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LR/RI produces a bulletin roughly every
two
to three 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. To receive the bulletin via email, contact LR/RI.
February 10, 2006
Bulletin #209
Dear Colleagues,
Calls for participation, employment, funding,
and conference and workshop
opportunities, online
and other resources. To post information, and/or to receive
the bulletin via email, please contact LR/RI or leave a message at
(401-863-2839).
Janet Isserlis
____________________________________________________________
NOTICES
ESOL share
- Wednesday, February 15 at the Genesis
Center,
620 Potters Avenue, Providence, at 2:30 p.m. We’re talking about
use of texts books, developing themes, lessons, curricula from a range
of perspectives. Please join us.
ESL Teacher Share on Integrating Computers,
Tuesday, April 11th from 2:00 to 3:30.
All teachers are invited to join this hands-on share of teaching ideas
that integrate computers into the curriculum. The share will be
held in the Technology Lab at the South Providence Branch of the
Providence Public Library, 441 Prairie Avenue, Providence,
RI. On-street parking is readily available. If you
plan on attending, please RSVP to Karisa Tashjian, Rhode Island Family
Literacy Initiative (RIFLI) at ktashjian@provlib.org. This share
is sponsored by a mini-grant from LR/RI and RIDE.
Managers' share
Dear Colleague,
At the last Adult Education Program Directors’ meeting with Johan some
of us agreed that establishing a project managers’ share group would be
a good idea based on the fact that many of us grapple with the same
program management and improvement issues. So, we think it would
be beneficial to meet periodically to exchange ideas and share some
administrative best practices.
Our goal is to learn from each other by sharing ideas on solutions
while keeping ourselves informed of best practices in administration
and the collection and management of program data.
In moving this initiative forward, we anticipate that the Professional
Development Center (PDC) or some of you will help sustain the effort by
sponsoring one of these share sessions at your site on a rotating basis.
To ensure that these share sessions meet your expectations and needs,
please contact us to receive an interest survey, so we can better plan
the sessions ( nancy@gencenter.com or nrahman@iiri.org) by
February 21. We are hoping to meet in early March.
Many thanks,
Nancy Fritz (Program Director – Genesis Center) and Nazneen
Rahman (Program Director – International Institute of Rhode
Island)
a resource of related interest:
Program Administrators’
Sourcebook: A Resource on NCSALL's Research for Adult
Education Program Administrators (December 2005) by Jackie
Taylor, Cristine Smith, and Beth Bingman
This sourcebook presents NCSALL’s research findings in short sections
related to key challenges that program administrators face in their
work as managers of adult education programs. It also presents the
implications of these research findings for program structure and
services, as well as some strategies for implementing change based on
these implications.
http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/PASourcebook.pdf
Practitioner
minigrant projects are underway – read about them at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/minigrant0506.html.
Request for information: from Howard
Dooley, Project RIRAL:
Our ESOL instructors have asked for a discussion of materials that will
prepare learners for the workplace, by discussing or presenting
American interviewing and workplace culture. But, help! My
research has led me to several older (1995 and later) items in ERIC,
but no learner materials or projects or whatever. Is anyone using
texts or curricula that focus in on or includes this? I thought
I'd find some ESOL websites that would be helpful, but my searching
genie has left me high and dry. Specific items that have been
mentioned by instructors are: use of small talk, asking clarifying
questions, body language and gestures, appropriate attire. Thanks for
the assist! Contact Howard at hdooley@riral.org (and have a look at http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=stories&topicID=1)
The CALL Interest
Section of the international TESOL professional association offers the
opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2006
season, a professional development project and virtual extension of the
TESOL 2006 Convention in Tampa Bay. The intended audience includes both
TESOL 2006 participants and those who can participate only virtually.
