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(including workforce development workshops, new practitioner Tool for adult education referrals in Rhode Island - An interactive referral website for adult education services in RI: http://groups.google.com/group/rhodeislandreferrals. Find profiles of adult education agencies, post class openings or request help with a student referral. Please update your agency's profile information, and if your agency is not listed, contact Karisa Tashjian at ktashjian@yahoo.com to have your agency added to the list. This site is open to all agencies who provide services (educational, social service, etc.) for adult education students in the state. You only need a Google account to access and post information. If you need help setting up an account, please contact KarisaTashjian or Bernice Morris at BerniceM@pha-providence.com. ESOL practitioner learning community (ESOL share) will be held on September 22nd, at 2 pm at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. GED/Dual Enrollment/College Readiness Classes The Community College of Rhode Island is offering College Readiness classes at the Lincoln and Providence campuses. The classes comprise a GED Plus class and a 3 credit college class (LRCT 1020 – College Success). Learners will follow the college schedule, receive a CCRI ID, and CCRI email account, and complete the GED Test Battery during the CCRI college exam week. During the 15 weeks, students will learn college knowledge, complete financial aid, enroll at CCRI or other institution, and register for the Accuplacer placement test and for spring semester college classes. It is the goal of this program that the learner will complete the GED exam, obtain 3 college credits, test into no or the last developmental education class in Reading and Math at CCRI and begin a training or degree program on January 24, 2011. For more information: Please contact Angela Salvadore, Transition Pathways Coordinator at 401-455-6140 (asalvadore@ccri.edu). Career Pathways for the 21st Century CCRI is recruiting students with a desire to prepare themselves to for a career path in a high wage, high growth industry. Program includes: Math, reading, and writing instruction, Independent work experiences including job shadows, tours, informational interviews and unpaid work experiences, Career awareness and self-discovery process, Achieve Global WorkSkills certificate and Career coaching. Classes will run 20 hours per week for 12 weeks; scheduled start date is September 27. Please contact Lynn Watterson at 401-455-6042; lpwatterson@ccri.edu. RIRAL/Transition to College information and assessment sessions: Information Session Dates: September 18; October 16; November 13 on Saturdays @ 10:00 am (or by appointment) Weekend session starts in October – next evening session starts in January. Call today to save a spot. Allow 2 -3 hours for assessment. Please do not bring children. 175 Main Street Pawtucket (2nf floor/ Pawtucket Visitor’s Center/DLT offices) Contact person: MarieCrecca-Romero@riral.org 722-9800. TTC is a comprehensive college preparation program including a Free College Reading class (ENGL 0850) at CCRI in Providence; student success, career exploration, and mentoring workshops; academic writing, basic math, and pre-algebra; computer lab & tutorials; academic advising, support services, & registration for college; college application and financial aid preparation. RIRAL TTC is a partner in the RI Statewide Transition to College (RI TTC) initiative and a natural segue for GED, EDP, and Advanced ESL students prior to post-secondary education. learning opportunities information about these and other courses is online here: http://207.10.202.20/home/ Differentiated Instruction. Adult educators almost always face many different levels of learners in their classrooms, with all the attendant difficulties in teaching. In this facilitated, interactive course, you will learn how differentiated instruction can help produce effective teaching in your classes. You will learn to make the strong learning objectives required to keep multilevel instruction on target. Both research and specific strategies will be addressed. By the course end, you will produce your own lesson plan with effective learning objectives and differentiation suited to your own environment. October 12–December 13 Course instructor: Wendy Quiñones Course fee: $249.00 (requires textbook) http://professionalstudiesae.worlded.org/pdf/DIOverOct10.pdf Registration Open for Online Professional Development Courses on College Transitions Registration is now open for three online courses for adult educators on transitions to postsecondary education: College Readiness for Adults: Beyond Academic Preparation, Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy, Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving Skills, Research-based Strategies and Models for Adult Transitions to Postsecondary Education, and Introduction to College Transition Math. The courses are available at ProfessionalStudiesAE.org. The courses will be also be offered in spring 2011. College Readiness for Adults: Beyond Academic Preparation! The overall objective of this course is to assist educators, counselors, administrators and postsecondary partners to better prepare their students for postsecondary education. Together, we will identify, organize, and reflect on the broad array of readiness skills and abilities that adults need to be successful in postsecondary