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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. To learn more about professional development opportunities, please contact the RI AEPDC at (401) 863-2839 or (401)456 -2838 September 13, 2007 Bulletin #249 Dear Colleagues, Calls for
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ESOL share - Tuesday, Tuesday, August 21st at 3:00, Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. topic: ESOL literacy – working with learners with little to no literacy in their own language or in English. This is an open discussion group – all are welcome to attend. LEARNING OPPORTUNITY Learn about Promising Practices to Help Learners Stick to Their Studies The New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC)/World Education has launched the New England Learner Persistence Project in collaboration with its member states. The goal of this project is to improve adult learner persistence and outcomes in order for adult learners to meet their educational and related life goals. You are invited to participate in a three-session study circle that looks at the research and promising practices related to improving student persistence. Study circle participants will be eligible to apply for a subsequent $3,000 mini-grant to support action research on 1-3 promising practices by a program team of teacher(s), administrator(s), and student(s). Action research teams will be supported through: - Training on how to do action research - Professional development on selected persistence strategies - On-going technical assistance from NELRC staff in documenting and analyzing findings - Sharing and support among the community of 20 action research teams Schedule of activities Study circles September - December 2007 Action research proposals submitted and selected December 2007 Learner persistence action research summit January 2008 Action research projects January 2008 – September 2008 Study circle information Facilitator: Silja Kallenbach Study circle dates: Fridays – October 26, November 16 and December 7, 1 - 4:30 pm Location: to be announced Registration info: If you would like to participate in the three study circle sessions, please respond to the questions below, and submit your responses, by by October 1st to janet_isserlis@brown.edu 1. What interests you about the Learner Persistence project? What do you hope to learn? 2. Are you familiar with the work that’s been done on learner persistence? 3. What are the implications of increasing learner persistence for your program? Project information- Andy Nash, Project Director, New England Learner Persistence Project, NELRC/World Education 44 Farnsworth St. Boston, MA 02210 617-482-9485 x674 anash@worlded.org The Learning Disabilities Work Group is in the process of collecting ideas for the successful teaching of adults who have low literacy skills. We welcome your ideas for strategies, materials, lesson plans and resources that have been useful to you in teaching adults who are reading in the EFL levels 1 and 2. Please send your ideas to Nancy Fritz at Nancy@gencenter.org and she will share them with the LD group. learning opportunities The Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy (CHisPA) is offering GED classes in Spanish. The cost for GED classes will be $300.00/student including books for 13 weeks of preparation (8 hours per week). Classes will begin in September 24th. Please call CHisPA at 401.467.0111 for more information or to register. - Miguel E. Sanchez-Hartwein, MBA, Executive Director, Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy (CHisPA) 421 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI 02907 401.467.0111 Practitioner Research Project The Adult Numeracy Network (ANN) will sponsor two practitioner research projects to begin this fall and conclude before our annual meeting next spring. We would like the practitioners to try something new in their classroom based on what the ANN Teaching and Learning Principles suggest for a high quality mathematics curriculum and learning environment. To apply for this project, the practitioner must provide information on the following four components of practitioner research. 1. Identify the question to be researched. What aspect of the ANN principles are you investigating? “What is going on …?” or “What happens when..?” or “How do I help students…?” 2. Discuss how you will collect data to answer the question. How will you gather information to answer your question? Will it be quantitative (numbers, i.e. math scores to show demonstration of learning) or qualitative (case study)? 3. Analyze and interpret the data. What will you do with the data that you gathered? What did you find out? What’s the answer to the question? What does this mean for your teaching practice? 4. Share the findings. Write an article for the newsletter based on your research project. Also, if possible, share your project at ANN annual conference in 2008. If this interests you, please submit your proposal identifying the four components above to electronically to Mdr151@aol.com (preferred) or mail to Pam Meader, 151 Summit St, Portland, Me 04103 by September 15, 2007. Two practitioners will be selected and will receive a $500 stipend at the completion of their projects and sharing of their findings. Selected practitioners will be asked to join ANN if they are not already members. http://www.literacynet.org/ann/ Teachers Unite in the Classroom! We invite educators to join this unique peer-to-peer professional development forum. Post or answer questions about your lessons, curricula or other classroom matters that deal with issues of justice, equity, liberation, representation or grassroots activism. Use this moderated listserv to pose questions, share experiences and recommend resources that build social justice teaching. Sign up at: https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/teachersuniteclassroom Looking