You do not need to be a TESOL member to participate in a free,
six-week, wholly online session of the EVO, Jan-Feb, 2006. Please
visit our Announcement Web page to select topics/sessions: http://webpages.csus.edu/~hansonsm/announce.html
- The EVO Coordination Team
The Providence Children's Museum
exhibit, Coming
to Rhode Island, focuses on the history of Rhode Island as
influenced by more than three centuries of immigration. Its galleries
portray four newcomers to America, from an English colonist to a Cape
Verdean mariner. A new gallery telling the story of Josefina Rosario,
known as Doña Fefa, who came to Providence from the Dominican
Republic has opened. For many years Doña Fefa ran an Hispanic
grocery store and restaurant on Broad Street. The new gallery
recreates Fefa's Market in 1961, a bustling bodega filled with the
sounds, smells and sights of Latino life in America. Children pretend
to buy platanos, yuca, coffee and spices while others ring up sales on
the old fashioned cash register or prepare orders of rice and
beans. Dominican music pours from the radio. Picking up a
pay phone, children can listen to a conversation in Spanish between
Doña Fefa and her family back in the Dominican Republic.
Another new addition to the exhibit is the Story Center, featuring a
large montage of evocative photographs by Providence photographer Lucas
Foglia, dramatically illustrating the rich diversity of Rhode Island's
people. In the Story Center, families find their ancestral homes on a
huge globe and tell their immigration stories using magnetic strips of
words. Children can choose from an assortment of books, activities and
games from around the world. On a wall-sized world map, they
discover fascinating facts about immigration to Rhode Island.
The new additions to the exhibit were made possible by a federal
appropriation secured by the RI Congressional delegation with
additional support from the Carter Family Charitable Trust and the June
Rockwell Levy Foundation. Providence Children’s Museum: 100 South
Street in Providence’s Jewelry District and is open Tuesday through
Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM. Admission is $6.50 per person; always
free for children under one and Museum members. Call (401) 273-kids, or
visit http://www.childrenmuseum.org.
The fourth annual RI Adult Educators
Conference will be held on May 11, 2006. The following
call for proposals also posted on the LR.RI website at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference06.html
The conference aims to bring together a range of voices and knowledge
and to further opportunities for area adult educators to share ideas
and learn with one another. We look forward to your being part of
this process. We need people to present ideas, people to
participate in
sessions and people to help us, after the conference, to help plan for
an extended two-day conference next fall. Proposals are
encouraged in all areas of adult learning and teaching, including the
range of contexts and settings in which such learning occurs. Of
particular interest are sessions addressing and exploring best
practices centered on fostering civic participation and community
involvement, as one of the key purposes named by adult learners for
participating in adult education programs.
To submit a proposal, please complete and submit your information (see
below) by February 28th
(by email, fax – 8634-3094 – or snail mail).
To register for the conference, please contact Yvette Kenner at (401)
861-0815, or email janet_isserlis@brown.edu. The conference will
again be held at the Airport Radisson in Warwick. The
registration fee is $25 per person, and scholarships are available.
Deadline for registration is April 30th.
Rhode Island State Adult
Education Conference: call for proposals
We are seeking proposals for workshops (demonstrations of teaching, use
of materials, hands-on activities and discussions of particular
topics), roundtables (discussions of issues of concern and interest)
and/or panels (more formal discussions involving 3 or 4 people and a
moderator) for the conference to be held on May 11th.
Lead Presenter/Session Organizer
Name
Mailing address
Email
Phone: (w)________________ (h)_________________
[please also list names of others participating, if applicable]
Presentation type (see below for descriptions):
__ Workshop (1 hour 30 minutes or 2 one-hour slots) an activity
emphasizing participant involvement, carefully structured by the
facilitator, and containing little lecturing.
___ Roundtable (1 hour or 1.5 hours) facilitated discussion with
panelists that actively engages participants
___ Panel (1 hour 30 minutes or 2 one-hour slots) (more formal, brief
prepared remarks by panelists with time for questions and answers with
conference audience)
Title of presentation
Attach 2 copies of a one-page abstract of your presentation
double-spaced.
