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From: "Cynthia E. Shermeyer" <cesherm@UDel.Edu>
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Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:808] Re: Staff Training
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Hello,
I am real interested in all that everyone has been saying. In May, I
have noticed that Andrea Nash and others will be presenting a symposium
at the International Reading Association Convention in Indiana. I will
be there and am looking forward to attending this session. I look
forward to meeting more of you folks using EFF and see how I can make
greater use of all the information I have been gathering. There will
also be other excellent sessions for Adult Literacy folks which include
as speakers Dr. Eunice Askov, Barbara VanHorn,Dr. Larry Mikulecky, Dr.
Dolores Perin and Dr. Deborah Young and Barbara Sonneblick to name a
few.
Cindy Shermeyer
Andy Nash wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Some thoughts about the current teacher/tutor prep discussions:
>
> If you have limited time (which is usually the case when preparing
> volunteers), I think it's important to focus on the big picture of
> what EFF is trying to do, which is to make our education system more
> responsive (and accountable) to the real needs of adults. So any
> discussion that helps tutors think about what people need/want to do
> in the world and whether or not our traditional offerings will
> adequately prepare them is a great start. Without this big picture,
> EFF looks like an overwhelming bunch of lists.
>
> Then they need to think about whether/how EFF can help them provide
> something different. One way to do this is to have the tutors use the
> components to consider their own life goals and purposes, areas of
> strength and weakness, skill practice they'd need in order to carry
> out their purposes, and evidence of progress that they'd look for. Or
> they can use a student case study to walk through the same process.
> Debriefing the activity would help them consider: whether or not this
> WAS different, how EFF helped them organize the instruction and
> assessment, how each component could be used, and what support they'd
> need in order to be able to do this on their own.
>
> It's unlikely, though, that tutors/teachers will be able to revise
> their assumptions and beliefs about why and how adults learn in just a
> couple of meetings. So follow-up is key - it's one of the system
> reforms that is necessary if EFF is going to work. There are some
> California programs that do an excellent job of training tutors in
> EFF, and they might have something to say about this, also.
>
> On a different point - Jenny's question about whether we infuse,
> overlay, or incorporate EFF - I sometimes talk about integrating EFF
> into a program, but I'm more likely to simply say that we use EFF to
> XYZ (reconsider program goals, align the elements of a program,
> reflect on why we're teaching what we're teaching, etc.). A framework
> is a guide for making consistent decisions; I don't know what to do
> besides "use" it.
>
> Andy Nash
> EFF Staff
> NELRC/World Education
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