forward to the conversation. - Sally Lee, Executive Director, Teachers Unite The National Council of State Directors is sponsoring advocacy training for adult educators interested in focusing their efforts on influencing policies and funding at the state level. The interactive workshops range in length from 2 hours to a full day depending on the needs of the participants. The training is usually held in conjunction with the State's Adult Education Professional Association conference or the state conference sponsored by the State Adult Education Office either as part of the conference or as a pre-conference session. Major topics covered in the workshops with a 55 page packet of handouts are: Reading a political biography, understanding the political system, identifying the most important people in the process, understanding the importance of timing, agreeing on the message, packaging the message, finding allies to help carry the message, closing the deal, involving of students and staff in the effort, the concept of political literacy as it relates to adult education programs, action planning for your specific state effort and making advocacy an ongoing part of adult education in the state. This training is provided to states by the Policy Committee of the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education. Under the existing guidelines each state requesting the training provides the travel expenses for the trainer while the trainer's time is covered by the Council or other organizations. If you would like to participate in a training in Rhode Island, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu by October 12th, so that we can inquire into availability – dates and times – for a workshop to be held here. women over 40: The AARP Foundation's Women’s Scholarship Program provides scholarship funds to women 40+ seeking new job skills, training, and educational opportunities to support themselves and their families, and improve their communities. The Program is available to eligible individuals with moderate and lower incomes and limited financial resources, and is made possible by a generous donation from AARP to the AARP Foundation, the organization’s affiliated charity. Scholarship Program Administrators (SPA) in Nashville, Tennessee will oversee the selection process. http://www.aarpfoundationwlc.org/ Next Monday (Sept. 17th) ProLiteracy America will launch an new online course titled Gear-Up for Capitol Hill: Essential Skills and Strategies for Federal-Level Advocacy. A few spaces still remain. The course delves into topics that are critical to successful advocacy initiatives. Everyone in the course will create resources - specific to their own programs - that they can use for all types of advocacy efforts, from educating their legislators about important adult education issues, to making "the ask." The course is self-paced, with new topics covered each week: Week 1 (Sept. 17-23): Build Your Knowledge - Learn the differences between educating policymakers and lobbying. Refresh what you know about federal-level budgeting processes and lingo, Define your niche in federal-level advocacy Week 2 (Sept. 24-30): Build Your Resources - Identify your legislators' issues. Target your purpose and your message, Create a program fact sheet to build your case for support Week 3 (Oct. 1-5): Visiting Legislators / Building and Mobilizing Local Networks - Learn to communicate effectively with elected officials, Create an action plan for mobilizing a local network, Build an advocacy portfolio Week 4 (Nov. 12-16): Celebrate Experiences and Plan Next Steps, Evaluate your advocacy experiences, Position yourself as a resource for legislators, Collect feedback from colleagues as you strategize future advocacy efforts Online Guests · Marsha Tait, senior vice president, ProLiteracy Worldwide and Art Ellison, state director of adult education (NH) and chair, policy committee, National Council of State Directors of Adult Education Facilitator - Jackie Taylor, chair, Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers and ProLiteracy America professional development editor To register, go to http://www.proliteracy.org, and click on Professional Development. Questions? Please call 315-422-9121 ext. 283, or prodev@proliteracy.org Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative (RIFLI) 2007-08schedule of classes. An English version and a Spanish version of the schedules are available at http://www.rifli.org . Classes are offered in Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket and Providence. Questions? Please contact Karisa Tashjian, Literacy Program Coordinator 401-455-8185 This fall, the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State University will offer an Adult Literacy course through Penn State's online World Campus. For more information: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml. STAR Releases Teacher Resources The Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) project has released two issue papers useful to reading teachers - the Role of Instructional Leadership in Implementing Evidence-based Reading Instruction by Sandy Strunk and Managed Enrollment and Evidence-based Reading Instruction by John Strucker. (in PDF at http://www.startoolkit.org/) A new STAR outreach video of testimonials also has been posted. http://www.startoolkit.org/intro_video.html funding opportunities - large and less large - 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 opportunities are generally sent as they arrive via email; if you would like to receive this bulletin, and those updates by email please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu. employment opportunity GED instructor at Burrillville High School. Classes meet Monday and Wednesday from 6pm-8pm. Please send resume to: RIRAL 191 Social Street Box 11, 5th Floor Woonsocket, RI 02895 Email resume to: Cidalia Duarte cduarte@riral.org. Employment opportunity: English for Action seeks a passionate, energetic and creative full-time executive director to provide leadership to the organization as it seeks to increase sustainability and community impact. Full description: http://www.idealist.org/en/job/211090-138 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
