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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 March 19, 2008 Bulletin #265 Dear Colleagues, Calls for
participation, employment, funding,
and conference and workshop
opportunities, online
and other resources.
Janet Isserlis
ESOL share Wednesday, March 19 at 3:30 pm, Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. Focus on multilevel learning, with consideration of aural/oral and literacy abilities. This is an open discussion group – practitioners with an interest in adult ESOL are all welcome. practitioner share, Tuesday, April 8 at 3 pm – location to be announced Many practitioners struggle with helping adult learners stay engaged in learning. Family, work and other concerns can often make it difficult for learners to stay focused on educational programs. Join classroom teachers and administrators considering these issues and share both concerns and possibilities. other RI Adult Education PDC events: http://www.ric.edu/aepdc/calendar.php Regional Workshops on State Budget and Impact of Proposed Cuts Learn more about the Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts on Rhode Island Children, Families, Seniors, and People with Disabilities. The state is facing a budget shortfall of $530 million. To close the gap, the Governor has proposed slashing tens of millions of dollars from programs that help Rhode Islanders meet their basic needs including: RIte Care/RIte Share Health Insurance ~ Family Independence Program ~ Child Care Assistance ~ Head Start ~ SSI State Payments ~ Affordable Housing Programs ~ Child Welfare Programs All agency directors and staff, boards of directors, clients, volunteers and concerned residents are encouraged to attend! http://www.oneri.org SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS Blackstone Valley - March 25 ~ 5:30-7:00pm ~ Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, 175 Main St, Pawtucket South County - March 26: 7:00-8:30pm ~ christ the King Parish Hall, 180 Old North Road, Kingston West Bay ~ April 2, 2008 ~ 5:30-7:30 pm ~ Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick Providence - April 3: 5:30- 7:30pm ~ John Hope Settlement House, 7 Thomas P. Whitten Way, Providence Aquidneck Island - April 16: 5:30-7:00pm ~ Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd, Middletown Co-sponsored by the One RI Coalition and Children's Policy Coalition. For more information contact Heidi Collins at 456- 2751 or via email at hcollins@ric.edu. (401) 456-2751  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. http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference08.html  workforce development learning opportunities: http://cwc.cedac.org/calendar.html The Commonwealth Workforce Coalition offers its Working With Employers Institute, a 4-session course designed for job developers, employment specialists and other staff working with employers. Learn how to use a business approach with employers, prospect for leads, research targeted industries, and engage employers in strong partnerships. Supervisor participation is a component of the course. March 25, April 8, April 22 and May 6. COLLEGE PREPARATION FOR ADULTS - RIRAL'S Transition to College now enrolling students for fall 2008. Is college your goal? Do you need help upgrading your academic skills? Do you need help with Financial Aid? RIRAL’S TRANSITION TO COLLEGE is an intensive college preparation program that provides success strategies and academic review in reading, writing, math, computer, and study skills. Career Seminars and Mentoring Sessions emphasize additional valuable skills. Students also receive assistance with Financial Aid and college applications, and academic advising. While attending TRANSITION TO COLLEGE students enroll in a class at the Community College of Rhode Island. This program will help guarantee your success in college! TRANSITION TO COLLEGE is holding Information Sessions for their fall Evening and Weekend programs on the following dates: Tuesday, March 25 - 5:00 pm; Tuesday, April 15 - 5:00 pm; Saturday, April 19 - 9:00 am; Tuesday, May 6 - 5:00 pm; Saturday, May 10 - 9:00 am; Tuesday, June 17 - 5:00 pm; Saturday, June 21 - 9:00 am. ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED, SO CALL TODAY TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE! TRANSITION TO COLLEGE meets in downtown Pawtucket and at the Community College of Rhode Island in Providence. Funding is provided by the Rhode Island Department of Education in partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island. Contact: Marie Crecca-Romero, Program Director at 722.9800 or email MarieCrecca-Romero@riral.org . RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE School of Social Work Case Management Certification Program Next class begins May 19; ends: December 19, 2008 (if full-time student) This program is designed specifically for adult students interested in preparing for entry level case management positions in the health & human services fields. Persons enrolled in the program can earn up to 17 college credits, in addition to the Case Management Certificate following successful completion of the program. A variety of agency setting and client populations that utilize case management services. We teach a generalist approach to case management that entails core foundation knowledge and skills in the areas of assessing, planning, linking, monitoring, recording and evaluating. Our graduates are prepared to work in a variety of settings as case coordinators, case managers, case workers, community organizers and others who understand the availability of services within the community. In