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Project-based learning is an effective way to support learning outcomes and boost learner motivation in English proficiency classes at every level. In this session, you’ll learn how to devise a mini-project that is relevant to learning needs and outcomes, accessible to the students, and immediately applicable to learners’ real lives and goals.

Formative assessments are used to monitor student understanding while they are actively learning. Effective assessment requires a holistic approach, incorporating various types of information to inform future instruction. Learn practical assessment techniques and discover how formative assessment can be used as a tool for student growth and achievement in the ESOL classroom. Facilitator: Ahu Mo...

Summer Tech Session: Enhancing Online Instruction with Zoom Tools and Online Games

What is MCAEL? Learn more about Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy

Network Meeting: Connecting Learners with Wraparound Services

MCAEL 2024 Grants Information Session

MCAEL Network Meeting

In Workshop #2 for Helping Students Stay - Retention in the Adult ESOL Classroom, with Anita Kerr and Amber Fornaciari, we continue the conversation about what teachers can do to improve student persistence.

Recording of MCAEL's December Network Meeting

In this session we will focus on a never-ending challenge in adult education: retaining our students. Students certainly face barriers to retention that are outside our control, so this session will address issues teachers CAN influence. From the moment teachers receive their class rosters, they can begin applying strategies to retain their students. This session will provide a foundation in re...

A discussion about Integrating Job Search Skills into the Adult ESOL Classroom. MCAEL's 2023 Video Presentation at the Maryland TESOL Conference.

MCAEL regularly collects data on adult English learners and ESOL classes and analyzes it to get an overall picture of adult ESOL services in the county. We are excited to share our most recent findings with you, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and from the coalition, including from MCAEL grant reports and surveys. We will also share highlights of MCAEL’s most recent instructor and pro...

Full title: Becoming a Culturally Responsive Instructor Part 2: Building Your Competency as a Culturally Responsive Instructor As adult ESOL professionals we engage with learners from a broad range of cultural and personal backgrounds. Being aware of (and not being aware of) our own cultural lenses and those of the learners in our classes can have a big impact on learner safety and belonging, e...

MCAEL FY24 Grants Informational Session

Becoming a Culturally Responsive Instructor Part 1 with Victoria McWane-Creek

MCAEL Sharing Session - Engagement

Season's Greetings from MCAEL!

3 Pillars of Successful Adult ESOL Remote Instruction with Kate Anderson.

Instructor Meeting: Beyond the Form: Making Grammar Instruction More Meaningful

MCAEL Network Meeting - Discussion on Housing/Rental Resources

Simplify Language - With Lee Shainis

Network Meeting: Internet Enrollment and Laptop Distribution

Fostering Brave Spaces for More Speaking and Mutual Learning

Utilizing the Maryland TESOL Handbook for Educators of English Learners for Adult ESL Literacy

How to Prepare Your ESL Students for Job Interviews

Using Jamboard with Literacy and Beginning Level Adult ELLs

Message from C. Marie Taylor | MCAEL Professional Development Conference Keynote Speaker

MCAEL FY23 Grants Information Session

Network Meeting: Highlighting Resources within our Community