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Transition Skills for All
Learners
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What Employers Want Top 10 List!
1. Perfect attendance
2. Drug and Alcohol Avoidance
3. Listening and Following Instructions
4. Math, science, and mechanical aptitudes
5. Critical Thinking Skills
6. Work effectively on a Diverse Team
7. Problem Solving
8. Life-long Learning
9. Strong Communication Skills
10. Dependability
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Transition (TIF) Categories
Effective Communica-tionLearning Strategies
Academic Language & SkillsNumeracy
Critical Thinking
Self-Management
Developing a Future Pathway
Navigating Systems
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How do TIF categories address the
TOP 10 list?
Share a few examples with a partner.
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How to make Transitions accessible to Volunteers and Learners in all contexts
Teach
TIF
Skills
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Transitions (TIF) in the ClassroomWhat do they look like?
Norms & Routines: a sequence of actions regularly followed. Routines become Norms when they become class expectations.
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Norms and Routines Examples
Personal responsibility: homework turned in on time, making up missed work
Accountability: signing in/out, getting missed work/notes, writing down assignments
Evaluation: evaluating the quality of work and participation of self and others
Teamwork: expectation set to work collaboratively to accomplish certain tasks
Tasks, duties: participation in tasks/duties as learning experiences
Levels of formality: using more formal speech and behaviors with the instructor and in the classroom in general
Informal interaction: speech and behaviors appropriate to use with peers (not outside friends)
*Routines: when they become class expectations
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Learning Templates
Routine structures for activities and tasks that provide practice of lesson content and can be adapted to different contexts.
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Learning Templates
Graphic Organizers
Dialogue Templates
Info Gaps Mingle Grids Dictation
Templates Exit Tickets Games Surveys
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Share Ideas
Share with a partner 1. An example of a Norm/Routine2. A learning Format
Pair with a another Pair and Share! +
Write ideas on a poster
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Time to Delve-in!
Peruse packets Peruse posters Jot down New ideas, Things to try on
Monday, and Questions on your graphic organizer
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Let’s Transition
What works for your volunteers?Share one Routine & Learning Template you can implement on Monday.
Next Steps
ACES resources at ATLAS website: www.atlasabe.org/professional/transitions
Future PD opportunitiesRegional workshops in spring 2015
(NE, NW, Metro, South) ACES Study Circles in programs and/or
transitions regions in spring 2015 Contact Lia Conklin Olson, the ACES Project Lead: [email protected]
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Thank you & Wrap-up
THANK YOU for
Participating!
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Poster Sharing of Ideas: Routines and Learning Templates
Volunteer Management Conference, November 2014
Image – what do you see? Student writes by self, then shares with a partner.
Mingle grid – vocab/grammar activity (for each lesson) Calendar review: weather & icebreaker question with whole group Morning mingle – practice greeting and 1Q by walking around the
room and repeating the same greeting & Q. Sandwich lesson – large group exercise, then small group activity,
then back to large group for another activity (e.g. lease agreement) Scheduled times for different academic skills KWL worksheets (Know/want to know/learned) Classroom binders with sections (free binders at U of M reuse
center!! Thursdays) Door Police – Student must answer 1Q from lesson before leaving
class. Verb conjugation grid – subject on one side, elicit correct verb
conjugation from students.
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Routines & Learning TemplatesRoutines for the week Monday: Vocab & spelling list (10 – 12 words) Tuesday: Reading with words Wednesday: Listening & speaking with words Thursday: Pair dictation with words in
sentences Friday: spelling testDifferentiating into two groups by level or attendance: students know if they arrive late to go to the catch-up group with their tutor/volunteer
