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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.May 10, 2004 Bulletin #181
Dear Colleagues, Calls for participation, employment,
funding,
and conference and workshop opportunities, online
and other resources. To post information, please contact
LR/RI
or leave a message (401-863-2839).
Janet Isserlis
NOTICES
Maintain support for the National Institute for Literacy, the only federal agency dedicated to adult literacy and language learning. If you've used the LINCS website, participated in any of its lists, etc., please make your voice heard: To learn more about the critical effort to preserve NIFL, go to http://savenifl.org/. From David Rosen (djrosen@comcast.net):
ESOL share ESOL share Thursday, June 10th. nancy Fritz, Deb Venator and Michele Rajotte will review their workshop given at the State Conference. 2:00 PM at the Genesis Center. Many thanks to all who contributed to the Adult Education conference last month - participants, presenters, organizers. If you have an evaluation form, please fax it to 863-3094, or mail it to LR/RI at PO Box 1974, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Your input helped us shape this year's conference and will be invaluable in helping us plan for 2005.Ý ELCIVICS share? If you'd like to participate in a monthly discussion group around EL CIVICS questions, curricula and related concerns, please contact LR/RI. This group could meet over the summer, or begin in the fall, depending on interest. Please let me know by the end of June if you'd be interested in participating. final share: research project participants will discuss their work on Wednesday, May 26, from 1 to 4 pm at the Genesis Center. Please join us; to learn more about the current projects: http://www.brown.edu/lrri/research0304.html
Adult Education and Literacy System Action Plan - read about it, get involved: This web site will be used to share meeting dates, agendas, and minutes for all teams, allowing all interested parties to particpate, show up, or follow the process. http://www.ripolicy.org/literacy/ Governor Carcieri created the Adult Literacy Task Force to develop an integrated, high-quality adult literacy system. The Task Force has embarked on a participatory planning process that will draw in the expertise of the adult education community in the state and draw on best-practices nationally to envision a system to better meet the needs of Rhode Islanders. Expanding opportunities for adults without the literacy skills to access good jobs or higher education now has the direct involvement of the Governor. This creates a long-awaited window of opportunity to do the difficult work of system building. The Governor and the General Assembly stepped up to the plate and delivered $1.4 million in new state money for adult literacy as part of the 2003 Jobs Initiative and the Governor created the task force. 1. System Objectives, Elements, and Governance working group (Team 2 on Action Plan) Contact: Judy Titzel judy@ripolicy.org 2. Professionalizing Instruction working group Contact: Bob Mason ride1555@ride.ri.us 3. Participant Assessment working group 4. Program Quality and Performance Measures
State Adult Education Conference - Thursday, April 22, 2004. To register for the conference, please contact LVA-RI (401) 861-0815, or email janet_isserlis@brown.edu. The registration fee is $20 per person, and scholarships are available. Updated information at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference04.html The Children's Museum is open for free on the first Sunday of each month. Families can play, learn and have fun together in the Museum's hands-on exhibits, all free of charge. This is sponsored by CVS/Pharmacy.Ý For information call 401-273-KIDS. Held at 100 South Street, Providence.