Wow, Melinda!

These lessons are outstanding. You even hit on the topic of theft with the
"quick change artist" dialog. I was itemizing a list of skills needed for
cash handling and I also neglected a significant portion of your lessons:
PRONUNCIATION. The cash drawer balancing lesson will give a contextualized
and authentic experience.

I really appreciate these resources - they're immediately useful and they're
helping me organize my larger plan as well!

Gratefully,
Chris

 
Chris Tombari
Program Manager
Employment Language Services
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
Bridging Cultures ~ Building Futures
1610 Emerson Street
Denver, Colorado 80218
303.863.0188 phone
303.863.0178 fax
www.spring-institute.org
-----Original Message-----
From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Melinda Thomsen
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:46 AM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 545] Re: Cash Handling Resources

Hi Chris,
Here are a couple lessons Elizabeth Riker is developing for a Limited
English Profeciency and Hispanic Worker Initiative for the  Retail
Industry in New York City, funded by DOL. Classes are  underway already.
The full curriculum will be disseminated as part of the grant but not
until Fall 2007. It is being run on a group of CUNY Campuses: Manhattan
Borough Community College, New York City Tech, Kingsborough and
LaGuardia Community College. Any feedback you have on these lessons
would be appreciated. 
Melinda Thomsen 


Melinda Thomsen
Vocational English Instructor
Center for Immigrant Education and Training
Room C233
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
718-482-5029
718-609-2001 fax
mthomsen at lagcc.cuny.edu

http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ciet/ 




>>> "Chris Tombari" <ctombari at springinstitute.org> 1/8/2007 7:29 PM

>>>

Howdy y'all!

 

(Just spent some quality time in Dallas avoiding the Denver blizzards
and
the accent is still carrying into my emails.) 

 

This listserv has been a fascinating resource. I'd like to pose my own
question now. Does anyone have any ideas where I might find lessons
related
specifically to developing cash handling skills? Currently I'm looking
into
areas of basic financial literacy and basic math skills, but what about
ways
to teach people how to "count up" when giving change? Do restaurants
and
retailers do this training individually? Have VESL lessons been
designed for
working a cash register?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

"Warmly"

Chris Tombari

 

 

 

 

Chris Tombari

Program Manager

Employment Language Services

Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning

Bridging Cultures ~ Building Futures

1610 Emerson Street

Denver, Colorado 80218

303.863.0188 phone

303.863.0178 fax

www.spring-institute.org