2024 Session 2:
Planning a Lesson (PAL) project:
What’s involved in creating an LBS lesson that flows?

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 3 pm to 4:30 pm

A Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) lesson is a narrow, yet revealing window into the complexities, challenges, and rich opportunities so much a part of teaching adult learners who also are aiming to strengthen their digital skills. Whether you are teaching fully online, delivering instruction through a hybrid model, or are fully back in a physical classroom, planning an engaging lesson where skills are honed, connections are made, and a meaningful use of digital technologies is applied, is likely what you aspire to.

During the session, we will share how we came together as the Planning a Lesson (PAL) working group and explored the intricacies of lesson planning by considering the on-the-ground realities of teaching LBS learners and integrating technology whenever possible. Learn how we met regularly to discuss and identify the common challenges practitioners face before a lesson begins, during the lesson itself, and after a lesson, and how the insights we shared and the tasks we reflected on became the foundation for co-developing resources aimed at bringing flow and deeper learning into lesson planning.

Some tips and lesson planning resources will be shared, and you will get a sneak peek into the Planning a Lesson website that will house the PAL resources.

GUEST PRESENTERS 

Olga Herman
PAL Project Lead; Policy and Research Specialist – Education and Technology

Olga's commitment to good teaching that respects adult learners and the experience they bring to the LBS classroom – on-site or online – set the stage for this project, which aimed to harness the teaching experience of committed practitioners who worked together to co-create useful resources for colleagues in the field that will enhance learner engagement.

With twenty-five years of experience supporting adult learners along their unique learning journeys, Olga is committed to fostering engaging learning environments, and to helping adults – be they practitioners or learners – find useful information to enhance lifelong learning.

Always with the aim of not letting any adult learner fall through the cracks, she has worked as an LBS practitioner, ESL instructor, learning strategist, vocational counsellor and career advisor, both in post-secondary settings and in community-based agencies.

More guests will be added soon.