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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.Jnly 30, 2004 Bulletin #184
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). will be out of the office from August 4-15, but will be checking voicemail and email frequently.
Janet Isserlis
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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/. ELCIVICS share - August 5th at 1:00 pm at the Genesis Center. There were some suggestions on topics for that meeting, including ideas for projects (on the idea of the recently presented research-share projects), use of primary sources (oral histories, etc.), current events ideas, and student debates on various civics-related topics. The next Adult Literacy Task Force meeting will be held in August, at a time to be announced. (see http://www.ripolicy.org/literacy for more information) Rethinking Schools is going to publish a teaching book about math and social justice. We are looking for classroom based articles describing how teachers integrate issues of social justice into math instruction.... whether its arithmetic, statistics, measurement, algebra, geometry etc. If you or a colleague are interested in possibly writing such an article/lesson plan send an email to us with a brief description of what you have in mind. If you know of an article/lesson plan etc. already written that you think would be good to include in such a book, please send us the reference or a photocopy of it. We are looking for math activities/teaching ideas from kindergarten through 12th grade. The deadline for articles is September 1, 2004. If you are not familiar with the books Rethinking Schools publishes, please see http://www.rethinkingschools.org. - Bob Peterson, repmilw@aol.com Milwaukee, WI 414-265-6217 and Rico Gutstein gutsteinrico@earthlink.net Chicago, Il Disability Mentoring Day comes RI for the first time on October 20th. We need your support for part of the day to be a host organization and/or mentor for mostly high school juniors and seniors. Their aspirations may be just what you are looking for in a future employee. Share the positives and minuses of working in your field and your company too. They can then tailor their course of study to ramp up to job success for them and maybe even at your organization as an intern or full employee later. RI Disability Mentoring Day is that first step and your joint success. Whether you are a profit or non profit worker, company manager, police officer or teacher, they need your help...and you need great workers. Disability Mentoring Day enables students and job-seekers to spend part of a day visiting a business, organization or government agency that matches their interests and have one-on-one time with volunteer mentors. It's an opportunity to underscore connections between school and work, evaluate personal goals, target career skills for improvement, explore possible career paths, and develop lasting mentor relationships. The history of the program shows that students and job seekers participation in Disability Mentoring Day can result in an internship opportunity with the host employer, function as a firsiinterview on the way to a part-time or full-time employment offer, or even an on-the-spot firm job offer. Disability Mentoring Day provides public and private employers with an opportunity to recruit interns, tap a pool of potential future employees, learn more about the experience of disability, develop lasting relationships with disability community leaders, demonstrate positive leadership in their communities and attract positive media attention. Additionally, employers can get involved by enabling employees to serve as volunteer mentors, functioning as a Local Coordinator for their local community, and supportive sponsoring the RI Disability Mentoring Day at the state level. .Arthur M. Plitt, President of Checklist International, is the RI Coordinator for this event and can be reached by email at kingarthurarthur@yahoo.com or ridisabilitymentoringday@yahoo.com Eureka! Math Programs - inspiring adult learners and adult educators - Are you an adult educator interested in adding a tool to your repertoire? Would you like to have inspired and interested students? Tom Brillat, Executive Director of the Washington County Adult Learning Center, and Mark Binder, professional author and storyteller have developed 2 Eureka! Math programs that will interest you. Program 1: Eureka! Math Stories for Adult Learners is designed to help basic adult education students recognize that mathematics education is achievable, relevant to their lives, and worth the time and effort necessary to learn it. Program 2: Eureka! Using Math Stories to Teach Adults is a training program to give educators insights and tools to break through the walls adult learners often have. Both programs dispel the myths and misconceptions about learning math. They provide students and teachers with insight into overcoming negative beliefs about their math abilities, teach techniques to reduce anxiety, and often inspire learners to go beyond "Is this on the test?" And, of course, they help teach math. Are you interested but concerned about the cost? These programs usually cost $450 per presentation, however matching funds from the RI Department of Education and the National Story Network have helped reduce costs for the Eureka! Math Project during September and October. Seminar tuition for organizations that book by September 1 will be $250 for one, and $500 for two presentations. (Savings of $200 each) Still worried about cost? If your organization books presentations by August 15, you will save an additi-onal $50 on one presentation or $150 on two presentations! In other words, if you make plans by August 15, one workshop will cost only $200, and two workshops will cost only $350. Course sizes are limited to 25 adult learners or adult educators. Multiple courses must be scheduled on the same date. Teachers will learn the basics of story development and techniques for integrating stories into the curricula. They will also be introduced to the research behind the successful use of narrative in the classroom and will gain insights in how to make stories interesting and pertinent to adults. Teachers will also leave with stories they can use in their classes. Adult learners will learn how to manage their fears, get over their anxieties, relate math to real life, and have a little fun. For reservations and further information please call Tom Brillat: 783-0293 or email tom@wcalc.org. 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.? 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: We would like to invite you/your agency to join RI VERA (Voter Education, Registration, and Action).RI VERA '04 is a non-partisan effort aimed at adult literacy learners and program staff in the New England states. Its goal is to educate adult learners about voting and the topical electoral issues and to mobilize them to vote in the 2004 elections. VERA is sponsored by the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) at World Education.Voting is one of our most basic civil rights and responsibilities. Yet, barely one half (51.3%) of voting age adults voted in the 2000 United States presidential elections (Federal Election Commission, 2003). Voting rates in The United States are among the lowest of any democracy in the world. We should not allow another presidential election to go by with only one half of the voting age population bothering to go to the polls. 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.? Sincerely,
