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| The Rhode Island Adult Education Professional Development
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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) 456 -2838 or (401) 863-2839 January 4, 2008 Bulletin #258 Dear Colleagues, New Year's Greetings. As always, calls for
participation, resources, employment and conference
opportunities. To post notices, please contact the RIPDC at the
phone or email above.
Janet Isserlis
ESOL share Wednesday, January 23, at 3:00 pm, Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. Please bring ideas and questions. This is an open discussion group – practitioners with an interest in adult ESOL are all welcome to attend. The focus of this session is on goal setting for ESOL learners at all levels. Goal setting for what purposes? Budget Road Map: Understanding the basics about RI’s State Budget January 10th, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick (new location) Hosted by The Poverty Institute The state budget is one of the most important public policy documents in Rhode Island. It provides an account of our state's fiscal health and outlines the priorities of policymakers. his conference will provide attendees with practical information about a number of important topics related to the state’s finances including: Influencing the state budget debate; Overview of trends in revenues and spending; Challenges and opportunities in state finances; Tax subsidies and economic development with Greg Leroy, Good Jobs First (Washington, D.C.) The cost is $20 per person. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served. Please make checks payable to the Poverty Institute and mail to: The Poverty Institute, RI College School of Social Work, Providence, RI 02908 Enclose check and/or please send the information requested below to info@povertyinstitute.org. Name: Organization: Address: Phone: Email: I am interested in receiving your electronic newsletter Poverty News Please charge $ to my: c VISAc Mastercard Signature: Card Number: Expiration: For more information, contact 401-456-8512 upcoming events: The New Practitioner Orientation (NPO) is designed to provide an overview to the adult education system, its policies and priorities, to practitioners new to the field and/or new to Rhode Island. Two-day sessions are offered for staff working 15 hours or more in adult education programs, and one-day sessions are offered for part-time (up to 15 hours) staff. Topics include accountability, assessment, characteristics of adult learners and practitioners, systems and structures and policies relevant to adult education. 2008 two-day sessions: Saturdays: February 2 and 9, 2008 9:30 am – 4 pm Fridays: February 29 and March 14, 9:30 am – 4 pm one day sessions: Friday, January 18 9:30 am – 4 pm and Saturday, March 22 9:30 am – 4 pm To attend an NPO session, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu. Standards rollout: January 25th, 2-5 pm 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. Call for Writings by Adult Basic/Literacy Education Students -- Writers must be adult literacy/basic education students attending classes or working with a tutor. Women's Perspectives #3 (2008) / Women & Money : http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html Women's Perspectives #3: Women and Money will showcase writings by adult literacy/basic education students across all levels. Student writers are encouraged to reflect and to write on the theme of women and their experiences with finances, class, security, income, and other everyday issues related to women’s lives as affected by money. Criteria for Selection: Originality, Creativity, Clarity, and Relevance to the theme. All forms of writings accepted. Original artwork about this theme will also be accepted. Lesson Planning Ideas & Worksheet also available: http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html Why participate? * Students have an opportunity to share their creativity, opinions, insights, and courage with a national audience. * Student writings make a significant contribution to supporting student leadership and peer role modeling. * Students whose writings are selected for publication, and their teachers, will receive a printed copy of Women's Perspectives. * Some writings will be selected to receive Honors or Honorable Mention Awards. (Awards will include partial scholarships to attend the WE LEARN Conference and/or cash award.) All students who send writing will receive a certificate of participation. Deadline: January 18, 2008 from Thursday notes, December 20, 2007: Family Involvement Is Key to Children's School Success A new Educational Testing Service report, The Family: America's Smallest School, outlines how family and home conditions affect children’s cognitive development and school achievement in ways that persist throughout life. The report calls on policymakers to improve home and family conditions to help all students succeed. Critical factors examined include child care quality, parental involvement in schools, parent-pupil ratio, family finances, literacy development, student absences and physical home environments. Washington Offers Model Policy on Fee Structures Washington state has implemented a system-wide fee structure for adult education programs, along with provisions for fee "scholarships"” and waivers. The statewide policy allows local providers to charge a fee of $25 ‘tuition’ per quarter for any adult education program. Most local providers are community colleges. The fee is flat regardless of how many hours, classes, or programs an adult education student participates in during that quarter. The policy, instituted in 2004 and subsequently modified, requires all programs or schools to have a waiver or “scholarship” program for students who cannot afford the fees. Contact bkanes@sbctc.edu for samples of Washington’s policy materials. New Mexico Creates Dual Enrollment Tuition Incentives New Mexico has new legislation making it easier for students to move from secondary to postsecondary education. The law requires the Public Education Department and the New Mexico’s Higher Education Department (NMHED) to develop a master agreement governing dual credit courses taken by high school students that count both for high school graduation and college credit. The law directs NMHED to develop an incentive for institutions of higher education to offer these courses without charging tuition. NMHED plans to build tuition waivers into the standard formula at an initial cost of $1.92 million. Illinois Passes We Want to Learn English Initiative The Illinois legislature this fall authorized the state’s community college board to establish and administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide resources for immigrants and refugees to