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Bulletin
#284 Dear Colleagues, Calls for
participation, employment, funding,
and conference and workshop
opportunities, online
and other resources.
Janet Isserlis
ESOL share December 3rd, 3 pm at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. We'll be discussing interactive learning and teaching techniques and activities. What’s worked well with your learners? What questions do you have about developing interactive activities? Please join us. Standards Rollout – December 12th If you've not yet participated in the introduction to RI's adult education content standards, consider spending the morning (from 9 to 1) with us to learn more about them. For more information, and/or to reserve space, please contact Jessica Ortiz (jortiz@ric.edu ) by December 8th. A reminder to those attending the Persistence Conference on October 17th, and an open invitation to all interested others - the second follow up session to the conference will be held on Friday, December 19th, at noon. (location to be announced). As well, if you've not completed a work plan or evaluation, please contact Jessica Ortiz (jortiz@ric.edu) for an electronic copy of these documents. Wednesday, November 19, The Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence - Home Across Lands, a film that chronicles the work of International Institute of RI staff and volunteers as they guide a group of Kunaman refugees making the transition from a life of despair in the Shimelba Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, Africa to a life of hope in their new home in Providence. 6:30: Patron Reception 7:15: Film Showing General Admission: $35 Reserved Seats: $100 Sponsorship Options: $500 to $5,000+ includes tickets, Patron Reception. To reserve tickets or for information contact Jessica Barry at jbarry@iiri.org or 401.784.8619. save the date 8th Annual Adult Education Fair CCRI, Providence Campus, January 15, 9:00 AM – Noon This event will give students and practitioners the opportunity to learn about adult education and training programs. All students and agency staff are invited to attend. Please contact Yvette Kenner with number of attendees, and if you would like to staff a table. (Tables are on first come, first serve basis for registered agencies). For more information, please contact: yvette@lvari.org learning opportunities Certificate in Family Literacy graduate courses through flexible online learning at Penn State University Spring 2009 classes run January 21, 2009, through April 22, 2009, and registration is underway. Certificate courses offered this semester include: ADTED 456, Introduction to Family Literacy, which probes comprehensive family literacy services as a way to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and under-education. ADTED 459, Interactive Literacy: Parents and Children that prepares educators to understand, plan and practice interactive literacy strategies in intentional and strategic ways. There is an ongoing focus on effective learning strategies for all children and families, including English language learners. For more information visit http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml or contact Dr. Sheila Sherow at sms20@psu.edu http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/StudentServices_GettingStarted.shtml 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 National Program Improvement Grant Opportunity Learn effective and innovative ways to tell your community and your funders about your program's effectiveness with the help of ProLiteracy and your peers! Apply to join Year Three of the Dollar General/ProLiteracy Performance Accountability (DGPA) Initiative As a one-year participating program, your program gets: Ideas tested by your literacy peers; a stipend to help offset travel and reporting requirements; two places at one of six regional trainings, "Communicating Success to Stakeholders," scheduled for February and March 2009; Access to practical resources and support through the DGPA wiki and online discussion list and the opportunity to test and evaluate new strategies Applications available November 2008 For information e-mail Marie Cora, DGPA Project Manager at mcora@proliteracy.org This project is made possible through the generous support of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation 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)
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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
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online / resources available new resource online: LATINO NATIONAL SURVEY-NEW ENGLAND Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America has conducted the most in-depth and comprehensive scientific survey ever to focus on Latinos in New England, specifically Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The work was accomplished by Prof. Evelyn Hu-DeHart, along with Profs. Matt Garcia, Marion Orr, Cynthia Garcia-Coll, and Tony Affigne, and Prof. Jorge Elorza. This project is the New England extension of the Latino National Survey (LNS), which was conducted in 2005-2006 by a team of eminent Latino political scientists. After the survey data have been collected, coded and disseminated, the six national LNS PIs, along with CSREA and Brown collaborators, will organize and host a national conference to showcase research using these data. http://brown.edu/Departments/Race_Ethnicity/events/research.html Your Money, Your Finances, a special segment of Today's Company coming soon to Latino Public Radio. Michelle Cortés-Harkins and Vanessa Toledo-Vickers convey the information that people need to manage their financial life. – in Spanish and in English at http://www.lprri.org/inicio/index.php?categoryid=59 from the National Institute for Literacy: Adults wanting to learn or improve their English skills can log on to a new free Online English Portal called USALearns. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, through its Division of Adult Education and Literacy, oversaw the design of USALearns. Launch of the site completes a goal set by President Bush in his August 10, 2007 announcement of initiatives to address border security and immigration challenges in the United States - a plan to have the U.S.Department of Education develop and launch a free, web-based portal to help immigrants learn English, expand their opportunities, and make effective contributions to American society." http://www.USALearns.org; fact sheet at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/publications/pdf/USALearnsFactSheet08.pdf. Project Care is a health and literacy website that provides English language learners with activities to improve their English. It includes: authentic video clips from professionals, with downloadable transcripts and follow-up listening comprehension quizzes; mp3 audio clips of vocabulary words, and engaging projects with downloadable handouts, related website links, and rubrics http://projectcare.worlded.org/ Family Health and Literacy: A Guide to Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials and Web Sites for Families includes concrete examples of how to: integrate health and literacy education; get started and engage adult learners, and build connections between literacy programs and local health services. The easy-to-read health education materials and websites are organized by health topic such as: nutrition, childhood, medic ine use, and stress. Published in 2006. Online at http://www.healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/family/index.htm and/or to order in hard copy, send an e-mail to lpeterson@worlded.org. Discounts available for bulk orders, as supplies last. Parents + Schools = Successful Children / Padres + Escuelas = Niños Exitosos - new bilingual products/tools designed to raise awareness of the importance of parental involvement in the education of ELL children. Through a Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant, NCFL has created family literacy materials patterned after comic books and graphic novels, which are extremely popular in Spanish-speaking cultures. Materials include: Two bilingual foto-novelas for parents titled “Get Involved!” (¡Involúcrate!) and “Reading at Home” (Lectura en el hogar); flash movies based on the two foto-novelas, with audio in English and Spanish, and a practitioner guide with lesson plans and activities for adult ESL and native language use http://www.famlit.org/foto Health and literacy are inextricably linked, and health and literacy providers are working together in new and exciting ways to use that link for positive results. The newest issue of Focus on Basics is packed with articles on a wide variety of partnerships: between nursing and teacher educators in the university, between medical schools and literacy programs, between health educators and literacy students, between health planners and literacy providers. Also included is a long-awaited report on a 5-year study of the impact of a literacy curriculum that incorporate health information on the literacy skills and health knowledge of learners, a new way to look at what the health information in the National Assessment of Adult Learning reveals, and how to use illustrations effectively in health education materials. Authors include Dr. Susan Levy, Dr. Andrew Pleasant, and Dr. Ian Bennett and colleagues, and National Institute for Literacy's Health Literacy discussion list moderator Julie McKinney. Download Focus on Basics, Volume 9, Issue B, Health & Literacy Partnerships. from the right hand column of publisher World Education's home page: http://www.worlded.org or find the new issue and all past issues at http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2008/fob_9b.pdf and http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=31 Moving towards Participatory Adult Education: Involving Family Literacy Students in Meaningful Leadership Experiences - Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins, Brendaly Drayton, Ramazan Gungor, and Edith Gnanadass http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/pdf/Research_Brief_4_Final.pdf a manual of family numeracy activities, ready to use in early literacy programs, day care centres, primary grades and Adult Basic Education/Literacy programs. Patterns, recipes, and hand-outs all included (109 pages). Download your free copy: http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/familymath/cover.htm Math for the whole person: Spirit, heart, body and mind are all connected in the activities in this book. When we balance the spirit, heart, body and mind, math becomes part of our whole lives, not a beast or a barrier. Activities for the whole family: Things to do in the kitchen and on a walk, rhymes, games, and things to make, all to promote math thinking and learning. For more information: Kate.Nonesuch@viu.ca. Funded