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#374 Dear
Colleagues, Calls for participation, employment, funding, and conference and workshop opportunities, online and other resources. To post information, and/or to receive the bulletin via email, please contact the AEPDC or leave a message at (401-863-2839). 
Janet Isserlis
NOTICES -
– in
addition to events listed here, a recently updated list of events
(including workforce development workshops, new practitioner ESOL practitioner learning community (ESOL share) April 28, at 2:30 pm at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. We continue to explore integrating numeracy into ESOL learning and teaching. Sherry Lehane will spend an hour with us, doing math; we’ll then reflect on how our own understandings and experience of doing math can translate into effective classroom practice. People want to continue with math for the first hour. Sherry is going to do a lesson about division; we also plan to discuss ways in which programs work in terms of moving students up or down. http://adultnumeracy.terc.edu/pdfs/TIAN_TeacherStories.pdf Rhode Island's ninth annual adult education conference is being held on May 25th. The program is almost complete and will include workshops addressing a wide range of adult learning topics. For program information, please contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu Managing Stress to Improve Program Learning – Lenore Balliro et al have embarked on this compelling project. learn about the work at our conference in May, and read this beautifully written and designed resource, online at: http://nelrc.org/expertise/program%20notes%20Feb1%20.pdf 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 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. learning opportunity: RIRAL TRANSITION TO COLLEGE – Monthly Information Sessions 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. Information Sessions start at 10:00 am. Please allow 2 -3 hours. Do not bring children. April 2 May 7 June 4 (or by appointment) 175 Main Street Pawtucket (2nd floor/ Pawtucket Visitor’s Center/DLT) Contact: MarieCrecca-Romero@riral.org Telephone: 722-9800 or 487-9566. TTC is a comprehensive college preparation program to prepare you for college. It includes 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 and tutorials; academic advising, support services, and registration for college; college application and financial aid preparation. learning opportunities The Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State and the National Center for Family Literacy announce the offering of ADTED 458: Early Literacy Development and Parental Involvement, which begins on May 11. ADTED 458 is a three-credit online postbaccalaureate course designed for adult and family literacy practitioners, early childhood, elementary, and middle school teachers, and anyone interested in learning how parental involvement can enhance early language and literacy development. The curriculum allows students to tailor course assignments to meet the interests and needs of their own practice. For more information: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/FamilyLiteracyCertificate.shtml or contact Dr. Sheila Sherow, Director, Certificate in Family Literacy at sms20@psu.edu. Announcing 4 EFF Online Mini-courses being offered in May - August 2011 Register now - via our new online registration system! http://www.cvent.com/events/eff-online-courses-may-august-2011/agenda-a002e9403b9c44bcb089e961c483be79.aspx Each course provides participants one-on-one attention from a content-expert facilitator, and is designed to be completed on your own schedule in 8-10 hours over just 2 weeks. Course completion certificate and CEU credit available. These online mini-courses offer immediately applicable strategies on topics targeted to the needs of adult learners. The following courses are being offered this summer: How Close is Close Enough?: Improving Estimation Skills May 9 - 23, 2011; Registration Deadline: April 22nd Dare to Compare: An Introduction to Proportional Reasoning July 5 - 19th, 2011; Registration Deadline: June 17th Building Reading Fluency with Adult Developing Readers August 1 - 15th, 2011; Registration Deadline: July 22nd Vocabulary - Teaching Word Meanings August 15 - 29th, 2011; Registration Deadline: August 5th For more information on these courses see the Course Descriptions or contact us via eff@utk.edu Cost: $189/person for each course - check/money order/purchase order only. Group invoicing available. Information on Course Assignments and Completion information: http://tiny.cc/rrbyu Please review our Course Technical Requirements before registering! http://tiny.cc/enzhp Register online via: http://guest.cvent.com/d/sdq6p6 Registrants will be invoiced at time of e-mail confirmation, payment (or proof of payment processing) must be received before course start. For questions about these or other EFF services please contact us: eff@utk.edu or visit our web site at http://eff.cls.utk.edu/ Changing the way we teach math to adults – Kate Nonesuch's manual for teaching basic math to adults, at http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/mathman/mathman.pdf; if you’re so inclined, follow Kate on twitter at http://twitter.com/KateNonesuch about persistence - online, from Ronna Magy, ronnawrite@sbcglobal.net: Dear Colleagues, I'm attaching a link to a paper I wrote recently on learner goal setting and learner persistence which will I hope will contribute to our discussion. In the paper you'll find several suggestions for classroom strategies for learner persistence and learner goal setting which can be used at the beginning of the term and throughout the school year. http://futureenglishforresults.com/materials/Author%20Articles/RMagy_Monograph.pdf (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= New 2010 RI Standard of Need Released Every two years, The Poverty Institute publishes The Rhode Island Standard of Need (RISN) to provide an accurate picture of how much it costs to live in Rhode Island, and to show how government assistance programs help families meet basic needs. This year's RISN shows that it costs a single parent family nearly $50,000, and a two-parent family almost $54,000, to raise two young children. It costs an individual over $20,600 to meet basic needs. To meet these costs, families and individuals need significant earnings, anywhere from two- to three-times the federal poverty level. The study demonstrates how tax credits and government assistance programs, such as SNAP food assistance, subsidized child care and RIte Care health insurance, help close the gap between earnings and expenses for families with low to moderate wages. To read the full report, executive summary, press materials and press coverage, visit our 2010 Rhode Island Standard of Need Report Page. http://povertyinstitute.org/matriarch/MultiPiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_127_A_PageName_E_RISN2008 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/ 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 janet_isserlis@brown.edu 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
