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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 22, 2007
Bulletin #237
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
RI Adult
Educators’ conference: save the date. The fifth state conference will
be held on May 17th, at the Airport Radisson.
Call for participation here.
ESOL share
- Wednesday, March 14 at 2:15 pm at
2:30 at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Ave, Providence. Open
focus – please bring an idea that’s working, a question, a challenge,
materials.
Assessment Fair February 28,
9:30 a.m. - noon, Cranston Adult Learning Center, 205 Norwood Ave
Presentations of Best plus, CASAS and TABE. Opportunities for
Discussion & Review of Materials. Come and find out what are
choices are . All adult education programs, providers and funders are
encouraged to attend. The event’s primary purposes are to familiarize
ourselves with the standardized assessments available to us and to
continue our discussion on their use with learners. Your concerns,
opinions and expertise are important. Please come to learn and to
share. Sponsored by the Assessment Work Group of the Governor’s Task
Force for Adult Education.
For information contact Howard Dooley; no RSVP necessary 762 -3841
hdooley@RIRAL.org
Jean Marrapodi, from
the Providence Assembly of God Learning Center is looking to see who in
RI is working with pre-literate adults. They have a group of elderly
pre-literate Liberians and are interested in knowing if there are other
programs serving this type of population to determine: a) what
resources are being used for this level b) what types of learners (age,
nationality) in this segment others may be seeing c) if there is a need
to expand their current program to reach an underserved
population. Jean is best contacted by e-mail at rejoicer@aol.com,
but may also be reached on her cell phone at 401-440-6165.
Literacy Volunteers
of Rhode Island and Community College of Rhode Island Providence Campus
is sponsoring the 6th Annual Adult
Education Fair Thursday March 15, at the Providence Campus of
Community College of Rhode Island from 9:00-12:00.
This event will give students and practitioners the opportunity to
learn about adult education and training programs offered in the state
of Rhode Island and the services they provide. It is our intent that
each adult education agency set up a table so that attendees can ask
questions and learn more about the services your agencies
provide. We are also requesting that you invite all of your
students and staff members to attend this networking and informative
event. Please contact Kashia Clay by March 8, 2007, to let her
know if you intend to attend, (how many? staff? students?) and if you’d
like to staff a table at the adult education fair on at the Providence
Campus on Wednesday March 8, 2006 from 9am-12pm (set up time from
8:30am-9: 00am).
Please include this information, and send the email to: Yvette@lvari.org
Name of Agency
Contact Person
Phone and/or Email and Number of expected participants
Independent Man Awards - Accepting
Nominations
The Genesis Center is proud to host the first annual Independent Man
Awards (IMA) at The Providence Hilton on April 27.
Through the assistance of an award selection committee, chaired by Dr.
Pablo Rodriguez, we will present five miniature bronze Independent Man
Awards to three Rhode Island immigrants (male or female), one Rhode
Island company that embraces diversity and the immigrant population,
and one national leader (male or female) who has made a significant
positive impact on immigrant issues. The process starts with you.
Please take a moment to nominate those individuals and organizations
you feel embody the traits worthy of The Independent Man. Nominate
online at http://www.gencenter.org/IMA.htm or contact Mike Ritz at
401-781-6110 x28. Independent Man Award (IMA) Descriptions:
The Emerging Leader IMA recognizes an outstanding young immigrant
destined to contribute to a better tomorrow. The recipient of this
award must be under 21 years of age at the time of his/her nomination.
The Community Service IMA recipient is a proven immigrant leader who
has demonstrated a selfless commitment to serve his/her community,
responding to its needs by contributing time, talent, and/or treasure.
The Entrepreneur IMA recognizes an enthusiastic Rhode Island immigrant
who developed the necessary strategies, know-how, and determination to
manifest his/her vision. This award will be presented to a positive
thinker who has owned a successful business for more than 5 years.
The National Impact IMA is presented to a passionate leader who has
demonstrated a commitment to the United States immigrant through
thought, action, example, and impact.