education and training. Then, each of us will consider how to change our practice to incorporate what we have learned. Course dates: October 14–December 8, 2010 Course instructors: Cynthia Zafft and Johnna Herrick-Phelps Course fee: $249.00 Introduction to College Transition Math Through the readings and activities in this course, you will reflect on your own and your students’ math backgrounds, examine and experience the college placement test your students take, try out math activities and exercises you can use in your classrooms, and explore the math knowledge and skills you will want to present to your own college transition students. Course dates: October 11–December 13, 2010 Course instructor: Pat Fina Course fee: $249.00 (requires textbook) Research-based Strategies and Models for Adult Transitions to Postsecondary Education 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. Course dates: October 6–December 8, 2010; one teleconference on October 12 or October 13, 1 pm EDT Course instructor: Johnna Herrick-Phelps Course fee: $249.00 Online Professional Development Courses on Numeracy Registration is open for two online numeracy courses for adult educators: Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy and Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving Skills. Both courses are available at ProfessionalStudiesAE.org. Courses on number sense, geometry, data, and algebra will be offered in 2011. Foundations for Teaching Adult Numeracy Online Course September 20 - October 29 What is numeracy? Is numeracy just another word for math? How should you approach numeracy with adult students? In this foundational course you'll learn how to keep students at the center of numeracy instruction. You'll explore the context, content, and cognitive and affective components of numeracy; how to address the needs of students with learning gaps; how students' styles of learning math and levels of math knowledge affect their math skills; and ways to build students' success in learning math. You'll plan classroom activities, test them with your students, and share your experiences with fellow teachers. Course Fee: $179. http://www.ProfessionalStudiesAE.org Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving Skills (course description) Course dates: November 1–December 17, 2010 Questions? Please call 888-528-2224 ext. 221 or e-mail prodev@proliteracy.org. other questions? E-mail literacy@worlded.org. ProfessionalStudiesAE.org is a partnership of World Education, Inc., and ProLiteracy/New Readers Press. Visit www.professionalstudiesae.org for a complete listing of available courses. Kaye Beall, Project Director World Education kaye_beall@worlded.org The Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, in partnership with the National Center for Family Literacy, offers an online post- baccalaureate level Family Literacy Certificate Program through The Pennsylvania State University's World Campus. This four-course Family Literacy Certificate is geared toward working professionals whose careers involve working with young children, birth and school age, their parents, or both. The courses are designed with a foundation in current research, and address the various aspects of family literacy, including parent involvement and education, parent-child interactive literacy activities, early childhood education, emergent literacy skills and reading readiness, adult literacy, case management, and interagency collaboration. ADTED 457, Adult Literacy, will be offered fall semester, beginning on September 8, 2010 – registration is now open. This three-credit course examines the language, literacy, and knowledge needs of adults in relation to their roles as parents, workers, and citizens, with a focus on how to involve parents in their children's literacy development and education, including strategies to engage parents in interactive literacy activities at home. For more information about the Family Literacy Certificate Program and how to register for courses, visit: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml. For additional information, contact Dr. Sheila Sherow at sms20@psu.edu. THE RI AEPDC is in the process of updating our calendar for state-based activities and will be sharing that information soon. Meanwhile: Preparing for Work: The EFF Work Readiness Course Professional Development for Instructors in Adult Education and Workforce Development September 15-16 The University of Tennessee Conference Center Knoxville, TN Register online at: http://www.cls.utk.edu/register/eff_event.asp Training fee: $695 per person Each participant will receive a copy of the new REVISED teacher’s guide and student manual and a master copy of student materials on CD. Please contact Anna Bogle with questions at abogle@utk.edu Preparing for Work, developed by Equipped for the Future (EFF) at the Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee, is a skills-based course designed for implementation in organizations and workforce agencies involved in preparing clients and students for work. EFF defined four categories of skills that support effective performance in the workplace, home and community: Communication Skills, Decision-Making Skills, Interpersonal Skills and Lifelong Learning Skills The curriculum consists of six modules that integrate a variety of EFF skills and the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS): • Orientation: Overview of the World of Work • Work with Others with Integrity • Solve Problems • Allocate