Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fB3EJ9009648; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:19:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:19:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <B24038C0D3E160419E320030D92C22DE7A46B8@hobbes.cal.org> 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: "MaryAnn Florez" <maryann@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6787] News from NIFL X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4850 Lines: 132 From: Johnson, Alice Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: News from NIFL The December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly electronic newsletter, is now online at: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html. The table of contents and first few articles are posted below: ****************************************CONTENTS************************ **** ********* 1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD 2. EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH 3. NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY 4. NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM 5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION 6. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: ESEA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE 7. LITERACY IN THE NEWS: FROM THE IRISH INDEPENDENT: ILLITERACY CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS 8. CALENDAR: DECEMBER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ************************************************************************ **** ********* 1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD LINCS and AOL-Time Warner staff have collaborated to add "literacy" as a keyword on the AOL website. The new keyword links to the NIFL website. For more information go to AOL's Government Guide's Research & Education page. 2. EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH The EFF Role Maps, Skills Wheel, and Standards have all been translated into Spanish and can be downloaded from the EFF website: (http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff_masters.html). Poster-size versions of the role maps and standards wheel are available from the EFF National Center. For more information, contact dawn.norris@umit.maine.edu. 3. NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY NIFL has entered an interagency agreement with the Head Start Bureau to engage in joint activities to promote the delivery of high-quality family literacy services by Head Start and Early Head Start programs. NIFL has agreed to provide Partnership for Reading funding to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in order for HHS to create and disseminate professional development materials based on scientific research findings on how young children and adults develop the ability to read. The materials will also look at research implications for improving Head Start and Early Head Start programs that provide family literacy services. The materials will be used to train family literacy providers to improve reading instruction in the adult basic education components of family literacy programs and to help them deliver services that enable young children to develop the core skills they need to become good readers. HHS is funding the National Center for Family Literacy to develop materials and training models. For more about NIFL's activities to support early literacy, go to the Partnership for Reading information page. 4. NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has issued an invitation for adult educators and vocational rehabilitation counselors to participate in a national training program to address the literacy needs of adults with low vision in adult education classrooms. The NIFL is assisting through its learning disabilities program, using the Bridges to Practice model. The AFB is looking for adult literacy practitioners to train their peers in teaching adults with low vision. Requirements include experience in training, interest in improving teaching skills, and the ability to lead other teachers to change their classroom practice. The similarities in instructional accommodations and assistive technology for adults with low vision and adults with learning disabilities make them easy to adapt for the adult education classroom. Training locations are as follows: Atlanta in January; San Antonio in February; San Francisco in April; and Boston in May. Trainers will receive a stipend. To request an application, contact Tina Tucker at AFB: ttucker@afb.net. 5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION In conjunction with National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) and LINCS staff, NIFL's Partnership for Reading is developing an interactive Web site that allows teachers to enter reading scores (silent reading comprehension, word recognition, word meaning, spelling, and words per minutes reading speed) for their learners and receive matching profiles that offer characteristics of learners with comparable scores, as well as suggested interventions for teaching learners with those characteristics based on relevant research. The site, which is under construction, will be piloted this winter and available to the public in the spring. To continue reading e*literacy, please click here: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html.
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