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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). 
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(including workforce development workshops, new practitioner You can now register online for the May 25th Adult Education Conference at RI College. Registration is $25, which includes lunch and a light breakfast. To register, please go to: http://www.ripdc.eventbrite.com; to review the conference program in depth, please go to http://www.brown.edu/lrri/conference2011.doc for a downloadable word document. Registration fees are waived for adult learners, but you must register by May 16th. Rhode Island programs - before and after the conference: Philip Less, the state's adult education administrator will be available before and after the conference for an informal conversation about RIDE and its work. The early session (8:15 – 9) has limited space; the after-session is open to all. If you would like to attend the early breakfast session, please contact Jessica Ortiz (jortiz@ric.edu) by May 16th; up to 20 spaces are available; we will be able to accommodate the first 20 to respond. Please note this early morning session requires a separate email to Jessica, but not extra cost. ESOL practitioner learning community (ESOL share) May 18, at 2:30 pm at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. Materials the work, multilevel classes. please come to share insights, materials, questions and concerns. 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. 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 ELL-U is a free, innovative online training and professional development community for adult ESOL professionals. This Web site provides users with a variety of learning activities and social networking opportunities designed to create a community of professional practice focused on improving ELL instruction. ELL-U's first online course, Second Language Acquisition: Myths, Beliefs and What the Research Shows, is available online. The course consists of four sections that can be completed independently. Each section will take about 20 minutes to complete and provide opportunities for extended learning activities. To register for the course, visit the Online Courses page under the Academics section. Registered users can access the course learning page to chat with other participants and engage with the course's author, Dr. Martha Bigelow, through ELL-U office hours. The office hours will take place online and are an opportunity for participants to ask questions. Once you've completed the course, please complete the online survey and check out additional ways to interact with the ELL-U community. http://www.ell-u.org/member/login Mango Languages is available free to RI residents at www.askri.org. Mango Languages Get to know us a little better one hour Webinars. Discussion will include: 1. Language Learning Trends, 2. The Mango Methodology, 3. Product Offerings, and 4. A Lesson in Action. Space is limited. Reserve your seat now by clicking the appropriate link below! Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST, Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/762672777 Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST, Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/265761321 Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST, Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/976124785 Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST, Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/429927144 After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees require: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees require: Mac OS ®S X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer Free Materials still available: Numerous articles, magazines, publications about the Southeast Asian population in RI and the US (dating back to 1980), vintage publications on Cuban, Polish and Portuguese teens in the American public schools…too much to list here. Also, research and handouts on L2 Acquisition, elementary/secondary literacy, dialogue journals, etc. Archival condition. Free to individual, museum, library, educator. Stored and labeled in folders. Contact Karen Karten at 941-2017 or kartenk@ride.ri.net 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 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
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Unemployment
lifeline – from the AFL-CIO,
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online / resources available talk about it: How Do You Help Low-Skilled Adults Access and Succeed in Post-secondary Education? A Conversation with Practitioners in the Breaking Through Initiative Please join the Workforce Competitiveness Discussion List FROM May 16 - 20 for a discussion on lessons learned from the Breaking Through initiative and how you can adapt these strategies in your work. Breaking Through is a national initiative working with 41 community colleges in 22 states to help low-skilled adults prepare for and succeed in occupational and technical degree programs. Counteracting high attrition rates in adult basic education and developmental education programs, Breaking Through colleges improve outcomes by focusing on strategies that create effective pathways through pre-college and degree-level programs and result in college completion. The initiative is proving that low-skilled adults can advance through remediation and credential programs within a reasonable time and with reasonable success. These strategies can be engaged by adult educators both within and outside of community colleges. Some questions to be addressed in the discussion include: How do you work across diverse programs and services to create real pathways for lower-skilled adults? How do you accelerate learning to reduce time to completion for low-skilled students? What are the comprehensive support services needed and how do we make them available to our students? How do we ensure that students receive a labor market pay-off as they advance along their career pathways? To read more about the effective practices developed by the Breaking Through initiative in response to these questions, please go to: http://www.jff.org/publications/education/breaking-through-practice-guide/1059 by the numbers: Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity Webinar: The Common Good Forecaster June 3, 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Register http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5728/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=41713 The Common Good Forecaster is an online tool created by the American Human Development Project and United Way that ties new Census data to education's impact -- state-by-state and county-by-county -- on health, civic engagement, crime, and other issues. At a time when national, state and local education budgets are under threat, this fact-based tool enables stakeholders to understand the concrete benefits of investments in education in areas that go well beyond better jobs and bigger paychecks. http://liveunited.org/sites/commongood/index.php/pages/common-good-forecaster Please join CLASP-managed Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/ for this webinar that will discuss and demonstrate this powerful tool and ways it can impact your work. and not unrelated: (via David Rosen) A paper, The Return on Investment (ROI) From Adult Education and Training, released by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation says that funding adult basic education programs is critical to the nation's economic recovery. A press release about the paper appears at: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcgraw-hill-research-foundation-policy-paper-cites-urgent-need-for-investment-in-adult-education-121500609.html To download the paper: http://bit.ly/iL9wrB The Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework, now available, includes a competency-based curriculum framework and related assessment and learning material resources that help adult learners transition to their goals of work, further education and training, or independence. It provides practitioners with guidance and support to make closer connections between literacy programming and the skills, knowledge, and behaviours learners need to reach their chosen goals. http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/oalcf/index.html