Session, Claudette

Contact

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County: Jefferson
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Preferred communication: Email

Education

Years of experience in Adult Education: 10-15 years

Adult Education Experience (with roles and length of times in those roles):
Current Titles (Roles): Instructional and PD Coordinator, Trainer, Full-time Teacher

Formal Degrees, Certifications, and Licenses:

Training Preferences

How far are you willing to travel to provide training?: More than 300 miles

Are you willing to do virtual training?: Yes

Availability:

• Friday : All Day
• Saturday : All Day
• Sunday : All Day
• Tuesday : All Day
• Wednesday : Evening

Availability Notes:

Area of Expertise

• Adult Learning : 10-14 years
• Adult Literacy : 10-14 years
• BEST Literacy 2.0 : Less than 5 years
• BEST Plus 3.0 : Less than 5 years
• CASAS : Less than 10 years
• Content Standards : 10-14 years
• Digital Literacy : Less than 10 years
• EL Civics : 10-14 years
• English as a Second Language : 10-14 years
• Instructional Strategies : 10-14 years
• Internationally Trained Professionals (ITP) : Less than 10 years
• Multilevel Instruction : 10-14 years
• WorkKeys : Less than 5 years
• Learner Motivation : 10-14 years

Other Topics:
Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT Test

Training Already Developed

Title	Delivery	Training Time	Can training time be adjusted?	Subject Area	Description
The Gift of Gab: Empowering Adult ESL Students to Speak	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Adults register for ESL classes to learn to speak English. They need to communicate with their doctors, their children’s teachers and their employers and neighbors. Research shows that PRACTICE, PRACTICE is the key. Are you maximizing your students’ talk time in class? Do you need engaging, low-anxiety activities to get ELLs talking and building oral proficiency? Join this session and leave with a toolkit of approaches for empowering your ELLs with the gift of gab.
A Helping Hand: Using Scaffolds with Adult ELLs	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	This fun, hands-on breakout will provide participants with ready-to-use scaffolds for developing the reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills of beginning and low literacy ELLs. Attendees will participate in simulations of how to effectively use these tools in both face-to-face and virtual classes. Come one, come all! Bring lots of energy and leave with resources that engage and facilitate communication.
Best Practices for Instructional Engagement and Accountability	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	When adult ELLs are actively engaged in the learning process and held accountable, their content knowledge, language proficiency, motivation, persistence, and critical thinking skills increase and performance gains follow. This hands-on breakout will feature simulations of “adult-approved” active learning strategies that facilitate language development, promote whole-class engagement, make learning relevant, address standards and create community.
It’s All About Connections: Using Past Experiences to Generate Present Performance Outcomes	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Adult Learning	Experience matters! As an ABE/ASE, HSE, ESL, and IET instructor, do you use students’ experiences to engage them and develop lesson content? One basic principle of andragogy is that adults draw upon lived experiences to make connections and facilitate new learning. This activity-filled breakout will feature evidence-based, empirically validated strategies to build background, activate students’ prior knowledge and engage them in learning for improved performance outcomes.
Caution! Beware of Cognitive Overload! – How “less” is “better” in ESL, GED, IET and ITP Classrooms	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Adult Learning	The human brain is remarkable, but it has limits! When our instruction respects those limits, learning occurs and performance gains abound. Do your lessons and activities effectively acknowledge how adults process, organize and store content? Join this highly interactive presentation to explore evidence-based, engaging teaching strategies that support learning and prevent “brain strain” a.k.a. information overload.
Let’s Get It Started: ESL Beginners + Scaffolding = Performance Gains	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Beginning literacy English language learners need comprehensible input and encouragement to make performance gains. No problem! We’ve got this! This hands-on, interactive breakout will feature student-tested, instructor-approved scaffolding techniques and resources that empower ELLs to master benchmarks from day one.
All Aboard: Whole-Class Engagement for ELLs	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	When adult ELLs are actively engaged in the learning process, their language proficiency, motivation, persistence, and critical thinking skills increase and that leads to performance gains and goal achievement. This fun, action-packed breakout will feature hands-on practice with active learning strategies that energize the ESL classroom, foster language development, address standards and create community. Participants will leave with a “trainload” of activities for whole-class engagement.
Say Cheese: Using Pictures to Stimulate Standards-Based Oral and Written Language Production in ELLs	Either	2-3 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	“A picture is worth a thousand words.” If this is true, why not use pictures more to develop the oral and written language skills of English Language Learners? Pictures engage students, inspire critical thinking, and serve as excellent prompts for oral and written communication. Join this hands-on, interactive workshop and leave with multiple picture activities that increase student talk and write time. Say Cheese: Selfies will be taken!