The Corporate IMA was created to honor those private enterprises that
have made significant contributions, which have directly impacted the
immigrant population of Rhode Island. This award will be presented to a
business that recognizes Rhode Island’s diverse community, welcomes it
into the workplace, and provides equal opportunities for career
advancement and professional growth.
- Mike Ritz Development Director Office: 401-781-6110 x28 Cell:
401-261-1900 Email: mike@gencenter.org
The next Year Up class begins March 5th,
so if you've been thinking of a young person who might be interested in
the program (or is looking for some direction) please send her or him
my way! It takes a few weeks to get through the Application/
Admissions process, so now is the time. Year Up Applicants are
low/ moderate income 18-24 year olds, who already have their HS diploma
or GED, and who are looking for an opportunity to earn a stipend for a
year of classes and training to become an Informational Technology
Professional. The first step is to have a meeting with me, so
please have them call or email me.... or send me their info, and I'll
follow up with them! Here at Year Up, we are about to graduate Class 3
at the end of January, and are moving Class 4 into their
apprenticeships! We look forward to successfully filling Class 5,
with your assistance, and seeing more of our young adults move into
successful, mainstream, careers (one month after our last graduation in
July, 100% of the graduates were headed to college full time, or were
earning between $28 and $40,000/ year!).
- Jill Holloway Outreach and Admissions Year Up 10 Dorrance St., Ste.
1108 Providence, RI 02903 (401) 421-7819 x1115 (f) 421-7839
jholloway@yearup.org http://www.yearup.org/
Special Call for Student Writings on Voting
For The Change Agent
We are interested in hearing from adult learners who voted in the
November 2006 elections. Write to us about your experience
with voting in the recent elections. The writings will be
considered for the March 2008 issue of The Change Agent
journal. It will be a special edition on Voting and Advocacy that aims
to help adult educators and learners to become active advocates and
informed voters.
Questions:
What was your voting experience like?
If you voted for the first time, what motivated you to vote?
Why do you think voting is important?
All articles must be
received by March 31. All articles will be considered. They must
be typed. Suggested length is 500-1,200 words. Final decisions are made
by The Change Agent editorial board. A stipend of $50 will be paid to
each adult education student whose work is accepted for publication in
this issue. Please send material (by email or PC disk) to: Angela
Orlando, Editor New England Literacy Resource Center/World Education
44 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA 02210 Phone: 617-482-9485 fax:
617-482-0617 email: aorlando@worlded.org
The summer issue of Field Notes
offers a chance for teachers to write about their work in a personal
way. The topic teaching from
the heart is open to interpretation. Write about your most
heartening classroom stories, your heartbreaks and heart-healing tales
about teaching. Write about a book you've used that has plenty of
heart, or even has heart in
the title. Submit a lesson about Valentine's Day. Or even send in a
lesson plan on keeping the heart healthy, in more ways than one.
We welcome book reviews, movie reviews (500-700 words), personal
stories (c.1000 words or less), lesson plans, heart-filled photos
(with captions), an ESOL lesson on idioms related to the heart, or
other ideas you may have. Deadline
for submission is April 1. Go to http://www.sabes.org
for complete
submission guidelines, found under the Field Notes click. To talk to a
real person about real ideas, call Lenore Balliro, editor, at
617-482-9485, or email her at lballiro@worlded.org.
Volunteers needed:
Federal Hill House needs literacy volunteers/reading coaches to help
parents that need to learn to read or need to improve their reading
skills. Duties will include: using assessment tools to determine
reading level and using beginning reading materials to bring clients to
a fifth grade reading level. Requirements: Good reading/writing
skills, ability to communicate ideas in an uncomplicated manner, and a
desire to help others. If interested, please call Sandra Perez at
421-4722.
learning
opportunities
two online discussions:
Discussion Topic: Evaluation—Expected Outcomes and Intended Audiences,
Family Literacy Discussion List
February 27 and 28 To Participate: Subscribe by visiting: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Familyliteracy
Guest Facilitator: Don Seaman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and former
Research Scientist, College of Education, Texas A&M University
Discussion Topic: Transition from GED to Postsecondary Education, Focus
on Basics Discussion List
February 26 - March 2 To Participate:: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Focusonbasics
Guest Facilitators: Barbara Garner, editor of Focus on Basics,
Cynthia Zafft, Director of the National College Transitions Network,
World Education, Inc., Sandy Goodman, Director, New England College
Transition Project, World Education, Inc.
