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LR/RI produces a bulletin roughly every two weeks in order to inform area practitioners of news, events, and calls for participation and also as a forum for posing questions, issues and discussion topics. The current bulletin is posted below. To read previous bulletins, go to Bulletin Archives.December 12, 2002 Bulletin #154
Dear Colleagues, Calls for participation, employment,
funding,
and conference and workshop opportunities, online
and other resources. Resources for remembering the day are scattered
throughout the LR/RI site.
Janet Isserlis
NOTICES
Volunteer tutor needed: A woman from Thailand who speaks, reads and writes English is looking for a tutor to help her improve her English language skills overall. She is free to Fridays and Sundays, and Saturdays after 4:00 pm. She has a car and can meet in a mutually convenient place. Please contact Ju at 401-884-8070 or via email at jujung_3@yahoo.com.
Statewide conference? LR/RI is in the process of organizing a state wide conference, to be held next spring. A call for proposals will be issued in January, but if you have ideas, suggestions and are interested in participating in organizing the conference, please let me know. The goal of the conference is to bring together adult educators to share their expertise, address topics and issues of concern and interest to the field and generally to help us build and strengthen community and knowledge. Free cancer screening for women through The RI Department of Health Women's Cancer Screening Program: If you are 40 or more years of age. have no health insurance, or your insurance does not cover breast and cervical cancer screenings every year, you may qualify for free services. To qualify you must: Be a women 40 years or more, Live in Rhode Island, and Not have Health Insurance or be Under-insured If you meet these criteria, you may be eligible for the following free screenings:: Women's health exam, including clinical breast exam. pap smear, Pelvic Exam, Mammogram (breast x-ray) and Follow-up Services This is an on-going program. If interested, please contact Barbara Jackson, Women & Infants Hospital, Health Education Department, 101 Dudley St., Providence, R.I. 02905 276-7893 (TTY) call 1-800-745-5555 ESOL sharing/discussion session will take place on Tuesday December 17th at 2:30 pm at the Genesis Center We will be discussing the What Works ESL literacy project. Information about the project is available online at http://www.cal.org/ncle/whatworks1.htm and http://www.cal.org/ncle/whatworks2.htm .. Please join us. January 13 and 15, 5:30 - 8:30: ESOL training for new teachers,
volunteers, and others interested in refreshing skills. To learn
more, please contact LR/RI. A fee of $20, to cover copying and refreshment
costs is asked; scholarships are available. A flyer is available here.
Minigrant presentation - Wednesday, December 18th, at 3:00pm. Please join Brenda McGill as she shares findings from her minigrant project on Students actively constructing their own knowledge. Brenda will share the definition of constructivism, its relevance to curriculum development, 5 Principles and clarifying questions. Her outline also includes: The Challenge, Cross references with Bloom and Critical Thinking Skills, Instructional design that supports Constructivism a) Guided Exploration, b) Cooperative / Collaborative Learning, c) Inquiry or Problem-Based Learning, Cross referenced with LD appropriate instruction and The Challenge revisited. A bibliography is included as well. The session will be held at the Providence (Liston) Campus of CCRI , Room #158 /Professional Devmt & Training (1 Hilton Street - directions at http://www.ccri.cc.ri.us/about/Campuses.shtml or call 455-6000. To learn more about Brenda's project see http://www.brown.edu/lrri/mingrants2002.html A survey about resources for ESOL activities, developed by Debby Venator, is available online. We request that teachers complete the survey and send their responses to LR/RI as soon as possible. Free build it yourself web site software: a great opportunity for small- to medium-size nonprofits that want to build their own web site. Homestead Technologies is offering a limited number of nonprofits free starter kits that include SiteBuilder software, 3 months free Web hosting and free domain name registration. You don't need a technical education to build a site with Homestead. Request a kit by going to http://nonprofits.homestead.com and clicking on the "Homestead Helps" box below the leftmenu. In the description box be sure to mention you heard about the offer from FFT. The kit sells on Amazon for over $50.
Reading across Rhode Island - what happens when the whole state reads the same book? http://www.readingacrossri.org/
Mark Binder Presents Storytelling at the Castle Sat, December 21 - Holiday Tales, Special Guest Tom Brillat
Save the dates: Using Equipped for the Future (EFF) in Family Literacy presented by Andy Nash January 17 Session 1: What is EFF and what does it offer family literacy? February 7 Session 2: What does EFF look like in a classroom? February 28 Session 3: What does EFF look like in a program? This three-session series on using EFF in Family Literacy is designed to orient you to what EFF is and how it can help you, give you concrete tools to try in classes and programs and a chance to evaluate their usefulness, and invite you to consider some ways EFF could be incorporated into your work. The first session will familiarize you with EFF and what it offers to
help you achieve results that matter to adults and their families.
