Beyond Basics: ESOL Beginning Literacy

Course Schedule

Each lesson addresses a topic in ESOL Beginning Literacy classes. Course activities include readings, assignments, and discussions. The lessons are sequential. The schedule below lists the dates that assignments are due. Please be sure to adhere to the schedule. Lessons are self-paced within the week. Return as often as you wish to the activities and discussions.

If you choose to participate on the weekends, be sure to post your assignments during the weekend that falls within the scheduled week. Each week's discussion boards are opened on the Friday which begins the scheduled week.

Participants who do not post to the discussion board within the first week of the course will be removed from the course. This will then place you on waiting list only status for future online courses and trainings.

If you do not post for more than one week at any time during the course or if you fall more than one week behind in your assignments, you will be removed from the course and will be placed on waiting list status only for future online courses. If you find that you cannot post for more than two weeks, please contact your technical facilitator at courses@valrc.org or 1-800-237-0178 as soon as possible to discuss the situation and your further participation in the course.

You may print out this schedule and use it as a checklist for your course requirements.

	Lessons	Assignments	Due
Week 1 2/3 - 2/9	Who Is a Literacy Learner?	"How to Be a Good Online Learner" tutorial Introduce yourself in Building Our Online Community Read and Reflect on the week's article Take the Categorizing LESLLA Learners Quiz Post a participation post	Thur 2/9
Week 2 2/10 - 2/16	Preparing to Teach Your Literacy Class	Read and Reflect on the week's article Respond to Activities Discussion Post a participation post	Thur 2/16
Week 3 2/17 - 2/23	Developing Print Awareness	Read and Reflect on the Literacy Kit Design an activity Modify an activity Give feedback to one of your peers on their lesson Post a participation post	Thur 2/23
Week 4 2/24 - 3/1	Sound/Symbol Correspondence	Read and Reflect on a textbook Design an activity Design a lesson Give feedback to one of your peers on their lesson	Thur 3/1
Week 5 3/2 - 3/8	Multilevel Strategies	Read and Reflect on the week's article Revise your lesson plan Deliver your lesson plan to your class making notes about the effectiveness Respond to Multilevel Strategies Post a participation post	Thur 3/8
Week 6 3/9 - 3/15	Assessment and Future Research Directions in LESLLA	Read and Reflect on the week's websites Post your final, revised lesson plan Post your reflections on your lesson delivery Respond to Farewell Post a participation post Complete the end-of-course evaluation	Thur 3/15