2007 Parent Workshop Series Brochure
- (for full schedule, please contact lrri@brown.edu)
Entrance to all workshops is $5.
Workshops will take place at the CVS-Highlander Charter School in
Providence on designated evenings from 7 - 9 PM.
The program includes 13 workshops for parents, including:
Understanding Learning Styles, Organized for Learning, Orton-Gillingham
for Parents, Transitions
to Higher Education, The Journey of Parenting: Connections to the
Evolving Brains of Children
Ages 4 - 14, Self-Esteem, Quirky Kids, Understanding the Impact of
Early Reflexes on Sensory and
Academic Development., Parenting a Child with Learning
Differences, Homework, Using
Evaluation Data to Advocate for Your Child, Cultivating
Collaborations: Creating a Team to
Support Your Child Attention
Pre-registration is required. Seating is limited.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. - Cathy Sanford,
Director, Hasbro Center for Teaching Excellence c/o The Dunn Institute
for Learning Differences 401-831-7323
The CALL Interest
Section of TESOL is pleased to offer the opportunity to participate in
the Electronic Village Online
(EVO) 2007 season. This is a professional development project and
virtual extension of the TESOL 2007 Convention in Seattle . The
intended audience includes both TESOL 2007 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 15 -Feb 25.
Please visit our Announcement Web page to select one among the various
offerings. http://evo07sessions.pbwiki.com
- Paula Emmert, On behalf of the EVO Coordination Team
Providence Public
Library events
- http://www.provlib.org/branchout/current.html
funding
opportunities - large and less large
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
Grants for Community
Improvement Programs - Hamburger Helper is looking to lend a
helping hand to neighborhoods nationwide with its "My Hometown Helper"
grant program. Individuals from communities and organizations across
America can submit a written essay of 250 words or less describing how
the "My Hometown Helper" grant would help improve their community
project. Maximum Award: $15,000. Eligibility: Requests for funding must
be sponsored by a municipal or civic organization or public school. Deadline: May 31, 2007. http://www.myhometownhelper.com/
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
UPS Foundation Education Grants fund
high impact philanthropic programs
that raise the level of educational instruction, family learning
opportunities, and school involvement projects. Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations. http://www.community.ups.com/philanthropy/grant.html
- other grants from the Public Education Network: http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
- 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
Employment
opportunity: English for Action seeks an executive director. (more
about EFA: http://www.englishforaction.org/en/Home.php)
For a word doc of the position announcement, please contact LR/RI.
Instructor of Information Technology and
Help Desk Support Providence, RI
Are you passionate about working with urban young adults and providing
them with opportunities to excel? Do you want to teach in a
hands-on, project-based environment?
Then come teach at Year Up! Year Up is an exciting and dynamic
young organization whose mission is to prepare urban young adults for
work and learning in our technology-driven society, guiding them toward
successful and rewarding careers and higher education. Year Up
offers its students intensive technical and professional skills
training and paid internships with leading local companies. We
are looking for a passionate,
confident and entrepreneurial technology educator to join our team in
Providence, Rhode Island.
The Instructor of Information Technology and Help Desk Support will be
responsible for teaching Desktop Support and Troubleshooting, Client
Server Technology and Applications, and Customer Service and Phone
Support skills. S/he will plan and coordinate with the various
instructors, and teach classes him/herself. The Instructor, as
with all positions at Year Up, will also advise several students, and
be expected to work
closely with the students, maintain an environment of trust and
nurture, and engage with them on a daily basis in ways that contribute
to both the students’ and the organization’s success
Qualifications
• A proven passion for working with urban youth, an
unshakeable belief in their potential, and confidence in his/her
ability to make a difference.
