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| The Rhode Island Adult Education Professional
Development
Center 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. To learn more about professional development opportunities, please contact the RI AEPDC at (401) 456 -2838 or (401) 863-2839 February 15, 2008 Bulletin #262 Dear Colleagues, Calls for
participation, employment, funding,
and conference and workshop
opportunities, online
and other resources.
Janet Isserlis
ESOL share Tuesday, February 26 at 3:30 pm, Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. Focus on incorporating information about voting and political processes in the classroom. (hint: one great resource is available at http://www.nelrc.org/VERA/index.htm) This is an open discussion group – practitioners with an interest in adult ESOL are all welcome. 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. two-day sessions: Fridays: February 29 and March 14, 9:30 am – 4 pm one day session: Saturday, March 22 9:30 am – 4 pm To attend an NPO session, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu by February 19th (two day session) and by March 14th (one day session) Workforce development trainings: Case Managers, Job Developers, Workforce Trainers/Coordinators/ Directors - All Practitioners with direct responsibility for helping adult learners prepare for the workforce, take advantage of this exciting learning experience to sharpen your skills and reconnect with your passion for your work. These workshops will be held at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, (401) 739-5440 Case Management for Employment Outcomes Thursday, February 21, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. A Successful Transition into Employment (Helping Learners Prepare) Thursday, February 28, 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. To register for a workforce development session, or for more information, please contact Jessica Ortiz at (401) 456-2838; jortiz@ric.edu Call for participation: RI Adult Education conference, May 23, 2008 On May 23, Rhode Island will host its sixth annual State Adult Education Conference, supported by the RIDE Office of Adult Education. We write to invite you to consider submitting a proposal to facilitate a workshop, roundtable or panel at the conference. The full call is online at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference08.html  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 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 New Public Transit Alliance Presents: A Forum on How to Achieve a Sustainable and Healthy Transit System, Friday, Mar 7, 12-1:30, Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence The overall benefit of public transit to society is massive-- but underappreciated. By getting people out of cars, we improve public health, reduce global warming, improve air quality, encourage safe walkable communities over sprawl and protect open space. Strong public transit is essential to the sustainable prosperity of our urban centers. This NuPTA Forum will review various ideas and proposals on how we can attain a first class public transit system. (Lunch provided. Must register.) Contacts: Chris Wilhite Sierra Club 521-4734/ Jim Celenza RICOSH 751-2015 To register online: chris.wilhite@sierraclub.org NuPTA is: Sierra Club of Rhode Island, Federation for the Blind, American Lung Association of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Apeiron Institute For Sustainable Living, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 618, Rhode Island Association of Rail Passengers, Grow Smart Rhode Island, Green Party, Gray Panthers, Clean Water Action. 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. from Thursday Notes, February 14, 2008 Immigrants May Account for 82 Percent of 2050's Population Increase Newly arriving immigrants and their U.S.-born descendants could account for 82 percent of the increase in the U.S. population by 2050, a new study from the Pew Research Center http://pewresearch.org/ shows. The study projects that the U.S. population of Hispanics will triple by 2050, accounting for about one third of the U.S. population. The study found that nearly one in five Americans will be foreign-born in 2050, compared with about one in eight in 2005 http://pewresearch.org/ Can a CTE Certificate Yield A B.A.'s Salary? Workers with career and technical (CTE) certificates in engineering earned an average of $3,880 a month in 1994, according to a new U.S. Census report, almost the same salary as graduates with bachelor’s degrees in natural science. Workers with associate degrees in computers earned about $3,760 a month that year, close to the salary earned by workers with bachelor’s degrees in education or social science, the report says. The study, What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004 <http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20080129/29jan20081249.html> , looks at the relationship between field of training for postsecondary degree holders and monthly earnings. Data tables <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/sipp2004w2.html> also show average years taken to start and complete degrees. http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20080129/29jan20081249.html (data tables) http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/sipp2004w2.html learning opportunities Leadership Rhode Island Announces Women's Leadership Series: The Political Process Leadership Rhode Island is offering a series of three non-partisan workshops to help women become involved in the political process. Experts in the field will provide practical knowledge for women who may be interested in running for office, serving as a volunteer or staff member of a campaign, and becoming a more informed citizen. information and registration form in PDF. http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LeadershipRhodeIslan/e1563a51c4/a4651a5932/a20b0efaf1 Saturdays, March 1, 15 and 29 8 am - 12 Noon, Leadership Rhode Island 4 Richmond Square, Providence, RI Registration: $125 $100 for dues-paying LRI alumni Register by February 22, 2008 learning opportunity:World Education offers Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction online. Contact Kaye