Planting success: Tools, tech and funding for adult education
Join us this spring for a three-part webinar series designed to support adult educators with strategies that meet today’s challenges. From navigating CASAS STEPS and delivering personalized, industry-specific instruction to sustaining funding for immigrant education programs, each session offers practical tools to help you and your learners thrive.
Planting success: Tools, tech and funding for adult education
Adult Education Test Prep: Leveraging the new CASAS update with FUTURE
Presenter:ÌýLouise Febles
13 May 2025
12:00pm PST / 2:00pm CST / 3:00pm EST
The CASAS STEPS has recently replaced the CASAS Life and Skills Test for adult ESOL students, and tales of its increased academic rigor have spread through adult education. In this webinar, we will highlight what has changed in the test, share key insights, and introduce ÃÛÌÒapp’s new product, Adult Education Test Preparation. We will show you how the program can help your students succeed in the new CASAS STEPS by sharing test-taking strategies and demonstrating how it can be used as a supplement to your current textbooks and classroom materials.
Smart Lesson Generator in action: Designing personalized, industry-relevant learning with AI
Presenter: Sara Davila
14 May 2025
12:00pm PST / 2:00pm CST / 3:00pm EST
Fast learning content tailored to your students at the push of a button? It’s not magic, it’s the Smart Lesson Generator. In this live, interactive session, we’ll explore how this powerful new AI tool from ÃÛÌÒapp generates personalized, course-aligned lessons with a single prompt.
Be prepared for an interactive live demonstration focused on delivering practical takeaways as we co-create lessons in real time. Whether you’re personalizing a traditional curriculum, adapting for workforce English, or designing differentiated content on in a pinch, you’ll leave ready to harness AI to elevate learning without losing the human touch.
Funding strategies for nonprofit immigrant education programs amid federal cutbacks
Presenter:ÌýShawn Chakrabarti
15 May 2025
12:00pm PST / 2:00pm CST / 3:00pm EST
With federal funding for adult immigrant education programs increasingly at risk, nonprofit organizations need to explore alternatives to sustain and grow their services. This webinar is designed to help programs navigate the evolving funding landscape for adult education and immigrant integration. Join us to learn strategies for identifying and pursuing foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, local funding opportunities, and donor engagement. We’ll highlight practical tools, success stories, and emerging trends that can help your organization build a more resilient and diversified funding model.
Speakers
To learn more about the presenters, simply click on their images to be redirected to their LinkedIn pages.
Louise Febles
Adult ESL instructor and educational marketing consultant
Louise Febles has taught adults since 2012, from ESOL classes in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Tampa, to Communication Studies courses at Miami Dade College, Maricopa Community College, and the University of Tampa. She is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.S.) and Lynn University (M.S.).
Sara Davila
Global Scale of English Ambassador and AI education innovator
Sara Davila specializes in curriculum design, language learning, and technology integration. As founder of Educating Her World, she brings more than 20 years of experience leading international curriculum reforms, developing VR- and AI-based learning systems for English education, and aligning emerging technologies with sound pedagogical frameworks to drive measurable program outcomes. With a background that bridges academic theory and applied practice, Sara helps institutions modernize instruction, personalize learning, and build sustainable, future-ready educational models for real-world success.
Shawn Chakrabarti
Expert in language acquisition, citizenship education, and two-generation approaches to immigrant family learning
Shawn Chakrabarti has served as an education specialist for the U.S. Office of Citizenship, and is a founder of a groundbreaking two-generation adult charter school in Washington, D.C. that has become a national model for immigrant family education. As a seasoned education policy strategist and nonprofit executive, Shawn is widely known as a consensus-builder among stakeholders and a prolific fundraiser who uses data and evidence-based research to secure funding for nonprofit institutions serving English language learners and their families.
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