Join thought leaders from the field at our upcoming webinars.
Webinars are designed and hosted by educators, staff, and researchers in the adult literacy field who bring their expertise and experience to help you advance your work with students. Sign up for one of our upcoming webinars today! Find past webinar recordings on our Courses & Learning page.
Join Citizenship: Passing the Test author Lynne Weintraub as she shares her insight about why the most difficult part of the citizenship test to prepare for is the English-speaking subtest. In this webinar, Lynne will offer strategies for helping students to overcome these challenges to pass the test. The 4th edition of Ready for the Interview is now in print, and Lynne will describe the new features that were added in response to recent changes in the N-400 application for citizenship.
This is the first in a series of Greenhouse Meetings (webinars) about advocacy, which will include topics like strategies our field uses to generate financial support from public (local, state or federal government) and non-governmental sources, for example. This webinar features adult foundational education organizations at state and urban levels that have successfully generated such support.
When adult students walk into HSE classrooms, adult educators know that they have one goal in mind: obtain their High School Equivalency (HSE). Although that may be the common goal, each student’s timeline will be different. In this webinar, Kara will discuss how to navigate and answer the question, “When can I take the test?
Representatives of two urban adult foundational education networks or partnerships will describe the immigrant and refugee communities they try to support, how those networks are working with partners to serve them, and lessons the partnerships have learned along the way. This follows up on two Urban Alliance immigration-focused Greenhouse Meetings (Webinars) held on October 11 and 18, 2024.
Students often need more practice on a specific skill than the worksheets you have on hand. Join us to learn how to make your materials do double duty to practice vocabulary and writing. This session is for those whose students are native English Speakers.
In this webinar, participants will explore effective strategies for teaching workplace writing skills to adult learners. The session will cover the importance of the writing process and how to develop instructional activities that reinforce each step. Attendees will learn how to guide students in understanding and applying appropriate levels of formality in various professional contexts, addressing workplace etiquette and cultural knowledge. The webinar will address how to teach common formats of workplace communication—e.g., emails, memos, agendas—integrating key aspects of professionalism as well as basic writing skills. Participants will discover ways to integrate digital skills into writing instruction and will be introduced to valuable resources and classroom activities designed to enhance students’ professional writing abilities.
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Todd Evans, Senior Director of Programs