You'll leave with some tools to try out in your own programs. Attendance
at this first session is critical to understanding the following two, as
all three sessions work to build common knowledge about EFF and how it
relates to your work. The second session will delve into specific EFF family
literacy classroom examples - what EFF contributed to the process, how
they are the same or different from what you already do, etc. The last
session addresses the program changes that make good classroom practice
possible. EFF is not only about instructional quality; it aims to reform
the adult education system on many levels so
Andy Nash is on EFF's national staff and has been part of its development for the past six years. She is currently developing an EFF Teaching and Learning Toolkit, which will be available on-line next year. She works at the New England Literacy Resource Center.
Rhode Island Special Interest Group of MATSOL The Rhode Island SIG is a group of professionals in ESOL and Bilingual
Education organizing under the auspices of MATSOL, in order to meet the
professional needs in the field in Rhode Island. Our purpose is to
recruit ESOL and Bilingual Education professionals in Adult ESOL, Higher
Ed, Workplace Ed, Elementary, Secondary, and Low-Incidence programs serving
English Language Learners in Rhode Island, to determine advocacy and professional
development needs. If you are interested in joining or learning more
about the Rhode Island Special Interest Group of MATSOL, you can contact
Jenifer Giroux by e-mail jgiroux@ric.edu or at 456-8794.
respond: A literacy summit was held at the state house on July 24th, followed by some media attention, -- posted online at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/advocate.html As well, a response to a report generated by the Nellie Mae foundation is also on line, linked to the advocacy page above. If you would like to add your response to the summit, the state of adult ed in RI or other related advocacy and educational issues, please do so. Advocate: As programs are in the process of starting up again, this is a good time to consider a post card campaign. If and as new students are placed on waiting lists, you might consider having them fill out a postcard -- address it to the senator and representative for the district in which your agency resides -- explaining the fact that due to a lack of resources, [student x] is forced to wait for an opportunity to access language, literacy, basic education classes. To locate your local rep/senator, go to http://www.sec.state.ri.us/RIELEC/FINDOFF.HTM To make the project cost-efficient, consider keeping the postcards for a week or two and then hand delivering them to the senator or rep in question. Better still, invite him/her to your site for a chat and a visit. Programs are invited, too, to share their waiting list numbers, any responses they may receive from reps/senators, learners and community members via this bulletin. David Rosen,recently posted information about postcard campaigns on the National Literacy Advocacy list. Read his message at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-nla/2002/1409.html (and follow the thread to learn about others states' activities). To see one local example of post card text, please contact LR/RI. What do you think? Make your voice heard. Respond to LR/RI via
email
or to Box 1974, Brown University, Prov, RI 02912.
learning opportunities Learning opportunity: Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island will be offering the winter session of Work based English for Speakers of Other Languages beginning Monday, January 13th. This program runs for 15 weeks, 5 days a week for 30 hours each week. Job placement and retention services follow the 450 hours of classroom instruction. Participants MUST be a FIP beneficiary due to funding requirements. Referrals should be made immediately as an intake and evaluation must occur prior the start of the program. Referrals can be made by calling Natalia Montoya at 861-2080 ext. 127. TRANSITION TO COLLEGE An
ABE-to College Transition Project is presently recruiting for March
2003. Contact Marie Crecca-Romero @ 722-3100 ext. 112 for information.
This program is sponsored by the New England Literacy Center, and is administered
by Project RIRAL at the netWORK RI building 175 Main Street Pawtucket,
RI.