• Experience teaching or working with urban youth,
preferably with the 18-24 age range.
• Experience with curriculum, syllabus development
and lesson planning.
• Experience with student assessment and a talent to
continuously evaluate the curriculum to identify what is working and
what improvements can be made.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree
preferred. Technical certifications are a plus (MCSE, A+, Network +,
MCT, MCSA, MCDST).
• Strong team orientation – desire to be part of the
Year Up faculty team and to lead the team in areas of expertise.
• An interest in creating a hands-on interactive
learning environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills – experience working
with diverse individuals and groups.
• A desire to continuously evaluate and improve the
program’s contribution to its students.
For more information, go to http://www.yearup.org
Send resume and cover letter to: rdubuisson@yearup.org
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
from David Rosen: from ETS's Policy
Information Center, America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our
Nation's Future, by Irwin Kirsch, Henry Braun, and Kentaro Yamamoto,
and Andrew Sum of Northeastern University, "looks at the convergence of
three powerful sociological and economical forces that are changing our
nation's future: substantial disparities in skill levels (reading and
math); seismic economic changes (widening wage gaps), and sweeping
demographic shifts (less education, lower skills)" From the Report: "If
we continue on our current course… it is likely that our nation will
gradually lose ground in relation to other countries, becoming more
divided both socially and economically in the process.... If we are
unable to substantially close the existing skill gaps among
racial/ethnic groups and substantially boost the literacy levels of the
population as a whole, demographic forces will result in a U.S.
population in 2030 with tens of millions of adults unable to meet the
requirements of the new economy. Moreover, a substantial proportion of
those adults will be members of disadvantaged minority groups who will
likely consider them-selves outside the economic mainstream…."
"...there is a growing need for all individuals to become better
educated and more skilled.. Individuals must have a broad set of
literacy andnumeracy skills to successfully manage the various aspects
of their lives: from planning their careers, to nurturing and guiding
their children, to navigating the health-care system, to taking more
personal responsibility for their financial future.
Why is the current distribution of educational attainment and academic
achievement so problematic. <quite apart from the large and
persistent racial/ethnic gaps? Early dropouts, as well as many holders
of high school diplomas or GEDs, typically lack strong foundational
skills and the key noncognitive skills that would enable them to
benefit from learning and training experiences later on in life. In
fact, the lack of both cognitive and the so-called “soft.skills” (e.g.,
persistence, teamwork skills, and communication skills) makes it more
difficult for them to obtain and retain employment, especially for
those jobs offering the potential for advancement."
(America's Perfect Storm, Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Economic
Future Page 26, ETS http://tinyurl.com/2lyodb )
The U.S. Department
of Education's
Office of Vocational and Adult Education is pleased to announce the
launch of the National STAR Training
Network Web site. The Web site contains information on the
Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) initiative, created to assist
states and local programs in making systemic and instructional changes
required to improve the reading achievement of intermediate-level adult
learners (G.L.E. 4.0-8.9). STAR provides teachers and
administrators with Web-based tools that translate reading research
into practice and high quality training and technical assistance to
build capacity for reading reform.
The National STAR Training Network is offering two training and
technical assistance packages to states and local programs. The
new Web site describes these services and provides an array of tools to
help you learn about and plan to implement evidence-based reading
instruction. We invite you to visit the Web site at http://www.startoolkit.org to
learn more about how you can improve adult learners’ reading
achievement.