addition, our graduates have been given the opportunity to enhance services for their clients, bringing together different systems and dealing with the gaps in services. For more information, http://www.ric.edu/socialWork/caseManagement.php or phone 401-456-8210 The RIC Case Management Certification Program is dedicated to student learning and highly regards hands-on experience. Agencies interested in student interns, please contact our office at 401-456-8210 or visit our website at http://www.ric.edu/socialWork/caseManagement.ph As spring approaches, the Case Management Certification Program students eagerly await graduation. Through traditional classroom learning and practical field experience, our program has prepared our graduates for entry level work in the human services field. If your agency has an employment opportunity available, please forward the information to Dr. Jayashree Nimmagadda at JNIMMAGADDA@RIC.EDU or call 401-456-8210  The Women's Fund of Rhode Island invites you to apply for the 2008/2009 inaugural class of the Women's Policy Institute. http://www.wfri.org/apply2008.asp The Women's Policy Institute is designed to increase the number of community-based women leaders in the state who are actively involved in shaping and implementing policies affecting the status of women and girls in Rhode Island. The goal of the Institute is to bring together a diverse group of 10 women from across the state to participate in the program as fellows. During the program, Institute fellows work in self-selected teams to develop and implement policy advocacy projects of their choosing. Institute fellows can expect to participate in four 2-day experiential retreats over the course of the year, spend 2-3 hours per week working with their teammates on a the advocacy project of their choosing and, spend additional hours as needed during the 2009 legislative session attending hearings and advocating for their policy initiative. Team projects provide practice on the policy advocacy skills taught during each of the 2-day retreats and will require participants to exercise their personal resourcefulness. Each team will work with a mentor who is experienced in public policy work. A core faculty of individual experts will provide continuity throughout the program and additional faculty may be brought in to teach on particular topics as needed. A selection committee of community reviewers who will review all complete applications, interview applicants and choose a class of approximately 10 fellows. Applications are due by April 17, 2008 and should be sent to the Women's Fund, One Union Station, Providence RI 02903. Those candidates selected for in-person interviews will be notified by April 24, interviews will take place the week of April 28 – May 2, 2008. Fellows will be notified of their selection by May 8, and a public announcement will be made at an event on May 22, 2008. The Institute will officially launch just after that event. Fellows will offered a stipend in order to cover the costs of child or elder care and day-to-day expenses related to their work on behalf of the Institute. The Women's Fund of Rhode Island is looking for local women with some policy and advocacy experience to participate in the Women's Policy Institute. Ideal candidates include: policy experts or executive directors for local community-based organizations, graduate students in public policy, political science, or with a specific policy expertise, stay-at-home moms looking to get back into the world of policy making and advocacy, grassroots organizers with a particular policy focus, etc. Applicants will be screened based on the criteria and questions contained in the application.  The Change Agent: Adult Education for Social Justice: News, Issues, and Ideas – call for articles Theme: Climate Change Please submit illustrations, cartoons, and graphics on this theme too Most scientists agree that the planet is heating up due to carbon emissions and that we will be facing significant changes in how we live as a result. The next issue of The Change Agent will focus on the social, political, and ecological significance of climate change. We are interested in hearing from teachers and adult learners about their experiences, teaching, learning, and thinking related to climate change. Sample Questions to Consider: Who is responsible for carbon emissions? What changes need to be made in order to reduce carbon emissions? Have you organized with others to address global warming? If so, tell us about what you have done with others, and why. Have you changed your life in any way in order to reduce carbon emissions? If so, tell us about the steps you’ve taken and why. Have you experienced extreme weather conditions where you live? What happened? How did your community respond? Were you prepared? What should communities do to prepare for the changes in weather patterns that are likely to affect them? Who is responsible? Who should have input? Who should bear the costs? How can families or individuals prepare for severe weather event? What are some of the problems that could arise for you? How do you think the planet might be affected as it gets warmer? Have you observed anything that makes you think a change is really happening? Do you notice in yourself and/or others a sense of fatalism when it comes to climate change? If so, what strategies have you found for handling that? All articles must be received by May 5. All articles and emails MUST include contact information for the student and/or the teacher. All articles will be considered. Suggested length is 500-1,200 words. Final decisions are made by The Change Agent editorial board. A $50 stipend