About Jayme & Lighthearted Learning
Jayme Adelson-Goldstein
& her moniker: Lighthearted Learning
Through my work as Lighthearted Learning, I support professional learning and coaching opportunities for instructors and technical assistance to programs, colleges and agencies across the U.S.—supporting learner-centered, rigorous instruction to help adult English language learners’ meet their education, civic engagement, and career goals. During my 40+ years as a teacher educator, I’ve researched, applied, and addressed numerous instructional theories and techniques as well as state and federal initiatives, but my focus continues to be on refining instruction that respects (and differentiates for) the needs of both learners and instructors, fostering agency along the way.
I’ve developed in-person and online professional learning for myriad organizations including TESOL, CALPRO (California), SABES (Massachusetts), ACE of Florida, Jobs for the Future, and the American Institutes for Research. I’ve provided curriculum support to agencies such as Portland (Maine) Adult Education, Santa Fe and Dona Ana Community Colleges, and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Division of Adult and Career Education. I’ve also had the privilege of providing one-on-one instructional coaching for educators across the U.S. on topics ranging from teaching basics to differentiating instruction, to integrating digital literacy and resilience.
When gifted with the opportunity to facilitate workshops or give keynotes outside of the U.S., I treasure the experience not only for the expanded perspective it brings to my work, but for the confirmation of ELT’s universal joys and challenges.
I’ve been fortunate to have a longstanding relationship with Oxford University Press, first publishing with the Press in 1991 (Listen First) and continuing to publish over the years as a co-author, author and series director of English language teaching materials including OPD (The Oxford Picture Dictionary) and Step Forward: Standards-Based Language Learning for Work and Academic Success.
And as grateful as I am for all the opportunities I’ve had in the field of English language teaching, I am most grateful for the learners and colleagues I’ve known and served, and of course, for my wonderful family, Gary, Emily, and Anthony—the source of my light heart .
For my CV, click here.
Photo: SABES College and Career Readiness Adult Education Standards Conference, 2015. Jayme with adult educators at her session on strategies for integrating academic, workforce, and life force* skills in beginning-level instruction.
*Note: Life force skills is an expression coined by Cherise Moore. **Truth in advertising: My hair is much whiter now!