Health Literacy Study Circle+ Facilitators
Training
The purpose of this training guide is to help
experienced professional developers and others organize and conduct a
one-day session to train and orient those who will serve as
facilitators of a HALL/NCSALL Health Literacy Study Circle+. A Health
and Adult Literacy and Learning (HALL)/National Center for Study of
Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) Health Literacy Study Circle+ is a
professional development activity for adult basic education (ABE),
adult secondary education (ASE), or adult English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) practitioners. This guide includes the information and
materials you will need to conduct the training, but not background
information on planning and facilitating training. Facilitators of the
Health Literacy Study Circle+ Facilitators Training should be
experienced trainers. For more information and to download the training
guide, go to the NCSALL Web site: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1169
Adult Literacy Research:
Opportunities and Challenges by John Comings and Lisa Soricone
This occasional paper has two goals that support the building of a
stronger research base for the adult literacy field. The first goal is
to interest researchers in pursuing rigorous scientific research in
this field. Despite the many challenges to research, this field offers
researchers some opportunities to have a positive impact on education,
increase the research base, and advance their careers. The second goal
is to identify these challenges and approaches to overcoming them so
that future research could design more successful studies. Addressing
these challenges to research is a critical step toward building a
larger and stronger foundation of evidence to support practitioner
decisions. To download the paper:
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#opps
Evaluating and Interpreting Research Syntheses in Adult Learning and
Literacy by Harris Cooper
This occasional paper introduces the methods of research
synthesis and meta-analysis to researchers and consumers of research in
the field of adult learning and literacy. The first section defines key
terms and offers a brief history of how the methodologies developed.
The second section provides a conceptualization of research synthesis
that views it no differently from other research endeavors in the
social sciences. Then, the tasks of research synthesis are presented
within the context of a hypothetical example drawn from the literature
on adult learning and literacy. To download the paper: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#syntheses
- Kaye Beall. World Education kaye_beall@worlded.org
Resources from EdChange family of Web
sites: A new Classism and Poverty Awareness Quiz
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/quizzes.html ; Newly designed
Social Justice News Service site
http://mail.socialjusticenews.net/mailman/listinfo/news_socialjusticenews.net-
email-based news service, periodic email digests of links to articles
related to equity, social justice, and multiculturalism from sources
all over the world.
New essays and links to essays http://www.edchange.org/publications.html
New essays in the Multicultural Education Research Room http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers.html
from Thursday notes, 02/15/07:
States Trying Out DOL's CAAs
President Bush's FY 2008 employment and training budget for the
Department of Labor renews his proposal for Career Advancement
Accounts (CAAs). Funds slated to be allocated to States as a
single stream include: Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated
Worker and Youth, as well as Employment Service funds. CAAs
provide dollars for education and training to out-of-school youth,
low-income adults, and dislocated workers. Last fall, as part of
the President’s American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI), DOL
announced that three states—IN, PA, and WY—are receiving $1.5M
discretionary grants to demonstrate CAAs, using a customized strategy
for each State economy. IN is using geographic regions to model
service delivery for high-growth, high-demand industries to bring to
scale Statewide. PA is focusing on high-priority industries and
industry clusters. WY is targeting training to its key energy
sector. Five other states—GA, MI, MN, MO, and OH—have $1.5M
discretionary grants to pilot CAAs for dislocated workers under the
ACI. Click on http://www.doleta.gov/BudgetFY08.cfm
ETS: Worker Skill Forecast
Bleak
American workers will be less literate in 2030 than today. So
says America’s Perfect Storm, a new report from the Educational Testing
Service (ETS). As better-educated workers leave the workforce,
incoming workers with lower skills will not qualify for high-wage jobs
that are growing. Instead, workers will compete with each other,
and new immigrants, for low-wage employment. To avoid a bleak
future, the report says we need to handle the combined effect of: skill
gaps in reading and math; a labor market rewarding higher skills; and
an increasingly diverse population. For the report, executive
summary, and PowerPoint : http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/
Taking Matters Into Teachers’ Hands What if adult education teachers
handled their own professional development as teacher
researchers? Teacher-researchers develop questions about what
they think and observe about teaching and learning. George Mason
University (VA) has a helpful set of online materials and a how-to
guide for teachers undertaking classroom research. http://www.gse.gmu.edu/research/tr/TRdefinition.shtml.
