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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.11September, 1997 Bulletin #19 Dear Colleagues, This bulletin contains a few new announcements, program start up information, sharing sessions, employment opportunities and reminders.
Janet Isserlis ____________________________________________________________ NOTICES The National Institute for Literacy is seeking information about programs that are effectively using basic skills instruction as a fundamental component of assisting welfare recipients in moving successfully into the workplace, and will use this information to document for state and local policymakers, welfare-to-work programs, and literacy programs how literacy training can be a critical element in making welfare reform a success for all. NIFL will disseminate the information broadly in order to help programs across the country develop the best means possible for preparing welfare recipients for self-sufficiency. Programs that are selected as models will be provided with financial support to enable them to present a major national education, training, and welfare conferences. The deadline is SEPTEMBER 19. If you have questions or would like a form to nominate your program or a program you are familiar with, please contact Garrett Murphy at 518/459-0738.
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Citizenship preparation/ESOL classes at RSVP Literacy Program, Woonsocket Registration and classes will be held at RSVP Literacy Program, Woonsocket Senior Center, 84 Social Street, Suite L-2. Registration will be held Tuesday, September 2 - Friday, September 19 from 9:30 to 3:00 pm daily, on Wednesday, September 3 and 17, and Thursday, September 4 and 18 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Classes are scheduled to begin the week of September 22. For more information, please call Arlene or Hannah at (401)766-2300.
From Art Ellison, in NH: The Sept/Oct l997 issue of Dollars and Sense contains a number of articles of interest to adult educators, particularly those working with welfare reform and workfare students. Two of the best from this issue are: Unfair Workfare by Eleanor Bader and Hitting Bottom: Welfare "Reform2 and Labor Markets by Elaine Mccrate. Copies of Dollars and Sense, available at a cost $3.95, can be obtained by writing to Dollars and Sense, One Summer St., Somerville, Mass. 02143.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has put together a brochure in Spanish and English that informs parents about their children's rights to attend school under the Plyler v. Doe U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Plyler v. Doe safeguards the right of undocumented children to attend public school in the U.S. The brochure is free and available from the following organizations:
Teacher with experience in adult education and understanding of the rationale behind family literacy programs is needed to start this month at the William D1Abate school in Providence. Classes are held Wed, Thurs, and Fridays, from 9 to 3, with parents of students at the school, with the goal of increasing literacy skills and/or completing the GED tests. Send resumes to William D'Abate School, 60 Kossuth Street, Providence, RI 02909, attn: Lucille Furia. For further information, please contact 456-9416, ask for the principle.
EMPLOYMENT NOTICE: Equipped For the Future Technical Assistant/VERA Coordinator Job Responsibilities Curriculum Resources Development for EFF Field Test and Pilot Sites, primarily on civic participation topics; Identify and review existing curriculum resources on civic participation topics; select best and most appropriate ones (to be compiled into a Resource Kit by staff at CLS); Identify, compile, and adapt (in consultation with the original authors) best CPS inquiry project lessons for ESOL and ABE to support the use of EFF Standards; Develop recommendations for teaching materials needing to be developed. EFF InstitutesHelp plan the EFF Field Test Kick-Off Institute for January 1998: program content and related materials;Help plan the EFF Field Test Debriefing Institute for summer/fall 1998: program content and related materials. Technical Assistance Help develop documentation tools and processes for field testing and piloting; Provide technical assistance by phone, mail, email and at least 2 visits to up to six field test sites during the field testing and piloting;Help train consultants to provide support to the field test sites. Standards Development Assist with the writing of the EFF Standards Consultation Draft; Work with EFF Partners to refine performance indicators for the EFF Standards. Structured Feedback SessionsFacilitate or co-facilitate 1-2 structured feedback sessions in New England. Analysis Help analyze field test data and develop recommendations for the pilot based on the analysis; Develop recommendations for staff development approaches for EFF based on the field test experience and current knowledge about effective staff development. VERA Coordination January - June 1998: Orient and support VERA catalyst teachers by mail, phone, email and in the quarterly meetings of the NELRC Political and Economic Literacy work group;Meet with each VERA Action-Reflection team once between January and June 1998;Identify and review existing curriculum resources on civic participation topics and select best and most appropriate ones for the VERA. Action-Reflection teams. Help develop documentation tools and processes for the teacher research. July - September 1998Help analyze and synthesize teacher research data;Lead the development of a Sourcebook on Civic Participation in Adult Literacy Meetings Participate in EFF Development Partners' meetings and Advisory Committee meetings; Participate in World Education Literacy Division staff meetings;Participate in quarterly meetings of the NELRC Political and Economic Literacy work group. QUALIFICATIONS 1. Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multifaceted projects, meet deadlines; self-directed. 2. Documented experience in the provision of trainings and other forms of staff development in ESOL and/or ABE, GED. 3. Documented experience in teaching materials development for ESOL and/or ABE, GED. 4. Knowledgeable about the Equipped for the Future project and standards development 5.Demonstrated ability to work well as a member of a team. 6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 7. Extensive knowledge about adult literacy pedagogy, programs, issues and direct working experience. 8.Willing and able to do overnight travel out-of-state (10-12 trips per year) SALARY.6 FTE (3 days a week) position; 2 days on EFF, one on VERA. Salary is $40,000/yr with excellent, prorated benefits. To apply, send resume and cover letter by 9/19/97 to: Silja Kallenbach, NELRC/World Education, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210. Email: skallenbach@worlded.org. No phone calls, please.
