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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.
June 30, 2006
Bulletin #219
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
- Tuesday, July 18th at 2:00 pm at the Genesis Center, 620
Potters Ave, Providence.
Possible topics include: critique last year's ESOL share meetings to
discuss benefits and suggestions for improvement.; brainstorm
ideas for project based learning and/or other topics of interest.
Workplace education share
Thursday, July 13th, at 2:30 at the Genesis Center. balancing needs of
employers and employees
Summer Programs
Rhode Island Family
Literacy Initiative
The Family Literacy Program is a first step, intergenerational English
language literacy program that introduces participants to the wealth of
educational and economic resources available at their library and in
their community. Adults and their children (3 years of age and
older) may attend classes. Students are divided by ability into
small groups led by a volunteer. Learners work on reading, writing,
conversational English and computer literacy skills. Classes are
free.
For information, unless otherwise indicated, please contact the
literacy department at 455-8016.
Major funding for these programs comes from Federal LSTA funds through
RI Office of Library and Information Services, City of Pawtucket
Community Development Block Grant from US HUD, The Nellie Mae Education
Foundation, The Bank of America Financial Foundation and the RIDE
Education: Literacy, Adult Education Transitions and EL Civics Grants.
Providence Public Library
Sites July 10th - August 10th
Empire Branch - 150 Empire Street Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00
am - 12:00 pm
South Providence Branch - 441 Prairie Ave. Tuesday &
Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Rochambeau Branch - 708 Hope Street
Community and the Environment: explore recycling, planting and ways to
improve the community
Adults Only Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mount Pleasant Branch - 315 Academy Ave.
Note-taking and Note-booking: Writing for Advance Beginners and
Intermediate Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:30 - 7:30
pm
Cranston Public Library
Contact: Chris Bourret 781-6116 or 781-2450
Auburn Branch - 396 Pontiac Ave. (July 18 ˆ August 8) Tuesdays
6:00 ˆ 8:00 pm
William Hall - 1825 Broad Street (July 18 ˆ August 8) Thursdays 6:00 ˆ
8:00 pm
Pawtucket Public Library -
13 Summer St. Contact: Julie Fischer 725-926
Beginners Ecology and Recycling July 8 ˆ August 12 9:30 am
ˆ 12:30 pm Saturdays
Intermediate Book Club July 3 ˆ August 10 6:00 ˆ 8:00 pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays
East Providence Library
Contact: Kevin McKay 435-1988
Riverside Branch - 475 Bullocks Point Ave.
May 31 - June 28 4:00 - 6:00 pm Monday and Wednesday
Weaver Branch- 41 Grove Avenue
July 6 - August 1 6:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday
May 23 - July 13 1:00 - 2:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday
Washington County Adult Learning Center
is offering ABE/GED/EDP/ ESOL/ computer and distance learning classes
July 11-August 24. Contact 783-0293 for more information.
Providence Assembly of God Learning Center offers
beginning literacy on Sunday mornings from 9-10. We have beginning
beginners at the pre-literacy level. Contact Jean Marrapodi
at 461-7210 or email rejoicer@aol.com
Professional
Development Luncheon Using
Lexia to Drive Reading
Achievement July 12, 2006 Noon - 1:30 at
The Wolf School, 215 Ferris
Ave East Providence.
The Wolf School and Dr. Jean Welsh present a
luncheon seminar for educators interested in understanding how to best
implement Lexia reading software for improved academic performance.
Lexia's programs are research-based and focus on providing skill
practice to strengthen automaticity. Throughout the US, schools are
turning to Lexia to help students from kindergarten through adults
develop phonemic awareness, sound--ymbol correspondence, decoding,
recognition of high frequency sight words and word attack skills.