Create Your State
Check out the Education Counts database with 250 State-level, K-12
education indicators, many spanning multiple years. Data were
collected for Education Week's annual reports, Quality Counts and
Technology Counts. To build your own table, select indicators,
years and States. http://www2.edweek.org/rc/edcounts/
CAELA's newest online
resource collection,Working with
Literacy-Level Adult English
Language Learners. is now available at http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/literacy.html
The collection includes links and annotations to many resources related
to working with adult English language learners, who have had limited
access to formal education. - Lynda Terrill, Center for Adult English
Language Acquisition, Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th St, NW,
Washington, DC 20016 lterrill@cal.org
As referenced during
the December Leadership Institute, please be advised that all services
on WordChamp are being made
available to RIDE funded programs for the 2006-2007 program year.
The program is designed to provide support to classroom language
learning and can also function as an independent study tool for
students at high intermediate to fairly advanced levels. With
guidance, this could also be a useful tool for more basic level
learners. Find out more at http://www.wordchamp.com.
(Please note that this is not an endorsement of the site, but is being
disseminated for information purposes only).
from Daphne
Greenberg: The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities on December 13, 2006. This was a tremendous
achievement for all who had worked over the past 5 years and even
before that, to put disability on the human rights agenda.
It is expected that the U.S. disability movement will campaign for the
United States to sign and ratify the Convention. While the U.S.
had announced at the beginning of the process that they would never
sign, this appears to have changed and they are considering a
signature. See the Convention in its final form at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/convtexte.htm
this is not a sales
pitch: Earth from the Air is
a "presentation of large-scale photographs of astonishing natural
landscapes. Created by world-famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing
planet. Seen together, they are an outstanding visual testimony to the
world we live in today. A world with a growing population, shrinking
biodiversity, polluted lands and oceans, a changing climate and a
shortage of drinking water. A world, nevertheless, of beauty and of
wonder.” Photos online for discussion, as well as facts about the
world (developing and overdeveloped), visuals to spark discussion and
resources to keep it going. http://www.earthfromtheair.com/
(with thanks to Miranda Shaw)
and
(from the Rethinking
Schools list serv)10 fantastic color photographs taken by the
Hubble space telescope.? Please left click on the URL
below...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/galleries/index.html?in_image_id=302567&in_gallery_id=9139&in_page_id=1055>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/
galleries/index.html?in_image_id=302567&in_gallery_id=9139&in_page_id=1055
Reflect 6, the magazine of the UK’s
National Research and Development Centre is now on-line.
http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=71
Articles of interest address numeracy, ESOL, work force learning and
practitioner-research.
Immigration's Impact on the Workforce
Volume 4, Issue 3 Commonwealth Corporation announces the
release of its Research and Evaluation Brief, Immigration's Impact on
the Workforce., which looks at the impact of new foreign
immigration on the population and labor force of Massachusetts, by
examining their demographic characteristics, educational attainment
levels, and English Language proficiency. It also discusses the
potential implications for workforce development in the state. To view
the brief please visit the CommCorp website at http://www.commcorp.org/researchandevaluation/briefs.html
Radical Math is a resource for
educators interested in integrating issues of social, political, and
economic justice into math curriculum and classes… RadicalMath.org has
the goals of raising mathematic literacy and simultaneously developing
ways to address a range of community issues. The website supports
educators to teach many different types of math within the context of
studying social, political, and economic justice issues.
RadicalMath.org also contains teaching materials on important financial
topics for youth such as owning a credit card, paying for college, and
avoiding subprime lenders, as well as materials on Ethnomathematics.
Visit http://www.radicalmath.org/
for more or email info@radicalmath.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.
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:
MATSOL 2007
Conference - http://www.matsol.org/
- Click on
Conference 2007; conference will be held March 8-9; proposals are due
on December 15.
