The Boss Can't Do That, Can He? - A Training on Workers Rights, 1 of 2 (Bos)
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- Overview
- Most students participating in community based ABE and ESOL programs are working people, many of whom are unaware of the laws that govern the workplace and provide them rights at work. This interactive workshop is designed for Community-based ABE and ESOL teachers who are interested in addressing the very relevant topics of workers rights in their classes, but are unfamiliar with the laws. The facilitators are from the statewide University of Massachusetts Labor Extension Program, which has developed a ten module participatory course on workers rights, in English and Spanish. Participants will receive a copy of the full curriculum. This is an IPQ1 workshop. Targeted participants will be ABE/ESOL teachers, job developers, student counselors and administrators of ABE programs.
- Details
- During the first week of the 2-session training, participants will be introduced to the full curriculum, then engage in activities from the first module, which provides an overview of workers basic legal rights. Then we'll explore ways to adapt and use this resource with ESOL and ABE students. Participants will be expected to try out an activity between week one and two. The second week will begin with feedback on the assignment and then will focus on issues that are identified as most important to participants or are most frequently faced by workers.
- When
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October 7, 2008
from
01:00 pm
to
04:00 pm
- Where
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- ALRI/Boston SABES Office, Wheatley Building, 4th Floor, Room 04-167
- UMass Boston
- 100 Morrissey Blvd.
- Boston, MA 02125-3393
- Topics
- Work Force Development
- Multi-session attendance required
- yes
- Contact info
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John Zhang
john.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please use the register icon above or contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079. - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
- Learning objectives
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As a result of participating in this workshop participants will be able to:
- Name state and federal laws that govern work and workplace issues;
- Access additional information about these laws, including: major provisions, scope, remedies offered, and procedures for invoking;
- Identify which laws are most relevant to the concerns of their students;
- Use the UMass Labor Extension Program’s Workers Rights Curriculum to teach classes on Workers Rights;
- Adapt Workers Rights Curriculum modules and activities for use with ABE/ESOL students;
- Identify challenges to using workplace issues and laws as classroom topics, and generate possible solutions.
- Presenters
- Susan Winning & Tess Ewing.
- Presenters Bio
- Susan Winning and Tess Ewing are the Coordinators of the UMass Labor Extension Program on the Lowell and Boston campuses respectively. In that capacity, they provide training, education and technical assistance to unions and other workers organizations, with an aim toward building these organizations' capacity to effectively advocate for the rights of working people. They also teach at the Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) and the United Association for Labor Education's Northeast Women's Summer School. Between them, they have over 30 years of experience as labor educators using popular education and participatory techniques.
- Host RSC
- Boston Region
- PDPs
- no
- More Sessions
- October 14, 2008 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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