Experimental studies published recently in the Journal of Research on
Reading have shown that students who use Lexia in elementary school
out-perform students in control groups who do not practice reading
skills using Lexia. Additionally, Dr. Welsh will demonstrate
Lexia
Cross Trainer - a suite of interactive software programs designed to
improve cognitive development in students ages 7 to adult. Lexia Cross
Trainer helps students strengthen thinking, memory and problem-solving
abilities, thereby improving the foundational skills that impact
performance in reading and math. Following the luncheon, a tour of The
Wolf School is available. The Wolf School is an independent day school
that provides a unique educational environ-ment for students with
multiple learning differences in grades K - 8. Guests will
receive
free Lexia software to preview with students There is no fee for this
luncheon seminar, but space is limited.
Please RSVP by June 30 at (401)
432-9940
Volunteers Needed for Books Beyond
Books Beyond is a books-on-tape reading program at
the Rhode Island prison in Cranston.
Volunteers help inmates choose new, age-appropriate books for their
children from a large selection of children‚s books that have been
purchased from the program. Under the guidance of the volunteer, the
inmates read the books onto audio tape. The volunteer then mails the
books and audio tapes home to the children. (At present, only inmates
who are literate are being accepted into the program. This program does
not require volunteers to teach or tutor basic reading skills.)
Purpose:
Books Beyond will create a much-needed tie between parent and
child. With the help and supervision of volunteers, inmates will
be able to provide messages of love, reassurance and connection to
their estranged children. The children will have a constant
reminder of their
mothers and fathers, that is, books and tapes that may be re-read and
replayed over and over. We believe that this volunteer
operated program will provide a regular and essential link between
incarcerated parents and their families, providing an opportunity for
healthy and carefully monitored contact. (See below for more discussion)
Volunteer Responsibilities
After volunteer is trained (see more below) and given first his or her
inmate assignment, volunteer is responsible to:
- set up meetings with the assigned inmate via phone with the prison
counselors;
- help the inmate to choose a book from selections that the volunteer
will take from the book collection and show to the inmate;
- help the inmate read the book onto audio tape;
- supervise recording sessions with the inmate; - label tapes and
address envelopes;
- hand the addressed envelope to the program coordinator (or leave at
the Books closet in Dix) for mailing
- check in with program coordinator when an inmate is finished.
Personal qualities of
volunteers
-Desire to help build connections between parents and children in
broken families
- Love of books and reading
- Ability to conduct relaxed conversation and to help people (inmates)
feel at ease in a situation in which people are sometimes nervous or
self-consciousness
- Ability to offer brief, practical suggestions -- not in heavy-handed
or pedantic fashion -- to help people achieve the best results in
reading aloud
- Ability to restrain a desire for perfect results; ability to tolerate
less-than-ideal recording situations (background noise, time limits,
etc). -conviction that prison inmates and their families are worthy of
your attention, respect, time, and patience
Time commitment for
volunteers:
Preparation
1. One full day to attend New Employee Orientation (required by the
Department of Corrections for everyone working with inmates). This
class is usually offered one Monday a month. (see below for more
details)
2. One trip to prison property to have photo taken for computer system
that allows access to buildings (photo can be taken weekdays and
evenings).
3. One short, one-on-one meeting with Books Beyond program coordinator
Mary Lhowe for instruction and preparation (can be evenings or weekend)
Doing the work
1. After inmate is assigned, it takes an average of 3 or 4 meetings of
60 to 90 minutes per meeting with inmate to read and record books.
(Number of meetings may be higher for longer books -- i.e., young adult
novels -- going to older children). These meetings are scheduled by the
volunteer and prison counselors. Can be week-days, evenings, or
weekends, depending on availability of volunteer and inmate. Meetings
are scheduled by phone, working through counselors.
Requirements before
beginning work
To be eligible, volunteers must complete a one-day New Employee
Orientation (NEO) provided by the Department of Corrections and receive
approval to enter prison facilities. The NEO is offered one Monday a
month from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the prison property. Orientations are
scheduled on Mondays, July 24, August 21, September 18, October 16,
November 20, December 18.
The department sometimes offers the training in two evening sessions
that take place on two successive Monday evenings. This is the normal
full-day session divided into two night sessions, so you must attend
both. At the time of this writing (June 24), no dates for evening
classes have been set. They are likely to resume in the fall.
