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Online Reading Club for English Learners!

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Heidi

From the New York Public Library:

Are you beginning to read stories in English? Do you need more practice?

Come join other ESOL students this fall to practice your reading online! We will take turns reading aloud together from two or three books.

You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. The link will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the discussion. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet connection to join.

  • Friday, October 16, 2020, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Friday, October 30, 2020, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

End times are approximate. Events may end early or late.

Click here to register!

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Student Orientation!!!

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Starting on Saturday we will begin student orientation and classes – online! Click on the links below to go to the info you’ll need as a new student at the University Settlement Adult Literacy Program:

Click here if you are in a Daytime Class (Monday-Thursday, 9-11 am or 11 am-1 pm)

Click here if you are in an Evening Class (Tuesday-Thursday, 6:30-9 pm)

Click here if you are in a Weekend Class (Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm)

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Teacher Orientation!!!

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We just wrapped up two days of teacher orientation, and there’s proof of it in the screenshot above. We have four new teachers and the rest of them are returning teachers. Our class offerings this year include 12 daytime classes, 5 evening classes, 3 weekend classes plus 2 elective classes. In our orientation we talked about Zoom, Google Classroom, Ventures Presentation Plus, classroom management, lesson planning, and a whole host of other things! I think I speak for all of us when I say that it was both fun and informative.

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Summer’s Almost Gone!

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Well, it’s been one heck of a summer here at the University Settlement Adult Literacy Program. We’ve wrapped up our summer electives classes, which included 5 different Conversation Clubs and a Culture Club – a mosaic of them can be seen above.

Now we’re in the thick of online registration for the 2020-21 school year and our classes are slowly filling up! We’re going to start online but once Mean Old Mr. Covid gets under control we’re going to resume in-person classes.

To register for free English classes, click here!

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Only 56% of your income?

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Would you be OK with only 56% of your income?  Would you be OK with having electricity only 56% of the time?  What about garbage pick-ups? Healthcare?   

As of today,  56.4%  of households in NYC have completed the census and we need everyone’s help to raise our response rate.  It’s not too late to respond.  If everyone who already completed the census also got a friend, neighbor, or family member to complete it, we would already be at 100%!  

THE WAYS YOU CAN PROMOTE A COMPLETE COUNT:  

  • Do you know someone who left NYC due to Covid-19? Contact them and make sure they counted themselves at their New York City address, where they live most of the time. 
  • Encourage 100% participation from your coworkers or extended family.  
  • Know someone who speaks English as a new language?  Forward them 2020 Census information in their own language to answer their questions and encourage self-response.  
  • Promote 2020 Census and share how the census is safe, easy and important on your social media.  
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