<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Calling all<b> adult ESOL teachers and program administrators</b>- <b><u>make your voice heard!</u></b><br>  <br>We are excited to announce a new and important research survey centered on the experiences of <b>adult English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers and program administrators</b>.<br>  <br>We invite all ESOL practitioners and colleagues to participate in a voluntary research survey that will collect data for an intersection panel discussion titled ‘<b><i>Adult ESOL Education: The State of the Field</i></b>’ at TESOL International’s 2023 convention, and which will potentially inform a written research report.<br>  <br>In our field, we are missing data that reflects the programmatic details and the experiences/perspectives of adult ESOL practitioners in the field. Administrators and teachers lack a comprehensive view of adult ESOL, and we hope to help change that with this survey.<br>  <br>We ask for a bit of your time to help close that gap, and to glean critically important information that can help push our field forward.<br>  <br><b><u>This survey is open to adult ESOL educators and adult ESOL program administrators worldwide</u></b>, <i>regardless of membership or affiliation with TESOL International.</i><br><br><div>A link to the survey is below. Please share out to your networks!<br><b><a href="https://forms.gle/cHppYbUB8ZDbTK9e8" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/cHppYbUB8ZDbTK9e8<br></a></b>  <br>Feel free to contact the research team directly with questions or comments:<br>Andrew Sansone (Saint Peter’s University, <a href="mailto:asansone@saintpeters.edu" target="_blank">asansone@saintpeters.edu</a>),<br>Melissa Hauber-Özer (Assistant Professor of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Missouri, <a href="mailto:mhauber@missouri.edu" target="_blank">mhauber@missouri.edu</a>)<br>Katherine Edwards (Howard Community College, <a href="mailto:kedwards@howardcc.edu" target="_blank">kedwards@howardcc.edu</a>)<br>  <br><i>NB For the purposes of this research survey, we identify adult English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programming as instructional programming for students with </i><b><u><i>all</i></u></b><i> the following characteristics:</i><br><b style="font-style:italic">English-language learners<br>aged out of high school / secondary level (ISCED Levels 2-3) schooling.<br>are legally considered adults (in the United States, 18+)<br>are not solely motivated by for-credit coursework or academic degree attainment.</b><br><i>*Details about comparative international ISCED Levels can be viewed here: </i><a href="https://isced.uis.unesco.org/visualizations/" style="font-style:italic" target="_blank">https://isced.uis.unesco.org/visualizations/</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Andrew Sansone</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Director, Families for Literacy</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>NJTESOL/NJBE Adult Education SIG Representative</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">TESOL Adult Education Interest Section Co-Chair</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY</b> | 2641 John F. Kennedy Boulevard | Jersey City, NJ 07306</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>p:</b> </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(201) 761-6184</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> | <b>p2:</b> </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(201) 761-6454</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://saintpeters.edu/about" target="_blank">saintpeters.edu/about</a></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>