An Inservice Project

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Find community resources.
Contact local businesses, community groups, clubs and churches and invite volunteers and mentors who speak English and who speak other languages.

Request appropriate materials and resources.
Contact a publisher with ESOL materials and recommend specific purchases at your center; i.e. bilingual reference books and dictionaries. Obtain language masters, tape players and headsets to enhance listening skills. Obtain multimedia programs to help develop English skills. Be sure that adequate instructional materials are available for all learning styles.

Attend workshops and training sessions.
Keep current on VESOL techniques, learning styles, appropriate use of technology in the classroom and multicultural diversity. If few are available, ask your manager to invite speakers for a staff development opportunity or inservice day.
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Collaborate with colleagues.
Organize informal meetings to discuss needs and strategies to improve services to Limited English proficient students. Invite counselors and other staff members into your class on a regular basis to ensure LEPs are aware of all the opportunities and supports available to them.

This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.