learn English. The new law allows the board to include $15,000,000 in its budget proposal for the initiative, to be disbursed by the board. Funds for the initiative may provide programs that teach English to US citizens and others in lawful immigration status. from Thursday notes, January 3, 2008 President Signs FY 2008 Appropriations President Bush signed Congress’ final compromise on the FY 2008 budget on Dec. 26. Congress implemented an across-the-board reduction of 1.747 percent for all programs. The legislation reduced adult education state grants and national programs funds by about $12 million dollars, compared to FY 2007 levels. Adult education state grants lost $9,853,000, leaving $554,122,000 available for state adult education programs, while national leadership lost $2,127,000, leaving $6,878,000 for research in FY 2008 funds. Career and technical education lost $10,793,000 for FY 2008, compared to current levels, with $6,823,000 coming from basic state grants. Remaining for basic state grants in that program is $1,174,730 for FY 2008. OVAE Releases College Transition Proceedings OVAE just released Adult Basic Education to Community College Transitions Symposium Proceedings Report. The document supports OVAE’s College and Careers Transition Initiative, strengthening community colleges’ role in connecting secondary and postsecondary education. It recaps OVAE’s 2006 symposium featuring experts on adult and postsecondary education. They met in Washington to discuss a common mission—creating ways for adult students to transition effectively from secondary to postsecondary education and employment. The report continues the national dialogue on challenges to this transition and changes that help all students obtain the knowledge and skills to participate fully in our nation’s future. The document will also be posted to OVAE's website at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html. 2007 Immigrant Population Reaches Record High Planners of adult education services take note: the nation’s immigrant population reached a record high of 37.9 million in 2007, according to Immigrants in the United States, 2007: A Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population. The report, based on Census data, indicates that today’s immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. Over 10 million immigrants have arrived since 2000, creating the highest seven-year period of immigration in U.S. history. Almost one-third of these immigrants have not completed high school, according to the report. The number of immigrants lacking a high school diploma increased by 14% in 2007, compared to a 3 percent increase for all workers, the report says. Research Checks Ex-Prisoners' Employment Early results from an MDRC study of prisoners released and seeking jobs suggest that transitional employment may help reduce recidivism. The study, supported by the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor, uses random assignment and a control group. First-year results indicate that having a job directly after release and searching for permanent work reduces felony convictions and incarceration for new crimes among ex-prisoners. Full results of the study will be available in 2008. learning opportunities SPACES STILL AVAILABLE: Reading Assessment Webcast, Part 2 - From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults Part 2: Specific Instructional Strategies for Fluency and Vocabulary, January 11, 1:30 - 2:45 Please join us on Friday, January 11, 2008 for Part 2 of "From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults" webcast. This follow-up webcast will focus on specific instructional strategies for two other components of reading, fluency and vocabulary. The presenters will show how all four components provide a natural framework for assessing adult students' reading ability, and how assessment results can lead seamlessly to a program of instruction to improve students' reading. http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/assesspractice2/webcast0111.html This 70-minute webcast is part two for the webcast presented on September 28: From Assessment to Practice-Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/assesspractice/webcast0928.html. The main purpose of the first webcast was to present a compelling rationale for the use of research-based principles for adult reading instruction. The presenters used two components of reading, word analysis and comprehension, as examples to illustrate research-based practices, focusing on specific instructional strategies derived from the research. For more information, please contact info@nifl.gov or call 202-233-2025 or online at: http://www.nifl.gov/. Educational Workshop Opportunity - Rhode Island Parent Information Network, 175 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 http://www.ripin.org To schedule RIPIN Workshops, call Suzanne Tobin 401-727-4144 x123 or 800-464-3399 x123 (toll free in RI) To view schedule of workshops: http://www.ripin.org/workshops.html Basic Rights in Special Education February 5, 2008 10:00 – 12:00 pm Pre-registration deadline: January 31, 2008 The ABC’s of IEPs April 2, 2008 10:00 – 12:00 pm Pre-registration deadline: March 25, 2008 Basic Rights in Special Education May 14, 2008 10:00 – 12:00 pm Pre-registration deadline: May 7, 2008 Workshops will be held at RI Parent Information Network 175 Main Street, Pawtucket ~seating is limited pre-registration is requested to reserve seating- For more information or to pre-register Please contact Suzanne Tobin at 401-727-4144 x123 or tobin@ripin.org For a copy of a PDF flyer in Spanish or in English, please send email to janet_isserlis@brown.edu The Ed.D. in adult education, delivered primarily online (along with one-week summer residencies) and designed to combine a strong theoretical base and practical applications to promote effective practice in the field. Our students come from various backgrounds including, K-12, Higher Education, corporate, the military, and other settings where understanding adult learners, and designing, facilitating, and administering effective programs for adults is an essential part of their current or future responsibilities. http://www.regent.edu/acad/schedu/academics/edd/adult_ed/ Introduction to Family Literacy, ADTED 456 and Interactive Literacy: Parents and Children, ADTED 458. Courses reflect the latest research on early literacy and parent involvement, adult learning and family literacy. January 23 - April 23. http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml. 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. 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 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
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Service at Brown University and the Rhode Island Campus Compact.
