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From: "Bryan A. Wilson" <bryan_a_wilson@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:2140] RE: Creating the big picture of student involvement
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Jackie,
Thank you for the note. I went to your "work in progress" and found
a website for value (www.valueusa.org). I've bookmarked in my "Adult
Literacy" folder, and am excited about reading it carefully over the summer.
ASIDE: The "Spaced" teacher part in my last post is about hitting
the "change" button on my spell checker as Outlook sent the message. At the
same time, many may say that "Spaced" is a valid description.
There is something piquing my interest through listening to the
discussions about adult literacy. It has become especially significant
through these discussions about VALUE training: Literacy for the Late
Juvenile (14-17yo). As a High School Special Educator for the Severely EBD,
what I have more than anything else is a student profile that generalizes as
follows:
Age: 15
Grade: 10
Overall Grade
Equivalency: 5.0
Reading Level: 2nd - 4th (with many reading below basic).
Motivation to
Learn: Learned Helplessness is the internalized theme about
academics and behavior.
My school district is using Scholastic's Read 180 program, and I
have found it somewhat effective for Middle School students (Average
increase of about 1 Grade level when using the system about 3hrs/wk
throughout the academic year), and nearly ineffective for High School
students (very small movement within one stanine).
I am totally convinced that with a pedagogy tailored to this type of
population PLUS the "right" kind of learning tools (High-Interest
books/materials for struggling readers), my students can rise out of their
illiteracy to a literate level within an academic year.
Do you know of a program design for the population of which I speak?
Bryan
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From: nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-aalpd@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of jataylor
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Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:2126] Creating the big picture of student involvement
Hi Bryan,
Your question seems simple enough. The short answer is that I do not think
there is a website about the VALUE training, though I could be (and hope)
that I am wrong. Will someone from VALUE tell us if there is?
However, part of the answer -- and part of the reason for this discussion --
is to capture the professional wisdom regarding what has been learned by
learners and practitioners about the VALUE training and about student
involvement. That knowledge is spread across several states and practiced
within programs and known by some (like the Student Action Health Team in
Massachusetts, MOMS in Texas, Vermont learners and practitioners, and many
other programs and groups across the country), but not known by all.
So I've started a centralized location (under construction), using the posts
from NIFL-AALPD to capture what we learn from this discussion. NIFL-AALPD
subscribers & others will be able to find:
- learners and practitioners' Q & A about learner leadership in PD and PI
(professional development and program improvement)
- bulleted lists of strategies shared in the discussion
- learner leadership in states
- description of the VALUE training & how states/programs can get involved
- any research conducted or being conducted
- the full discussion of learner leadership
For this to work, we need:
- to continue discussing our rich experiences with learner leadership on the
listserv
- to give feedback about the wiki area, how to improve it, etc.
This is the puzzle board (under construction):
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/DiscussionOfLearnerLeadership
Here is where you can find the full discussion:
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/LearnerLeadershipFullDiscussion
Each of us holds pieces to this puzzle; and thru our discussion on
NIFL-AALPD
we are seeing the picture unfold of what learner leadership is -- and can be
-- in professional development and in our field....Jackie
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