You must sign up for a New Employee Orientation by calling Donna
Kenyon, supervisor of interns and volunteers, at 462-2537 at least 3
days ahead. Also please tell me, Mary Lhowe, when you are ready to sign
up for NEO. If you want to volunteer, please contact Mary Lhowe,
program coordinator, by phone (401-739-5565) or email at
Lhowe@cox.net
Additional Background and
discussion:
More than 3,500 children in RI have a father or mother in prison.
Despite the problems of maintaining ties between parent and child, the
effort proves well worth it. Children are at increased risk of
abuse or neglect as their living situation changes rapidly and perhaps
frequently, loss of financial support, feelings of abandonment by the
parent, and subjection to social stigma.
Over time, these problems may develop into a host of other troubles,
ranging from decreased academic performance, delinquency, substance
abuse, or psychological disturbances related to trauma.
Maintaining contact with the incarcerated parent may mitigate some of
these tragic consequences for the children. Furthermore, there are
positive effects on the parents themselves.
Research has shown that maintaining family ties during incarceration
decreases the risk that the offender will turn to drugs or return to
prison. Studies show that parents with regular contact with their
children are more likely to contribute to paying child support. New
children‚s books were purchased for the program with funds from the
national Reading Is Fundamental program. All labor is volunteer.
Fan Zhang is a graduate student
looking for someone or some people to volunteer
to meet with him
throughout the summer so he can improve his
English before the Fall semester. His English is really
quite good -
but he needs some real life conversations in English this summer.
This
is Fan’s request: Hey, this is Fan, a graduate student from Dept.
of
Art History. My research focus is East Asian art and archaeology. I
would like to find a language partner to practice spoken English and
expand my vocabulary to prepare my TA ship. In exchange, I am also glad
to tell you things about Asian art and culture if you are interested.
My schedule is flexible and I will be available in most afternoons this
summer. I am looking forward to meeting you.
If you would like to work with Fan, please send him an email at
Fan_Zhang@Brown.edu.
Fall SCALE Conference,
November 3-4, 2006 – call for presenters:
Each year SCALE – Student
Coalition for Action in Literacy Education - hosts the Read. Write.
Act. National Conference on the campus of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. It's the only national conference devoted to
the interests and concerns of campus-based literacy programs. Campus
literacy leaders and representatives from across the nation gather each
fall for an intensive weekend of workshops, panel discussions,
networking events and reflection sessions. Participants come to share
information, learn new skills, challenge assumptions, and develop ideas
to create more participatory literacy programs. We are accepting
workshop proposals that address one of our conference themes:
Tutoring Strategies and Techniques, Social Justice & Activism in
Education,Civic Engagement & Reflection; Service Learning,
Assessment & Evaluation, Policy Issues, Program Practice &
Program Management (e.g. volunteer recruitment, tutor training,
sustaining your program),Diversity and Community Partnerships
We are accepting poster session proposals that address one of the
following themes: Program practicProgram models, Tutoring materials,
Research on tutoring and Program evaluation (For example, writing a
great tutor handbook, providing interesting
activities for ESL tutors, or implementing an effective program
evaluation would be appropriate topics.) Conference Participants
will include representatives from adult, youth and ESL campus-based
literacy programs; undergraduate and graduate student leaders, tutors,
mentors and volunteers; service-learning faculty; community service
staff and America Reads administrators; adult learners; community
partners; AmeriCorps / VISTA volunteers. Please visit http://www.readwriteact.org/rwa/conference.html
to submit a
proposal. Deadline is June 30, 2006.
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Quick Guide to Health Literacy
Combining evidence and best practice, the new HHS Quick Guide to Health
Literacy is a reference for professionals interested in health
literacy. Strategies discussed in the guide reflect the current
body of research in health literacy and health communication.