Resources • Acquire and Use Information • Use Systems The interactive learning activities within the course are designed to model authentic, work related experiences and tasks, and 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. EFF standards-based instruction is an approach to teaching and learning focused on broadly accepted expectations of what students should know and be able to do – the 16 EFF Content Standards. For more information on EFF go to www.eff.cls.utk.edu Captured Wisdom™ on Adult Literacy - (return of a) site accompanying video/CD footage of 6 adult education contexts in which use of technology is incorporated into ongoing learning http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/cw/adultlit.htm (via David Rosen) Saving workers' lives through literacy Health and safety practices are as effective as employees' reading-skill levels http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Saving+workers+lives+through+literacy/3318109/story.html and - the announcement of this year's UNESCO prize-winning adult literacy programs: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35452&Cr=&Cr1= THE CHANGE AGENT Adult Education for Social Justice: News, Issues, and Ideas CALL FOR ARTICLES Theme: Your Neigborhood; Your Health When people think of the environment, they often imagine natural landscapes—forests, oceans, and mountains. But your home and yard and nearby parks, schools, and businesses, your workplace, the bus stop on the corner—these are the “environments” that you function in every day. The health of these environments affects your health. Are there toxins in the air, soil, and water in your neighbor hood? What chemicals are in the paint or vinyl on your home, the exhaust from buses and planes, and the waste from nearby factories? How do these things affect your health or your children’s health? What is anyone doing about it? The next issue of The Change Agent (in collaboration with TERC’s Statis tics for Action) will explore the local environment and will tell your stories of environmental clean-ups and community efforts to identify and deal with pollution sources. Sample Questions to Consider: • Have you or your neighbors ever suspected an environmental problem in your neighborhood? What made you suspect? Did you organize, push for testing, move away? • Were there local businesses many years ago that left something toxic in the soil? How did you find out you were at risk? • If you found out there were toxic chemicals in your community, did you try to alert your neigh bors to the problem? How? What happened? • Do you have health concerns related to your home or work environment? If so, what have you (or others) done about them? • Is there a time when you’ve been concerned about an environmental health issue, but the math or science involved made it hard to understand? Did you give up? Work to understand it? Seek help from an expert? What skills did you need? How did it feel? • As a parent, how do you limit your child’s exposure to toxins in the environment? • What arguments have businesses, cities, residents used to oppose shutting down a polluter, or to deny a site is dangerous? How did you respond? • What happens to the garbage from your house and community? How are you affected by near by landfills and incinerators? What the government do to minimize toxic problems from trash? Instead of long and general essays, we would like to see stories that are specific and detailed. Suggested length is 200-1200 words. All articles must be received by November 8, 2010. Please include in all articles and emails the contact information for the student and/or the teacher. Final decisions are made by The Change Agent editorial board. A $50 stipend will be paid to each student whose work is accepted for publication. Please submit illustrations, cartoons, and graphics on this theme too! Send material (preferably by email) to: cpeters@worlded.org; Cynthia Peters, World Education, 44 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA 02210 617-482-9485 The mission of The Change Agent is to provide news, issues, ideas, and other teach ing resources that inspire and enable adult educators and learners to make civic par ticipation and social justice concerns part of their teaching and learning. It is published by the New England Literacy Resource Center. http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent Also, please see this PDF file announcing the new Change Agent issue on Fashion. (if you need a word version of the document, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu) funding opportunities - large and less large - grants posted on the National Institute for Literacy website: http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/search/gsearch/dbsearch.cgi?action=Show%20Results - 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.  Jobs for Change "seeks to spark a nationwide movement toward careers in the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors" – online at http://jobs.change.org/ 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 employers publicize openings effectively. Anyone seeking a job that makes a difference in Rhode Island can join the list. Any non-profit, government or private sector employer advertising a paid position related to the public interest or community concerns can post a free job listing. Positions must be paid but may be part-time, full-time or temporary. 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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Service at Brown University and the Rhode Island Campus Compact. RI DLT's Rhode Island Red job search feature draws 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