Attach bio of each presenter. (25-word MAXIMUM)
Attach program summary. (50-word MAXIMUM)
If my proposal is accepted, as the lead presenter/organizer I agree to
coordinate the above presenter/organizer responsibilities.
Signature of Lead Presenter
Please return this, by mail or email by February 28th to janet_isserlis@brown.edu
Janet Isserlis, LR/RI, PO Box 1974, Brown University, Providence, RI
02912 For a separate copy of this call (as an email attachment,
fax or via snail mail), please contact LR/RI.
ALE Wiki: Katrina - families,
literacy, access and community
The Literacy
Assistance Center announces a call for
papers for the 2006 issue of our peer-reviewed annual journal, Literacy
Harvest. The theme of this issue is Supporting Immigrants'
Success. Manuscripts are due March 1, 2006. Please see our website at
http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/publications/harvest/LitHarv06_call.htm
for a complete description and submission guidelines, including a PDF
you can download for posting in your organization or department. Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions. - Jan Gallagher.
Director of Communication, Literacy Assistance Center, 32 Broadway,
10th floor, New York, NY 10004, 212-803-3332
The Broad Street Path to Health Programs
South Providence Neighborhood Ministries 747 Broad St, Providence Free
Winter Exercise Support Groups and Classes at South Providence
Neighborhood Ministries including Latin Dancercize, Mondays 5:30
– 6:30 PM with teacher Madeline Vidal, Healthy Lifestyle Support Group,
Wednesdays, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM with group meeting, nutrition or health
education and indoor walking exercise. Gentle pilates, Fridays, 11:30
–1:00 PM with YMCA instructor Jane McMaugh.
For more information, call Bobbi at 461-7509. All programs are free,
conducted in English and Spanish and funded through RI HEALTH Office of
Minority Health with support from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode
Island. Also, a free six week Stress Management class in Spanish,
starting Thursday, January 12, will be taught by Esperanza Gomez and
funded through a Healthy Neighborhood Award from Neighborhood Health
Plan of Rhode Island. For information, call Bobbi at
461-7509 Funded through RI HEALTH Office of Minority
Health with support from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
two electronic discussions:
Adolescent English language learners (ELLs) are a growing population in
secondary schools and a steady presence in postsecondary education
programs. Like their adult counterparts, some adolescents may be
undocumented or may not have high literacy or education levels in their
native languages. They may be trying to juggle work, education,
community, and family responsibilities both here and in their native
countries. Some may be struggling with cross-generational reunification
issues. Others may have been born and raised in the US but failed to
succeed in traditional K-12 schooling. Despite their varied
educational, social, and cultural backgrounds, these adolescents have
one thing in common - their developmental stage and related needs may
set them apart from the adult students in your classes. As high
school exit criteria grow more demanding in the US, students with
limited or interrupted schooling find it difficult to graduate within
the timeframes traditionally allocated for high school study. As a
result, these students are turning to adult education to earn high
school diplomas, increase their job skills, and improve their English
language proficiency.
From February 8-14 Sarah Young, author of Adolescent
Learners in Adult ESL Classes, will lead a discussion and respond
to questions about this topic. Sarah is an instructor at
the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Arlington,
Virginia and is also an adult ESL content specialist at the Center for
Applied Linguistics where she works on projects related to adolescent
and adult English language learners. Sarah will summarize some of the
issues related to adolescents studying in adult ESL/ESOL classrooms. To
review the topic before the discussion, please read brief (above),
which includes an extensive bibliography. We hope you will share
your experiences, advice, and comments, before, during, and after the
days that Sarah leads the discussion and fields questions. You
may also send comments or questions to me off the list at
lterrill@cal.org - Lynda Terrill English Language Discussion List,
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition Center for Applied
Linguistics.