.The RI Foundation invites organizations to participate in free guided gallery tours. The Foundation gallery now offers free guided tours to non-profits and school groups. Our current exhibition, The Spirit of Cambodia, addresses how local Cambodian painters and sculptors portray their culture, history and personal experience. If you would like to organize a tour, or for more information on "The Spirit of Cambodia", please feel free to call Anne Rocheleau, Gallery Director at (401) 274-4564. for information about free gallery tours, exhibition schedule, or submitting art work for exhibition: http://www.rifoundation.org Inquiry projects - completed reports from this round of projects are posted/being posted on LR/RI's inquiry site http://www.brown.edu/lrri/inq2001.2.html - as well, new projects will be funded for the coming academic year. 2002 minigrant projects now underway: read about the projects being undertaken at: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/mingrants2002.html The three minigrant recipients will present their work in the fall. what do you think? LR/RI has had an online survey on its site for months. Previously, those who may have come across the survey were asked to copy and paste it into an email message, or to print it and complete it. Thanks to the brilliant technical support and inservice learning provided by Brown University, the survey can now be completed on line. I'd be grateful if you could please take the time to complete it. While occasional word comes back about the work LR/RI has done, this survey attempts to be somewhat more systematic in considering the work that's done and the work that needs to be accomplished. Please complete the survey at http://www.brown.edu/lrri - scroll down and click on the link to the survey. If you lack web access and wish to complete the survey, please contact LR/RI to receive one via snail mail or fax. funding opportunities - large and less large
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) announces another round of education reform grants in areas of social science research. PRACC is particularly interested in issues such as high classroom turnover/mobility and its disproportionate impact on low-income, minority, and farm worker students. However, other issues will be considered as well. To apply, send PRRAC a proposal outlining the planned research and methodology, the advocacy work it is designed to support, a budget, timeline, and qualifications of the researchers. Maximum grant: $10,000. No application deadline. http://www.prrac.org/grants.htm Funding Solutions for Small Nonprofit Organizations A collection of resources to help small nonprofit organizations fundraise including ways to motivate your board, sample fundraising letters, phonathon advice, and tips to improve your direct mail solicitation. http://www.nonprofit-innovations.com/
employment opportunities
ESOL instructor - Goodwill Industries, Fall River We are seeking an ESOL instructor 2 afternoons a week for a location in Fall River. There is potential for this to have an increase in hours, if interested, and eventually become full-time to include Providence locations. The pay is $20 an hour and paid planning hours are given as well. Interested parties can forward their resume to the attention of Lori Norris at Goodwill Industries of RI, 100 Houghton Street, Providence, RI 02904 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DUDLEY LITERACY CENTER
To establish outreach and collaborative relationships with community
adult literacy/social services agencies; to initiate, develop, and implement
on-going literacy workshops and programs; to provide extensive reference
services for literacy patrons; to assume responsibility for selection and
acquisition of literacy material.
National Institute for Literacy: links to employment in adult literacy, at: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/whats_new/job_announce.html Rhode Island Community Jobs (RICOMJOB) is a public e-mail announcement list that seeks to raise the profile of meaningful work in Rhode Island by helping non-profit and public interest employers publicize openings effectively. Anyone seeking a job that makes a difference in Rhode Island can join the list. Any non-profit, government or private sector employer advertising a paid position related to the public interest or community concerns can post a free job listing. Positions must be paid but may be part-time, full-time or temporary. To join the list as a job seeker or to post a job as an employer go to: http://www.ricommunityjobs.org Rhode Island Community Jobs is supported by the Swearer Center for Public
Service at Brown University and the Rhode Island Campus Compact.
If you have questions about this service, please contact us at ricomjob@brown.edu
online / resources Resource available: The Public Education Network has developed An Action Guide for Community and Parent Leaders, an indispensable 80-page guide for community leaders, parents and educators on how to use NCLB to advocate for improved public education. Order a hard copy, or download it - either option is free - at http://www.publiceducation.org/pubs/pubpreorder/orderform.asp
OVAE REVIEW December 6, Dr. Carol D'Amico, Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education OVAE Review is a biweekly update from the Office of the Assistant Secretary at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education. Current issues listed below; The full text is available at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/news/orev120602.html. A Workforce Crisis Strikes Again, New Adult Ed Quality Controls Affect Year-End Reports, Distance Education Users Profiled, Workforce Training for Welfare Recipients Studied, High School, Postsecondary, and Career Education, US Spends More, Graduates Fewer, Director Named of New Research Institute, Skilled vs. Unskilled Jobs To ask questions, provide comments, or receive email notification of the next issue, please email tovae@ed.gov the Office of Vocational and Adult Education. A new online resource for Spanish speaking students and those learning
to speak Spanish has been added to the Providence Public Library's
electronic collection. World Book's Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos,
based on the popular 13-volume print set, is a useful resource for elementary
and middle-school-level Spanish speakers. This online encyclopedia
contains over 2,200 articles with full-color illustrations and maps. You
can format articles for easy printing, email articles to yourself or others,
and search for essential information about important people, places, ideas
and events. Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos includes articles of interest
to Spanish-language readers on a variety of Hispanic, Spanish, and Latin
American topics, such as astronauts Ellen Ochoa and Franklin Chang-Díaz,
politician Joseph Hernández, teacher Jaime Escalante, and poet Pablo
Neruda. Available now at all Providence Public Library locations.