Unemployment
lifeline – from the AFL-CIO,
with locally-searchable links to resources http://www.unemploymentlifeline.com/
online / resources available The editors of the Community Literacy Journal announce that both issues of CLJ’s Volume 4 have been published. Because of our late printing and mailing this year, we’ve made the two entire issues available at no cost online, via PDF files. Go to http://www.communityliteracy.org/, log in – registration is free – and select issues 4.1 or 4.2. 5.1 and 5.2 will be published at the regular times this Fall and Spring. Our only source of revenue at present is subscriptions. CLJ will continue to offer subscriptions to individuals and libraries, in print or (for individuals only) in electronic form or both. We offer a special subscription rate to graduate students and community literacy workers. Project Muse will host electronic subscriptions to libraries beginning in January 2011. Subscription information for CLJ can be found on its website, http://www.communityliteracy.org. - The Editors, Michael Moore, DePaul University John Warnock, University of Arizona from Donna Brian, moderator of the NIFL workplace literacy list; (subscribe to or follow the list here: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace) From the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (Australia) (Note from Donna: You must register to access these reports. Registration is free) http://www.adultliteracyresource.edu.au Learning Numeracy on the Job: A Case Study of Chemical Handling and Spraying Ensuring that people have the appropriate level of numeracy skills is particularly important in jobs which involve a risk to public safety and the environment. This research investigates the job-related numeracy requirements in the chemical spraying and handling operations of the horticulture, local government, outdoor recreation and warehousing industries. Findings from this study indicate that the worksite influences both the type of numeracy skills needed as well as how they are deployed. Numeracy in the workplace differs from formal, rule-based abstract mathematics taught in school and requires training that is relevant to the specific applications of the skill. Implications for the future practice of teaching numeracy on the job are offered and highlight the need to consciously develop critical thinking, learning-to-learn, planning and problem-solving skills in workers. http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1609.html Getting Reading Results in the Classroom: What Research Tells Us September 1, 1:30-3:00 p.m. After spending years investigating the development of literacy skills of students enrolled in Adult Basic and Secondary Education classes, researchers, for the first time, will disseminate their findings. The forum is a live webcast sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy. This is an opportunity to hear from research scientists who will discuss their key cross-cutting research findings and themes and present implications for effective instruction in reading. During the discussion, a panel of researchers will also summarize their respective projects, study participants, the nature of instructional interventions, and findings from their studies. Plan to interact with featured panelists during the Webcast’s question and answer session. These are the panelists: Daphne Greenberg, Ph.D.http://www.nifl.gov/webcasts/readingresults/10read?print=true#greenberg, Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, Georgia State University; Charles (Skip) MacArthur, Ph.D.http://www.nifl.gov/webcasts/readingresults/10read?print=true#macarthur, University of Delaware ; Daryl Mellard, Ph.D.http://www.nifl.gov/webcasts/readingresults/10read?print=true#mellard, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas, Lawrence ; and Moderator Brett Miller, Ph.D.http://www.nifl.gov/webcasts/readingresults/10read?print=true#miller, Program Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. This program is intended for adult literacy practitioners but is open to everyone. There is no cost to participate in the Webcast. Prior to the Webcast, please confirm that your computer and Internet firewall support viewing this type of Webcast. http://www.nifl.gov/webcasts/webcastTest Background on the research Through a series of multi-year grants, seven researchers investigated new research-based knowledge on adult literacy learning, the critical factors that influence the instruction and development of literacy (reading and writing) competencies in adults, and the most effective instructional methods and program organizational approaches for adult literacy programs. The *Eunice Kennedy Shriver* National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education, supported these research priorities by funding the Adult Literacy Research Network, now referred to as the Adult Literacy Research Consortium. The research, focused on increasing understanding of the specific cognitive, socio-cultural, and instructional factors, and the complex interactions among these factors, that promote or impede the acquisition of English reading and writing abilities within adult and family literacy programs. In addition, these research studies and programs stimulated by this initiative contribute scientific data that bear directly on public policy issues and instructional practices. For more information about the Adult Literacy Research Project http://www.nifl.gov/research/adultlrc.hml State-by-State View of the Economic and Political Power of Immigrants, Latinos and Asians All States Demographic Information Now Available* The Immigration Policy Center releases its complete series of 50 state fact sheets which highlight the political and economic power of immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in every state of the union. Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians account for large and growing shares of the U.S. economy and electorate. These easy to understand, state-by-state demographic snapshots are a compilation of current government and academic data on citizenship, economic contributions, and voting habits. Find out how much immigrants, Latinos and Asians contribute to your state's economy: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/economic-and-political-power-immigrants-latinos-and-asians-all-50-states for more information contact Seth Hoy at shoy@immcouncil.org or 202-507-7509. Reflect 13 - special report on employability; teaching composition and using poetry; classroom-based research as Continuous Professional Development; a phonics debate; how statistics can confuse rather than clarify; how television is being used to reach adult learners in Ireland; teaching in secure hospitals; prisons – creativity space and books for new readers; the Reflect approach and ESOL; and the role of care support workers in developing the literacy, language and numeracy skills of clients with learning difficulties and disabilities. http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=179# Thursday notes is now OVAE Connection archived online at http://www2.ed.gov/news/newsletters/ovaeconnection/index.html – weekly bulletin from the Office of Vocational and Adult Education; to subscribe directly, please contact ovaenewsletter@ed.gov or online at http://www.edgov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html The Poverty Institute produces regular ebulletins and also provides numerous useful resources. Sign up for their elist and learn more at http://www.povertyinstitute.org/matriarch/default.asp The National Center for Family Literacy has teamed up with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and ProLiteracy to create a new national literacy directory to help people find local adult literacy programs and GED® testing centers in their areas. The web-based directory, available at http://www.nationalliteracydirectory.org, contains more than 8,000 listings. Visit the directory now to search for program listings, or click the "Feedback" link on the homepage to add a program listing. Information from the directory also can be accessed through a toll-free number that people can call 24 hours per day, seven days a week, to get a local program referral in English and Spanish. http//www.askri.org has new databases and a new web design. Of particular interest for our field is Mango Languages with ESL Language courses in 15 languages and 22 foreign language courses, the Adult Education and Career Center in http://tutor.com/ (they critique resumes), and Learning Express Library with learning centers for GED prep, job search and workplace skills, jobs and careers, skill building for adults, US citizenship and lots of practice tests and tutorials. downloadable resources from The Popular Education News http://www.popednews.org/resources.html Rhode Island Employment Disability E-News, newsletter from the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, available at: http://www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/onlinepublications.html the Math Bulletin, developed by SABES http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/mathbulletin/math-bulletin-june2009.pdf Good geography refresher...and good mouse skill practice as well. http://jimspages.com/States.htm from Kate Northcott, Director, Student Literacy Corps Webster University Math - What's the Problem? examines the state of math education in the U.S. and the roles of culture, technology, and research on improving math learning and proficiency. Learn about the "miles per gallon illusion" and the train problem. Discover resources on fractals, matrices, human face recognition, biomimetic research, computational conformal mapping, and the "kissing number" of a sphere. (National Science Foundation) http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2131 Minnesota Literacy Council's online training site – for out of state users: The courses for adult learners and educators on the Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) online training site are developed and maintained by MLC staff through supplemental service grants from the Minnesota Department of Education. They are provided free of charge to Minnesota’s adult learners, teachers, volunteers, and other Adult Basic Education practitioners. Out-of-state visitors are welcome to explore the site to access learning resources as well, but we cannot offer CEUs or course completion certificates to out-of-state users. If you are a not a Minnesota resident, you are welcome to browse the self-access online learning materials, but please do not submit course assignments as we will not be able to respond to your submissions. http://online.themlc.org/ online: LessonWriter.com is a free website where teachers can copy, paste and submit any text (an article, essay, story, etc.) and create comprehensive, standards -based lesson plans and student materials in minutes. LessonWriter is a simple, fast and free way to use authentic, high-interest content to motivate students while delivering the explicit language instruction that ELL's need in both English and content-area classes. There are advanced features that can differentiate instruction for multilevel classes and class tracking features that will automatically scaffold lessons. http://www.lessonwriter.com Lots to do at the library Providence Public Library's calendar of events: http://www.provlib.org/calendar.