To subscribe to the list, or to read the messages posted, go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage
Join a discussion on
the Focus on Basics list starting on Wednesday, Feb. 15th. (It's easy
to join the FOB list for the event and then unsubscribe. - go to: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Focusonbasics
)
FOB author, Robin Schwarz will be joining us to discuss her recent
article: Taking a
Closer Look at Struggling ESOL Learners, about ESOL
learners who seem stuck, and how we can find the real reasons for their
struggles and find ways to get them back on track. You can find this
article at: http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=994
I encourage you to read the article and start thinking about your
experiences with learners who have been "stuck", and the intake or
interviewing procedures that you use.
Robin Schwarz is an ESOL tutor, LD specialist and consultant in ESOL/LD
issues, and is a partner in the TLP Group in Columbus, Ohio. We are so
pleased to have her as guest speaker! - Julie McKinney,
Discussion List Moderator, World Education/NCSALL jmckinney@worlded.org
learning
opportunities
Online Mini-Course - Reaching Adult
Learners through Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction
Expand your understanding of multiple intelligences theory and
differentiated instruction, and learn how to apply them at all levels
of Adult Basic Education and ESOL. Drawing on course readings and
discussion, participants will develop their own MI-based lesson units
with
guidance from the instructors. This six-module online course is
designed for educators who already have a rudimentary understanding of
MI theory.
Instructors: Silja Kallenbach, Co-Director and Wendy Quinones, Teacher
Researcher, Adult Multiple Intelligences Study The course will be
offered over six weeks, beginning in May 1, 2006. Fee: $149 per
person. For more information, contact Silja Kallenbach, New
England Literacy Resource Center/ World Education, tel.
617-482-9485 or email skallenbach@worlded.org
Providence Public
Library events
- http://www.provlib.org/branchout/current.html
funding
opportunities - large and less large
Technology Grant News: 2006 Opening New Territory with Technology
Cash Grant for Higher Ed Faculty (adult education educators in schools,
cbos, corrections, volunteer programs, etc. are also eligible to
apply). Deadline: May 30, 2006 http://www.technologygrantnews.com
The $500. cash grant
is to be used for computer software or equipment for a project or goal
that opens "new territory" for the applicant's field of study, school,
profession or community. In addition, 25 subscriptions to Technology
Grant News will be awarded to applicants. A 1-2 page description of the
project or goal is required, explaining how or what the computer
software or equipment will be used for. Projects and goals will
be
considered in all subject matters. The cash grant will be awarded based
on usefulness of the project or goal to the field of study, the school,
profession, or to the public. The 1-2 page description should be
sent
to newterritory@technologygrantnews.com by May 30, 2006. The winner
will be given the opportunity to write about the proposed project or
goal for an article to be featured in Technology Grant News. The award
will be announced in June 2006.
COABE (the Commission on Adult Basic
Education) is pleased to offer
awards, incentive grants, and scholarships to members to provide
financial support for small special projects or advanced study in
adult education. Award Recipients Receive: $1,000 financial
award;
Complimentary airfare to the annual COABE national conference;
Complimentary hotel accommodations, and recognition at the annual
COABE national conference during the awards banquet
Successful Award
Nominators receive: complimentary conference registration for the
annual COABE national conference where the award is presented
Incentive Grant Recipients Receive: 1,500 financial award and $750
travel stipend to present on project at conference Scholarship
Recipients Receive $2,000 financial award To nominate an individual, go
to http://www.COABE.org, click on
membership, and scroll down to the
Awards, Incentive Grants, and Scholarship section. All
applications
must be received by 2/17/06 for inclusion in this year's award process.
Please contact our administrative office if you have any questions.
COABE, 1320 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone: 315-422-9121,
ext. 335; Fax: 315-422-6369; E-mail: coabe@literacyprogram.org
Funding
opportunities from PEN Weekly
NewsBlast,
The Coming Up Taller Awards
recognize and reward outstanding after-school and out-of-school arts
and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Maximum
Award: $10,000. Eligibility: Programs initiated by museums, libraries,
performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers,
community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible
government entities. Deadline: January 30, 2006.
http://www.cominguptaller.org/F (from Pen Weekly Newsblast; To view
past issues of the PEN Weekly NewsBlast, visit: http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_past.asp
Hasbro Children Foundation grants to support the development and/or
expansion of programs for children. Maximum Award: $500-$35,000.