by The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Beyond the checklist: Using reflective practice to remove barriers infamily and community literacy by Cheryl Brown and Wendell Dryden – while specifically examining an intergenerational literacy project, the article poses a number of considerations useful in thinking about learner persistence across learning spheres: http://www.literacyjournal.ca/literacies/9-2008/pdf/brown&dryden.pdf English for your health: A Health Literacy Curriculum for Beginning ESOL Learners, a site designed to teach high-beginner to low intermediates preventive health care and to interact with health care providers. http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=ALP_English_Health survey on advocacy – information about resources: The National Coalition for Literacy (NCL) is interested in your opinion on the need for advocacy resources that will help others overcome challenges to participating in adult literacy public policy advocacy. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZWa5JKLDsJilZjENAhSloQ_3d_3d Please complete this survey by October 28, 2008; it should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The NCL will use the results to develop the Online Advocacy Clearinghouse and Toolkit. This Web-based toolkit will be a one-stop online collection linking to existing advocacy resources as well as to new resources you would like to see developed. The toolkit will be available online in January. - Jackie Taylor Consultant to the National Coalition for Literacy advocacy@ncldc.net from Thursday notes, November 6, 2008 OVAE-DHS Partnership Offers New EL/C Training OVAE’s partnership with the Department of Homeland Security is paying off with a second online professional development opportunity [http://www.elcivicsonline.org/] on citizenship instruction for teachers of adult English language learners. The naturalization process course, new this fall, outlines three components of the redesigned naturalization test and shows teachers how to prepare students for them. Two other English Literacy/Civics courses went online last spring. All courses allow teachers to participate in free, self-paced professional development; create and obtain lesson plans; and download relevant resources. The final course, on civic engagement, is under construction. The Adult Learning Resource Center is developing the training with guidance from the Center for Applied Linguistics under an agreement with OVAE and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at DHS. http://thecenterweb.org/alrc/esl.html 10 States Pilot OVAE’s Six-Week NRS Course Ten states have granted employees time to participate in the pilot of a six-week course that will introduce state staff to National Reporting System (NRS) fundamentals such as types of data, NRS data collection and use, measures and assessments, and data quality. The pilot differs from current online NRS training in that it offers interactive instruction by a facilitator as well as question-and-answer sessions with NRS experts. Facilitators and learners may post throughout the day and night, and learners may interact with each other. State staff will offer feedback about the course, and appropriate modifications will be made based on the pilot. from Thursday notes, November 13, 2008: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security launches new naturalization test http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD The test was redesigned to ensure that naturalization applicants have uniform, consistent testing experiences nationwide. The redesigned test includes revised civics questions to better assess applicants' understanding of U.S. government and history. The format is standardized across USCIS offices. Applicants now know exactly how to prepare for the English test using publicly released vocabulary lists <http://www.uscis.gov/newtest> , and they receive a new English and civics study booklet http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-638_red.pdf when they are finger printed at USCIS application support centers. USCIS trained http://www.uscis.gov/teachertraining more than 2,000 educators and service providers and launched new study materials http://www.uscis.gov/civicsflashcards . http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=fda0f996b1487110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b36e663784bcd010VgnVCM100000d1f1d6a1RCRD The Centre for Literacy in Montréal has posted presentations from its 2008 summer institute on ESL and Literacy. http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/whatsnew/sli2008/index.htm RI DLT's Rhode Island Red job search feature is now drawing job postings from ALL local jobs boards (except Monster.com). To access this resource visit RI RED http://www.dlt.ri.gov/rired/ -- under quick menu click job search; choose location search criteria, provide job title or other criteria. Source codes are listed at the bottom of the page Guidance documents from the UK’s Skills for Life – http://excellence.qia.org.uk/page.aspx?o=Guidance – contextualizing work for those with clearly identified learning difficulties (defined as): physical and sensory impairments – for example those with mobility difficulties or hearing or visual impairments; unseen disabilities such as health conditions, mental health difficulties and dyslexia; those whose disrupted learning experiences (for example those in offender establishments) and difficulties