Laubach Literacy is seeking grant applications for its 1997 National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF). Over the next year, the NBSF will distribute more than $200,000 in books & other educational materials to qualified adult literacy & educational programs worldwide. Last year the NBSF gave over $266,000 worth of in-kind grants to 147 programs. First priority is given to family literacy programs that work to improve the literacy skills of parents and their children. Grants are also awarded to programs that work with special groups, such as the homeless, refugees, people learning English as a Second Language, and adults with learning disabilities. The purpose of these grants is to enable local educational groups to expand their work or to begin new programs among under-served populations. The NBSF is made possible through the support of the Richard D. Donchian Foundation, the Patricia Crail Brown Foundation, and hundreds of donations from institutions and individuals across the country. For more information or to apply for an NBSF grant, contact Mara Roberts, Project Administrator, The National Book Scholarship Fund, Laubach Literacy, 1320 Jamesville Ave, PO Box 131, Syracuse, NY 13210-0131, or call 315-422-9121, ext.345, or e-mail mroberts@ laubach.org. Grant deadline is Monday, December 15, 1997.
Empowering People in Transition is a training designed to "help you help your clients identify internal and external barriers affecting life's transitions, such as career development or acquisition, or other positive life changes." The workshop will teach strategies and techniques to: identify and change self-defeating, self-focused, and self-limiting behaviors; identify antecedents of feelings of helplessness and depression, and deal with external barriers such as racism, sex-role stereotyping and discrimination. The course is designed for anyone who wants to help clients develop a proactive, optimistic style, which minimizes negativity and enhances growth and the potential for change. Held on Wednesday, September 24th, from 9:15 to 4:00, at the RI Dept of Administration, 1 Capitol Hill, Providence, the fee is $60. Call 277-6378 (Community Training and Development) more information, or LR/RI for registration form.
CCRI schedule: These non-credit programs will be offered at the CCRI in Lincoln: Conversation and Vocabulary - Saturdays, 15 mtgs. 9:00 to noon, September 13-December 20. Fee $90.00; Reading for the GED - Saturdays, 15 mtgs. 9:00 to noon, September 13-December 20. Fee $65.00; Computer Applications (Windows 95) - Saturdays, 12 mtgs. 9:00 to noon, September 13-November 29, Fee $80.00 and Citizenship Training and Test Preparation - Saturdays, 10 mtgs. 9:00 to noon, September 13-November 15, Fee $10.00. For more information, please call Cecilia Londono at 333-7074. Registration will be held on September 5 and 12 from 8:00 to 5:00, September 6 at 9:00 AM, and on September 8,9, 10, and 11 from 8:00 to 3:00. For more complete information, please contact LR/RI. This information is also available in Spanish. Skill training opportunities are also offered in various locations in the areas of Certified Nursing Assistant, Office Technology, Food Preparation Worker, Asbestos Removal, Lead Paint Removal, and Machine Processes. $60 registration fee; more information is available at 333-7089.
Workshops available - During the past few years I1ve worked with a team of women from around Canada, through the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, on Making Connections: Literacy and EAL Curriculum from a Feminist Perspective. The curriculum was developed for learners in basic education and English language programs. A series of workshops have been developed and are available to anyone in the area with an interest in learning more about incorporating the curriculum and its approaches into their own work. Please contact me (Janet) at LR/RI for more information and/or to schedule a workshop. Information about the curriculum is also available online at http://www.nald.ca/canorg/cclow/EAL.HTM. While the cost of the curriculum document itself is $20, there is no charge for the workshops.
from previous issues: Flash! For the teacher sharing session on Thursday, July 10, these brief articles were reviewed: Cross-Cultural Issues in Adult ESL Literacy Classrooms, (http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/CROSS_CULTURAL.HTML) Race and Gender in Adult Education, http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/race-gen.htm and Adult Eduction: Social Change or Status Quo? http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/dig176.htm You can link to the articles at the URLs above, or contact LR/RI
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