Hello Dr. Clark, All,

Dr. Clark, welcome to the Professional Development List! I'll bet you
are a wealth of information about ESOL PD resources. I hope if you have
more information, and also training-specific resource info, please do
send them our way. Given your recent work, would you tell us more, in
particular, about what you're seeing as the greatest need for ESOL
professional development?

 

We've had many new subscribers this fall, and I invite anyone new or
returning (or first time posters) to share an intro - tell us about
yourself, why you subscribed, or what brought you to the adult literacy
and language field.

 

Something I've been wondering for a long time - how can this listserv
better meet the needs of ESOL professional development staff? For those
of you in the ESOL PD field -- when you joined the PD List, how were you
hoping this list would support ESOL PD needs? Taking it another step
further -- how can AALPD (www.aalpd.org <http://www.aalpd.org/> ) be
more inclusive of ESOL? I hope to hear from ESOL colleagues in Texas and
other parts of the country.

 

Thanks in advance for your thoughts...Jackie

 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu

 

 

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Dr. Clark
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To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
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Hello. My name is Dr. Clark von Heller from the Mexico-Texas border. My
area of interest and research has been Adult ESOL issues, ranging from
assessment to multi-level classes (having authored a book on the
latter). I served as Coordinator of the Texas ESOL Teacher Training
Project in the 90's with Dr. Mark Walsh at Texas A&I University in
Kingsville, Texas. What a wonderful challenge! Hispanics are the fastest
growing group in the USA, thus the need for Adult ESOL training and
growth potential, is very real, nationwide. Currently I am working with
college aged ESOL learners on the border. We have identified five levels
of students in our program, including 0 level for preliterates which may
come as a surprise to some practitioners in other parts of the country.
I offer intensive Adult Ed training and staff development as well as
keynoting events/conferences nationwide. If I could ever be of service,
I would be happy to visit your state and program and perhaps make a few
suggestions or help in any way possible. My details are:

Dr. Clark von Heller

South Texas College

400 N. Border

Weslaco, TX  78596

(956) 447-6683

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