Integrating Career Awareness into ABE & ESOL Programs (2 of 2, Boston)

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Overview

This participatory two-session workshop is an excellent opportunity for teachers and counselors to learn about the career planning process which will motivate students by providing them with the tools and information to reach their career and employment goals. Receive and learn how to use the new SABES Career Awareness Curriculum which is related to the MA DOE Curriculum Frameworks strands and standards and was developed for use in ABE or ESOL classrooms. The presenters will demo some practical and easy-to-use online career exploration and employment resources which the teachers and counselors can use with their students. Topics to be covered at this workshop include: career planning, cultural awareness, identifying transferable skills and values, informational interviewing, particular issues concerning new immigrant ESOL learners, how to be a good consumer of education and financial considerations. This is an IPQ1 workshop.

Details

ALRI/Boston is very happy to collaborate with International Institute of Boston in offering both sessions at IIB. Interested teachers or counselors may use the following web-link for directions to IIB: http://www.iiboston.org/about/directions.htm, or call IIB at (617) 695-9990 for related information. Twelve PDPs will be available for participants who will also participate in Teaching Job-readiness workshop on April 10, 2008. Fifteen PDPs will be offered to those attending all of the 3 WFD-related workshops in the Greater Boston region (other two workshops being Introduction to WFD System (11/06/07) and Teaching Job-readiness (04/10/08)).

When

January 24, 2008 from 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Where

• International Institute of Boston (IIB)
• One Milk Street
• Boston, MA 02109

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Topics

ABE, ESOL, Counseling, Curriculum Development, Work Force Development

Multi-session attendance required

yes

Contact info

John Zhang
john.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079 or andrea.lawless@umb.edu.

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

As a result of this workshop participants will be able to:

1. Integrate career awareness into their curriculum/program using a variety of methods, activities and outside resources (e.g., guest speakers, career fairs, job shadowing)

2. Understand how supporting students’ career and employment goals can increase student persistence and motivation

3. Have a clear understanding of the steps/building blocks of the career planning process and how to guide students through it

4. Understand the role of various types of career inventories/ assessments and how to interpret them with students (skills, interests, experience, values)

5. Use/adapt the tools and techniques, such as career inventories/assessments outlined in the curriculum, in their classrooms

6. Identify their and their learners’ transferable skills and understand how these relate to career action planning

7. Locate some useful information resources regarding the world of work and the job market, and use and apply regional, statewide and national labor market resources

Presenters

Martha Oesch, John Zhang

Presenters Bio

Martha Oesch has extensive experience in Workforce Development and Adult Basic Education, and works with community–based organizations on design and implementation of employment and training programs. She has delivered the popular “Teaching Job Readiness in the ABE/ESOL Classroom” workshop for SABES. John Zhang is an Associate Coordinator at ALRI/Boston SABES. He has several years teaching ESL or ESOL, and several other years working with business organizations.

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

yes