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 g7TJ5jX05071; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:05:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:05:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B24038C0D3E160419E320030D92C22DE677051@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: "Lynda Terrill" <lterrill@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:7908] Waiting Lists for Adult ESL--crosspost from NLA discussion list X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4835 Lines: 106 Dear colleagues, The following post concerning waiting lists for adults who want and need to learn English may be of interest. While I'm here, I'd like to introduce myself as the new moderator of the NIFL-ESL discussion list. As MaryAnn Florez mentioned a couple of weeks ago, she has decided to go back to program work across the Potomac in Fairfax County, Virginia. Here at NCLE, we miss her already. Luckily for us, MaryAnn is only a couple miles and a local phone call away. I've traveled in the opposite direction. My teaching experience includes Pre-K, middle school, and university as well as ABE and GED. I worked for many years at the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP)in Arlington, Virginia before coming to NCLE. My particular interests in adult ESOL include family literacy, learning disabilities, project-based learning, and learner goal-setting. I welcome the opportunity to moderate this diverse and active discussion list. I look forward to hearing from you, and please let me know if I can be of assistance. Lynda Lynda Terrill Acquisitions Coordinator National Center for ESL Literacy Education 4646 40th Street NW Washington DC 20016-1859 tel (202) 362-0700 ext. 243 fax(202) 363-7204 LTerrill@cal.org http://www.cal.org/ncle -----Original Message----- From: hsmith@coe.tamu.edu [mailto:hsmith@coe.tamu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:54 PM To: nla@lists.literacytent.org Subject: [NLA] news article on waiting lists for adult ESL Yesterday's Christian Science Monitor had a fascinating article on increasing demand for English language instruction by recent immigrants, and the problems community-based, community college, and school district-affiliated adult education programs are having with meeting the demand with increased (but still inadequate) federal funding. For example, the article states, "In New York State, 1 million immigrants need English classes, but there are seats for only 50,000". Increasing collaboration with employers and use of volunteers is mentioned as well. You can read the entire article online at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0827/p18s02-lecl.html ___________________________________ Harriet Vardiman Smith Librarian Adult Literacy Clearinghouse Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning Texas A&M University 800-441-READ website: www-tcall.tamu.edu office email: tcall@coe.tamu.edu -----Original Message----- From: Gail Spangenberg [mailto:gspangenberg@caalusa.org] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:7906] CAAL News Release August 28, 2002 -- The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy has released a new publication, *LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE: The State Role In Adult Education & Literacy.* This 37-page report is written by Forrest P. Chisman, Vice President for Special Projects at CAAL (formerly past president of the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis and author of Jump Start (blueprint for the National Literacy Act of 1991). In a Foreword to the publication, Gail Spangenberg [Ed.] notes that: "As vital as the national and local roles are, it has long been evident that steady progress in the the field depends on a much stronger state role in providing services that are high in quality and extensive in outreach." She describes LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE as a primer on the state role in adult education and literacy. The publication also "looks at how well the states are performing their leadership functions, the extent of their current commitment, and what it will take to improve their leadership capacity and commitment in the future." It is designed for a diverse audience -- government officials, business leaders and others in influential positions, college students and teachers, and adult literacy providers, planners, learners, and advocates. PDF copies of LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE are available from the CAAL web site (www.caalusa.org), free for the first copy and, on a "shareware" basis, for $3.00 a copy thereafter. The publication is also available in a durable soft-cover, printed, bound form for $15 a copy prepaid. Discounts are available for orders of 10 or more. Ordering instructions are given in both the PDF and printed versions. Also new at the CAAL web site is *A Guide for the Powerless and Those Who Don't Know Their Own Power* (2001). This 69-page nonpartisan primer on the American political process is by Samuel Halperin, CAAL board member and founder and past president of the American Youth Policy Forum. It will be useful to persons at the state, local, and national levels who are interested in effective advocacy and policy development in adult education and literacy. Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Fl New York, NY 10020 212-512-2363
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