ACCES/West RAEN

07/10/2020

Lesson Packets | The Change Agent

A free collection of teacher-designed materials to help adult education programs infuse lessons on facing racism directly into classroom activities is available on the WorldEd site:

https://changeagent.nelrc.org/in-the-classroom/lesson-packets/#packet12

Lesson Packets In honor of our 20th Anniversary, we are creating lesson packets with Change Agent articles from across issues. Check back to see as new packets are added. Have you mined The Change Agent for interesting groupings of articles? Send us your ideas! If your lesson idea is selected, we wo...

03/15/2020

The BEST Plus workshop scheduled for tomorrow, March 16, has been CANCELLED and will be rescheduled when it is safe to do so. All remaining workshops have also been cancelled until further notice.

03/13/2020

The BEST Plus Workshop scheduled for March 16 has been cancelled and will be rescheduled when it is safe to do so.

02/26/2020

Due to inclement weather, ACCES Level 1 has been rescheduled to March 5th and ACCES Level 2 rescheduled to March 13.

A Guide to Using the Fast Track Math Packets is cancelled for tomorrow, February 27. It will be rescheduled shortly; registrants will be notified of the new date at that time.

03/20/2019

Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States

Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. It is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts con...

09/05/2018

Starting the new school year with Updates from Rosemary Matt, NYS Director of Accountability. 240 Educators and practitioners are hearing this information!

08/24/2018

Our Resource of the Week , courtesy of Erie 1 BOCES Workforce Development Center.

05/11/2018

Learning to Achieve training in Belmont NY. Lots of great discussion and participation- and look at our gallery walk!

04/18/2018

Working with the Career Kits this evening ...

04/17/2018

The ESL Track at the Teacher Leader Institute - working on modifications for multiple levels.

04/17/2018

Math for breakfast - double checking a Math problem that was posed last night.

04/16/2018

Day 1 of the CUNY Teacher Leader Institute.
Lots of creativity with a focus on the Writing section of the TASC exam.

11/20/2017

Literacy New York

Literacy New York

This is a great read for us in the field.
They understand there may be no way to measure the effectiveness of what they’re doing...But they’re driven by the idea that something like this should at least exist for people who’ve already been passed over.
“What you don’t see is us allowing hopelessness to infiltrate, there’s enough of that outside these walls.”

11/15/2017

Teach English as a Second Language with FREE Lesson Plans, Games, and Lessons for Adult Learners

https://hubpages.com/education/Teach-English-as-a-Second-Language-with-FREE-Lesson-Plans-Games-and-Lessons-for-Adult-Learners

Teach English as a Second Language and never ever worry about where to get ideas on what to instruct non-native English learners. Yes, many English tutors have gone to teach English as a Second Language without textbooks, relying entirely on free...

09/20/2017

Today is the second day of the Mental Health 1st Aid Certification training. Teachers and counselors are finding this information extremely helpful.

09/02/2017

ACCES/West RAEN

08/31/2017

The TASC Test

The TASC Test

#TASCTest #TASC

08/18/2017

ESL Math and Literacy - what a great workshop! Learning wonderful strategies for practicing language while preparing for TASC Math and incorporating workplace readiness !

08/18/2017

ACCES/West RAEN

08/18/2017

ACCES/West RAEN's cover photo

08/04/2017

Attending a FABULOUS EL/Civics - ESL training with USCIS. Can't wait to bring these excellent materials back to the West RAEN!

06/12/2017

Data Recognition Corporation WebEx Enterprise Site

Data Recognition Corporation | CTB is pleased to announce the release of the TASC Test Online Readiness Assessments 4 & 5

If you need additional technical training, please plan on attending a one -hour- long live webinar from the choices listed below. These webinars will focus on the process for preparing for online testing, and downloading the TASC Online Readiness application. It is appropriate for Test Coordinators and/or Technology Staff to participate.