the Swearer
Center
for Public
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 Opening Doors to Student Success A Synthesis of Findings from an Evaluation at Six Community Colleges - Susan Scrivener and Erin Coghlan http://www.mdrc.org/publications/585/overview.html Khan Academy - have you seen this yet? http://www.khanacademy.org/ Opening Doors to Student Success A Synthesis of Findings from an Evaluation at Six Community Colleges - Susan Scrivener and Erin Coghlan http://www.mdrc.org/publications/585/overview.html Developing oral proficiency of adults learning English – resources from CAL http://www.cal.org/adultspeak/ The U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education’s (OVAE) Division of Adult Education and Literacy has a new quarterly newsletter - Adult Career Pathways (ACP) News is a part of the department’s effort to provide technical assistance resources that will revolutionize the quantity and quality of available career pathways instructional programming for low-skilled adults. Browse headlines available in this issue below, and view the whole article and newsletter online: Resources from the Field ACP News will be devoted to highlighting resources of value to local practitioners. This first issue features recently published resources that have been recommended by the Technical Working Group (TWG) members. U.S. Departments of Labor and Education Partner on Career Pathways Technical Assistance Initiative The Career Pathways Technical Assistance Initiative is directed at strengthening career pathway systems for low-skilled adults and dislocated workers. Knowledge is Power - ProvPlan Invites You to Take a Closer Look at Census 2010 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=5qk7mzeab&v=001qwhULkbmHDtNFUfHfpFZNJtf-NJdp5pUGyVTleegoV6kfIc5JeElD7t4g5JZKkyXSoyHwvyoyRK7OdZn4ENkYrZ3YI25Zl-LoMSkkAyH5fLVliwVXED1y5bJZ_4c4Nkk11S_TQT-7ygS10SNI5leSg%3D%3D updates form the National Coalition for Advocacy: http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2d6768592c02f5717ce038fa8&id=d2dadf552b fact sheets from the national Coalition for Literacy: http://www.ncladvocacy.org/ffadult.html and http://national-coalition-literacy.org/advocacy/AdultEducationSupportsNationalPriorities.pdf Teaching ESL to Adults Classroom - Approaches in Action MaryAnn Florez and Betsy Parrish, ESL consultants A SERIES OF 8 TRAINING VIDEOS View online for free or purchase DVDs at minimal cost In spring 2010, the New American Horizons Foundation, with the help of ESL training specialists MaryAnn Florez and Betsy Parrish, produced its first two teacher training videos, set in real classrooms led by expert teachers using evidence-based practices. They were titled Lesson Planning for Life Skills and Building Literacy with Adult Emergent Readers. Six more videos are now available, and you can view online for free and/or own the complete set of eight videos on three DVDs at a minimal cost ($5.00 for materials per DVD plus shipping). The new titles are: Growing Vocabulary with Beginning Learners, Working with a Multi-level Class, Developing Listening Skills with High-intermediate Learners, Teaching Grammar in Real-life Contexts, Cultivating Writing Skills at the Intermediate Level and Developing Reading Skills for Intermediate/Advanced Learners http://www.newamericanhorizons.org The New American Horizons Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to making adult ESL courses more widely available and affordable. Its current priority is to develop high-quality teacher training resources for adult ESL. CLASP is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Beyond Basic Skills: State Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an Employer-Valued Postsecondary Education. Beyond Basic Skills describes strategies that can be used to strengthen connections between basic skills education and postsecondary education to help lower -skilled adults and out-of-school youth attain the postsecondary credentials they need to advance in the labor market. This includes state-level innovations such as: instructional strategies that provide a strong foundation in occupational skills required for jobs in the local economy; acceleration strategies that help students progress further and more quickly in education and training programs in a shorter period of time than traditional approaches, and funding formulas, assessment policies, and other administrative policies that support a statewide vision to provide adults and youth with pathways to better jobs through postsecondary education. The report also includes examples of states and local institutions that are effectively implementing one or more of these innovations. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Beyond-Basic-Skills-March-2011.pdf Staying Safe in a Toxic World, Issue #32 of The Change Agent This issue of The Change Agent, produced in collaboration with TERC's Statistics for Action project, will explore the localenvironment and will tell stories of environmental clean-ups and community efforts to identify pollution sources and deal with them. With an emphasis on math and science, activities help students think about large and small numbers, percents, ratios, and scale. A one-pager on Smart Moves: Take Control of Math offers strategies for confronting difficult math problems—while avoiding an attack of brain freeze. Using short narratives, interviews, cartoons, illustrations, and photos, this issue roots reading, writing, and math lessons in content that is relevant to adult learners. Background pieces and interesting facts provide opportunities for students to extend their learning. Lesson plans and discussion questions give teachers classroom-ready material that will engage students and provide an important forum for critical thinking, sharing, and achieving understanding across diverse experiences. online at www.nelrc.org/changeagent . did you know? a listing of research and evaluation projects, and other initiatives funded through OVAE: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/englit.html The proceedings for the 2009 LESLLA (Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition) Symposium in Banff, Alberta, Canada are available at http://www.leslla.org/files/resources/Conference_Proceedings_FINAL_Aug12.pdf. Thanks to Theresa Wall and colleagues at Bow Valley College for putting them together. 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# 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 line: 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/ 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 19th annual conference on serving adults with disabilities – April 28, Hartford Marriott Farmington, CT http://www.crec.org/events.php, http://www.crec.org/tabs/documents/2011-Learning-Disabilities-Conference-Brochure.pdf 17th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) Conference July 20th through 23rd, 2011 Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois Conference Theme: We Are Each Other's Harvest learn more: http://www.ptoweb.org 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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