1. An Introduction to LINCS and the ELL-U Resources September 2013 Presented by Beth Ponder, Center for Literacy, Education & Employment (CLEE), University of Tennessee, LINCS Region 2 Professional Development Center (RPDC)

2. Agenda  What is LINCS?  LINCS Website and Resource Collection  LINCS Community of Practice  LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers  LINCS Online Learning Portal  NC Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate

5. LINCS Regional Professional Development Centers

26. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate Training Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development Gateway to STRAND Activities: Second Language Acquisition: Myths, Beliefs, and What the Research Shows Online via LINCS And Second Language Acquisition for Teachers of Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy Gateway Course to STRAND Activities: Second Language Acquisition: Myths, Beliefs, and What the Research Shows Online via LINCS http://lincs.edu.gov/programs/ell-u/online-courses And Second Language Acquisition for Teachers of Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy (Pre-requisite for all participants)

27. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate Training Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND A: Teaching Adults Who are Emergent Readers Online via LINCS Planning and Instruction for ESL Beginners F2F via Training Academy AND

28. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate Training Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND B: Formative Assessment to Inform Quality ESL Instruction Online via LINCS Formative Assessment for Learning in Adult ESL F2F via Training Academy AND

29. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate Training Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND C: Principles of Second Language Teaching: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Instruction Online via LINCS Effective Lesson Planning for Adult ELLs F2F via Training Academy AND

30. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate Training Plan: An Update Activities Pathway for Professional Development STRAND D: Principles and Techniques of ESL Methodology F2F via Training Academy (No Online course available)

31. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate: Getting Started  Step-by-step instructions can be found on the NCCCS College and Career Readiness website at:  http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/profe ssional_development.htm http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/profe ssional_development.htm  Getting Started  Complete the online, self-paced Second Language Acquisition course and any one online ELL-U strand. You are eligible to attend the corresponding face-to-face ESOL course. Then keep working on the other online ELL-U courses.

32. North Carolina Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate: Getting Started (continued)  Be sure to place your ELL-U Certificates of Completion in Dropbox so that we know you are ready to attend f2f/CEU credit class.  Register by the due date for your face-to-face CEU ESOL course via the NCCCS Training Calendar at http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/traini ngCalendar.htm. http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/Basic_Skills/traini ngCalendar.htm  After completing the Gateway course and Strands A – D, you are awarded the NC Adult ESOL Specialty Certificate!

33. Questions? Beth Ponder baponder@utk.edu Karen Brown kbrown@nccommunitycolleges.edu