Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fB8FtI016969; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:55:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:55:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001c01c18000$52b910a0$1f8fe10c@attbi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "CLindsley" <clindsley@attbi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:463] Curriculum discussion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; Status: O Content-Length: 4235 Lines: 105 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C17FBD.445BD4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.nwlincs.org/fmlt/toc.htm The path to this is www.nwlincs.org, then go to What's New and see = Oregon Family Literacy curriculum Re: the questions of choosing ONE curriculum. In 7 years of working in = family literacy, I have never seen anyone who has successfully purchased = a ready-made, packaged curriculum and then adopted it into the program = and been successful. Maybe they're out there, but I'm skeptical. The beauty and the difficulty of family literacy is the way that parts = of the curriculum emerge. This might be a new skill, that this = particular group wants to learn, or it could be a new context.=20 In Oregon, a group of instructors worked with this challenge last year = and developed a curriculum framework, using Equipped for the Future and = CASAS and what the learners say they want. The result was the above = curriculum framework. You can copy it for free for your own use. Again, = it is a framework. There are about 8 lessons as examples and we hope to = add more. Several of the teachers who helped develop this are on this listserv. ALSO... a hint: Please think about whether you want to send the message to the ENTIRE = list or just to the message's sender. Cathy Lindsley Oregon ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C17FBD.445BD4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.nwlincs.org/fmlt/toc.htm">http://www.nwlincs.org/fmlt/= toc.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The path to this is <A=20 href=3D"http://www.nwlincs.org">www.nwlincs.org</A>, then go to What's = New and see=20 Oregon Family Literacy curriculum</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Re: the questions of choosing ONE = curriculum. In 7=20 years of working in family literacy, I have never seen anyone who has=20 successfully purchased a ready-made, packaged curriculum and then = adopted it=20 into the program and been successful. Maybe they're out there, but I'm=20 skeptical.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The beauty and the difficulty of family = literacy is=20 the way that parts of the curriculum emerge. This might be a new skill, = that=20 this particular group wants to learn, or it could be a new context.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In Oregon, a group of instructors = worked with this=20 challenge last year and developed a curriculum framework, using Equipped = for the=20 Future and CASAS and what the learners say they want. The result was the = above=20 curriculum framework. You can copy it for free for your own use. Again, = it is a=20 framework. There are about 8 lessons as examples and we hope to add=20 more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Several of the teachers who helped = develop this are=20 on this listserv.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ALSO... a hint:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please think about whether you want to = send the=20 message to the ENTIRE list or just to the message's sender.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cathy Lindsley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oregon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C17FBD.445BD4E0--
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