ÝÝ call for papers: The National Even Start Association and the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State University Announce a Call for Papers for Family Literacy Forum A Special Issue on Research in Family Literacy Manuscripts due July 12, 2004. Family Literacy Forum is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year by the National Even Start Association (NESA), a membership organization that provides a national voice and vision for Even Start Family Literacy Partnerships. Family Literacy Forum is committed to bringing the ideas and experiences of individuals in the field to the forefront of discussions about the literacy development of families in home, community, and school-based settings. The Goodling Institute's three goals: To develop a sound conceptual, interdisciplinary research base for guiding practice and policy; to build the capacity of the field to provide high quality, research-based instruction and program development; and to provide leadership in family literacy through communication and collaborative action with professional organizations, state departments of education, policy makers and the general public. For this issue, we welcome manuscripts that focus on research regarding the development of literacy in families and/or family literacy programs.Ý These should employ any of the following and should include implications for practice: 1. Qualitative and/or quantitative empirical studies 2. Conceptual arguments based on prior research 3. Research reviews in an effort to expand understanding of a particular topic 4. Reports focusing on aspects of evaluation theory, practice and method Discussions about implications for practice may: Explore practical ideas for working with families and their literacy development- Examine the role of research and continuous program development- Raise issues and concerns about current research and practice in the field. Manuscripts should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words. Submissions should be typed double-spaced, including quotations and references. Submissions should be typed in 12-point font. Include a cover sheet with the manuscript title, authors' names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses.The names of the authors should not appear on the text as submissions are reviewed anonymously by peers. Instead, type an identifying word on the top of each page.- Follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, for reference style guidelines. Present important information in the text and do not use footnotes or extensive endnotes. To submit a manuscript, or for other editorial correspondence, please contact: Claudia M. Ullman, Family Literacy Forum, at cullman2@nyc.rr.com or Eunice N. Askov, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, at ena1@psu.edu. RHODE ISLANDERS:
Studies show that the less education a person has, the less likely s/he is to vote. Yet, adult learners' well being is profoundly affected by the outcomes of current public policy debates. Adult educators need to help learners to understand their self-interest and to see that their vote does count. The 2004 elections are a teachable moment with high stakes outcomes for low-income people in the United States. Any interested adult education program in New England may join by registering
on the web site .
Each New England state is forming a VERA task force of practitioners and advocacy organizations. Rhode Island needs your help in developing a statewide strategy and plan to mobilize the adult literacy community to vote in the 2004 presidential elections. Please join us for this very important task.Ý Sincerely,
learning opportunities Transition to College, Project RIRAL's ABE-to-College project is coordinated through the New England Literacy Resource Center and funded by the Nellie Mae Foundation. The project serves non-traditional adults who face many barriers to
academic success. They are often older adults who have been out of
school for many years; most are single heads of households, and many are
first generation college students. Transition to College creates
opportunities for adult literacy and high school graduates to prepare for,
enter, and succeed in post secondary education. Transition to College
offers two evening and Saturday morning sessions starting in August. This
free pre-college preparation program includes: Educational Counseling,
Academic Skills, PC Skills, College Survival Skills, and it includes workshops
in Career Exploration, Stress and Time Management, and In-House Mentoring.
Students are also assisted in completing their college and financial aid
applications and selection of college courses. While attending Transition
to College, students also take a class at the Community College of Rhode
Island earning three college credits toward their degree. Transition to
College meets at netWORKri 175 Main Street in Pawtucket, RIÝÝ For more
information, contact Marie Crecca-Romero, Coordinator at 722-9800 or email
to: creccaromero@cox.net.