Beall at kaye_beall@worlded.org for the course syllabus and registration details. March 12 - May 13, 2008; Online chats during Lessons 3, 4, and 5; Course Facilitator: Wendy Quiñones Course Description Research conducted by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy shows that instructional practices inspired by Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory resulted in high levels of authentic instruction and student engagement. Integrate your understanding of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory with the power of differentiated instruction in this facilitated, eight-session course. You’ll learn how to apply MI theory and differentiate instruction for all levels of adult basic education and English for speakers of other languages. The facilitator will guide you as you develop your own MI-based lessons. Upon completion of this course you will be able to: Apply the theory of multiple intelligences (MI) to design learning activities that match your learning objectives Use varying methods of differentiated instruction (DI) that address the different skills and interests of your learners Apply knowledge of your own MI profile to your classroom teaching Produce and reflect on a lesson or unit using both MI and DI Required Text: Viens, Julie and Silja Kallenbach. Multiple Intelligences and Adult Literacy: A Sourcebook for Practitioners. (New York: Teachers College Press, 2004. Copies of the required textbook can be obtained from the publisher, Teachers College Press, the publisher at http://store.tcpress.com/0807743461.shtml. $27.95/copy. During this eight-week course, you will engage in self-paced activities and readings, as well as asynchronous discussions with the facilitators and course participants. Three synchronous chats will be scheduled during Lessons 3, 4, and 5. Estimated Completion Time: 40 hours Payment must be received prior to enrollment. Registration is limited to 20 participants. Cancellation policy: World Education reserves the right to cancel the course if the minimum number of registrants is not met by March 4, 2008. The webinar, From Assessment to Practice: Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading to Adults Part 2: Specific Instructional Strategies for Fluency and Vocabulary, originally broadcast on January 11, is archied online: http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=99451&sessionid=1&key=F96E6D1F52AD318FD743192F8AD4C799&eventuserid=13958378 online learning opportunities: Influencing the Federal-Level Budget and Appropriations Process: Simple Strategies for Maximum Impact February 4 - March 3, 2008 No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. Judge Gideon J. Tucker, 1866 Congress recently made significant cuts to adult literacy and Even Start funding. Adult learners deserve better. You know more about adult literacy than those who make the policy decisions; how can you share what you know to bring about change? In just a few weeks, the President releases his 2009-2010 budget request. Legislators base their funding decisions on what they know about your program’s services and on the stories they hear from learners who benefit. How do they get this information? You tell them! Students tell them! YOU CAN influence legislators and mobilize community support: two critical activities for getting your services to the people who need them. Course Description This interactive course is for adult education and literacy practitioners, volunteers, administrators, board members and others who want a refresher on federal-level advocacy in time to respond to the President’s budget proposal and to teach others how to get involved. Objectives · Review what you CAN do to influence public policy, even if you can't lobby · Take part in this year’s national federal-level letter writing campaign · Interact in Internet teleconferences with national advocates · Get materials you need to teach your staff or community about ways to get involved · Get national advocates; support as you mobilize those around you Course Dates: February 4-March 3, 2008; Course Webinars on February 18, 2-3 pm EST and March 3rd, 2-3 pm EST Facilitator: Jackie Taylor, chair, Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers, professional development editor, ProLiteracy America Course Guest: Art Ellison, state director of adult education (NH) and chair, policy committee, National Council of State Directors of Adult Education Registration Fee: $159 For additional course and registration information, go to http://www.newreaderspress.com/default.aspx?cat=prof&hid=282&pid=PLAAD20 Questions? Please call 315-422-9121 ext. 283, or email prodev@proliteracy.org and – to learn more about advocacy in Rhode Island, and to receive updates about advocacy activity, please contact janet.isserlis@gmail.com ProLiteracy has expanded its online courses for ESOL instructors. The first course, Creating Engaging ESOL Activities Using Computers I, will begin February 11. The course description is included below, and complete course and registration information is available at: http://www.newreaderspress.com/default.aspx?cat=prof=289=PLAEL10-F ProLiteracy will offer several other courses for ESOL instructors and tutors throughout the spring. For more information: http://www.newreaderspress.com/downloads/product_support/Fall07FOCSchedule.pdf Please feel free to call (888)528-2224 ext. 283 with any questions. Jane Greiner, Professional Development Coordinator, ProLiteracy America http://www.proliteracy.org jgreiner@proliteracy.org 315.422.9121 ext. 283 Creating Engaging ESOL Activities Using Computers I , Course Facilitator: Diana Satin Course Dates: Feb. 11 - Mar. 7, 2008 Course webinar March 7, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EST) Course materials available Feb. 4 Course Description Good news! Research shows that interesting, engaging learning activities using productivity software increases students' motivation and helps them learn English for all the reasons they come to our classes. In addition, it's a fact that more and more jobs require computer skills. Students who can use computers effectively expand their career options in countless ways. Through this course, you will integrate computer software into your ESOL instruction. You'll identify the steps necessary to incorporate computer software applications into lesson plans, including analyzing specific language and computer skills. You will finish the course having developed, tested, and refined a learning activity for your own classroom. You will: 1. Describe the benefits and challenges of using word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software in ESOL instruction. 