http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/publications/OALCF_Curriculum_Framework_Mar_11.pdf The Diversity list guest discussion with Andres Muro and Erika Mein on The Impact of Domestic Violence on Adult Education has been compiled and posted online: http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/discussions/diversity/11impact_summary A sincere thanks to everyone who participated-as you can tell from the compilation-we had quite an interesting and important discussion. – Daphne Greenberg, list moderator - and - The summary of a discussion held on the adult English language acquisition discussion list January 31- February 4, Developing Academic Readiness Skills with Adult English Language Learners from the Beginning, facilitated by Betsy Parrish and Kim Johnson, has been completed and is posted online at http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/discussions/englishlanguage/11readiness_summary The summary links from this page - http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/discussions/englishlanguage/11readiness - which also links to information on the facilitators, resources, and a description of the discussion. Thesummary itself also links to the individual posts (there were about 170 of them!) at http://lincs.ed.gov/pipermail/englishlanguage/2011/thread.html#6932 - Miriam Burt moderator, adult English language acquisition (ELA) discussion list from the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL): Certifying Adult education students: A survey of state director of adult education certificate programs in use This 16-page Information Brief reports on the use of certification systems, as reported by state education directors, to validate student attainment in adult education and workforce skills programs. The survey was administered and analyzed by CAAL Senior Advisor Garrett Murphy from June to November 2010. It provides a partial snapshot of usage at a fixed point in time and was intended to help identify issues for CAAL to examine in a future invitational Roundtable on the topic. CAAL's work in this area is funded by the AT&T Foundation the Dollar General Corporation, the Joyce Foundation, and The McGraw-Hill Companies. http://www.caalusa.org/StudentCert.pdf Adult Literacy Instruction: A Review of the Research is a follow-up to the original review of Adult Education (AE) reading instruction, Research-Based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction, published in 2002. This new report is an analysis of the AE reading instruction research base, designed as a resource for both practitioners and reading researchers. It focuses on findings that can be derived from the research and their application in adult education settings. It includes research findings from reviews of adolescent reading instruction, reading-writing connections, English for Speakers of Other Languages reading and writing instruction, and an appendix. Download the PDF version of Adult Literacy Instruction: A Review of the Research at: http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/adult_ed_2010.pdf Work after prison: One-year findings from the transitional jobs reentry demonstration is the first major evaluation of the multi-year "Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration" project funded by the Joyce Foundation. MDRC is the lead evaluator in a team that includes the Urban Institute and the University of Michigan. The project focuses on programs that provide temporary subsidized jobs, support services, and job placement help. The project's purpose is to test transitional jobs as a promising approach to regular paid employment for ex-offenders and other disadvantaged groups. The 278-page report describes how the program was implemented--with more than 1,800 men assigned to it in four cities (Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and St. Paul). It also looks at results in terms of employment and recidivism in the first year following entrance into the program. A key general finding is that transitional jobs, as currently designed and operated, do not sufficiently help people get or retain permanent jobs, nor do they have an impact on recidivism. Only about one-third of the participants was employed in the formal labor market at the end of a year. However, it is seen as a positive indicator that about 85 percent of the men assigned to the program actually worked in an income-subsidized transitional job, reflecting genuine eagerness to work. And the evaluators are inclined to think that subsidized transitional employment programs could be effective if they were strengthened with components that provide basic and workplace skills instruction and if better job- and post-placement services were built in. The project will be followed up for one more year with further results after which another report will be issued. full repoirt: http://www.mdrc.org/publications/570/full.pdf This report is also available as a 14-page executive summary: http://www.mdrc.org/publications/570/execsum.pdf 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? http://www.khanacademy.org/ 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 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 call for proposals: LESLLA 2011 Call for Presentations Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition (LESLLA) for Adults is an international forum of researchers who share an interest in research into the development of second language skills by adult immigrants and refugees with little or no schooling in the home country, low levels of literacy in the native language, and limited proficiency in the language of the new country. LESLLA'ss goal is to share empirical research and information that will guide further studies on second language acquisition for the adult immigrant population with limited formal education. This research, in turn, is meant to influence educational policy development in all those countries where immigrants settle and are likely to need educational support. LESLLA welcomes presentation proposals for the 7th annual conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 29-October 1, 2011. We are anticipating a large conference with a mix of researchers, teacher educators, program administrators, and practitioners. To best serve ALL of our attendees, we invite presentations in the following areas: 1. Classroom Practice 2. Teacher Education for LESLLA Instructors 3. Research 4. Materials Development and Use 5. Socio-Cultural Issues 6. Policy 7. Adolescent Learners, Teaching LESLLA in Secondary Settings Please note that only presentations directly related to LESLLA learners will be considered. Deadline for Submissions: May 25; To submit a proposal for a presentation, please visit: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ci/LESLLA/default.html call for proposals: The Board of The Connecticut Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ConnTESOL) invites you to join colleagues and friends at our 41st Annual Conference on November 5th, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center Ledyard, CT. Our conference is a forum for exchanging information to help our students acquire English language proficiency. We welcome presentations from teachers, program administrators, materials and curriculum developers, facilitators, and any others who are involved with immigrant, refugee or foreign student populations. Please share your expertise! Deadline for application is JUNE 1st, 2011. Our theme is Keeping Language in Mind. contact janet_isserlis@brown.edu for an application; completed applications should be sent by email: conntesol@gmail.com or by snail mail: ConnTESOL, PO Box 304, Norwich, CT 06360. Selected presenters will be notified by email no later than August 1st, 2011. The National College Transition Network at World Education invites you to submit a proposal for its fifth annual national conference on Effective Transitions in Adult Education to be held on November 14 - 15, 2011 in Providence (Warwick), RI. The conference is geared towards adult and postsecondary educators and administrators. The proposal submission deadline is June 10, 2011. Please visit http://collegetransition.org/conferences.national2011.callforpresenters.html for the submission guidelines and to access the proposal form. Do feel free to contact us if you have any questions. 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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