An online course toward the Certificate in Family Literacy sponsored by Penn State's Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy in partnership with the National Center for Family Literacy and Penn State's World Campus available this summer. Interactive Literacy: Parents and Children (ADTED 497D, 3 credits, taught by Tom Yawkey, professor of Early Childhood Education at Penn State) May 26 - August 25. The Introduction to Family Literacy (ADTED 497A, taught by Donna Bell of NCFL); Introduction to Adult Education (ADTED 460), which are both part of the Certificate, are also available. Courses in the 15-credit certificate may be applied to a bachelor's or master's degree program. (Credits may be applied toward Penn State's online M.Ed. in Adult Education or toward other degree programs.) Registration is underway atÝ http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/famlt/ questions? Please contact Nickie Askov ena1@psu.edu Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) is offering a "Women at Work" workshop free of charge to labor and community organizations, and we're looking for groups to participate. Women at Work is a project of DARE's Jobs with Dignity Campaign, whose goal is to build women's leadership in the labor movement. In order to build connections between women workers and advance the issues that are important to women workers, this project conducts workshops which focus on efforts to preserve health care and to win community access to good, living wage jobs. If you'd like the DARE workshop team to come to a meeting, class, or other event and lead the 30-minute workshop, please contact Eric Larson at Eric_D_Larson@brown.edu. ASTHMA WORKSHOP AND ESOL LESSON This workshop fuses key, simple vocabulary and grammar into a lesson-like format tailored for ESOL learners. The workshop is one to one and a half hours long, and includes information about the main characteristics of asthma, its symptoms and triggers. Through a participatory and interactive environment, learners not only become aware of basic information relating to asthma, but they also learn English. This workshop can also include data on how asthma affects Latinos, and local community resources where they offer bilingual help. The workshop is free of cost and its language is applicable to all levels. This is a workshop that could easily be integrated into a health unit or delivered as an isolated informative session and lesson. If you and your learners would like to schedule a workshop, please feel free to contact me via e-mail or by phone. Thank you. - Erick Garcia, ESOL Facilitator, American Lung Association, 401.935.8736 erickdgarcia@hotmail.com
funding opportunities - large and less large
The UPS Foundation funds volunteer management, hunger and literacy efforts. http://www.community.ups.com/community/philanthropy/focus/main.html. The federal government's new one stop grant site: http://www.grants.gov/
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/ The Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAELII) is pleased to announce that a free 20-lesson curriculum is now available for download. These lessons were suggested and tested by teachers at the CAAELII Coalition of 20 community based organizations serving immigrants and refugees in Chicago. Developed under a grant from the Illinois Community College Board, they are aimed at students in EL/Civics classes who want to become more active and involved members of their community. The lessons include: Identifying your Elected Representatives, Writing a Letter to your Elected Representative. Calling your Elected Representative, Dealing with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) Crime and U.S. Citizenship, Getting Legal Status: An Overview,Sponsoring Relatives for a Green Card, Understanding Funding for ESL and Citizenship Classes.How a Bill Becomes a Law, The Bill of Rights and the Amendments that Guarantee Voting Rights, What to Do if You're Stopped or Questioned by the Police Using the Internet for Lesson Plans and as a Resource in the Classroom, EL/Civics Internet Resource Guide, Domestic Violence, Voting and Voting Rights, Elections,The Citizenship Interview (Parts 1-7) and Dictionary The Citizenship Interview (Parts 8-10) and Practice Interview To download one or all of the lessons go to the CAAELII web site at http://www.caaelii.org/ and click on the English Language, Civics and Citizenship Teacher's Toolbox. Also available for free download at the CAAELII site is the Active Citizens Technology in Our Neighborhood (ACTION) Curriculum, easy language lessons for beginning computer users. For more information or for questions, contact Khem@caaelii.org . employment opportunities
Substitute list: if you would like your name added to the list, please see contact LR/RI. The list needs to be updated so that it can function more usefully for teachers and programs hoping to work with them. (http://www.brown.edu/lrri/sub.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 The online version of Women in Action No. 3, 2003, issue on Women in Prisons is now available at http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia303/index.html. Living in Poverty slideshow does the math: what does it take to live at the poverty level. http://www.nccbuscc.