Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id AAA05623; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:10:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:10:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <37EE8C21.64B5B9F5@mail.utexas.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Marianne Dryden <mdryden@mail.utexas.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3799] the character of family literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) Status: RO Content-Length: 1228 Lines: 27 I have long been a teacher and program administrator of programs for refugees and immigrants. My most recent, most intense experience has been with refugees. Therefore, I could tell all of you much about refugee programs, refugee needs, and especially about that issue of funding (in this case, for refugees) that affects the character and the structure of all our programs. I have been asked to fill in for someone else at a conference for directors and other family literacy staff. This is not my field. Even though I am to speak on "best practices or the components of any excellent ESL program, I still feel a need to know the character and climate of family literacy and family literacy programs today. What could you say to tell me of your students' needs, of your program needs? What are the greatest difficulties? What are the challenges for your students and your programs today? in terms of funding? in other significant terms? How do you view incorporating workplace skills into your curriculum? What are the rewards of family literacy--for the students, and for staff? If I am not asking the right questions, I am open to what anyone would like to tell me about their programs, about their students. Thanks
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