by Marcel Negrete | Jun 29, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
Have you perused the “Videos” section of the English Forward portal? In addition to real classroom footage of each step of the Lesson Flow (featured during your English Forward Instructor Training), you’ll find videos of instructors...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 29, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
From left to right: Stephen Reder, Heide Spruck Wrigley, Meg Poag (Literacy Coalition CEO), David Rosen, and Helen Priest (Adult Education Support Specialist. Earlier this month the English Forward team was lucky enough to get to spend two days with some great minds...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 15, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
In light of immigration policies and rhetoric this year, we have heard extensive conversation among our English Forward partners about how to best serve and support clients in this context. Here at the Literacy...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 7, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
English Forward is all about bringing the real world into the classroom to reflect how students need to use English in day-to-day life in the United States. This doesn’t have to stop with realia. If your students are interested in getting a High School Equivalency or...
by Marcel Negrete | May 31, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
How familiar are you with the content standards that inform what’s taught in adult ESL classrooms? The English Forward team has recently been spending time reviewing state and national standards to ensure that our work reflects national trends in adult education and...
by Marcel Negrete | May 30, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
How does your program assess student needs, goals, and progress? While there are a variety of formal assessments such as BEST PLUS and CASAS that provide key data on students’ language acquisition, programs often need to create or adapt their own methods for informal,...
