Webinar presented for The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland on July 22, 2022. Learn how to answer the question of all adult learners: “Why do I need to know this?” Adults need fundamental skills in reading, writing and mathematics for success in most on-the-job training and workplace certifications. They also need to be able to apply these essential skills in the workplace environment. During this workshop you will: • Understand the economic impact of adults increasing their reading, writing, and math skills • Explore examples of reading, writing, and math tasks from workplace scenarios and certifications • Gain up-to-date information on growing regional jobs to keep adults motivated • Experience a career exploration lesson that builds reading, writing, and math skills Learn how to engage adults to simultaneously build both workforce and basic academic skills. Your adult learners will walk away feeling more prepared for workplace certifications, and life. Sample lessons will be shared from The Literacy Cooperative’s free and UPDATED downloadable Contextualized Curriculum. Each curriculum focuses on an industry with high entry-level growth in Northeast Ohio: manufacturing, construction, IT/digital literacy, hospitality, and healthcare. The strategies and lesson plans shared in this session can be modified for use with a wide variety of adult learning contexts.

1. Introduce Yourself!
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1. Organization
2. Location
3. One thing you want to learn today
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2. Workforce Reading,
Writing & Math for
Adults
22 July 2022

3. Meagen Farrell
Mustard Seed Training
Who Am I?
Author
Trainer
Woodworker
Mom

4. Many Thanks!

5. Why Is the Economic Impact of
Education in Today’s Workplace?

8. One Worker’s
Story

9. One Worker’s
Story

11. What to Expect
Objective: You will leave this session with
motivation to engage adults with workplace
scenarios to build academic skills.
➔ Workplace Scenarios
Explore examples of reading, writing,
and math tasks on the job
➔ High Growth Regional Jobs
Get up-to-date information on high
growth jobs to keep adults motivated
➔ Model Lesson
Digital Literacy Module 1, Lesson 3:
Searching for IT Jobs (pages 24-27)

12. Join at www.kahoot.it
Or with the Kahoot! app

13. Let’s See Some Realistic
On-the-Job Tasks!

14. Register to
Download
➔The Literacy
Cooperative’s
Contextualized
Curriculum

16. Hospitality Contextualized Curriculum

17. Hospitality Highlights
Lessons are applicable for any English
language learner, or anyone entry-
level workers using customer service
skills.
➔ Recommended Learning
Materials
Effective free & paid resources
➔ 12 Week Course of Study
Use individual lessons or whole
set of 24 lessons

18. Hospitality
Scenario
On-the-job
Turn to page 51 in
your Contextualized
Hospitality & Food
Service Curriculum

19. How Realistic is This?
. . . .

20. Three Key Strategies:
Differentiate
Interdisciplinary Contextualize
Source: Farrell, M. (2013) “Teaching Adults: GED Test Resource Book” New Readers Press

21. Interdisciplinary
Hospitality-Week 7, Day A: Adding Totals
Industry English Language Arts
Vocabulary
Restaurant Menus
Percentages
Dialogue
Pages 51-54

22. Interdisciplinary
Reading, Writing, and Math
ELA Math
Vocabulary
Use objects, images, and
Oxford Picture Dictionary
Restaurant Menus
Collect real local menus
from places that are hiring
Percentages
Add totals and calculate
percentages for tax or tip
Dialogue
Read realistic scripts or
students write them

23. Find Up-to-Date
Information on High
Growth Jobs to Keep
Adults Motivated

24. Find Up-to-Date Data Using
Your State Job Bank
● OhioMeansJobs.com
● MinnesotaWorks.net
● WORKinTEXAS.com
● Jobs banks in all 50
states at
CareerOneStop.org

25. Go to
OhioMeansJobs.com
● Click “For Job Seekers”
● Click “Job Search Skills”
● Click “Workforce Data Tools”
● Click “Job Posting Trends”
● Choose Your Region or “Ohio”
● Select “Occupational Focus”
● Download document & look for
high demand, entry-level jobs
● Or click this link for the
Northeast Ohio Report

27. Go to
MinnesotaWorks.net
● Click “Career Seeker Services”
● Rollover “Online Tools”
● Click “Jobs in Demand Now”
● Download printable list of high
demand jobs
● Or click this link for the online
Jobs in Demand Report

28. Go to
WORKinTEXAS.com
● Scroll down to “Top
Occupations Advertised Online
for…” DATE
● Click on the chart to go to a list
of “Occupations by Advertised
Jobs”
● Or click this link for the
Occupations by Advertised Jobs
Report

29. Model Lesson

31. Digital Literacy Contextualized Curriculum

32. Digital Literacy/IT
Curriculum originally created for digital
c, an organization providing IC3 exam
preparation for entry level IT jobs.
➔ Three Modules
Three modules integrate adult
basic education lessons into
existing IC3 preparation
curriculum.

33. Highlighted
Certification
IC3 Certificationby Certiport

34. Searching for
IT Jobs
All the Activities!
Understanding Industry Keywords
Large Group Demo
Independent Search
Understanding Job Postings
Pages 24-27
Interdisciplinary:
Refers to Numeracy Module 2,
Lesson 1 Handout: Entry Level
Career Tracks in IT (page 50)
IT/Digital Literacy
Module 1, Lesson 3

35. ABC, we use 3 Key Strategies:
Differentiate,
teaching
workplace skills,
yeah!
We’re
Interdisciplinary,
We
Contextualize,
Source: Farrell, M. (2013) “Teaching Adults: GED Test Resource Book” New Readers Press

36. ALL THE
LINKS!
Just want the websites? They’re listed in order near the end of the document.

37. Any other
Questions?

38. Thanks for Coming!
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