What is a Salon?
A Salon is a small-group members-only gathering for professional development, networking, and pleasure. Salons are held in the homes of members for an evening to relax, drink wine, eat cheese, and participate in discussions and interactive activities. The Salon facilitator(s) may opt for an evening about pronunciation or reading strategies, writing or classroom management, classroom diversity or grammar teaching approaches, and other topics.
How can you hold a Salon?
Here are the dozen easy steps. (pdf) For more insight, read "The Birth of the Adult Education Salons", following our inaugural Salon in August 2010.
Past Salons
For more insight and guidance, here are the programs of our previous Salons (in reverse-chronological order). Check back soon for additional past-Salon highlights.
Salon #4
March 11, 2011
"One Class Fits All: Differentiated Instruction Strategies for
the ESL Adult Classroom"
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Salon #3
January 10, 2011
“Start Your New Year Off with Color:
Exploring the Color Vowel Chart for Pronunciation”
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Location: Manhattan
Facilitator: Shirley Thompson
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Salon #2
December 1, 2010
“Learning About Stress Without Having Any: Exploring Stress at the Word and Sentence Level”
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Location: Manhattan
Facilitators: Meg Frost and Tamara Kirson
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Salon #1:
August 4, 2010
Pronunciation Games
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Location: Manhattan
Post-Salon report: "The Birth of the Adult Education Salon"
NYS TESOL Special Interest Groups (SIG)