will be paid to each adult education student whose work (article or illustration) is accepted for publication. Please send material (preferably by email) to: Cynthia Peters, Editor, NELRC/World Education, 44 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA 02210, Phone: 617-482-9485 email: cpeters@worlded.org http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent health literacy: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's free on-line training tool : http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/training.htm Relationship of preventive health practices and health literacy: a national study. S White, J Chen, and R Atchison MEDLINE Abstract: Objective: To identify relationships between the health literacy and self-reported preventive health practices of US adults. Methods: Measured health literacy and preventive health practices for a nationally representative sample of adults (N = 18,100) and conducted probit regression analyses after controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, poverty level, insurance status, self-reported health status, and oral reading fluency. Results: Low literacy was associated with a decreased likelihood of using most preventive health measures under study for adults aged 65 and older, but not for adults of 2 younger age groups. Conclusion: The relationship between health literacy and preventive health practices varied substantially by adult age group. – online (in PDF) at http://www.ajhb.org/2008/3/03MayJun0108White.pdf classes at CHISPA: Inscribase para las clases de GED que CHisPA ofrece en españolDe lunes a jueves de 6:00 pm a 8:00 pmLas clases comienzan el 24 de marzo2008 hastael 29 de mayo 2008 Costo : $300.00 (incluye materiales y libros) Comuniquese hoy mismo 401.467.0111 Inscribase para las clases de Ciudadania que CHisPA ofrece martes y jueves de 6:00 pm –8:00 pm Las clases comienzan el 25 de marzode 2008 y terminan el 29 de mayo de 2008 Costo: $150.00 Para masinformacion: 401.467. 0111 Ext. 119 Marta Isaza ESL classes are also offered. Call for information. Urban League of Rhode Island is offering free GED classes Seating is limited, 351-5000, ext. 110 Open Enrollment Classes begin Monday, March 31, 246 Prairie Avenue, Providence, RI 02905 Subsidized Child Care Available On-Site for qualifying participants 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 from Thursday Notes, February 13, 2008: Corrections Population Now One in 100 Planners of adult education services take note: Correctional education may be the next high-growth area. One in one hundred individuals in the U.S. is incarcerated. For Hispanic men it is one in 36, for black men, it is one in 15, and for young black men it is one in 9, according to 1 in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 from the Pew Charitable Trusts. At the end of 2007, a majority of states in all four regions of the country were 2007 housing more prisoners than they housed at the start of the year. The South led other regions, with an increase of 2.8 percent overall. To see your state’s percentage change in the prison population, go to the map on page 9 of the report at the Pew Web site: http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=31336 Technology tools available: OVAE has developed a new self-assessment tool <http://www.adultedonline.org/about.cfm> for teachers that identifies classroom technology integration skills in 12 areas and customizes a professional development plan based on each person’s specific needs. Teachers and administrators also can use the tool to assess whether distance programming is for them. The tools are part of OVAE’s AdultEd Online project with the University of Michigan and the Sacramento County Office of Education, which is helping teachers use technology. NY creates training courses for adult educators: The NY State Department of Education’s Adult Education and Workforce Development Team (AEWD) created a seven-module curriculum for adult education program managers, and for new and experienced adult education instructors. The modules include: Early In-Service or Pre-Service Institute; Digital Literacy: Consuming Scientific Research and Using the Internet; Valuing Diversity and Appreciating Differences; The Art and Science of Teaching Reading to Adults; Teaching English to Adult Speakers of Other Languages; Teaching Numeracy and Quantitative Literacy to Adults; and Indicators of Program Quality. The state is pilot testing the modules now and expects them to be accessible online for other states this spring. Implementation is scheduled for this fall. More information is available from state director Tom Orsini . torsini@mail.nysed.gov learning opportunities online learning opportunity: One semester each year Penn State’s World Campus offers the online course Early Literacy Development and Parental Involvement, ADTED 458. The semester runs May 19 – August 15. This course focuses on young children’s language and literacy development, including ways that parents and early childhood professionals support this development; research related to children's learning; and ways in which family literacy supports early literacy development. information http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml ProLiteracy offers online courses: Young Adult Education: Strategies and Materials (Mar. 24 - Apr. 11) Creating Engaging ESOL Activities Using Computers II (Mar. 31 - Apr. 25) Facilitating Adult Learning: Key Concepts for Teaching Adults (Apr. 7 - 25) Young Adult Education: Program Design (May 5 - May 23) Managing the Multilevel ESL Classroom (May 12 - June 13) Course descriptions and registration available at