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If you have questions about this service, please online / resources available The National Commission on Adult Literacy has released Adult Education and Postsecondary Success by Steve Reder of Portland State University and the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. The policy brief was presented at the Commission's third meeting on August 20, 2007. It examines GED holders in comparison to their counterparts who have received a high school diploma as well as those with no high school credential. The comparisons are made in terms of long-term postsecondary education outcomes. The author makes recommendations for expanding and restructuring the adult education system, with the goal of college readiness and success in mind. This document and others are available from the Publications page of the National Commission website: http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/pandp.html. Workplace Education: Twenty State Perspectives, a paper prepared by education consultant James T. Parker for the National Commission on Adult Literacy was prepared for the Commission's meeting on August 20, by education consultant James Parker (formerly of the U.S. Department of Education). It describes various aspects of current workplace education programs in 20 states: AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MN, MS,NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV, and WI. It examines how the programs are funded; the level of effort in each case for the past two years; connections, partnerships, and/or strategic plans implemented by workplace education programs; how states measure outcomes or determine success; the nature of workplace education outcomes achieved; challenges or barriers faced by the states; what the states consider to be the key elements of success in their workplace education efforts, and (8) what future policy options the states would like to consider. One section of the paper presents seven policy options from the author's perspective. In an appendix to the study, state profiles are given for the 20 states included. The document is available from the Commission website: http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/pandp.html. The National Commission on Adult Literacy has released Family Literacy in Adult Education: The Federal and State Support Role a paper by Tony Peyton of the National Center for Family Literacy, prepared for the August 20 meeting of the Commission. The paper contains an Executive Summary and four major sections: (1) Making the Case: Why Provide Family Literacy Services; (2) Federal Support for Family Literacy; (3) Examples of State Family Literacy Initiatives; and (4) Issues & Recommendations. Among the author's five recommendations: serious national and state attention should be given to the collection of comparable data about family literacy services, program types, funding, legislative provisions, and enrollments across the states, as well as research to fully demonstrate program outcomes. The paper is available at http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/pandp.html. The National Institute for Literacy will host a Webinar: From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults Friday, September 28, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Eastern Time This webcast will present a practical and compelling rationale for the use of research-based principles for adult reading instruction. Dr. John Kruideiner, Dr. Rosalind Davidson, and Ms. Susan McShane will use two components of reading, word analysis and comprehension, as examples to illustrate research-based practices, focusing on specific assessment and instructional strategies derived from the research. Participants will learn about the direct link between research and evidence-based practice. The presenters also will explain how all four major components of reading provide a framework for assessing students' reading ability and how assessment results can lead to a program of instruction that improve students' reading. For more information, please contact info@nifl.gov or call 202-233-2025 or visit us online at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/assesspractice/webcast0928.html. Please note: This webcast will be archived on the Institute's website about two weeks after the event. Research Utilization in the Field of Adult Learning and Literacy: Lessons Learned by NCSALL About Connecting Practice, Policy, and Research By Cristine Smith, Beth Bingman, and Kaye Beall This occasional paper is a summary of what the staff of the NCSALL Dissemination Initiative learned about how to connect research, policy and practice in ways that promote evidence-based practice in the field of adult learning and literacy. Go to http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#utilization to download the paper. From September 17th - 21st, the Special Topics list will hold a discussion with Mary Jane Schmitt, Myrna Manly and Dr. Lynda Ginsburg, authors of The Components of Numeracy, an occasional paper published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy in December 2006. To join this discussion, subscribe by going to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/specialtopics After you complete the simple registration form (30 seconds) you will receive an email asking you to confirm that you wish to subscribe. Immediately reply to the email to complete your subscription. After the discussion ends you can unsubscribe from the same Web address, or stay on for the next discussion. Authors' Biographies Lynda Ginsburg is a