Eligibility: Programs must provide direct services to children under
age 13. They must serve children and families who are economically
disadvantaged. They must be innovative and provide a model from
whichothers can learn.
Deadline: N/A. http://www.hasbro.org
The Allen Foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with
priority given to training programs for children and young adults to
improve their health and
development. Maximum Award: Past grants haveranged from $2,000 to $1
million. Eligibility:
Schools and schooldistricts should partner with local nonprofits to
form nutrition education
programs. Deadline: Ongoing.
http://www.allenfoundation.org/
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 teaching: The
Genesis Center is interested in adding to its substitute list. If you
are an ESOL instructor who is interested in occasional work as a
substitute, either day, evening or Saturday hours, please call Nancy
Fritz or Pat Clarkin at 781-6110.
Jobs in Literacy –
nation wide postings on the National Institute for
Literacy’s LINCS site: http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/jobs/jobs.cgi
Substitute list:
if
you would like your name added to the general
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 available
The Center for Adult English Language
Acquisition (CAELA) published two briefs in late 2005:
Adolescent Learners in
Adult ESL Classes CAELA staff member Sarah Young has
written a brief that explains some of the reasons why adolescents may
attend adult ESL classes and describes the characteristics of
adolescent learners. The brief also provides guidelines for adult ESL
program administrators, instructors, and communities to improve
adolescent ELL's chances of success in and beyond adult ESL
programs. Download it at http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/adolescent.html
Online Professional
Development for Adult ESL Educators This brief describes
current efforts to provide online professional development
opportunities and resources for adult ESL teachers and discusses
factors that must be considered in the development, delivery, and
evaluation of professional development that is available online. This
brief is written by Karen Taylor technology manager at the Arlington
(Virginia) Education and Employment Program (REEP) and CAELA staff
member Julie Mathews-Aydinli. Download it at
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/onlinepd.html
While you're at CAELA's Web site, http://www.cal.org/caela,
see Ask CAELA. The current topic is professional learning communities
and includes an interview with Jessica Dilworth, adult education
director at Cochise College in Douglas, AZ. Also, the Winter 2006
issue of CAELA Currents, our quarterly newsletter, is available at http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/ccjan06.html
Highlights include information about the National Adult Assessment of
Literacy (NAAL), an update
on the CAELA research collection, and a summary of the National Summit
for Action held at
Georgetown University in November 2005. Sponsored by Georgetown
University, the National
Coalition for Literacy, and the Verizon Foundation, this summit was
held to consider the next
steps in a literacy agenda for the United States. If you have
information that you would like us to
consider including in the newsletter, please contact the editor at
Miriam@cal.org - Miriam Burt,
CALEA
Tacoma Community
House Training Project in Tacoma, Washington has developed a booklet
called Making It Real that is
a guide to teaching adult
pre-literate refugees. While it does not deal with early
literacy for children, it is a useful resource for teaching adults. The
book contains a wealth of information on techniques and activities and
a checklist and resource section.
http://www.tchtrainingproject.com/pdf/prelit.pdf
-
images from the Library of Congress: photography, history – America
between the Depression and World War II: discussion prompts, things to
learn and talk about http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/fsac/history.html
with a search engine at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsaquery.html
- the Library of Congress site is full of primary source
material and images. Have a look.
A web site for students who may need
accommodations in college, Post-ITT http://www.postitt.org
You may find the guidance activities helpful from
this site in assisting students through the process from high school to
post-secondary education. As well, information for students, including
those who may need accommodations in college, is available from the RI
Board of Governors for Higher Education in their College Guide at http://www.ribghe.org/col-prep.htm.