2. Evaluate student use of productivity software 3. Analyze learning activities for language and computer skills 4. Convert a classroom activity to one that includes productivity software, test it with students, and evaluate the activity Course Format and Schedule: facilitated, online - During this two-week course you will engage in self-paced activities and readings, as well as asynchronous discussions with the facilitator and course participants. The course will close with a scheduled webinar on March 7, 1:00-2:00 p.m. (EST). Course Fee: $199 (ProLiteracy America members receive a 15% discount.) To register, go to: http://www.newreaderspress.com/default.aspx?cat=prof=289=PLAEL10-F Questions? Please call (888) 528-2224 ext. 367, or e-mail prodev@proliteracy.org. National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Numeracy, critical thinking and technology: have a look http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home online discussion: Discussion Announcements 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. Part time positions have been posted for GED and ESOL teachers for day classes in Warren. If interested go to: http://www.schoolspring.com/ and type in the Job ID # of the position in which you are interested. Bristol Warren Regional School District Job ID #18561 - Adult ESL Instructor (approximately 8-10 hours per week - 2 mornings per week Bristol Warren Regional School District Job ID #18560 - ABE/GED Instructor (up to 15 – 19 hours per week) – 3 – 4 days per week If you have questions, or have trouble navigating the schoolspring site, call Myra Webster at the Bristol County Adult Learning Center 245-3392.  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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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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If you have questions about this service, please Grant/Fundraiser Assistant, English for Action Hours: max of 10 hrs/wk Compensation: Volunteer, unpaid English for Action's Origin & History: In 1999, a group of Brown University students and immigrant families founded English for Action (EFA) in the neighborhood of Olneyville. The organizations original purpose was to address the growing need for ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) classes in a community where the majority of its residents were, and still are, Latino immigrant families. The ESOL classes are a space to create a community-based, participatory education model that integrates language learning with social change. Instead of viewing the need to learn English in isolation, EFA developed classes that make the important link between language and empowerment. Since the creation of English for Action, our organization has grown to include numerous other service based programs as well as a leadership building action committee for our community members. Student position under the general direction of the Development Coordinator and supervision of the Executive Director to assist in the research process of grants and fundraisers that English for Action qualifies. This volunteer position will assist in the planning of our organizations annual fundraiser events such as the EFA Cup, which features soccer tournaments and a health fair. Qualifications: - Dedication to a min of 5 and a max of 10 hours of volunteer hours/week - Familiarity with Microsoft office Programs, Word, Excel … etc. - Ability to conversate in Spanish is a plus but not required Deadline: The position is available until filled. Please contact Bianca Bonilla if you are interested in this position!! 401-421-3181 biancs84@gmail.com http://www.englishforaction.org/
online / resources available The Center for Applied Linguistics’ CAL News is an electronic newsletter created to provide periodic updates about projects, research, and programs, as well as information about new publications, online resources, products and services of inteerst to our readers. Each issue contains links to additional information about the topics presented. To read online or to subscribe: http://www.cal.org/about/calnews/ An online course, Basics of Adult Literacy Education, has been published online at the C-PAL web site (sponsored by OVAE). This course is designed for ABE/GED educators as an overview/review of all adult ed issues/concepts – not tied to any one state or funding source. It can also be used to overview any one AE concept - with plenty of additional readings or resources. Please note that here is little to no focus on ESOL specific issues (that part was not funded – sorry). You can access/review the course here: http://www.c-pal.net/course/index.html To see the C-PAL website: http://www.c-pal.net/ This self-paced, self-directed online course was designed at the Center for Literacy Studies as a collaboration of Donna Brian & Duren Thompson (for content), Angela Rivera for web design, and Bob Kulesz for copy-editing, with input from Jean Stephens in the final editing process. -Duren Thompson, Center for Literacy Studies ProLiteracy will offer courses for ESOL instructors and tutors throughout the spring. For information: http://www.newreaderspress.com/downloads/product_support/Fall07FOCSchedule.pdf or call (888)528-2224 ext. 283 with any questions. Jane Greiner, Professional Development Coordinator, ProLiteracy America http://www.pr Maximising the impact of practitioner research: A handbook of practical advice (Hamilton, Davies and James) http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=123 A publication developed from the NRDC's Practitioner-led research initiative: http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=94 ] and Developing adult teaching and learning: Practitioner guides – Responding to people's lives (Barton and Appleby) http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=128 