TESOL 2010 Educational Site Visits
Educational site visits offer convention registrants the opportunity to visit schools and centers that have large numbers of English language learners enrolled. Sites include Pre-K–12 schools, community colleges, universities, and adult learning centers. Find out how different programs face the challenges of teaching linguistically diverse learners; each site is as individual and varied as its students.
Tickets to educational site visits cost $70 each, and include transportation to the event. You may order tickets by indicating the site visit number on the convention registration form. Tickets to educational site visits that are not sold can be purchased on-site at the TESOL registration desk. There are only 20 tickets available for each site visit (unless otherwise noted); these tickets sell out quickly, so register early. Tickets must be purchased by March 1.
All site visits depart on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center at 8 am and return at noon. For a full list of Educational Site Visits, click here.
105. Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
The Center for English Language and Orientation Programs at Boston University has been offering intensive English programs for more than 30 years. The site visit will include classroom visits, presentations on creating curricula to address student needs, aligning curriculum objectives and assessment, using technology in instruction, developing special programs, and linking students to campus life.
106. Harvard Bridge Program Center for Workplace Development
The Harvard Bridge Program is a worker education program whose mission is “to provide service employees with the skills needed to excel in their current positions, meet their career goals and prosper in their personal lives.” We will demonstrate how our classes have affected the lives of our students.
107. Brookline Public Schools
Visit Brookline High School’s technology-enhanced ESL class, ESL U.S. history or biology, and digital language lab. The Lawrence School features a Native Language Support Program for Japanese speakers and a Teacher to Japan parent project; participate in a discussion, with refreshments provided by Japanese families.
108. Perkins School for the Blind
Perkins School for the Blind has been providing education for blind children and adults with or without additional disabilities since 1832. More than 50 of the nearly 200 students are Deafblind and learn to communicate in a variety of ways—including utilizing sign language, pictures, object symbols, and electronic devices.
109. Showa Boston, Institute for Language and Culture
Founded to be a “bridge between two cultures,” Showa Boston teaches American culture and language to Japanese students, and Japanese culture and language to U.S. students. Its campus includes a tea room, garden, and cultural center, and its curriculum maximizes contact with the community through culture festivals, school visits, host families, and more.
110. Framingham Public Schools
Framingham, the hub of the metro-west region of Boston, is a community of close to 67,000. The district serves close to 1,200 ELLs annually. The Department of Bilingual, ESL and Sheltered English Programs offers research-based programs and exemplary instruction for second language learners in the Framingham Public Schools.
111. Brockton Public Schools
Within the Brockton Public Schools, approximately 30 miles south of Boston, the Adult Learning Center offers ESL and content-area classes for adults, and provides a developmental preschool program for the participants’ children. The Manthala George School offers a Spanish structured English immersion program, ESL instruction, and a Spanish–English Two-Way program.
112. Framingham Adult ESL Plus
Visitors will observe adult ESL classes at several levels. Visitors will also have the option of meeting with the director to explore how the program uses volunteers to address a large waiting list, how the program registers and places more than 600 students each semester, and what strategies are implemented to improve retention.
113. Boston Education, Skills & Training (BEST) Corp.
BEST Corp.’s Hotel Training Center (HTC) is the designated education and training provider for Local 26, the Hotel Workers Union. The HTC site visit provides a description of the program and gives a tour of the facility, including the English for Hospitality classrooms, the computer lab, the Kitchen/Server training room, and the model hotel room.
114. Newton Public Schools (15 tickets available)
The Newton Public Schools English Language Learning Program serves approximately 700 K–12 students. Teachers visiting Newton will visit a Newcomers’ Program at Newton North High School. This developing program serves students who arrive with very limited English skills and/or interrupted schooling. Visitors will observe a language-based science or social studies class.
115. Roxbury Community College
A visit to the RCC Language Lab will showcase how students have opportunities to practice and improve their new language, with a class or alone, by working on pronunciation and grammar; writing; recording voice; accessing the internet, movies, radio, and TV; listening to songs; using an E-dictionary; playing interactive games; and taking online classes.
116. Massachusetts International Academy
Massachusetts International Academy is a small, residential school that provides intensive English language instruction to postsecondary Chinese students, positioning them for success in U.S. universities. The core curriculum includes 5 hours of daily instruction focusing on both oral and written English, academic skills needed in higher education, and exposure to U.S. culture and values.
117. EmbassyCES
This year-round intensive English program provides English instruction to postsecondary international students on both short- and long-term courses. EmbassyCES Boston has transitioned to a paperless school, making extensive use of technology in the classroom: interactive whiteboards, digital courseware, and student e-books. Students use laptops in class as an integrated part of their curriculum.
118. Newcomers Academy
In this academy, two pathways are in place to ensure that all late-entrant ELLs can graduate while maintaining and improving their native-language skills. First, students with interrupted formal education will work with native-language teachers to fill in major gaps in their learning while studying ESL. In the second pathway, ESL students receive intensive English support and skills development for their academic work.
119. Newcomers Assessment & Counseling Center
This program serves English language learners and their families with high-quality assessment and counseling services that meet the requirements for student identification determined by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Special emphasis is given to educating students and their families about ELL programs available in the district.
120. The Community Learning Center (12 tickets available)
The Community Learning Center is committed to helping adults improve their lives and increase their community participation through educational programs and services from pre-literacy through the transition to college levels. Our staff work cooperatively—teaching, developing curricula, and coordinating programming. Our students, most of whom are low-income, come from over 50 different countries. Visitors have a brief orientation to our programs and special services, observe classes at several levels, and meet with our student outreach workers.
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