These strategies include: improving the usability of health
information; improving the usability of health services; building
knowledge to improve health decision-making; and advocating for
health literacy improvement. The action-oriented tools can be
applied to health care delivery, policy, administration, and public
communication and education activities. (background): In
2000, HHS released the Healthy People 2010 objectives, based on
research that is used to shape policy and programmatic directions, as
well as stimulate changes in organizational, professional, and public
practices. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(ODPHP) at HHS is the lead agency for Healthy People 2010 and
specifically for the Health Communication Objectives that include
health literacy improvement. Since 2003, ODPHP has used these
objectives to lead an HHS-wide effort to develop the research base,
identify organizational and professional barriers, raise awareness, and
develop tools for health literacy improvement. The Quick Guide, along
with a sample Power Point presentation on health literacy/other
resources, is available at: http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm.
- Stacy Robison, MPH, CHES, Health Literacy Fellow, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100, Rockville, MD 20852 Phone:
240-453-8271 Email: srobison@osophs.dhhs.gov
Financial
literacy curriculum for ESL students divided into 3 units:
Basic Banking Services, Credit, Planning for the Future, and there is
an additional lesson on Identity Theft. The lessons are most
appropriate for Intermediate High students but can be adapted for other
levels. In our district we have used it for a special 30-hour
class as
well as integrated it into a regular ESL class. Available for
downloaded from the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network at:
http://www.adultedteachers.org/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=mini
Search
for Financial Literacy Lessons for ESL Students - Leslie
Shimazaki San
Diego Community College District
Practitioner
minigrant projects are underway – read about them at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/minigrant0506.html.
The fourth annual RI Adult Educators
Conference was held on May 11. http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference06.html
Thanks to all for your participation in the May 11th conference.
If you have an evaluation to submit, or would like to share ideas from
your own action plan, please contact lrri@brown.edu or call 863-2839.
ALE Wiki: Katrina - families,
literacy, access and community
learning
opportunities
Associate Level Orton-Gillingham training
through the Dunn Institute:
August 9 -11, 14 - 15 and during three Saturdays during the school
year.
http://www.dunninstitute.org/
We are offering the course at a discounted rate of
$800 for RI public school teachers and adult literacy teachers. The
course includes 45 hours of coursework and is accompanied by a 100 hour
practicum. The cost of the practicum is $1300, and has been
covered by establishing an O-G tutorial program and charging students
$13 an hour for this intensive intervention...or it is also possible to
receive a free practicum if participants work with Dunn Institute
students in Providence.
The Orton-Gillingham approach is a multisensory explicit phonics method
with emphasis on visual and auditory feedback for sounds and the
tactile-kinesthetic input of letter formation. This evidence-based
treatment is the only method offering complete intervention for
struggling readers and has been the forerunner in the field for several
decades.
The philosophy and principles of the O-G approach provide the
foundation for many commercial reading programs including Alphabetic
Phonics, Project Read, the Herman Approach, Slingerland Approach and
the Wilson Reading Program. While each of these programs builds on
Orton ideology, a strong foundation in Orton-Gillingham provides the
best context for teachers to effectively support struggling readers
when using these products. For several decades, the O-G approach has
been successfully used to teach children and adults to read. Although
students who struggle with learning differences and English language
learners are particularly well-served by this method, all students can
benefit from a methodical approach to reading which incorporates all
modalities.
For more information please contact Cathy Sanford (401-831-7323)
or: sanfordcw@aol.com
Other
online courses: The Center for
Literacy Studies at the University
of Tennessee, and the Ohio Literacy Resource Center at Kent State
University announce spring 2006 distance learning courses.
Overviews
of each course, as well as start dates, are posted at http://www.aeprofessional.org.
Providence Public
Library events
- http://www.provlib.org/branchout/current.html
funding
opportunities - large and less large
United Way of Rhode Island announces
a funding opportunity for the Earned
Income Tax Credit
campaign. Details will be posted on the
United Way website as of June 12- http://www.uwri.org.