advocacy - how one group works: FYI, this from workers at the Providence Public Library. For those interested in approaches to advocacy (and to the issue at hand), this might be of interest: " Greetings to media, the public, and friends - if you are interested in what the library workers at the Providence Public Library have to say about the current situation, or you are interested in helping out, or you just are curious....Then please checkout our brand new website for the public. It may be a little rough because it is new, but please give it a look and spread the word! http://www.provlibdefense.org We are happy to announce that ALM is starting a refereed online journal, ISSN 1744 - 1803. The ALM Journal will be published twice a year. The first volume is planned to be published by the end of this year. "Adults Learning Mathematics - An International Journal" is an
international refereed journal that provides a forum for the online publication
of high quality research on the teaching and learning, knowledge and uses
of numeracy/mathematics to adults at all levels in a variety of educational
sectors. Submitted papers should normally be of interest to an international
readership. We invite contributions in the following areas:
Special-Topic Issue, Autumn 2006 Race and TESOL. Edited by Ryuko Kubota and Angel Lin TESOL Quarterly invites TESOL professionals worldwide to submit abstracts for the 2006 special-topic issue focusing on how issues of race affect English language learning and teaching. Abstracts should describe previously unpublished work that bridges theory,
research, and practice and uses language that is accessible to TESOL Quarterly's
broad readership. In addition to abstracts for full-length articles, authors
are invited to submit descriptions of shorter papers for Brief Reports
and Summaries and the Forum, as well as reviews of cutting-edge books.
Articles are sought on a broad range of topics that explicitly address
race and TESOL from theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical perspectives,
especially work that focuses on race's interrelationship with other categories,
such as gender, class, and sexual identity. Topic areas include:
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, RI?? For more
information, contact Marie Crecca-Romero, Coordinator at 722-9800 or email
to: creccaromero@cox.net.
The People's School Summer 2004 Schedule of Free Workshops The People's School is a free community-learning project that's been taking place in Providence for the last year and a half. As a collective, we are committed to: sharing knowledge rooted in people's experiences, challenging the racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism within ourselves and our communities, and learning outside of traditional educational structures. This summer we have an exciting new group of workshops taking place, beginning June 14 at the CityArts building, 891 Broad Street in South Providence. You can register for these workshops, listed below, by visiting our website at http://www.peopleschool.org or by leaving us a message at (401) 427-2181. These workshops are all free of cost, but register now so that we know how many people to expect. This summer we're also opening a new classroom, library space, and public-access computer lab in the back of the CityArts building. This space will be open from 5:30 - 9:30, Monday through Friday, beginning June 14. For directions to the space, visit our website. 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/ 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 Islam is the second largest religion in the world, with more than 1.2 billion followers. Muslims reside in 184 countries and represent many different ethnic groups and linguistic backgrounds, yet no other country in the world has a Muslim population that is as culturally and religiously diverse as that of the United States. It is this population that the Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics writes about in a publication for teachers, case workers, employers, and other service providers working with Muslim refugees. Written by by Patricia S. Maloof and Fariyal Ross-Sheriff, "Muslim Refugees in the US: A Guide for Service Providers," is a basic introduction to the worldview of Muslim peoples. Topics covered in this 48-page document include an overview of the fundamental tenets of Islam, necessary conditions for successful resettlement, special considerations when working with Muslim men, women, children, and elderly, as well as a list of resources for both refugees and service providers. The document includes critical incidents that discuss such issues as wearing the hijab on the job, two families living together rather than taking the separate apartments provided for them; school issues with children, etc., taken from actual incidents with Muslim refugees in the United States. These case studies include questions for discussion. The guide can be downloaded at http://151.200.230.112/muslims/index.html and: coming soon from CAL: "The Hmong: An Introduction to their History and Culture" For more information, contact Sanja Bebic at sanja@cal.org Or Sharyl Tanck at sharyl@cal.org Webcast event hosted by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL): an interactive presentation about the Health Literacy Component (HLC) of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). The NAAL HLC is the first-ever national assessment designed specifically to measure health literacy. This webcast event, targeted especially toward the research community, will highlight key design features, new types of data, and data uses. Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 - 3:30p.m: Instruction on how to access the presentation will be provided at: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20040803/webcast08-03.html Presenters: Sheida White, National Center for Education Statistics
Please RSVP by August 2 to Connie Harich via e-mail charich@nifl.gov Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the
2003 NAAL assesses the literacy skills of a nationally representative sample
of about 18,000 American adults. Data collection has been completed, and
results will be released in summer 2005.