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 google literacy site: http://www.google.com/literacy/ 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. 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/trainin National Immigrant Integration Conference, Boston, September 29 – October 1st. registration/discount deadline August 31. learn more here: http://sites.google.com/a/miracoalition.org/niic/  2010 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference - Registration Information We are pleased to announce the 2010 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference: Issues and Innovations to be held in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, October 7-8. We encourage you to attend this informative conference. The registration packet is posted at http://www.thecenterweb.org/alrc/refugee.html If you need a Word version of the registration packet, please contact losheff@cntrmail.org. - Lynn Osheff, Adult Learning Resource Center 2626 South Clearbrook Drive Arlington Heights IL 60005 Phone: 224.366.8500 Direct: 224.366.8632 Fax: 847.378.6225 Creating Balance in an Unjust World Conference on Math Education and Social Justice October 22-24, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY http://creatingbalanceconference.org/ request for proposals: Proposal SUMMARY due June 30; Proposal APPLICATION due July 16 Registration fee: Sliding scale $25-250 and free for youth and presenters Conference Overview Join educators, parents, students, activists, and community members from around the country for a 3-day conference to explore the connections between math education and social justice. We will explore many questions, challenges, and opportunities to work toward social justice through math education. We invite you to share your thoughts, lesson plans, questions and to be a facilitator for a workshop, interest group, or presentation. Facilitators may choose to present on topics related to math and social justice including equity in education, literacy and social justice, and integrating social issues into the math classroom. Sessions need not be entirely polished presentations as we hope to share ideas in order to build together. 2010 Learning Differences Conference, Saturday, October 23rd at Providence College Registration Open Conference Brochure & Registration http://highlanderdunn.org/sites/default/files/2010%20Conference%20Brochure.pdf Speakers/topics include: Dr. Reid Lyon: Why Kids Can't Read -- Challenging the Status Quo in Education -Dr. Lyon will explain the research demonstrating why some children can't read, and present educational and political strategies for correcting this personal and national tragedy. Encouraging success stories for Beating the Odds and Changing the Odds will articulate specific actions for turning around a reading failure in children, schools, and the state. – and - Rethinking Special Education, Dr. Reid Lyon, Understanding the Reading Brain, Dr. Rick Solomon Monitoring Reading of Adolescents, Dr. Andrea Kotula, ADHD, Dr. Julie Wilson Struggling Readers and the Law: Jon Anderson, Esq., Building RtI Practices in Math, Kristen Matthes Advanced Word Study, Sally Grimes, Early Identification, Dr. Terry Harrison-Goldman and Project Read, Nancy Raskind  STAND'S Adult Learner Statewide Leadership Conference Coming This Fall We are announcing our first adult learner statewide leadership conference coming this fall to Providence, and are looking for learners to come up with a name for the event. A flyer that explains the theme, and the contest rules for submissions can be found at http://www.brown.edu/lrri/nameconf.doc in English, and in Spanish http://www.brown.edu/lrri/nameconfsp.doc. First Adult Learner Conference No Community Left Behind Wednesday, November 3, Johnson & Wales Inn, Seekonk MA, 9:00-3:00 Adult learners will have the opportunity to take part in three different strands: Transition to College and Careers; Family Support and Literacy and Leadership and Advocacy. Our goal is to provide adult learners with the opportunity Our goals is to provide adult learners with the opportunity to hear about things that matter to them, to learn professional skills and to network with industry leaders of RI. We need your help in recruiting adult learners, to coordinate transportation and to ensure this first Adult Learner Leadership Conference is a Success! We will be sending an invitation with registration and workshop information in September. For more information on the conference, and to help make this a successful conference, contact Wesley Garvin* at 401-527-4219 or email: Wes@standri.org Space is limited If your agency cannot provide transportation for your learners please contact STAND other events and conferences http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar_world.cgi TESOL worldwide
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