Using the
Web in Instruction – read
reports and view websites developed by New England area practitioners –
including three from Rhode Island at http://www.nelrc.org/expertise/comp2005.html
Online professional development resource:
The Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers created the
Professional Development Registry: an online resource for sharing PD
tools, obtaining feedback, or seeing the actual professional
development activities that others have created -- facilitator guides,
workshop agendas and outlines, and manuals that describe how
to conduct training for adult education practitioners. http://www.aalpd.org/ (Click on PD Registry in the left-hand toolbar)
The PD Registry evolved from an idea suggested by NIFL-AALPD
subscribers who were looking for a way to share files and obtain
feedback from colleagues. Materials posted to the PD
Registry can be as simple as an agenda or steps for facilitating a
short activity, or it can be fully-developed training guides and how to
manuals you have designed and written. The AALPD does not assess or
judge the quality of any resources that are registered, we only ask
that the resources posted meet the simple criteria listed below.
Best Regards, Executive Board, Association of Adult Literacy
Professional Developers
Acceptance Criteria:
AALPD provides the PD registry for access purposes only. AALPD will
post all professional development materials submitted to the PD
registry if they meet the following criteria:
- All submissions to the PD Registry must be "how to" manuals or guides
for facilitating professional development, not just descriptions of
resources about teaching or PD.
- Only professional development resources that are free for downloading
will be posted. Professional development activities that are
fee-based or dependent upon a particular facilitator will not be
accepted.
- All the resources must be available electronically, either on another
website or on the AALPD website. If you do not have the means to make
your resource available on a website but it is available
electronically, you can upload your file for submission to the PD
Registry using the online submissions form.
Among many updated pages and pieces of the LR/RI website, this overview of the work of the Professional
Development work group of the Governor's Task Force on Adult
Literacy -
http://www.brown.edu/lrri/RIPDModel.pdf . If you have
difficulties with the PDF format, please contact LR/RI.
Life Success For Students With Learning
Disabilities: - A Parent Guide
http://www.ldsuccess.org/parent_guide.html
- This guide is based on over 20 years of research
conducted by the Frostig Center in Pasadena, California. The research
traced the lives of individuals with learning disabilities in an
attempt to identify factors predicting successful life outcomes. The
guide was developed by Dr. Marshall H. Raskind, Dr. Roberta J.
Goldberg, with research associates Dr. Eleanor L. Higgins and Dr.
Kenneth L. Herman.
From EdInfo – Constitution Resources tools for learning
about the U.S. Constitution. Meet the 55 delegates who
gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to rewrite the Articles of
Confederation, read essays printed in NYC papers urging
ratification of their proposal. Explore a 200-year timeline
showing the impact of the Constitution on our history.
Search the Constitution, see explanations of 300 topics. http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html.
Also available at this URL:
United States Constitution - includes notes Washington wrote on his
copy of the Constitution, his
diary at the Constitutional Convention, an essay on Madison's role in
the Constitutional
Convention, Madison's notes on the debates, Jefferson's letter to
Madison expressing his opinions on the new Constitution & his
belief that a Bill of Rights was needed, &
more.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html
To subscribe to EDInfo,
address
an email message to: listserv@listserv.ed.gov Then
write SUBSCRIBE EDINFO YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME in the
message, (if you have a signature block, please turn it
off) Then send
it!
Past messages: http://listserv.ed.gov/archives/edinfo.html
Other math resources at http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/northernedge/
- check Issue 3 (consumer math) and see other editions as well for
interesting ideas on incorporating numeracy learning.
Practitioner Toolkit: Working with
Adult
English Language
Learners - provides support and resources to adult education
and family literacy instructors who are new to serving adults and
families
learning English and provides a variety of materials to help
practitioners
meet the language and literacy development needs of the ELL students
they
serve. These include responses to Frequently Asked Questions, a
first-day
orientation guide, lesson plans, research-to-practice papers on English
language and literacy learning, and an annotated list of English and
Spanish
language assessments in use. On the Center for Adult English
Language
Acquisition Web site, the Index page at http://www.cal.org/caela/elltoolkit
allows you to select and download the entire document or to select and
download topics of interest as needed. The toolkit is made
possible
by a grant from the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US
Department
of Education,
through DTI Associates, and is a collaborative effort between the
National
Center for Family Literacy and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
http://www.cal.org.
