Hi everyone! Joining here from outside of Boston - soo good to see you all :)

Bridget from Cambria in Minnesota

Welcome everyone! Tadd from EnGen dialing in from N’Awlins (usually based in NYC)

ContactEVANDROSS@WORLDED.ORGfor tech assistance. Thanks!

Jamie Harris, EdTech Center @ World Education, joining from Maryland

Lacey Miller from Colorado Dept. of Education's Adult Education Initiatives office.

I can't hear anything

Areej from Jordan

Truc from Portland State University, Oregon

🥳

Samunn from Singapore

cheers to 2 years!

Becky Payton Charlottesville, VA Thomas Jefferson Adult & Career Education

Hannah Roche from Global Talent and the Idaho Office for Refugees in Boise, Idaho

Way to go!

https://edtech.worlded.org/tips-for-distance-learning/strategy-session-resources/

Donna Gilpin located in Wichita Falls, TX , Professional Development Specialist

Astrid Liden, Professional Development Specialist with the Adult Education Office at Minnesota Department of Education

Hi, I’m Christine Muller from Lewisburg.

DRAW EdTech Maker Space Digital Skills Library Showcase – https://jsi.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tc-mtqD8oGtGvUdSh38RzO90pueu03lxJ

I cannot do breakout room.

Hello everyone!

Hello to all from DC Public Library's Adult Learning Dept.

Come see us at COABE 2022! – https://worlded.org/world-education-at-coabe-national-conference-2022/

hi, from NYC

from CT

DRAW EdTech Maker Space Digital Skills Library Showcase – https://jsi.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tc-mtqD8oGtGvUdSh38RzO90pueu03lxJ

Coolest of tools!

Hello, Everyone. I’m Paul Jurmo in Wash., DC (www.pauljurmo.info)

Hello from National Skills Coalition! Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, senior fellow specializing in adult education, digital equity, and immigrant inclusion

Hello Everyone from AMBE - Advanced Manufacturing Bilingual Educatorshttps://twitter.com/AMBE_USAhttps://ambeusa.net/en/victorburgos@ambeusa.com

Hi from Kodiak, Alaska

Interested in learning more about EnGen’s pathways: https://getengen.com/pathways

I LOVE to hear company commitment to ESL!!!!

What an impressive and holistic mission!

Agree Tadd. Very enlightened.

Feel free to add questions for Kamille to the chat box! :)

Always a smart move to make friends with IT...

In addition to the HR app that learners needed to be able to use, are there other digital skills that they need to use on the job?

Has your company considered partnering with a bilingual technical distance education expert?

I love this workplace model!

Kamille, how do you address issues of program evaluation? Do you have an evaluation team? What kinds of data do you collect for program improvement decision making?

What a wonderful holistic approach to helping people!!! Love the vision of the employer.

How do you assess digital literacy skills?

NorthStar's a great tool

Do you have data on student engagement? How did you encourage engagement?

Kamille, Do you use the student’s goals and interests to evaluate their learning? Christine Muller

https://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org/

LOL

They were beautiful! An ESOL student of mine gave me a slab of Cambria marble as a thank you gift one time :)

Yes!

A Big Question: How can adult educators work with employers, labor unions, and other partners to increase investment in this kind of integrated, multi-purpose education for incumbent workers (at local, state, and national levels)?

You read my mind, Paul.

Thanks, Paul! Please, everyone continue to add questions here. If we don't get to them during the Q & A, we'll encourage you to join breakout rooms to continue the conversation!

Love seeing the comprehensive and stackable pathways!

Adding to Paul's question. Can we get employer testimonies from Cambria and Tyson to use with employers?

I love the employer's efforts with ELLs and opening up the doors to upskilling incumbent employees.

thanks, Anson!

Digital skills are foundational!

Do you use both Burlington English and EnGen? Are they complementary or do they overlap?

These stories are very helpful and important to share, but this idea of basic education for incumbent workers has dwindled in our field in the past 2-3 decades. This is despite the ongoing calls from employers for workers who have the kinds of skills described in this webinar. Federal, state, and local governments, individual employers and trade associations, and labor unions and other stakeholders should be collaborating on this issue. (There are great models from previous years that could be learned from and built on.)

What was the last thing Life?

Anson, is Tyson Foods able to help employees get access to the Internet, for example from home) too affordable computers at home, and to help maintaining their devices in Internet services? Do you have employee-centered digital navigators to help with this?

@Christine, yes, it was "LifeEquitable access to what we all take for granted"

Which devices did you chose? tablets, phones, laptops?

Christine Muller - Will we get a recording of this webinar? It is better than the other one this afternoon!

Is Tyson willing to share their curriculum?

Absolutely, Christine! All resources will be sent in a follow-up email and will be posted on our resources page: https://edtech.worlded.org/tips-for-distance-learning/strategy-session-resources/

Today's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YXLbJSpw2VqzanR8qt5g8cyWCf2UGoJoJYdJNuz8C2E/edit?usp=sharing

So interested in the concept of sharing Upward Pathways for workers who may not know how to navigate a company and grow professionally.

Thank you for sharing your experience with native language digital literacy teaching. Very helpful.

Great info, as usual, Anson. Thank you!

This is such a huge and impactful project at Tyson Foods!

Do the interpreters assist as volunteers or are they compensated?

What was the website?

Such an important point Anson and Kamilla both brought up about impact of digital skills on employee engagement and agency, especially as more and more workplaces adopt digital-enabled workflows and processes. Anson, in terms of policy implications which you mentioned earlier, what are you most energized by?  

https://behindeveryemployer.org/

Hear, hear, Anson!

Anson, absolutely right about the Digital Equity Act!

Digital Equity Act is about to funnel $2.75 BILLION into US communities -- and nonprofits are eligible!

Strategies for pitching to employers is speaking their language is so important for AE programs looking to partner. Talk ROI, retention & development

Thank you for sharing great information Kamille and Anson!

Thanks Kamille and Anson. Excellent presentations!

Register here: tinyurl.com/LincsVR

Thank you so much, Kamille and Anson. Terrific presentations!

I do not have time to do Breakout room. Thenks for the webinar! Christine Muller

thank you for this amazing presentation!