If you have questions about this service, please online / resources available online: STATE OF WORKING RI 2007 The Poverty Institute's biennial study documenting trends in wages, occupations, unemployment, and the state's workforce. The report points out that the state's labor force of 578,000 is more diverse, older and better educated than it was two decades ago but workers face a triple whammy – slowing job growth, eroding wages and benefits, and growing inequality. http://www.povertyinstitute.org/matriarch/documents/State%20of%20Working%20RI%202007.pdf The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is pleased to announce the availability of our latest digest, Effects of Instructional Hours and Intensity of Instruction on NRS Level Gain in Listening and Speaking. The digest reports on a descriptive study examining the relationship between student performance on BEST Plus and NRS level gain and class attendance. BEST Plus pretest and posttest data for nearly 7,000 examinees were analyzed to see how their performance at each National Reporting System (NRS) educational functioning level varied according to number of instructional hours and intensity of instruction. Results showed that across all NRS educational functioning levels, the greater the number of instructional hours, the higher the percentage of students who made an NRS level gain. There was also a general trend toward greater NRS level gain for students with high levels of instructional intensity than for those with low instructional intensity. Intensity of instruction had the greatest impact on students at the Beginning ESL Literacy, Low Intermediate ESL, and Advanced ESL levels. To read the full digest, go to: http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/levelgain.html. Other Online Resources from CAL CAL is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. Our Web site (http://www.cal.org/) provides a wealth of information on and access to many free resources. The following links may be of particular interest: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA): http://www.cal.org/caela -- Resources include briefs on a wide range of topics in adult ESL education and research. Literacy Education: http://www.cal.org/topics/le/ -- Resources include the report from the National Literacy Panel and a report on adolescents learning English as a second language. Refugee Integration: http://www.cal.org/topics/ri/ -- Resources include information about refugee populations coming to the United States. 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) - 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 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 KET will host a Multimedia Utilization Workshop February 25-26, in Lexington Kentucky using GED/Pre-GED Connection and Workplace Essential Skills along with TV411 to teach best practices for combining video, print and online materials to reach more learners. For information, tentative agenda and registration, http://www.ketadultlearning.com/htms/uworkshop.htm or call Barbara Farha at 800.354.9067 before January 25. 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. http://www.coabe.org Learning Disabilities Association of America's 45th Annual International Conference, Hilton Chicago February 27 – March 1, focusing on research and findings in learning disabilities including workshops on Adults, Adult Education/GED, Transition, ESL, Corrections, Medical, Mental Health, Professional Preparation, Public Policy, and much more. Featured speakers include Dale Brown, Andy Imparato, Nancie Payne, Anne Ford and Harry Sylvester. Please log on http://www.ldaamerica.org/ for additional information and to view the entire program. Or contact us via email (info@LDAAmerica.org) or phone (888-300-6710) to receive the advance registration book. Multiple copies of the book are also available for distribution. WE LEARN 5th Annual (Net)Working Gathering & Conference on Women & Literacy Building Alliances / Construyendo Alianzas http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html March 7- 8, Fordham Univ. at Lincoln Center, New York, NY Co-Sponsored with WE LEARN by Fordham Graduate School of Education WE LEARN seeks presentation proposals from students (at all levels), teachers, researchers, and community activists addressing related theme issues & topics. Women continue to be separated by culture, language, literacy, geography; our differences are profound. The daily lives of women in adult basic/literacy education remain especially complex due to inequities based on race, class, gender, and other diversities. This year’s conference will explore the differences that divide women and look to ways of building alliances across those differences. DEADLINE: Nov. 30 Please apply using the Internet form. http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2008/props08.html Sponsorship, advertiser, and exhibitor information also available: http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2008/sponsors.pdf Registration and hotel information will be available by the end of November. Thanks. We look forward to your participation. - Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director Equipped for the Future's Preparing for Work: An EFF Work Readiness Course Training for Instructors in Adult Education and Workforce Development March 11 and 12, Nashville, Tennessee Preparing for Work, developed by Equipped for the Future at the Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee, is a skills-based course designed for implementation in organizations and agencies