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour2.htm RI Foundation online scholarship directory - searchable by city/town, intended field of study, current high school, and more. http://scholarship.rifoundation.org/ Blindmath., a new discussion list. This group is a place where interested persons can discuss all issues related to blindness and math. Topics for discussion include (but are not limited to) sources for accessible texts, information about tactile and auditory graphing programs, suggestions for insuring that math lectures are accessible to blind students, and strategies used by blind math instructors. Anyone with an interest in this topic is free to join this group and contribute to the discussions. The list is moderated by Angie Matney.: matneyar@vcu.edu To subscribe to the list, either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath or send e-mail to: blindmath-request@nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of the message. The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL) has releasedÝ Adult Education and Literacy in Community Colleges in Massachusetts: A Case Study. The paper, written by Martin Liebowitz, former program director at Jobs for the Future, is the first of four statewide case studies commissioned by CAAL for its task force study of the role and potential of community colleges in adult education and literacy. It examines the role of community colleges in providing adult education services (ABE, ESL, and GED) in Massachusetts and the statewide context in which the services are provided. (Other case studies are nearing completion on Illinois, Kentucky, and Oregon). The Massachusetts study is presented in five broad sections: (1) state governance of adult education and community colleges, and the context for adult education in Massachusetts; (2) demographics, goals, and performance measures in terms of students served, outcomes, and how services are delivered; (3) how adult education is managed within community colleges; (4) links and transitions within community colleges and between the colleges and the rest of the adult education system; and (5) summary and key findings. The paper is the second in a series of working papers issued by CAAL. It is designed to inform the deliberations of the task force guiding CAAL's study. Persons interested in the paper will find it in pdf format at the CAAL web site at http://www.caalusa.org (item 3 in the left column of the home page).Ý The Council has also released the third of eight resource papers prepared to help inform its national study of the role and potential of community colleges in adult education and literacy, a 35-page publication, by Vanessa Morest of the Community College Research Center of Columbia University, with assistance from Kerry Charron, Annika Fasnacht, & Daniella Olibrice. This national study analyzes data drawn from several sources, including state directors of adult education, the National Reporting System, and the US Census Bureau. Its broad aim is to examine the structure of adult education in the US with special attention to the role of community colleges as a component of the national delivery system. Among other findings, the report reveals that neither adult education nor community college systems are adequately aware of the large role that community colleges play as a service provider in adult education and literacy. This publication and the CAAL Community College Study project generally are made possible by funding from the Ford Foundation, Household International, the Lumina Foundation for Education, the McGraw-Hill Companies, the Nellie-Mae Foundation, Verizon, Inc., and several individual donors. The publications are available, at the CAAL web site From OVAE review (Vocational and Technical Education; High Schools; Adult Education and Literacy; and Community Colleges) April 30th, 2004 Susan K. Sclafani Ph.D. Assistant Secretary Office of Vocational and Adult Education US Department of Education Angela Desrochers - Editor Full text online at http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html features include: Professional Development Opportunities- Looking for professional development activities designed especially for career and technical education teachers? Could you benefit from the convenience and accessibility of electronic webcasting? The National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education (NDCCTE) can bring a diversity of topics and expert presenters into your classroom, your conference room, and your home. You are only a click away!Ý http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html#profdev - Spring Meeting for the State Directors of Vocational and Technical Education http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html#spring - Job Shadowing Can Inspire Students to Higher Goals http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html#shadow - Undergraduate Rural Poverty Fellows Program The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Rural Poverty Research Center is seeking undergraduate students for a unique leadership program in rural poverty and policy. Students selected to participate in the Undergraduate Rural Poverty Fellows program will be expected to complete an individual research project focused on rural poverty during the 2004-2005 school. They will also present a report on their project at a convening of the Fellows in 2005. The deadline for applications is May 14. For information, go to http://www.rupri.org/rprc/ugflyer2004.pdf http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html#rural - State Directors of Adult Education Work on Preparing America's Future Over one hundred state directors of adult education and staff convened for the 2004 National Meeting of Adult Education State Directors in Columbus, Ohio, on April 21-24th to work on implementing the vision of adult education conveyed in the Administration's Blueprint for Preparing America's Future. National meeting goals supported the principles of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and included: http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaereview/orev043004.html#aepaf Teacher to Teacher Initiative: Supporting Success (Teacher Quality website http://www.teacherquality.us/ Declaration of Rights for Parents of English Language Learners On April 7th, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new interactive Declaration of Rights website to inform parents of English language learners about No Child Left Behind and their rights under this historic law. http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/extracredit/2004/04/0408.html New Aids for Understanding Education Research and Evidence-Based Practices
Two new resources on education research provide user-friendly explanations
of effective research and how to identify evidence-based practices.
