Does your organization serve immigrants? Register for the Civics and Citizenship Toolkit.
Free web-based training for volunteers and adult educators.
Find local opportunities at Serve.gov.
Download a free booklet to get started creating an ESL or citizenship program.
FOR RECEIVING COMMUNITIES
Adult Educators
Adult educators are an essential connection between newcomers and their communities. The service that teachers provide–immigrant education, is critical to successful integration. The following resources are for educators who currently work with immigrants as well as those interested in getting involved.
- A free site, USA Learns, from the U.S. Department of Education for tutors and teachers to help adults learn English and improve basic reading, writing, and speaking, and life skills.
- Interactive online course to assist volunteer educators understand the fundamentals of teaching adult literacy.
- Information on free training opportunities for adult civics and citizenship teachers and volunteers.
- Information on the Department of Education's English Literacy and Civics Education Program.
- National dissemination, resource gathering, and professional development system providing information on a wide variety of literacy relevant topics, issues, and resources.
- Leading membership organization for English language teaching to speakers of other languages.
- Organization that sponsors literacy programs for adults and their families.
- One-stop resource for locating curricula, lesson plans, teacher assessments, and other instructional material on citizenship and civics.
- Interactive online training system for teachers of adult civics and citizenship classes.
- Environment-focused lesson plans and curriculum for teaching English to adult students. (Click here to download Adobe Reader)