involved in preparing their clients and students for entry level work. Each of the instructional modules that comprise the Preparing for Work course has integrated the specific SCANS tasks (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Basic Skills) and the EFF Content Standards, identified on the National Work Readiness Credential (NWRC) profile.The learning activities within the curriculum, designed to model authentic, work related experiences and tasks, provide opportunities for learners to apply the skills being taught, with an added focus on how skills transfer from one situation or context to another as individuals advance along a career path. Please Note: This training is intended for instructors and is not a training for trainers. Register on-line at: http://utk-cls.ra.utk.edu/register/eff_event.asp deadline is February 22. For more information please contact: Anna Bogle, Professional Development Coordinator, Equipped for the Future, 600 Henley Street, Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996 abogle@utk.edu On March 26 Bristol Community College will hold an event to recognize the power of community-based efforts. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Dollars for Scholars, the College is planning a conference entitled From Dream to Reality: Grassroots Empowerment for Student Success. The focus of the conference is on community efforts that are attempting to make a difference in student success and persistence in education from kindergarten through higher education. A recent report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation concluded that: "High dropout rates are a silent epidemic afflicting our nation’s high schools;" a recent article in Community College Journal referred to the over 1.5 million students who failed to graduate high school in 2006 as the 'lost generation.' We know also that this problem exists on all levels of education. We invite you to consider making a presentation showcasing your own best practices of grassroots efforts. We hope to feature a number of workshops from individuals and community groups who are working in a variety of ways to combat student attrition and encourage persistence on all levels of education. We would also welcome workshops dealing with research on this matter as well as ideas for classroom practice related to this topic. The conference will also include guest speakers and performance artist Brooke Haycock from the Education Trust. For the workshop presentation form or for more information, contact Denise DiMarzio at Bristol Community College at ddimarzi@bristol.mass.edu Health Literacy Summit March 25–26, Indianapolis, IN Health literacy is often defined as the ability to read, understand, and act upon health-related information. Improving health literacy may improve the health status and quality of life of America’s adults, especially among adults with marginal literacy skills. Learn about research on health literacy and resources for implementing health literacy programming. Breakout sessions for adult educators, health care workers, and others interested in health literacy include: Health Literacy and Older Adults,Health Literacy Study Circles, Student Health Teams, Testing Impact of Health Literacy in Adult Literacy and Integrated Family Approach Programs Individual registration fees to cover materials and meal are $30. Attendees must make hotel arrangements at Holiday Inn Select, 317-244-6861, by February 26. Contact Kaye Beall, kaye_beall@worlded.org, or Tim Ponder, tzponder@zhost.com, to learn more. Read, Rattle and Roll: National Community literacy Leadership Conference, Memphis, March 12-14. Conference goals: to build on the national community literacy discourse that is uniting communities and promoting the vision of 100% literacy through 100% community engagement; to demonstrate strategies that business, local government, funders and educational stakeholders can use to support the creation of highly literate communities; to share models, resources and success stories from a diverse group of coalitions, and to inspire community leaders and coalition board members through a process of enquiry nd education to build the capacity of collaborative community efforts through literacy infusion. http://www.literacypowerline.com/details2008.html Worlds of TESOL: Building Communities of Practice, Inquiry, and Creativity New York City, April 2-5, http://www.tesol.org/2008convention Registration opens December 3; $265 members (advanced registration) $460 non-member (advanced registration). Radical Mathematics, Creating Balance in an Unjust World 2008 Conference on Math Education and Social Justice http://www.radicalmath.org/conference Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, April 4th - April 6th A Declaration of Numeracy: Empowering Adults through Mathematics Education, 15th International Conference 2008 June 30th - July 3rd Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia ALM is an international research forum that brings together those engaged and interested in research and developments in the field of adult mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning. The ALM conference has not met in the United States since 2000 and offers American educators a unique opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world who share their interest in adult mathematics education. CALL FOR PAPERS - Proposal form at http://www.alm-online.net/ DEADLINE for submission: 22 February. 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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