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has
released
From Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi: I want to let you know about a new feature we are piloting for the Health & Literacy Special Collection Website http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs and invite you to participate. We want to establish a Health & Literacy Weblog - an active space where teachers and health educators can share health and literacy ideas and experiences. Weblogs usually take the form of a running journal. Over time we hope to invite different teachers (and provide them with stipends) to reflect via the "blog." Steve Quann is leading the pilot, going through the process of developing a health lesson, implementing it in his ESL classroom, and with the input of others (this is were you come in), reflecting on the experience. We are looking for folks interested in health and literacy, and the Internet to log on and comment! The more people, and comments the better! Securing the Right to Learn An internationally-produced guide to advocacy- adult educators from 10 countries met to produce an advocacy guide for use by adult educators in increasing demand for adult learning at local, national and global levels and in a variety of geographical and societal contexts. http://www.niace.org.uk/projects/RightToLearn/ Reports from Research with Youth. Read the findings of a year long research study carried out in Ontario to: deepen understanding of the complex picture of how violence affects learning,; examine how school responses play a part in creating this picture, and, strengthen the possibilities to support learning for youth in high schools and in youth literacy and training programs. The Challenge to Create a Safer learning Environment for Youth by Jenny Horsman - the full 83 page report:- $10 (plus mailing) The Impact of Violence on Learning for Youth: What Can we Do by Jenny Horsman - focuses particularly on the words of the interviewees - especially the youth - and their suggestions about what we can do to improve education - $4 (plus mailing)ÝÝ You have to believe it to see it: Safer learning in dangerous times by Nicole Ysabet -a brief booklet aimed at youth ? 50 cents (free with the other reports if requested). All three publications can also be down loaded free from : http://www.jennyhorsman.com. To order please email Nicole at feedback@jennyhorsman.com You can also contact us at that address with feedback on the publications - we would love to hear from you. The Center on an Aging Societyís Issue Brief , Cultural Competence in Health Care, points out that the increasing diversity of the population brings opportunities and challenges for the health care system in the US. Racial and ethnic minorities, who are disproportionately burdened by chronic illness, are also likely to benefit from care that is delivered in a culturally competent manner. The Brief notes that the commitment to cultural competence is growing among health care providers and systems, and that more attention to this issue could help improve access to health care services, quality of care, and health outcomes for vulnerable populations. http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/pubhtml/cultural/cultural.html Program Quality Indicators for Adult Education Programs, Program Quality Indicators for Volunteer Literacy Programs and Program Quality Indicators for TANF Agencies - all edited by Donna S. ShermanReviewed by over forty practitioners and based on the Bridges to Practice Indicators of High Quality Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities, these program quality indicators can be used to plan for long-term program improvement in serving adults with learning disabilities. Use these program quality indicators with the Bridges to Practice guidebooks and training. Requests for copies of the indicators should be addressed to Kaye Beall at kbeall@proliteracy.org. PDF versions of the documents available online at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/ld.html; word versions available upon request. - YouthBuild USA Learning Network has links to Web sites and full-text documents, and which includes a section on "Authentic Materials/Engaged Learning/Constructivism/Contextual Learning/Project-based Learning." http://www.youthbuild.org/learningnetwork/professionaldev.html
From David J. Rosen, EBAE Discussion List Moderator From late October to early December I moderated an online discussion about a National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) paper, "Establishing an Evidence-based Adult Education System." More than 200 adult literacy educators from across North America joined in. The purpose of the work group was "to have a thoughtful conversation about establishing an Evidence-based Adult Education System" in the United States. Messages, from practitioners and researchers, were posted in response to three sets of questions. A second discussion will take place from late January into February, 2004. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for a broad range of adult literacy education practitioners, researchers and others to read, react to, and add to the first discussion. A synthesis of the first discussion is online at http://www.alri.org/Rosen/ebae.htm. The NCSALL paper can be downloaded from http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/research/occas.htm
. Subscribers to the new discussion will want to read the paper and the
synthesis of the first discussion. To subscribe to this discussion list
("listserv") go to: http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/ebae,
and scroll down the page.