with learning have led them to work at a significantly lower level than the majority of their peers. numeracy resources: The Problem Solver, Massachusetts math newsletter, online at http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/problemsolver/index.htm; Massachusetts also produces a math newsletter that focuses on research: the SABES Math Bulletin. You can access copies of that publication at: http://sabes.org/resources/publications/mathbulletin/index.htm 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 Lots to do at the library Providence Public Library's calendar of events: http://www.provlib.org/calendar.asp 2009 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Presented by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) and Toyota, the Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award is given to educators who demonstrate exemplary efforts to help parents and children achieve their academic and non-academic goals. The 2009 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year will receive a $7,500 award for his/her program, courtesy of Toyota. He/she also will receive a trip to the 18th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy in Orlando, Florida, where he/she will be recognized during the Opening General Session. Nominations will be accepted online through December 5, 2008 Visit http://www.famlit.org/toyotateacher for nomination guidelines. What's new at NIFL? http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/whats_new.html Educating the Public and Elected Officials about Adult Education: Report on Adult Education Advocacy Efforts in New England by the New England Literacy Resource Center at World Education This report takes stock of the program, policy and legislative context for adult education in each of the six New England states. It discusses local and statewide advocacy strategies by adult educators. The findings show that adult education advocacy efforts in New England are multi-faceted, and growing in sophistication and reach. The report discusses the principal challenges and related promising strategies revealed through interviews with leading adult education advocates in New England. They are grouped into four areas: 1) Visibility; 2) Framing the Message; 3) Student Involvement; and 4) Increasing and Sustaining Advocacy Efforts. Available for downloading (as a PDF file): http://www.nelrc.org/expertise/civic.html#educating (For a word doc version, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu) Seven habits and more: a recent online discussion about reading and ESOL (and English speaking) learners, led to a number of resources being shared, including Heide Spruck Wrigley's Seven Habits of Successful Readers, http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/7Habits.pdf. To follow the entire conversation, go to http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/englishlanguage/2008/date.html and follow the conversation thread that begins on May 12th (you’ll need to scroll down the page). The UK's Open University course, 'Who counts as a refugee' considers the interrelationships between citizenship, identity and belonging, personal lives and social policy for people who have fled their country of origin seeking asylum in the UK, and includes useful information about refugee status and related issues for those living in other countries: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3490 UK National Curricula for ESOL, Literacy and Numeracy, with associated material and support for teachers, including the competencies for each skill at each level. As well, a significant number of resources for working with people with a range of disabilities. (See, for example): http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy/access/workwith/principles/ http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_esol/ http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy/ http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_numeracy/ Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection series Now Available Through VIDEO-ON-DEMAND The adult learning series Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection are available online through the Rhode Island PBS video streaming portal. In 25 half-hour segments, the Workplace Essential Skills series presents refreshers in fundamental reading, writing, and math skills as they relate to getting, keeping, or advancing in a job. Lessons also cover job applications, resume writing, and job interviews. An orientation segment touches upon the use of the different components included in this series. Lessons are written at a pre-GED level, and can help prepare adults for the GED tests. Four workbooks accompany the series. In 39 half-hour programs, the GED Connection helps learners prepare for the GED exam. Episodes cover subjects and skills related to work, community, and home life. Practice tests help learners know what to expect, see which skills they need to strengthen, and build confidence. Access to Workplace Essential Skills and GED Connection series through RI PBS video streaming is free. Users access VOD through an account and passcode, available by email request to Education@ RIpbs.org or by calling Education Services at 401-222-3636 x 211. Video streaming, also known as video on demand (VOD), allows users the convenience of watching lessons at any time from an Internet-connected computer. VOD is also flexible, allowing users to