If you have comments or questions about the Practitioner Toolkit,
please
contact Lynda Terrill at lterrill@cal.org.
Google Scholar enables searches for
scholarly
literature, including
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical
reports from broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find
articles
from a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint
repositories and universities, as well as articles available across the
web. Google Scholar orders search results by how relevant they
are
to your query, so the most useful references should appear at the top
of
the page. This relevance ranking takes into account the full text of
each
article as well as the article's author, the publication in which the
article
appeared and how often it has
been cited in scholarly literature. Google Scholar automatically
analyzes
and extracts citations and presents them as separate results, even if
the
documents they refer to are not online. This means your search results
may include citations of older works and seminal articles that
appear only in books or other offline publications. http://scholar.google.com/
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/
YouthBuild USA Learning Network has
links to Web sites and
full-text
documents, and 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 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.
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
The Technology,
Reading &
Learning Difficulties (TRLD) annual conference January 26
- 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Embarcadero
Center. http://www.trld.com/.
3rd
Annual (Net)Working
Conference on Women & Literacy - Moving to Power &
Participation
Sponsored by: WE LEARN / Women Expanding—Literacy Education
Action
Resource Network Co-Sponsored by Yale University Women's, Gender, and
Sexuality Studies Program and literacytent.org Friday, March 10 – Saturday, March 11
| New Haven, Connecticut
- conference schedule and workshop descriptions are now posted at http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/main.html
The Program Schedule:
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/program.htm
The Workshop Descriptions can be downloaded at: http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/workshops.pdf
Early registration deadline is Feb. 3. Conference Dates: For more
information contact: 401-383-4374 or welearn@litwomen.org
March 15- 19, The
40th Annual TESOL Convention and
Exhibit (TESOL 2006) Tampa, Florida
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=23&DID=3711
COABE
(the Commission on Adult Basic Education) and the Texas
Association
for Literacy and Adult Education invite proposals for presentation at the 2006
COABE
National Conference, Houston April 26-29, 2006, http://www.coabe06.org
COABE offers awards, incentive grants, and scholarships to members to
provide financial support for small special projects or advanced study
in adult education. Award Recipients Receive: $1,000 financial
award; airfare to the annual COABE national conference; hotel
accommodations, and recognition at the annual COABE national
conference during the awards banquet Successful Award Nominators
receive: conference registration for the annual COABE national
conference where the award is presented Incentive Grant Recipients
Receive: 1,500 financial award and $750 travel stipend to present on
project at conference Scholarship Recipients Receive $2,000 financial
award To nominate an individual, go to http://www.COABE.org,
click on membership, and scroll down to the Awards, Incentive
Grants,
and Scholarship section. All applications must be received by 2/17/06
for inclusion in this year's award process. Please contact our
administrative office if you have any questions. COABE, 1320 Jamesville
Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone: 315-422-9121, ext. 335; Fax:
315-422-6369; E-mail: coabe@literacyprogram.org
The 12th Annual International
Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, May 18-21,
Chapel Hill, NC Join us for this unique gathering of people committed
to libratory education, community action, and interactive theatre for
social change. We invite you to submit a proposal to present at
the workshop; to register to attend, for guidelines, information and/or
to submit your proposal online: http://www.ptoweb.org
- deadline for submission: January 9. Augusto Boal will
conduct pre-conference workshops May 15-18, and Michael Rohd will
conduct a post conference workshop "Devising Performance:
Collaboration, Engagement and Dialogue" on May 21-22. Featured guests
include Augusto Boal, Lilia Bartolome, Geneva Gay, Linda Parris-Bailey
(with Marquez Rhyne) and Michael Rohd.. - Ellie Friedland, Board
president Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed
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.
please
submit
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.
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