senior researcher for mathematics education at Rutgers University and is currently conducting NSF-sponsored research on adult learners' work with their children on mathematics homework and on mathematics learning in out-of-school settings. Prior to this position, she worked at the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) for 12 years where she participated in the development of a number of adult education projects including Captured Wisdom, the Professional Development Kit (PDK) and LiteracyLink. She has taught mathematics in high schools, in ABE/GED and workplace programs, and in community college developmental classes. She holds a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Myrna Manly (B.A. Mathematics, M.A. Education, M.S. Applied Mathematics) has experience teaching mathematics at many academic levels, most recently as a Professor of Mathematics at El Camino College. In that capacity, she developed curricula designed to adapt the foundation courses for the needs of at-risk students. She also is the author of The GED Math Problem Solver, a textbook that integrates all the strands of math into a coherent approach to test preparation. In addition to instruction, she has been involved with the assessment of the mathematics proficiency of adults as the Mathematics Specialist for the 1988 version of the GED test and as a member of the numeracy team for the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL). She also brings experience in Professional Development to the project, having worked with states and programs, facilitating staff-development and train-the-trainer workshops (e.g. Making Math Meaningful in CA and VA, GED as Project in VA, GED Math Institute in Washington, DC) that were aimed at improving mathematics instruction to adults. Mary Jane Schmitt has been an adult educator for over 35 years. She has taught mathematics in ABE, GED, and ESL programs, has worked at the Massachusetts Department of Education, and is currently a project director at TERC in Cambridge, MA, where she directs the Adult Numeracy@TERC projects. Mary Jane is the co-author and co- principal investigator for the Extending Mathematical Power (EMPower) Project Mathematics Curriculum for Adult Learners recently published by Key Curriculum Press. She is a co-founder of the Adult Numeracy Network (ANN). Mary Jane's undergraduate degree is in mathematics and she holds an M.Ed. from Harvard University. She is the 2004 recipient of the Kenneth J. Mattran Award for exemplary work at the national and international levels given by the Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE). Discussion Preparation Recommended Readings The Components of Numeracy (especially the summary on p. 34) http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/research/op_numeracy.pdf The Adult Numeracy Network’s “Teaching and Learning Principles” and “Professional Development Principles.” http://www.literacynet.org/ann/ teachingandlearningprinciplesv610.30.05 (newest).pdf The Inclusion of Numeracy in Adult Basic Education, Volume 3, Chapter 5, Review of Adult Learning and Literacy http://www.ncsall.net/?id=566 To gain insight into the importance of numeracy or quantitative literacy in today’s society, select a few chapters that interest you from “Mathematics and Democracy: The case for Quantitative Literacy.” http://www.maa.org/ql/mathanddemocracy.html Scientific Evidence for Adult Literacy Educators The National Institute for Literacy is pleased to bring you QEd, a five-issue series for the adult education community-- literacy educators, paraprofessionals, program directors, and volunteers. QEd will bring ideas and information from the expanding scientific research base on how adults learn to read. This first issue tells the story of how researchers use the high quality, scientific standards that adult literacy deserves and demands. This issue also brings you news of Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers, which offers specific connections between the research and the classroom. In future issues, QEd will amplify the key literacy elements discussed in this book. We invite you to download a copy of the publication from the Institute's website. (PDF format (261KB), HTML (accessible format)) Other resources include our discussion lists, which continue to provide the adult education community with its most energetic, interactive resource. Adult educators have a cherished history of collaboration and camaraderie. Scientifically based research inspires and challenges us as we work together to understand its implications and the power of its findings. Please join us on this journey of reflection and renewal! Send your thoughts and ideas to us at info@nifl.gov. - Sandra L. Baxter, Ed.D., Director, National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/news_events/07-12-07.html Evidence-based Practice: A Workshop for Training Adult Basic Education, TANF and One Stop Practitioners and Program Administrators (May 2007) By Cristine Smith, Beth Bingman, Lennox McLendon, and John Comings The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPDC), with funding from the National Institute for Literacy, created a one-day workshop to assist practitioners and administrators in adult basic education, TANF (Transitional Assistance for Needy Families) and One Stop programs to understand evidence-based practice and develop strategies for continuously accessing, understanding, judging and using research. For more information and to download, go to: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=769#ebp_train google literacy site: http://www.google.com/literacy/ outstanding resource: http://www.youthliteracy.ca/ - Youth Literacy work in Canada Shannon Gavin, a senior graduating from Brown this year, has developed a new website, as her capstone project in Middle East Studies, called Arab Perceptions of the United States: Video Interviews from Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria.You can view them, and supporting text at http://arabperceptions.wordpress.com Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications offers articles, learning modules, "mathlets" (single-purpose learning tools), reviews of online resources, and a developers' area. Search contents of the journal by type of resource (e.g., article), by subject (e.g., number concepts, data presentation, plane geometry), or both. The journal makes extensive use of graphics, animations, video clips, and other media. Articles and other materials are peer reviewed. (Mathematical Association of America, National ScienceFoundation) http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1875 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces that the The U.S. Civics and Citizenship Online: Resource Center for Instructors is available online at: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=b36e663784bcd010VgnVCM100000d1f1d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=b36e663784bcd010VgnVCM100000d1f1d6a1RCRD The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), Assisting Refugees with Disabilities Program has produced a Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities - available at http://www.refugees.org/DisabilityGuide The guide, written for refugee case managers and those serving refugees with disabilities, includes 139 pages of information about resources for serving adults and children with disabilities, housing for refugees with disabilities, assistive technology, medical resources, citizenship and disability, benefits for refugees with disabilities and more. If you have any questions or technical assistance needs, please contact Xuan Nguyen, Director of USCRI Health and Human Services at xnguyen@uscridc.org or at 202-347-3507 ext 3056. 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 CAELA's 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 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 Vocabulary Strategies that Work MATSOL's RI Special Interest Group will hold a one day event with Michael Graves from the University of Minnesota: Saturday, October 13th, Second Floor Student Union Building at RI College, 8:45-12:30 Opening Session: Designing a Comprehensive Vocabulary Program for English Learners. Break Out Sessions Please choose one of three workshops to attend for your breakout session. Please state your choice of breakout session when you register. - Vocabulary Building Strategies for Adult ESL Learners Sherry Lehane and Chris Bourret, Lead Teachers, Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative, Providence - Strategies for Academic Vocabulary Development in Middle and High School Erin Papa, ESL Teacher,Calcutt M.S., Central Falls, Kelly Healey and Jennifer Walker, ESL Teachers, Jenks Junior High, Pawtucket - Word Study for Elementary ELLs Linda Iannetta, ESL Teacher, Cumberland • Registration Fee $5.00 for RI SIG of MATSOL Members $10.00 Non-Members R.S.V.P by October 5, 2007 and state your breakout session to jane_george@nksd.net or ncloud@ric.edu or go to http://my.memberclicks.com/matsol 8:45-9:15 Book Exhibit, Registration, Greeting and Networking, 9:15-10:30 Opening Session: Dr. Graves Designing a Vocabulary Program, 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break/Book Exhibit, 10:45-12:00 Breakout Sessions: Choose One 12:00-12:30 Book Signing/Raffle & Exhibits REGISTER FOR SCALE'S 2007 READ.WRITE.ACT. CONFERENCE! OCTOBER 26 - 27. http://readwriteact.org/rwa/rwaconference.html 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy Call for Proposals Literacy Grows Families and Communities, March 30/April 1, 2008, Louisville, KY The National Center for Family Literacy invites proposals for presentation at the National Conference on Family Literacy. NCFL is interested in session presentations that share successful, specific outcomes and strategies that work well for the diverse populations family literacy serves. Proposals (accepted online only) hare welcome from literacy practitioners and are encouraged from professionals in administration, policy and research.. NCFL encourages presenters to carefully read the criteria and guidelines before submitting proposals. Deadline for submission of concurrent proposals is October 26; deadline for submissions for literacy showcase poster session is December 7. information http://www.famlit.org/Conference COABE and the Missouri Association for Adult, Continuing and Community Education (MAACCE) invite you to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2008 COABE National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, April 28 - May 1, 2008 at the Adam's Mark Hotel. The conference committee is interested in outstanding and innovative practices in all aspects of adult education including basic literacy, basic numeracy, workforce development, family literacy, English as a Second Language, volunteer/community-based literacy, correctional education, and all other areas. The program committee is looking for presentations based on successful implementation, current research, and sound practice. Access further information and the Call for Presenters form online at http://www.coabeconference.org/call_for_presenters.html Proposals are due no later than October 31, 2007. Presentation Co-Chairs: Janet Geary - 816.413.5461 | jgeary@coabeconference.org Ramona George - 417.447.8861 | rgeorge@coabeconference.org Join us for two days of workshops on Effective Transitions in Adult Education, November 8-9, 2007 in Providence, RI. Our keynote speaker, Dr. JoAnn Crandall, will kick off the event with a discussion of transition for English language learners. For more details, http://www.collegetransition.org/novconference.html Cynthia Zafft, Director, National College Transition Network at World Education nctn@worlded.org 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
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