A set of three EFF Research To Practice Notes by Marilyn Gillespie that provides a discussion of the research and theory underlying the EFF system reform initiative are now available. The Notes also include multiple examples of EFF implementation and program practices that support these research principles: A contextualized approach to teaching and learning,.An approach to teaching and learning that builds expertise, and .A contextualized approach to curriculum and instruction. PDF versions of the 8-page digests are available online at http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff_publications.html#Publications .. The Notes are also available (free of charge) through ED Pubs. To order: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html;, email your order to: edpubs@inet.ed.gov or call toll free: (877) 433-7827. Include the publication I.D. numbers in your order: EFF Research To Practice Note 1 - Pub ID EX 0177W EFF Research Principle: A Purposeful and Transparent Approach to Teaching and Learning EFF Research To Practice Note 2 - Pub ID EX 0178W> EFF Research Principle: An Approach to Teaching and Learning That Builds Experti E FF Research To practice Note 3 - Pub ID EX 0179W EFF Research Principle: A Contextualized Approach to Curriculum and Instruction - Ronna G. Spacone, EFF Special Collection Coordinator (202) 233-876 Ronna.Spacone@ed.gov WorkforceAdvantage.org showcases 17 promising practices used
by some of America's fastest growing inner-city companies to develop their
entry-level workforce. With help from the practices featured on this site,
companies have excelled at recruiting, training, retaining, and advancing
a primarily inner-city workforce. Each practice offers case examples, Keys
to Success, company profiles, and additional resources to help users uncover
programs and policies aimed at developing a low-wage, low-skill workforce.
e-literacy: The National Institute for Literacy's electronic newsletter is online (new and archived issues) at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/archive.html NIFL also maintains an online calendar of events at http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar_world.cgi search LR/RI - the search function at http://www.brown.edu/lrri has been improved so that the LR/RI website is now searchable. Please try it. Let me know what you think.. Thanks to Bill Dennen at Brown for his assistance in getting it to work. Free education publications are available from ED Pubs, the U.S. Department of Education's Publications Center. To order free books, brochures, videos, and more, visit the ED Pubs Web site (http://www.ed.gov/about/ordering.jsp) or call ED Pubs toll-free at 877/433-7827. The latest issue of The Change Agent (a publication about adult education for social justice) on Creativity and Change, is hot off the press and available at http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent (download copies or order a subscription). The theme of the next issue will be Language and Power. Please consider writing for it or connecting us to interesting articles, activities or potential authors. We welcome international perspectives on this topic as well. The call for articles follows: Educators and Adult Learners: We are looking for lessons, activities, and student writings about the ways in which we speak, read, and write(what languages we speak, how we use and understand words, how others speak to us, etc.) can include certain people but leave others out. Some questions to think about: What ways of speaking do people use in different situations and why? What experiences have you had using different languages (for example from other cultures, or from other disciplines like math, art, etc.)? In what ways are people judged by the way they speak? What do you think about this? Should there be a law making English the official language of the US? Why or why not? * What are some ways that the power of language can be used to resolve differences, build peace, and develop community? All articles must be received by November 15, 2002. All articles
will be considered. Final decisions are made by The Change Agent Editorial
Board. Please send material (preferably by email) to: Angela Orlando
, World Education 44 Farnsworth St Boston, MA 02210 tel:
617-482-9485 fax: 617-482-0617 aorlando@worlded.org
CALL FOR PAPERS - Due January 6, 2003 FAMILY LITERACY FORUM NATIONAL EVEN START ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS 2003 TESOL Journal Special Issue Theme: Promoting L2 Literacy, Coeditors: Nancy Clair and Marjorie Terdal Literacy is recognized today as more than just reading and writing ability and more complex than the simple dichotomy of "literate or illiterate." Rather, literacy is an extremely complex notion that is increasingly defined by the contexts in which it occurs and the factors that affect it, including economic, political, social, and cultural factors. For these reasons, ESOL researchers and practitioners must address the variety of literacies that learners seek to develop. These ESOL literacy learners are very diverse, representing not only children acquiring literacy in their L1 and L2s simultaneously but also adults who may lack or have limited literacy in their L1 and who are developing literacy in English for vocational, functional, critical, expressive, sociocultural, or general academic purposes. The Autumn 2003 issue of TESOL Journal will focus on classroom-based
practices and current scholarly perspectives related to ESOL literacy development.