TASC Online Readiness Technical Training
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
10:00 AM Central
To register:
https://datarecognitioncorpaudio.webex.com/datarecognitioncorpaudio/j.php?RGID=reb41384e594e23f5298c260db75439ef

TASC Online Readiness Technical Training
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
2:00 PM Central
To register:
https://datarecognitioncorpaudio.webex.com/datarecognitioncorpaudio/j.php?RGID=rb8e19a057498779f039feae05da7765b

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06/01/2017

Good Morning from the White Eagle Conference Center

05/30/2017

The International Institute of Buffalo is offering a pair of two-week training courses for bilingual people who would like to become certified as medical interpreters. Applicants must be fluent in English and one other language and be currently unemployed.
The all-day training sessions will be offered Monday through Friday from June 19-30 and from Aug. 7-18. Those who complete the courses will have a chance to take a national certification exam. The training is free, supported by the state Department of Labor. Space is limited. For more info and to register, call 883-1900, Ext. 327, or email [email protected] iib.u.ff..
org

05/16/2017

Online TASC Test Readiness Assessment 4/5

http://bit.ly/2pToZpB

05/11/2017

We're offering several workshops this morning in beautiful downtown Buffalo: CCR Science and Math for HSE prep students; and Creative Writing/Mental Health.

04/19/2017

"Incorporating Lexical Phrases in the Classroom" - group exercise🙂

03/23/2017

"New and Improved" Common Application prompts for 2017-2018 just released - College Admissions Strategies

The Common Application, accepted by nearly 700 colleges across the country, released its 2017-18 essay prompts in February. These may interest you as an additional resource when preparing your students for the TASC.
http://collegeadmissionsstrategies.com/new-improved-common-application-prompts-2017-2018-just-released/

Calling all juniors, high school class of 2018 and college graduates of 2022 – the college admissions process has officially begun. The Common Application, accepted by nearly 700 colleges across the country just released its 2017-2018 essay prompts. What are the big changes? Two new...

03/16/2017

WNY Professional Development Consortium-

We've just posted 11 Spring workshops totalling 41 hours of Professional Development to our website, www.westraen.org. These will be held at sites throughout the region, and there is a topic to interest everyone! As a reminder, all EPE ALE WEP WIOA (WIA) funded staff are required to attend 12 hours of RAEN sponsored professional development annually.

East Long Island

02/08/2017

Useful information!
Simple and effective.
If your senators and reps aren't saved in your phone yet, text your zip code to
520-200-2223
You'll get a text back with everyone's contact info.

01/25/2017

Our 1st workshop of 2017 is
"Integrating TASC Social Studies Content with TASC Reading and Writing". Tons of resources and hands on learning to share with your students. This timeline activity is strictly NO CELLPHONES - activate prior knowledge!

12/01/2016

Math Talk offers online interactive
math tutorials for Adult Education students through social media. The program guides students and potential high school equivalency testers through algebra, geometry, word problems, and everyday math, preparing them for the HSE Exam. Subscribe, Like or Follow.

12/01/2016

TASC™ Test Center Coordinators and Examiners: Webinars trainings are now available!

TASC™ Test Center Coordinators and Examiners: Webinars trainings are now available!

DRC has scheduled a series of webinars for the release of forms GHI. You can link to the recorded webinars through NYSED:
http://www.acces.nysed.gov/hse/tasc-test-center-coordinators-and-examiners-webinars-trainings-are-now-available

NYTASC: Registration and Scheduling System (GHI)
NY TASC: Paper‐based Testing (GHI)
NY TASC: Computer-based Testing (GHI)
NY TASC Test: Accommodations (GHI)
NY TASC Test : Return of Materials
NY TASC DRC Insight Technical Training
TASC Test Refresher Comprehensive Training

DRC has scheduled a series of webinars for the release of forms GHI. Below please find links to the recorded webinars.

11/18/2016

Day 2 of of the CUNY Master Teacher Institute. This student made timeline helps learners practice summarizing and gives them a visual for the social studies section of the TASC.

11/09/2016

"I thought you said Math isn't fun", said our trainer as the whole room burst into laughter and applause! Taking place today - Teaching the TASC Calculator.