The National Center
for Family Literacy 16th Annual National Conference on Family
Literacy,
March 4 - 6, 2007, Orlando, Florida. For further
information,
please visit http://www.famlit.org/Conference/index.cfm
The 2007 Learning Differences Awareness
Conference: March 3, Providence Marriott, Orms Street. Registration
$40 before February 17. Dr. Robert Brooks is the keynote speaker.
Conference brochure available at
http://www.dunninstitute.org
4th Annual
(Net)Working Conference on Women & Literacy March 9 – March 10, 2007
Northeastern University Boston.
The
conference
theme for this year is Threads of Experience: Creative Spaces for
Women's Learning.
Keynote Speaker: Antonia Darder
Pre-Conference Seminar
The Impact of Violence on Learning: Building Connections to Deepen
Understanding March 8, 2007 9:30 – 4:30 Co-Sponsored
by WE LEARN
& Northeastern University School of Professional and Continuing
Studies. If you have questions or need more information, please
contact: Mev Miller welearn@litwomen.org
401-383-4374. http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html
For seminar details, and availability visit the website
or contact
jenny@learningandviolence.net
Announcing a second training for Preparing
for Work: An EFF Work Readiness Curriculum
March 8 and 9, at the University of Tennessee Conference Center
Knoxville, TN To register online,: http://utkcls.ra.utk.edu/register/eff_register.asp?event_id=EFF0607+++&Submit=Continue+-%3E
For more information on the training and for registration details,
please refer to the attached brochure, or call Anna Bogle at (865)
974-8426. The EFF Work Readiness Curriculum aligns with the National
Work Readiness Credential (NWRC) Profile which was developed in
collaboration with the EFF Assessment Consortium and hundreds of
front-line supervisors from businesses across the country.
The profile uses The EFF Worker Role Map and integrates the Secretary1s
Commission on Achieving Basic Skills (SCANS skills) with the EFF
Content Standards. Each of the instructional modules that
comprise the EFF Work Readiness Curriculum take a blended approach,
focusing on specific SCANS tasks from the credential1s profile while
highlighting two or three of the EFF Standards, reinforcing the
acquisition and application of basic skills. - Anna Bogle
Professional Development Coordinator, Equipped for the Future 600
Henley St, Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996
Commonwealth Workforce
Coalition: 4th Annual Sharing Skills~Building Connections Conference
March 14th, DCU Center, Worcester, MA
This year's conference focuses on working effectively with the dual
customers of the public workforce development system—employers and
program participants. New workshops and a post-conference reception
have been added. Register by February
14th for the early-bird special.
For more information: http://cwc.cedac.org/
Facing Race: A National Conference March
22-24, City University of New York
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=288732541&url_num=4&url=http://www.arc.org/content/view/487/111/
EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES THIS FRIDAY FEB. 23.
The Future of Racial Justice Winona LaDuke, Juan Gonzales, Angela
Glover Blackwell and our own Rinku Sen will be on hand to debate the
pressing issues confronting communities of color. From rebuilding
in the Gulf to the fight for affirmative action, these experts will
take up the questions you want answered. And today, you decide!
What are those critical issues? What questions should the panel
take up? Go to the FACING RACE site and answer the
poll http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=288732541&url_num=6&url=http://www.arc.org/content/view/487/111/
to tell us what you think (find it in the sidebar): OR
Visit our blog RaceWire.org http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=288732541&url_num=7&url=http://www.racewire.org
and let us know what you want to hear in this important plenary
session. And while you're there, read up on our latest news
commentary.
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=288732541&url_num=16&url=http://www.arc.org/content/view/490/111/
The Commission on Adult Basic
Education
(COABE) and the Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education
invite you to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2007 COABE National Conference to
be held in Philadelphia March 25-28, 2007.