Providence Community Resource Network (PCRN) http://www.provplan.org/pcrn Spanish language version of PCRN is up and running. You can access the site from the PCRN home page, http://www.provplan.org/pcrn, or go straight to http://www.provplan.org/pcrnespa. The Web pages, online instructions, and the content of the database have all been translated. Civics 101 - website of the RI Secretary of State, at http://www.rules.state.ri.us/civics_101/; a high school curriculum that may be adaptable for adult learners and/or useful for initiating critical reflection about citizenship and communities. .The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women has placed many of its critical resources on women and literacy online. To access these materials at Search CCLOW - http://www.nald.ca/cclow/search/ - or contact LR/RI for more information.Ý 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
12th Annual Conference on Serving Youth and Adults with Learning Disabilities on May 27th at the Hartford Marriott in Farmington. Free half-day Pre-Conference site visits to local programs and services on May 26th. Conference brochures will be available soon, http://www.crec.org/atdn/disabilities/ldconf.shtml The Community of Scholars Writing Retreat is for academics and scholars who want to concentrate on their own projects. Working retreat provides morning work sessions at one's own pace, discussion on academic publishing, writing strategies, manuscript review, and optional daily readings. Recreational and cultural activities to stimulate creativity and reflection. Slots still available for the week of June 7-14, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. $930 for full week includes private sleeping room and bath with workspace, all meals, hot tub, community rooms and decks. Daily shuttle into Steamboat Springs. Internet access. Airport shuttle from Denver or Hayden airports additional. For registration /information http://www.communityofscholars.com or contact Barbara Sparks at sparks173@aol.com or 970-291-9115. The Workforce Improvement Network holds its 2004 Summer Institute on June 21 and 22, at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. All adult and workforce educators are invited to attend. Dr. Yvonne Thayer, director of adult education and literacy for the Virginia Department of Education, will give the welcoming address and participants will be able to choose from two workshop tracks: GED Learning in the Workplace and Building Websites for ESOL Students. More information on the Summer Institute 2004 and a downloadable registration form can be found at: http://vawin.jmu.edu/news/announcements/summer2004.php call for proposals: The Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health, Staying the Course: October 17-19, Ottawa . Literacy and Health in the First Decade, will bring together learners, practitioners and leading experts from Canada and the United States in a national forum to discuss what is being done to improve the health of Canadians with low literacy skills in the areas of practice, policy and research. The conference is: Proposed conference themes include: improving health services, raising literacy skills, focusing on language and culture, building healthy public policy and learning through research. A Call for Abstracts will be sent out in early February with a deadline for submission of May 14. Our objectives are to: Raise awareness of links between literacy and health; Identify how the Canadian context affects literacy and health; Exchange and document best practices and research in literacy and health in Canada; Identify policy issues involved in the linkage between literacy and health; Strengthen literacy and health networks and facilitate new partnerships in the area of practice, policy and research across different sectors (such as health, education, and employment). To join our on-line Discussion Group and receive updates, or for information http://www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth or e-mail literacyandhealth_conf@cpha.ca. - Lynn Chiarelli, Project Coordinator/Coordonnatrice de projet. Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health/Deuxième Conférence canadienne sur l'alphabétisation et la santé Canadian Public Health Association/Association canadienne de santé publique 400-1565 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1 Telephone: 613-725-3769 x112 Fax: 613-725-9826 http://www.nlhp.cpha.ca
other events and conferences http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar_world.cgi TESOL worldwide calendar of events http://www.tesol.org/isaffil/calendar/index.html
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 what do you think? LR/RI has had an online survey on its site forever. 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.
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