Transforming and Aligning EL Distance Learning

Nikki Middleton is the Program Specialist for Grossmont Adult Education, supporting WIOA programs, coordinating IELCE, and collaborating with teachers on professional development to meet program-wide goals. Nikki works with ESL, Academic, Medical and non-Medical CTE, on curriculum alignment, course outlines and syllabi, PLC work, and other projects. Nikki was an ESL teacher with GAE for 12 years, Transition Services and Business Engagement Coord. for 6 years before taking on her current role.

Jenna is GAE's ESL Distance Learning instructor. She integrates technology to effectively enhance both student learning and digital literacy skills. Jenna uses various platforms, technology tools, forums and LMS to deliver instruction through the Distance Learning Program. With twenty years of ESL teaching experience, Jenna is focused on new innovative models that provide a current and challenging curriculum that can specifically support student transitions into IET and CTE programs.

Barbara Van Dyken is an ESL and Digital Literacy Instructor at Grossmont Adult Education, where she has taught for over five years. She holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from San Diego State University, where her studies focused on Computer Assisted Language Learning and Corpus Linguistics in the classroom.

Jen is the ESL program administrator. Prior to this position, she was a HSE Preparation and high school diploma teacher. As an administrator, Jen values the opportunity and responsibility to be a support to faculty and staff. It is her goal to achieve this by providing teachers a variety of opportunities to build their skills as instructors and to advance their own digital literacy and increase their confidence using technology.