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The Lunch with LARAEC season is here! Join Justin and Michele on Thursdays in April and May from 12:30-1:30pm for more exciting episodes!
Supporting Low Performance, Low Attendance Classes
Date: May 1st, 2025 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
“Students vote with their feet” is a common phrase in adult education. This presentation will introduce tough conversations about how to identify a low performing class and strategies to support the instructor and students as well as methods to address low performance classrooms. Adult education professionals are all in the generation changing business and as such are required to have tough conversations about student retention and persistence. Students have the desire but also multiple barriers that prevent them from achieving their academic, personal and professional goals. We will discuss institutional strategies to help remove barriers for students.
Beyond the Classroom: Real-World Learning Through Community Connections
Date: May 8th, 2025 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
How can adult ESL instructors create win-win experiences where students build language and career skills while supporting their communities? Community-Engaged Learning (CEL)—also known as service-learning or civic engagement—makes it possible.
This session shares strategies for designing CEL projects that meet the needs of diverse learners and community partners. Using a case study with the LA Conservancy, we’ll break down the cycle of classroom prep, hands-on engagement, and reflection. You’ll leave with adaptable lesson plans, student reflections, and ideas for your own CEL projects.
Connect, Collaborate, Create: Maximizing the New CASAS Teacher Portal
Date: May 15th, 2025 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ready to Engage, Empower, and Expand your district’s performance? The CASAS Teacher Portal is a game-changer. This easy-to-use, web-based tool allows you to generate instructional reports with ease, instantly provide feedback and customized support to students, and collaborate with colleagues using real-time data to maximize learning gains. Don’t miss this interactive and fun session.
Connecting Textbook Lessons and Games to the English Language Proficiency Standards for Online Classes!
May 22nd, 2025 12:30 p.m.- 1:30pm
Donna Price is back with her engaging “gamify” presentation. This session will focus on online classes! Want to add some additional games, mixers, and other communicative activities to your teaching palette? Join Donna Price as she shares activities that reinforce the ELPS for adult education. She will share five standards and demonstrate game-like activities for online classes that address the standard. Adaptable to any level, these activities reinforce listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar to prepare students for standardized tests that are based on the ELPS.
Teaching in the Age of AI-Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
May 29th, 2025 12:30 p.m.- 1:30pm
Teachers were just starting to catch their breath on all the tech they were supposed to figure out and… BOOM! A meteorite shot across the educational universe and changed everything. This workshop from tech guru Brent Warner addresses concerns and explores how to optimize AI use in your classroom to benefit both teachers and learners. Don’t be afraid…we got this!
Register for Lunch with LARAEC here!
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