The purpose of this special issue is to bring together a variety of perspectives
and current practices related to ESOL literacy education from the range
of settings where it occurs, including ESL and EFL contexts; in schools,
workplaces, community centers, and homes; and with children and adults.
These topics listed are meant to be illustrative, not restrictive. Submissions may address related areas or more than one of the areas. Submissions are welcome in all departments: feature articles, perspectives, reviews, tips from the classroom, and heard on the Web. All submissions must conform to regular submission guidelines, with the exception that three hard copies are requested of all submissions, regardless of the department. Submissions should be sent to the address below. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2003. Send queries and material to: Marjorie Terdal, Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207 USA, Queries only to terdalm@pdx.edu and nclair@attbi.com
LR/RI website: a shortcut. The URL for Literacy Resources/RI's website has not changed; you can now get to it more quickly by using this new address: http://www.brown.edu/lrri/ -- with thanks to Kath Connolly and Bill Dennen at Brown University for making it so. conferences and workshops - conferences and workshops are listed chronologically and are updated with each bulletin
Rhode Island - Training/events around employment issues for people with disabilities http://www.ric.edu/uap/training.html Using Labor Market Information: A Workshop Series on Employment Issues & Practices for Literacy Program Professionals Sponsored by Dorcas Place, the Labor Market Information Training Project and RIWLC All workshops will be held at the RI Department of Labor & Training, Center General Complex, 1511 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI *Courses are labeled as follows to help you select the best option: Introductory - No prior familiarity; Level 1 - Basic familiarity with labor market concepts and terms; Level 2 - Some experience with labor market concepts and terms; builds on prior workshops January 8, 2003, 8:30 - Noon: Introduction to Disability and
the Labor Market (*Level: 2)
January 27 (OR 28th), 2003, 8:30 - 4:00: Implementing an Active
Job Development Strategy (*Level: 2)
Register for entire series or Introductory Course by October 11
and for individual workshops two weeks in advance. For more information
and to register, call Sheila Palma at the Center for Labor Market Studies
(617) 373-2242 or email her at s.palma@neu.edu.
The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education annual conference St. Louis November 19 - 23. For more information http://www.aaace.org/conferences/ .. There will be several pre-conference workshops with a cost of $50.00 For a complete list and schedule (including a technology strand): http://www.aaace.org/conferences/alt_sessions.html Call for proposals: COABE Natrional Conference, Portland, Oregon, Aril 26-30, 2000. information online at http://www.coabe03.org/ Proposal deadline extended to January 15th, 2003. Technology, Reading & Learning Difficulties conference, January 16-18, 2003, San Francisco; sponsored by Educational Computer Conferences, Inc., and the International Reading Association. http://www.trld.com NAASLN: People and Partnerships First! Advocating and Partnering for Access, Quality and Outcomes, March 16 - 18, 2003. Columbus, OH. http://www.NAASLN.com or contact NAASLN, c/o CEA, 4380 Forbes Boulevard, Lanham, MD 20706, 800.496.9222 for more information. TESOL Electronic Village (EV) Online Sessions 2003 The CALL interest section announces its third round of online sessions, including readings, discussions, chats, guest speakers, and task-based activities. The EV sessions are held prior to TESOL 2003, and some are held in conjunction with interest section academic sessions or strands. Sessions run for 7 weeks, from January 20 to March 7, 2003. Registration will be held January 6-20,. Sessions include: V iva, the Virtual Electronic Village in the Ardeche -- Moderator: Philip Benz , Reading Online -- Moderator: Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, A Basic Workshop for Using the Internet in class, and An Intermediate Workshop for Using the Internet in class -- Moderator: JoAnn Miller , Oral Communication Skills for Professionals -- Moderators: Christine, Parkhurst & Rebecca Dauer , Creating an Online Magazine to Publish Student Writing -- Moderators: Sandra Peters, Julia Karet, Anne Davis , Communities of Practice Online: Reflection Through Experience and Experiment With the Webheads Community of Language Learners and Practitioners -- Moderators: Vance Stevens, Chris Jones, John Steele, Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Teresa Almeida d'Eça, Susanne Nyrop, Keiko Schneider, Rita Zeinstejer, Arif Altun, Christopher Johnson, Aiden Yeh, Dafne Gonzalez Chavez, Buthaina Othman, Arlyn Freed, Michael Coghlan Complete session descriptions and registration information available at http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/EVOL/evol2003.htm Housing and registration information is now available for TESOL 2003, to be held in March in Baltimore, On line go to http://www.tesol.org/
The National Center for Family Literacy has issued a call for proposals for sessions at the 2003 National Conference on Family Literacy. The conference will take place in Long Beach, California from March 16 to18, 2003 and will be held in conjunction with the California Family Literacy Conference. Details available at available at NCFL's Web site at http://www.famlit.org other events and conferences http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar_world.cgi