This RFP will
seek out applicants who want to engage in VITA site / EITC work as well
as applicants from EITC/VITA sites who want to engage in
year round
financial literacy work. A grantee does not need to engage in
both
aspects, but must be (or apply to be) an EITC/VITA site in order to be
eligible to apply for the financial literacy component. Initial
letters of intent for this grant will be due to the United Way on July
10th
Funding
opportunities from PEN Weekly
NewsBlast, (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.php
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
Announcing a new website on Learning
and Violence http://www.learningandviolence.net
In the aftermath or presence of violence, too many people believe they
cannot learn. This innovative interactive site is a resource to support
learning. Join us to: Build an Understanding of the scope of the
problem and of different forms of violence and their impact on
learning; Explore Possibilities to learn differently, help
yourself and others learn, and take care of yourself;
Create Change by learning about new initiatives in every sector
of education and finding others working on this issue;
Imagine a Future by dreaming with us about a world without violence
and inequality.
The website is just beginning. Bookmark it and come back often to watch
it evolve.
Help build it. Add your voice: share your knowledge from learning,
teaching and research in words and images.
Contact Jenny Horsman jenny@learningandviolence.net
This website is an initiative of Spiral Community Resource Group/ and
Parkdale Project Read, developed with start up funding from the
Adult Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on
Learning
The International Adult Literacy Study (IALS)
is now available in a searchable database, permitting users to retrieve
prose, document and quantitative literacy data for each of the
countries listed in the table, and for a wide range of combined
intermediate variables. Users can produce estimates of mean
performance, and percentages of each proficiency level for each of the
IALS literacy scales by any combination of background variables. Each
estimate is accompanied by the appropriate measures of statistical
reliability. The IALS database home page: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-588-XIE/ials-eiaa.htm
- access the database from there.
teaching resource: No Human is Illegal: An
Educator’s Guide for Addressing Immigration In the Classroom;
available at http://www.nycore.org
In the recent weeks HR4437 advocates have sought to
introduce
legislation that will radically change the legal, social, and economic
status of immigrant communities in the US. The debate rages on and we
have heard
opinions ranging from the conservatives to the democrats to the
left—and a powerful constituency has emerged stronger than ever before
in the 21st century—students. How will educators encourage these acts
of critical thinking, civic responsibility, agency, and above all—
student leadership in advocating for all human rights? How can
educators engage their students in these critical issues in the
classroom? How can we serve as the liaison between students andthe
mixed messages the media and politicians are sending?
This guide is for educators to take on the important
issues that
teachers and students alike have been tackling in
their activism from INSIDE the classroom. This resource can be
best used online as a web resource. – from Sally Lee, Founder, Teachers
Unite sally@teachersunite.net 646-206-4160, http://www.teachersunite.net
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.
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 New York
Association for Continuing/Community Education (NYACCE) is
hosting a three-day leadership conference for adult educators, July 26-28.
This leadership retreat will be led by Louis Miceli of Workforce
Professionals Training Institute, and features Sheila Maguire of
Working Ventures for a keynote presentation. For a brochure: http://www.workforceprofessionals.org/wpti_content/uploadfiles/NYACCE_brochure.pdf
registration form: http://www.workforceprofessionals.org/wpti_content/uploadfiles/NYACCE_registration.doc
For more information, contact Lou Miceli at
lmiceli@workforceprofessionals.org, or Marjorie Parker at
Marjorie.parker@verizon.net. To learn more about NYACCE, visit
www.nyacce.org. - from the WPTI team on behalf of NYCACCE.
Mariann
Fedele Coordinator of Professional Development, Literacy
Assistance
Center 32 Broadway 10th Floor, NY, NY 10004 212-803-3325
mariannf@lacnyc.org http://www.lacnyc.org
Registration for the 2006 COABE regional Institute by the Bay
is now open, and will be accepted on a first come - first served
basis.
Several of the COABE strands are limited to the first 30 registrants,
you will need to make your first and second choice for training
strands. Also, please note that the deadline for early registration is September 15th.
After this date a rather substantial late fee will be charged.
The FINAL deadline for registration is October 2nd. No late
registration will be accepted and there is no registration at the
door.
The list of Institute Strand descriptions are available on the web
site.
