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Microagressions in the Classroom
This video defines and discusses the impact of microagressions on students. Students highlight specific microagressions that they have experienced. (Yoland Flores Neimann and University of North Texas students) 
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College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (Mathematics): A Short Exploration
This narrated exploration provides an overview to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adut Education (CCRSAE) for Mathematics. It includes quick glimpses at the Mathematical Practices and the key instructional shifts.  Click the gear icon at the bottom of the video window to choose…
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Building a Curriculum
This brief video defines what a curriculum is and how having one in place helps teachers. The video also defines the parts of a curriculum, including scope and sequence, instructional units, lessons, and more.
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Limiting Teacher Talk and Increasing Student Engagement
ESOL instructors want to limit their own “teacher talk” so as to provide ample opportunities for student conversation and engagement. This video offers some examples and suggestions to help incorporate more interaction and conversation among students. (SABES)
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STAR Sample DAR Administrations: Part Two
This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a non-native English-speaking student to determine if the student is eligible for the STAR class and the appropriate instructional level for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. (Massachusetts STAR Team…
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STAR Sample DAR Administrations: Part One
This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of instruction for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. (Massachusetts STAR Team)
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STAR Comprehension and Fluency Lesson
In this video, the instructor demonstrates how to teach comprehension using the summarizing strategy, Topic, and Main point. (Massachusetts STAR Team)
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CCRS Standards in Action: Literacy: Determining author's position, via Pros and Cons: Technology in Our Daily Lives: Advanced Unit Part III
This lesson is focused on the pro/con format and on how to use the claim of and supporting evidence in a text to determine the author’s position on a topic. The texts selected for the lesson focus on building students’ knowledge of current advances in technology. (U.S. Dept of Ed. OCTAE)
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CCRS Standards in Action: Literacy: Clip Pros and Cons: Technology in Our Daily Lives - Part II
This lesson is an abbreviated version of "Pros and Cons: Technology in Our Daily Lives." (U.S. Dept of Ed. OCTAE)
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CCRS Standards in Action: Literacy: Claim and Evidence: The Penny Debate: Advanced Unit Part I
This lesson is focused on how to find the claim of and supporting evidence in a text. Later lessons will focus on evaluating evidence and claims to figure out reliability, validity, and bias in a text. (U.S. Dept of Ed. OCTAE)