Instructional Strategies for ESL Integrated Reading and Writing	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Reading and writing go hand in hand. What does that mean for adult ESL instruction? It means that the more our students read, the better they will write. Are you looking for creative and engaging ways to merge reading and writing activities in your ESL classes? Do you want to experience “hands on” how blending reading and writing begets content standards-based lessons that inspire all levels of critical thinking? Then, join this virtual training and leave with fun and interactive integrated reading and writing task ideas for immediate use in multilevel ESL classes.
Instructional Strategies for Integrated ESL and Math	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Under WIOA, ESL instructors are charged with helping ELLs improve their language and basic math skills. Relax. The task is not as daunting as it may sound. In fact, a number of literacy experts agree that teaching English in combination with another subject like math both improves language proficiency and enhances teaching. In this training, participants will explore engaging strategies and activities for making the English + Math equation work.
Chunking, Chewing, Roaming and Reviewing: Making Content Comprehensible	Either	2-3 hours	Yes	Adult Literacy	Integrating content and language instruction is key to developing the communication and CCR skills that adult ESL, ABE and ASE students need for successful interactions in the community, workforce and post-secondary education. In this fun, interactive, activity-filled session, participants will explore chunking, chewing, roaming, reviewing and other creative and engaging strategies that improve language, comprehension and critical thinking skills. Participants will also make and take two cognitive thinking manipulatives for immediate use in class.
You’re Due for an Update! Rebooting and Revisiting Digital Tools for In-Person and Virtual Instruction	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Digital Literacy	Advancements in technology continually flood our world. Just as operating systems need updates, so do the digital tools we use in adult education. Which apps most effectively engage learners and foster deeper understanding? Which digital resources facilitate differentiation and collaboration? Which connect learning to the world? Join this interactive, hands-on session for a digital reboot and leave with robust tools and updates to enliven, energize and revive your ESL, ABE, ASE, IET and ITP classrooms.
Advanced Language Proficiency: Launchpad to ITP Workforce Integration	Either	2-3 hours	Yes	Internationally Trained Professionals (ITP)	This training is designed to give AEL instructors an understanding and demonstration of how to develop the advanced and technical language proficiency of Internationally Trained Professionals. Participants will explore contextualized learning approaches that are based on the principles of adult language and literacy, functional context education and communicative language teaching.
Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT Test	Either	4-6 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	The TOEFL IBT Test measures the English skills used in academic discussions, lectures, and research. This hands-on, interactive session will feature activities and strategies for developing the academic English skills required for the listening, reading, writing, and speaking tasks on the assessment. Sample questions, benchmark responses, scoring rubrics and the exam format will also be reviewed.
Virtual Learning: Oh, the Places You Can Go!	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Remote learning in Adult Education and Literacy is here to stay! Would you like to add to your toolbox of engaging, hands-on, interactive activities for your virtual ESL classes? Was that a “Yes”? Well, mark your calendar to attend this workshop. You’ll see, experience and collaboratively create listening, speaking, reading and writing activities that engage and educate students, enliven instruction, and target CCR standards.
Student Voice and Choice: Differentiation in Multilevel AEL Classrooms	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Multilevel Instruction	Multilevel instructors are called to teach "individually all at once." This "hands-on" training will explore engaging strategies, activities and advice for differentiating instruction to accommodate the cognitive needs as well as the personal interests and learning styles of adult learners in multilevel virtual or F2F classrooms.
Let’s Get Digital: Integrating Padlet Sandboxes that Teach, Engage and Increase ELL Performance Outcomes	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Digital Literacy	Are you in a jam when it comes to keeping your students engaged? Do you desire to use technology, but lack ideas for how to incorporate it in your lessons? Then, come to this breakout and let’s “play” in Padlet Sandboxes! This session will highlight multiple engaging, standards-based Sandbox activities for ELLs that address listening, speaking, reading and writing while providing technology integration that enhances learning experiences and provides for differentiation.
All Write, All Write! Engaging Writing Activities for Beginning Literacy to Advanced ELLs	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	English as a Second Language	Writing is an essential life and workplace skill. It allows us to express who we are, explain our ideas, communicate with others and become better readers. BUT, it requires PRACTICE! Does your teacher toolkit need a few more engaging strategies to get all ELLs - from beginning literacy to advanced- writing and liking it from day one? Then, join this interactive session and let's get our write on!
Have You Heard the Word about Vocabulary.com?	Either	1.5 hours	Yes	Adult Literacy	If you and your students are looking for an alternative to flash cards for learning, retaining and mastering multiple meanings of vocabulary, then Vocabulary.com may be the app for you. Vocabulary.com provides interaction with a variety of question types to help learners understand and remember all the meanings of the words being studied. In this Tech and Tell, we'll explore how Vocabulary.com provides real-world examples, usage tips, spelling practice and yes, even a competitive learning game to help students master and retain vocabulary.