online discussion: from Daphne Greenberg, facilitator of the NIFL Poverty, Race, Women, and Literacy Discussion List. We are going to be having a guest discussion from 2/18-2/29 on "Discussing Diversity and Power Issues for Professional Development in Adult Literacy." To subscribe to the list, or to read the conversation in its archive: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/subscribe_all.html ) Examples of possible questions to be explored: - How are the issues of race, class, culture, gender, and power expressed in our adult literacy classes? - Do you find that adult literacy students are willing to discuss issues related to race, class, culture, gender, and power? Why or why not? - What are the race, class, culture, gender, and power issues that are not discussed but you think would be beneficial to discuss? - What barriers do you as an educator face in facilitating such a discussion? - Do you have recommended strategies that you find successful to discussing race, class, culture, gender, and power issues? Related Readings can be found at: The Change Agent: http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/backissues.htm, some specific issues: http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/pdf/issue8.pdf, and http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/pdf/issue19.pdf and Rethinking Schools: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ Our two guest facilitators are Kathy King and Margery Freeman: For a full description of the discussion and its guest facilitators, please see: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/povertyracewomen/2008/001606.html 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 Energized Learning offers lessons to help students use the Home Energy Saver -- an online tool for analyzing energy use and calculatingpotential savings in homes and other buildings. (Department of Energy) http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2021 want more? http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/ Brief available from the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA), Adult ESL Teacher Credentialing and Certification, available at http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/tchrcred.html This latest CAELA brief was written by JoAnn Crandall of the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Genesis Ingersoll and Jacqueline Lopez of the Center for Applied Linguistics. This brief describes efforts to professionalize the workforce of adult ESL educators, including efforts to certify and credential these teachers; discusses the qualification requirements for adult ESL teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia; and recommends steps for states to take to continue to professionalize the field. 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 : 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 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 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 RI Writing Project Annual Spring Conference Saturday, March 8, Donovan Dining Center, RI College. Keynote speaker, Linda Christensen, director of the Oregon Writing Project, is the author of Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching about Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word. Her keynote address is entitled The Power of Language and the Language of Power. In addition to this keynote, the conference offers two sessions of best practice workshops for teachers. For more information or to register, contact the Writing Project, 456- 8668, or check out http://www.ric.edu/riwp . 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 For discussion / exploration of conference presentations, go to: http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/WE_LEARN_2008_Conference 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. In 1958, Dr. Irving Fratkin founded the first chapter of the Citizens Scholarship Fund—Dollars for Scholars. He started a grassroots movement that has become an international success, raising more than $1 billion to help more than one million students go to college. What is the next great grassroots effort that will help students stay in school and succeed? This FREE conference brings together educational and community leaders to demonstrate ways that grassroots efforts are essential for student persistence and success at all levels of education. For a detailed schedule, session abstracts, and to register on-line, go to http://www.bristolcc.edu/events/professionalday/ 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 Proposals http://www.alm-online.net/ Researchers and practitioners in the fields of adult numeracy and mathematics education and related disciplines are invited to submit proposals for contributions to this international conference. The organisers particularly welcome contributions from members and non-members that help us to: - share good practice in adult mathematics teaching and learning, take stock of our area/discipline as an evolving area of study and research, - assess the nature and value of the combined contribution for adults mathematics education/numeracy, and - chart future directions for development and research. Please submit abstracts of proposals for papers by 31 March 2008. To: jkantner@kishwaukeecollege.edu or Joanne Kantner, Kishwaukee College, 21193 Malta Road, Malta, IL 60150 DEADLINE for submission: 22 February. Second Annual Prepárate Conference May 22-23, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois Building on the success of the inaugural Prepárate conference, join us for a solutions-driven conference promoting academic accomplishment for Latino students. Get informed about the direct services available for Latino students in schools and communities across the country. Prepárate brings together members from higher education, secondary schools, middle schools, and community based organizations--with the common goal of increasing Latino student success at the post-secondary level. http://www.collegeboard.com/preparate/ 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
breathe - everyday yoga at your desk. http://www.mydailyyoga.com/yoga/everyday_yoga.html
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