from previous bulletins: REMINDERS, RESOURCES:
SABES Resource Lists Available. From Carey Reid [full message here]: As you might know, Massachusetts now has a rigorous, stand-alone ABE teacher's license. SABES, the System for Adult Basic Education Support, is a state-wide staff development system funded by MassDOE. Ö[S]months ago I asked if NLA subscribers were interested in helping SABES build resource lists, by standard, in support of teachers seeking the new license here in Massachusetts. Many of you helped out, thank you, and we've also worked with small groups of people locally to build these 29 lists, now with over 150 resources--books, articles, websites, and videos. The lists are now available on SABES's license support website at http://www.sabes.org/license. You can get quickly to the lists by clicking on the "new resources added" link under What's New, or at any time by using the resources link on the bottom of every webpage. When you arrive at the chart listing the 29 standards, click on any standard to go to the resource list we've compiled for it. The lists are annotated; with the annotations, teachers who wish to improve their knowledge and skills in respect to a particular standard can be more assured they're getting the resource they want or need. If the resource can be viewed or downloaded on the Net, we've provided a link. Additionally, we want to improve these lists, so please email me
if you'd like to suggest additions or changes. BTW, the full list
of resources is also collected in a ProCite bibliography file, so if you
use that software and would like to have your own "instant" database, let
me know and I'll email you the file. As stated earlier, SABES is funded
by the Massachusetts Department of Education. To avoid confusion,
the website is not an official DOE site but rather one of SABES's means
of supporting license-seeking teachers in our state. Links to Massachusetts
DOE webpages, however, are provided on the site.
breathe - everyday yoga at your desk. http://www.mydailyyoga.com/yoga/everyday_yoga.html Stop the Hate, http://www.stopthehate.net/index1.htm - provides numerous resources of value to anyone working in adult education, community development and/or hoping to consider viable ways in which to approach social change.
list servs: LR/RI listserv: As some of you know, Literacy Resources has a list serv - an email discussion group available to anyone with access to email in the state (or beyond, as interest warrants). To learn more about the list, or to subscribe, please send an email message to janet_isserlis@brown.edu. To date, about 30 people have joined the list. Its purpose is to provide a forum for local educators to discuss policy, practice, resources, issues and news related to our work with one another. Unlike the bulletin, which arrives as email, the list is interactive - when you respond to message from the discussion list, everyone else on the list receives your message -- and the conversation, we hope, continues and grows. VALUE e-list: VALUE has established a valuelearners mailing for email users, hosted by the Western/Pacific Literacy Network, part of the National Institute for Literacy Information and Communication Network System (LINCS). This "e-list" is a way for adult learners who are members of VALUE to communicate with each other. Only adult learners who are members of VALUE can subscribe to this e-list. VALUE is the national organization for adult learners (current or former participants in adult basic skills programs) in the United States. VALUE provides training and other supports to adult learners who want to be more effective leaders in their education programs, communities, and states. This e-list is being managed by members of VALUE's Communications Committee. Subscribers are encouraged to communicate about information, ideas, questions, or problems of interest to them. If you are a member of VALUE and need help subscribing, please contact LR/RI. If you're not a member, but would like to become one, contact LR/RI or visit the VALUE website at http://literacynet.org/value.
Professional development initiative: In 1998, I spent time at the RI Dislocated Worker Program, facilitating classes for teachers there so that they could have an opportunity to observe one another's classes and to reflect on their learning and teaching. (The full text of their reflections is available on the LR/RI web site at Writing from the Field - or contact LR/RI for a hard copy). Please let me know if you would like to participate in this process of professional development. All that's required is your willingness to share your reflections about the observation/learning process for others. I hope to build a block of writing and thinking about this and other forms of our own professional development both through the bulletin and the web site.
Please contact LR/RI if you have information, questions or announcements to share with adult educators in Rhode Island. Bulletins go out at least twice a month; more frequently when there's more to share. To submit information for the next bulletin, please contact LR/RI by phone (401-863-2839), mail (PO Box 1974, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912) or email. back to LR/RI home |