(and, a related reminder note): The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) in New York has a health literacy pilot project underway. Tilla Elahi, one of the teachers involved, is posting on the Health and Literacy Weblog. Her program is partnering with Harlem Hospital and her students are doing some exemplary work. Learn more about the project in progress on the Weblog on the LINCS Health & Literacy Special Collection homepage http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs , click on weblog.) The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy has released a new paper in its community colleges series, The Illinois Community College System and Adult Education, by Suzanne Knell and Janet Scogins, CAAL's Working Paper 5, issued in conjunction with its study of the role and potential of community colleges in adult education and literacy. Illinois is a model of national significance for many reasons, including
the fact that 77% of adult education and literacy learners in the state
is served by community colleges. It is also the largest
Fall registration - online courses in Penn State's Certificate in Family Literacy You ma y select individual courses or the entire Certificate.. This fall: Introduction to Family Literacy (ADTED 497A) and Adult Literacy (ADTED 497B). View samples (including syllabi) https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/welcome/adted497afa04/ and https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/welcome/adted497bfa04/. Introduction to Adult Education (ADTED 460) is offered every semester; you can see the syllabus online https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/welcome/adted460/sp04/syllabus.shtml. Classes begin with an orientation on Sept. 1; course content begins on Sept. 8. To get a taste of what it is like to be an online student, try this free World Campus course: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/home/studserv/ss_wc101.shtml. Please email Nickie Askov (ena1@psu.edu) if you have questions. (also see: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/famlt/index.shtml). Living in Poverty slideshow does the math: what does it take
to live at the poverty level.
RI Foundation online scholarship directory - searchable by city/town, intended field of study, current high school, and more. http://scholarship.rifoundation.org/
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)?? 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
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.? 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 call for Proposals: Literacy Changes Lives - The 14th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy, sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), to be held in Louisville, Kentucky; April 25-27, 2005. Session proposal forms available at the Conference section of NCFL's Website http://www.famlit.org. The deadline for submission is October 15. We are especially interested in presentations that share successful, specific outcomes and strategies that work well for the diverse populations family literacy serves. Proposals are welcome from literacy practitioners and from professionals in administration, policy and research. Having trouble accessing the form? Contact conference@famlit.org. Questions about the proposal process? Contact Debbie Nichols, Director, Outreach Services, National Center for Family Literacy, at (502) 584-1133 x 152 or by e-mail at dnichols@famlit.org. 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. 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 From Archie Willard, Conference Chair, announcing the 15th New Readers of Iowa Conference, Health and Literacy Working Together, (September 10-11 in Des Moines, Iowa). If you are an adult learner and want to learn more about health or if
you are a professional who wants to learn together with us, please call
Karmen Shriver at North Iowa Area Community College at 641-422-4341 for
information and/or to register. There is no conference fee.
Making Knowledge: Democracy, Cultural Partnerships, and the University University of Pennsylvania, November 5 - 7 What happens when democracy, imagination, and scholarship converge? Drawing on the groundbreaking work of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Community Partnerships, this year's conference will explore the collaborative production of new knowledge for the public good. Citizen scholars, working in and with universities, push the limits of community-based work in the arts and humanities. Based at the University of Michigan, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life is a national consortium of colleges and universities committed to fostering campus-community partnerships in the arts and humanities. The conference program will showcase new research produced through cultural partnerships. Sessions will focus on innovative projects at the Center for Community Partnerships and major Imagining America initiatives, including the Tenure Transformation Team, research on excellent campus-community collaborations, and Sekou Sundiata's "dramatorio" in progress, The America Project. For more information, please contact Kristin Hass at kah@umich.edu,call (734) 615-8370, or see? http://www.ia.umich.edu.
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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