http://www.newreaderspress.com/default_prolit.aspx Questions? Please call 315-422-9121 ext. 283, or e-mail prodev@proliteracy.org ProLiteracy America members receive a 15% discount on all professional development courses! For more information, visit http://www.proliteracy.org/proliteracy_america/membership/  facilitated, online learning through World Education: Research-based Strategies and Models for Adult Transitions to Postsecondary Education April 11–June 5 Participants will read and discuss the research on the changing workforce and examine the reasons why adult learners need to go beyond the GED and English language study to advance their earning potential. Participants will also learn about the challenges facing adult students in postsecondary education and investigate strategies and program models that support adult transitions to postsecondary education. Throughout the course, participants will gather local and regional data on the labor market, educational needs, and academic programs and support services offered by area colleges to guide future program development and planning. During this eight-week course, you will engage in self-paced activities and readings, as well as asynchronous discussions with the facilitator and course participants. An opening teleconference is scheduled for April 17, 2008, 1 pm or 7 pm EDT Download a detailed Course Overview at http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/ct_overview.pdf Course Facilitator: Sandy Goodman Estimated Completion Time: 24 hours Fee: $149.00 Registration: Complete and return the registration form, which you can download at http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/ct_registration.pdf. 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 April 4, 2008 Study Circle: Research-based Adult Reading Instruction April 11–June 12, 2008 The Research-based Adult Reading Instruction Study Circle is designed to engage practitioners of adult basic education (ABE), adult secondary education (ASE), and English-for-speakers-of‐other-languages (ESOL) in discussing theories and concepts related to reading instruction. Questions about what research says about teaching adults how to read are particularly relevant as programs and teachers struggle with choosing the most effective ways to develop adults’ reading skills. During this eight-week course, you will work on team projects, engage in self-paced activities and readings, as well as asynchronous discussions with the facilitator and course participants. Chats are scheduled for April 24, May 15, and June 5 at 12:30–1:30 pm or 1:30–2:30 pm EDT Download detailed Course Overview at http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/reading_sc_overview.pdf Course Facilitator: Kaye Beall Estimated Completion Time: 24 hours Fee: $149.00 Registration: and return the registration form, which you can download at http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/reading_reg.pdf. 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 April 4, 2008.  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 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
Center
for Public
Service at Brown University and the Rhode Island Campus Compact.
If you have questions about this service, please online / resources available international education - online resource http://www.unforkids.com Providing flags, maps, and lesson plans to study the world. 1,967 downloadable files from 192 countries and the United Nations. great online resource: http://www.nrdc.org.uk/index.asp National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, dedicated to conducting research and development projects to improve literacy, numeracy, language and related skills and knowledge. On this site you will find information on all our activities, including: Research and development projects <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/projects.asp> Creative routes to specialist teacher qualifications <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/creativeroutes> The Voices on the Page storybank is now live! Read all of the 640 stories here <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/voicesonthepage.asp> Research reports and reviews <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=329> Latest e- newsletter <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=671> News and events <http://www.nrdc.org.uk/news.asp> While the work originates in the U.K., much of it has usefulness and validity for work in this country. 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 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 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 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. 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. http://www.alm-online.net/ The 14th Annual International Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference: May 22 -May 25, in Omaha, Nebraska--the original site of PTO. Inspired by the critical education work of Paulo Freire and theatre activism of Augusto Boal, PTO brings together those interested and engaged in critical pedagogies, theatre, and arts aimed towards progressive and revolutionary social change. The theme for this year's conference is What is Change? What is Substantial Change? And How? Augusto Boal, internationally renowned theatre artist and activist, is returning to provide Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) workshops prior to and after our conference. Pre and post conference workshops also scheduled; information and registration http://www.ptoweb.org. 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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