Below is the list of available strands:
Administrative Leadership with Kathy Polis and Lennox McLendon, NAEPDC,
Adult Learning Disabilities with June Crawford, NIFL,
Assessment in the Adult Education Classroom with Ann Marie Barter and
Valerie Sullivan,
College Transitions Math with Pam Meader,
Differentiated Instruction with Donna Lee, USM faculty
ESOL: Is it LD or Something Else? with Robin Schwarz,
Public Policy and Advocacy with Bob Bickerton, Art Ellison, Silja
Kallenbach and Andy Nash, NELRC,
Reading: Vocabulary and Comprehension Instruction with Jane Meyer, STAR
trainer, Wilson Reading with Judy Storer,
Workplace Literacy with Melissa Dayton, Connecticut, CREC
Register and pay online - using either a Purchase Order or Credit
Card (MasterCard or VISA), register and pay using a hard copy of the
registration form. With this option you can pay by Purchase
Order, Credit Card, or Check. If using a check you must mail in
your registration form and payment. Each registrant MUST include an
e-mail address on the registration form. Confirmation of
registration will be sent by e-mail only!
To get information and/or register for the conference go to http://www.maineadulted.org/conferences.html
If you have any questions please contact your COABE Regional Institute
co-chairs: Connie Patton, COABE Region 1 representative,
cpatton@msad35.net; or Evelyn Beaulieu, COABE Institute co-chair,
evelyn.beaulieu@umit.maine.edu - Evelyn Beaulieu, Director Center for
Adult Learning and Literacy, 5749 Merrill Hall, UM Orono, ME
04469 (207) 581-2413 http://www.umaine.edu/call/
From Erik Jacobson,
Chair, J. Michael Parker Award Committee - The National Reading Conference's
(NRC) 56th Annual Meeting will take place in Los Angeles, from
November 29 to December 2. The conference covers a range of
literacy related topics, including adult literacy. Information is
available at http://www.nrconline.org/.
I encourage adult literacy researchers to join the dialogue at
the meeting and to consider submitting proposals. In addition, to
encourage research on adult literacy, NRC has established the J.
Michael Parker Award, given to graduate students and
untenured professors who present research on adult learning or
education at the annual meeting. Information and submission
guidelines at http://www.nrconline.org/pdf/2006callforproposals.pdf
SAVE the DATES: November 30-December
2, 2006 A MEETING OF THE MINDS II SYMPOSIUM
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, the
California Department of Education Adult Education Office, and the
California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project of the
American Institutes for Research announce a Meeting of the Minds II: A
National Adult Education Practitioner-Researcher Symposium.
Scheduled for November 30-December 2, at the Sheraton Grand hotel in
Sacramento, California, the symposium is designed to provide
opportunities for adult education practitioners and researchers to
share and discuss current research findings and practitioner wisdom. It
will engage practitioners and researchers with questions related to
goals, accountability, and efficacy and efficiency in policy, practice,
and research. The ultimate goals of the symposium are to highlight
systemic changes that can enhance literacy practice and increase
student learning gains. The theme of this symposium is Systemic Change
and Student Success: What Does Research Tell Us? As in the first
Meeting of the Minds Symposium that was held in 2004, each session of
the 2006 Symposium will be structured so that the research presentation
is followed by a panel of practitioners who will discuss implications
for practice or policy. In addition, conference attendees will have
opportunities for small group interaction and networking with
researcher-presenters to discuss not only how research can inform
practice and policy, but also how practice and policy can inform and
suggest a research agenda.
More information will be available soon at http://www.researchtopractice.org.
(This Web site currently lists presenters' PowerPoints and abstracts of
sessions held at the 2004 Meeting of the Minds symposium as well as
thoughts generated by attendees regarding implications of the research
findings.) We are updating this site to house information about online
registration for the 2006 symposium as well as information about hotel
registration. We will send out another notice after the Web site has
been updated.
-Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D., Symposium Coordinator and CALPRO Director,
American Institutes for Research
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
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