to customize this training for a group of tutors can contact jamie@wisconsinliteracy.org
This networking opportunity is for staff and volunteers who coordinate your tutor training, learner/tutor matching, and any other aspect of your tutor programming.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Literacy
This course will explain the best practices for teaching digital skills to adults. Concrete examples will be used to illustrate each best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their understanding of the best practices by watching a video and/or role playing.
Required equipment: You can join this training on a computer, smartphone or tablet. Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Digital Literacy
This course offers supported exploration of the online resource Northstar so that tutors can feel prepared to introduce the curriculum to their students. Tutors will navigate the platform as a student and have time to try out the assessments and online practice. They will also role play teaching with Northstar teacher-led lesson scripts.
Required equipment: You will need to join this training on a computer or laptop. Northstar is not fully compatible with mobile devices (smartphones and tablets). Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
*Wisconsin Literacy members looking to customize this training for a group of tutors can contact jamie@wisconsinliteracy.org
Flippity helps you easily turn a list of vocabulary on a Google Spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards, a memory game, a spelling quiz and other cool stuff! Come learn how to use this online resource to make your teaching more engaging and accessible.
This networking opportunity is for programs that have no paid staff and are volunteer led. Frequency: quarterly.
Join WL members and workforce partners from Northeast and North Central Wisconsin for professional development and networking.
Invite your staff, board, and volunteers. Feel free to come for all or part of the meeting, but we hope you will at least come for lunch!
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Digital Literacy
How to Teach Digital Literacy
Tutoring with Northstar (or familiarity with another digital literacy curriculum)
Learning digital skills within the context of language and career goals can be more effective than a stand-alone computer class. This course addresses how to add digital skill instruction to the ELL, adult literacy, GED or citizenship instruction tutors are already doing. Participants will learn how to break down digital literacy curriculum to meet these integration goals. They will create lesson plans and practice teaching them to other participants in the course.
Required equipment: You can join this training on a computer, smartphone or tablet. Please note that you may be asked to participate in discussion. Plan to join us from a quiet setting where you can use your audio.
Learn how to integrate employability skills into: basic skills curricula, workforce curricula and counseling frameworks.
Presenter: Cynthia Bell, Director, Numeracy & Workforce Development Services, Literacy Assistance Center
A big component to workforce development is the skills for workforce readiness. These employability skills are often taught in the vacuum of workforce development, but they can be integrated into all facets of a program and curricula. In this workshop we will learn about the 9 Employability skills as identified by the American Institute for Research and RTI, and we will discuss how to integrate them in basic skills curricula, workforce curricula, and in counseling frameworks.