watch several episodes in one sitting, or repeat lessons as often as desired. Both the Workplace Essential Skills and the GED Connection series are also broadcast on RI PBS LEARN, digital 36.2 and Verizon 787. The Workplace Essential Skills broadcasts Fridays at 12:30 PM and the GED Connection series broadcasts Mondays, Tuesdays, and Sundays at 12:30 PM. For Workplace Essential Skills and the GED Connection broadcast dates please visit: http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/ For information about RIPBS Education Services please visit out web pages at http://www.ripbs.org/Education/ - Dr. María D. Velásquez de Tondreau Education Director Rhode Island PBS 50 Park Lane Providence, RI 02907 Phone: (401) 222-3636, ext. 211 Fax: (401) 222-3407 Education@RIpbs.org 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. 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 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 The Poverty Institute is holding 2 training sessions on the implementation of the RI Works Program which replaced the Family Independence Program. The topics that will be covered pertain to eligibility, sanctions, DHS/DLT collaboration, parents with disabilities, time limits and extensions, work requirements and exemptions. In addition, an overview of eligibility for RIte Care and Child Care subsidies and other assistance for working families will be covered. Attend one of our trainings to learn more! - November 18th 1:00 p.m -3:30 p.m or November 19th 9:00 a.m-11:30 a.m Casey Family Services 1268 Eddy Street Providence Please note: space is limited so advance registration is required. Each session will cover all information-- just sign up for one session! to download a flyer: http://www.povertyinstitute.org/matriarch/documents/RI%20Works%20Training%20Flyer.pdf To register contact Heidi Collins 456-2751 or email: hcollins@ric.edu The Poverty Institute at Rhode Island College email: info@povertyinstitute.org March 6-7, 2009 - Thursday, March 5, 2009 / Student Leadership Gathering (tentative) URI, Providence Campus: http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html - more online – deadline – November 30th. Wednesday, November 19, The Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence - Home Across Lands, a film that chronicles the work of International Institute of RI staff and volunteers as they guide a group of Kunaman refugees making the transition from a life of despair in the Shimelba Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, Africa to a life of hope in their new home in Providence. 6:30: Patron Reception 7:15: Film Showing General Admission: $35 Reserved Seats: $100 Sponsorship Options: $500 to $5,000+ includes tickets, Patron Reception. To reserve tickets or for information contact Jessica Barry at jbarry@iiri.org or 401.784.8619. Call for ABE Student Writing Women's Perspectives 2009 - Issue #4 Theme: Transition / Transformation details, lesson plans and pre-writing activities: http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html Deadline: 12/5/08. call for proposals from the MATSOL Conference Committee: We would like to invite you to present next spring at our annual conference on May 7-8, 2009 at the Sheraton Four Points in Leominster, MA. The 2009 conference theme is Multiple Literacies: Launching English Language Learners into a New Era. There will be a K-12 strand on both days and an Adult, Workplace and Higher Education strand on Friday, May 8. Our keynote speakers will be Stephen Krashen and Jim Cummins. We hope that you will consider sharing your strategies, tools, materials and research with your colleagues in the field of ELL and ESOL education. You can view and print instructions for submitting an online proposal at http://www.matsol.org/mc/page.do?orgId=matsol&sitePageId=68100 Proposals are due on December 1, 2008. Call for proposals: Winners Circle of Learning Champions , COABE Conference 2009, Louisville, KY April 17-22, 2009 Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE), Kentucky Association of Adult & Continuing Education, and Kentucky Adult Education Council on Postsecondary Education are pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the 2009 COABE national conference. Workshop proposals must be submitted by November 28th. The goal of the Annual COABE National Conference is to provide best practices and program guidance to adult basic education professionals. No matter how you say it, Adult Education is Absolutely Essential! Please consider sharing your expertise and experience in providing high quality and effective adult basic education programs. The workshop proposal form must be submitted on-line: http://www.coabeconference.org/call_for_presenters.html For more information, contact: Lorena Lasky, COABE 2009 Concurrent Sessions Chairperson, Jefferson County Adult & Continuing Education Lorena.Lasky@kentuckianaworks.org 502-574-4123 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 street yoga - Through the teaching of free yoga, meditation and wellness classes we seek to help homeless youth increase their physical, emotional and spiritual strength, stamina and flexibility so they can better meet their own core needs. We work closely with those service providers striving to help homeless youth secure safe housing, nutritious food, accessible health care, employment, clean clothing, educational choices and human dignity.
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