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Adult Education Standards: Model Lessons
| Model
lessons developed by NH adult educators suggest
activities, vocabulary words, and materials
for teaching each topic. You can print
many of the lesson plans from the list below. All
supporting materials, including handouts to
photocopy, are available in NH Adult Education
Standards Model Lessons "big green binders." Each
NH adult education center has a set of the binders. If
you haven't seen yours, ask your director for
its location. |
Table
of Contents, Volume 1
Contents
& A Rationale
Foreword, Overview,
& Standards
Working Group Membership
Using the Standards
across Levels & Introduction
to ESOL Lessons: Cultural Sensitivity
COMMUNITY
SECTION
Standard
1: Develops awareness of and accesses information
and services (A & B)
C1. Distinguishing between social service agencies
and community organizations
C2. Identifying services and service providers
C3. Asking questions about community services
C4. Using the phone book to identify community resources
C5. Designing a community: a simulation
C6. Community health
care services (ESOL)
C7. The meaning of signs in the community (ESOL)
Standard
2: Participates in activities designed to influence
decision-makers (A & B)
C8. Distinguishing between fact and opinion
C9. Exploring the first amendment
C10. Learning about voting
C11. How a bill becomes law in New Hampshire
C12. Local, state,
and federal government (ESOL)
Standard
3: Participates in community activities (A &
B)
C13. Profiling a community service organization
C14. Building a community: from small to large steps
C15. Getting started with community service
C16. How to locate
and access community services (ESOL)
Community References
WORKER
SECTION
Standard
1: Understands and demonstrates job seeking skills
W1. Procedures of
job hunting
W2. Applying for
a job (ESOL)
W3. Job want ads
(ESOL)
W4. Job applications
W5. Resume Writing
W6a. Interview techniques
W6b. Interview etiquette
Standard
2: Understands and demonstrates sound work behaviors
W7. Identifying work
skills
W8. Employer expectations
and evaluation
W9. Employment expectations (ESOL)
Standard
3: Plans, reviews, and pursues personal, educational
and/or career goals
W10. A Personal Action Plan
Standard
4: Understands the value of work, workers rights
and responsibilities
W11. Personnel handbook
W12. Ethics in the
workplace
W13-Wl7 Steck-Vaughn Employability booklets
W18 Information from NH Employment Services
FAMILY
SECTION
Standard
1: Practices good nutrition and health habits
F1. Food pyramid
and nutrition labels
F2. Basic food
groups and pyramid (ESOL)
F3. Food labels
(ESOL)
F4. Safety/emergency
practices
F5. Health, safety,
and emergencies (ESOL)
F6. Lead poisoning
F7. Reading a prescription
label
Standard
2: Increases literacy activities beyond the classroom
F8. Literacy activities
with children
F9. Library resources
(ESOL)
F10. Library card
F11. Library card
(ESOL)
Standard
3: Prepares for and participates in one’s
own/one’s child’s education and development
F12. Regular attendance
in adult education
F13. Educational
goals and progress (ESOL)
Standard
4: Understands the relationships between income
and expenses
F14. Developing a budget—Financial Planning
Program
F15. Reading and
understanding bills
F16. Reading and
understanding bills (ESOL)
F17. Wise financial
decisions (ESOL)
GENERAL
SECTION
Standard
1: Understands and demonstrates effective communication
skills
G1. Nonverbal behavior (ESOL)
Standard
2: Understands and communicates the ability to problem
solve
G2. Decision-making process (ESOL)