ANN Teaching and Learning Principles: A Map for Implementing Effective
Math Instruction for Adult Learners - The Adult Numeracy Network (ANN)
will hold a full day Math Institute as part of the COABE Pre Conference
on March 25. The Institute will address four strands (Number, Geometry,
Data, and Algebra) for all adult learner levels. Attendees will
participate in group learning activities which will increase
understanding of concepts and emphasize the importance of an activity
based curriculum. Individuals can register through the COABE07 website
for the one-day Pre-Conference Session. - Esther Leonelli Moderator,
ANN Numeracy list
Creating Balance in an Unjust World
Conference on Math Education and Social Justice Long Island
University, Brooklyn, NY, April 27 - April 29 http://www.radicalmath.org/conference
We are looking for people to register as a
participant, volunteer for planning or at the conference, table as an
organization or vendor, donate financially or in-kind. Registration - sliding scale $25-125
and free for session
facilitators
To present/facilitate a session download the application at http://www.radicalmath.org/conference
Conference Overview:
Join educators, parents, students, activists, and community members
from around the country to explore the connections between math
education and social justice. We invite you to share your
thoughts, lesson plans, questions and be a facilitator for a workshop,
interest group, or presentation. Facilitators may also choose to
present on topics related to math and social justice i.e. equity in
education, literacy and social justice, etc. Sessions need not be
entirely polished presentations as we hope to share ideas in order to
build together.
Goals of the conference:
Bring together educators, researchers, parents, activists, and students
to collectively discuss social justice and math education; Foster
new and innovative partnerships and collaborations; Create a space to
share resources, lesson plans, best practices, and other classroom
materials; Develop structures for ongoing discussion and working groups
about math and social justice; Organize a
national voice in the ongoing debate over math education reform; Plan
actions, advocacy, future meetings, etc.
Session Formats -
Workshops, Interest Group Gatherings, or Presentations.
All sessions will be one hour and 30 minutes in length. Workshops are
interactive sessions intended for 15-40 participants that may utilize a
variety of formats including small group work, open discussion, and
break-out sessions. Interest Group Gatherings are informal
sessions
bringing together 15-40 participants with similar interests for more
casual conversations to engage in network building, and collective
thinking around common issues, and do not require the facilitator to
present information. They are brain-storming sessions where the
facilitator helps guide a discussion around a common interest.
Presentations are lecture style sessions that may have one speaker or a
panel of speakers.
Contact: Taeko Onishi ktaeko@gmail.com (646)259-5602
coming in May: How Community Colleges Contribute to Equity
in Education and the Workforce (ETS-sponsored) May 21- May 22,
2007 Princeton, New Jersey
Community colleges enroll almost half of the undergraduate students in
America’s colleges and universities, and they are the postsecondary
institutions of choice for a higher proportion of minority, immigrant,
low-income, and first-generation students. For these students, the
colleges serve as portals for entry to the workplace or to
baccalaureate degree programs. Because community colleges are open
admissions institutions that serve students who are highly diverse in
age, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, they tend to be
flexible and prepared to support students at all levels to succeed. As
with all colleges and universities, students arrive with varied
experiences and learning styles; many of them have either struggled in
high school or have logged many years out of school before enrolling in
a community college.
The symposium will focus on research devoted to addressing the
challenges and opportunities offered by community colleges. Scholars
and practitioners will discuss the latest data, analyses, and
innovative ideas for policies and practices for community colleges as
they seek to close achievement gaps. Among the topics planned for the
conference are: Historical Perspectives on Community Colleges and
Achievement Gaps, Enrollments and Attendance Patterns at Community
Colleges, Closing Gaps in Mathematics, Literacy, English as a Second
Language, How Do Two-Year Minority-Serving Institutions Fare in Closing
Gaps? Community Colleges Preparing Students for the Workforce, Barriers
to Transfer and Retention, Placement, Remediation Approaches,
Defending the Community College Equity Agenda Participants may include
community college leaders, faculty, administrators, researchers from
various institutions, the general public, and representatives of
community college organizations.
To learn more:
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid=1c10a7f45d410110VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=19e5be3a864f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
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
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to share with adult educators in Rhode Island. Bulletins go out at
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