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 fBR4t7005447; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:55:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:55:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20011227045018.56564.qmail@web13607.mail.yahoo.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: Monica Brown <therivernet@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:554] Re: Jan 7-11 special guests to address family literacy with school-age children X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 4834 Lines: 139 I would like to unscribe. Thank you --- Nancy Sledd <nsledd@famlit.org> wrote: > I am thrilled to announce that January 7-11, 2002, > we will have three > special guests with us on the NIFL-Family list to > discuss and share ideas > with us about family literacy programs which focus > on school-aged children > and their families. Each of these guests have a > different background that > qualifies them to share from their experiences how > family literacy is > effective with the school-aged target audience. As > family literacy > programming and services moves into the school > arena, these three guests can > share great success stories, give us ideas on how to > begin in the schools, > and answer questions you may have about integrating > family literacy into the > school system so family literacy is not an "add-on." > Below are the short > biographies of each of our special guests. > > To share this week with others in the field of > family literacy, they can > subscribe by going to www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions > and click on the icon > on the left-hand side that says "subscribe." Just > follow the directions, > being sure to check "family" on the selections of > lists to join. > > Laura Bercovitz is the manager for the Adult > Learning Resource Center and > has been working in family literacy since 1988. > Currently through the > Illinois Statewide Family Literacy Initiative she is > coordinating the > development of performance indicators, their related > assessment measures and > a data collection system. In addition to the > Initiative’s work, she > conducts professional development in areas such as > parent-child activities, > participatory teaching techniques, outcome-based > program models, and > parental involvement. In 1996 Laura coordinated the > development and > implementation of the Illinois Family Education > Institute, a multiple-agency > staff development event for staff working in > programs which have > family-focused services and activities. In 1998 > Laura received a Winston > Churchill Fellowship and traveled to the UK for > visitations with school > authorities in both Birmingham and London. > Materials she has written > include: Home English Literacy for Parents, An ESL > Family Literacy > Curriculum, Parents as Educational Partners: A > Curriculum for Language > Minority Parents and Illinois State Library Family > StoryKits. > > Brenda Logan is the Director of School Reform > Initiatives for the National > Center for Family Literacy in Louisville, Kentucky. > She has been involved > in program development of a family literacy > initiative which focuses on > at-risk school-age children (5-12) and their > parents. Prior to coming to > NCFL, Brenda Logan was principal at Hazelwood > Elementary School from 1990 to > 1999. During her tenure as principal, she led the > school to develop a > School-Wide Title I Program that received > recognition from the U.S. > Department of Education as an innovative way to > address the academic needs > of children. This plan also included the > development of comprehensive > family services for parents and their pre-school > children and served over > 250 parents and over 400 preschool children during > her nine years tenure. > Hazelwood’s family literacy program became a > national demonstration site, > attracting hundreds of visitors from across the > United States and outside > the United States, including Hillary Clinton and Dr. > Shoichiro Toyoda, > founder of Toyota Motor Corporation. > > J.L. “Shani” Yero is a program specialist for Toyota > Families in Schools > Program at NCFL. She has worked with family > involvement in elementary > schools for more than 20 years. Prior to joining the > National Center for > Family Literacy team she served as a classroom > teacher, an assistant > principal, reading specialist, professional > development specialist and in > her last position she served as an administrator > supervising Title I parent > involvement and began the development and > implementation of family literacy > services for Title I schools in the Houston > Independent School District. She > is a dedicated and passionate educator working to > ensure the success of all > students, children parents and teachers! > > Nancy Sledd, NIFL-Family list moderator > Senior Training Specialist > National Center for Family Literacy > 325 West Main Street, Suite #200 > Waterfront Plaza > Louisville, KY 40202-4251 > (502) 584-1133 ext.142 > (502) 584-0172 fax > nsledd@famlit.org > > To unsubscribe to this list, go to > www.nifl.gov/lincs/dicsussions and click > on the icon that says "unsubscribe." Just follow > the directions there. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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