Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f86HtBf29533; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3B97B7BB.37C46C31@email.unc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Kathy Sikes <ksikes@email.unc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:294] Announcement - Request for Proposals 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] (WinNT; I) Status: O Content-Length: 3539 Lines: 72 Announcement Request for Proposals - The Literacy Action Network Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals from campus-based literacy programs interested in joining the Literacy Action Network (LAN). SCALE will award between 10-12 subgrants of up to $10,000 to institutions of higher education proposing exciting projects connecting direct service literacy tutoring programs to service-learning courses or co-curricular seminars. The Literacy Action Network is funded by the Corporation for National Service - Learn and Serve America. Proposals must arrive in the SCALE office by 5:00 pm on September 24, 2001. All funding decisions will be made and applicants notified by October 10, 2001. SCALE is a national training and technical assistance organization working with college students, adult learners, administrators, literacy practitioners and community partners to implement and support participatory education and social change work in campus-based literacy programs. SCALE is part of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The goals of the Literacy Action Network are (1) to engage college student tutors in academic courses or co-curricular seminars related to the complex issues involved in literacy education; (2) to connect existing literacy tutoring programs to service-learning in order to enhance the direct service outreach; (3) to network and share information between campuses involved in direct service literacy outreach and related service-learning to inform and enhance practice; (4) to disseminate products developed through the network to encourage similar programs on additional campuses. To be eligible for funding, a campus must operate a direct service literacy/tutoring program staffed by college student, workstudy or volunteer tutors, and demonstrate a commitment to service-learning practice. Currently, the Literacy Action Network is a consortium of 15 campus literacy programs. In addition to service-learning seminars, LAN partners also participate in ongoing reflection related to service-learning and develop "action projects" related to new learning and community outreach. All partners must connect direct service literacy work to spring coursework or co-curricular forums, ongoing reflection and a final action project. In order for network partners to share materials and participate in discussions on issues related to literacy outreach, SCALE asks that all seminars incorporate at least three of the following topics: Literacy Education in the United States - Methodology, Philosophies Diversity - Gender, Race, Age, Class or Culture and Literacy Education Socio-Economic Issues and Literacy - Poverty and Education, Welfare to Work Education Policy - Local, State and National Levels Community Partnerships/Community Development and Asset Mapping Social Justice Movements Advocacy Civic Responsibility Immigration Trends in Literacy: Workplace, GED, Family, Child, Adult, Health, ESOL, Basic Skills or Adult High School For descriptions of the work undertaken by current Literacy Action Network partners, please visit the following website at: http://www.unc.edu/depts/scale/lan.html. For information about how to apply, please visit the website at http://www.unc.edu/depts/scale/lan-appinfo.html For more information, contact Kathy Sikes, SCALE's Executive Director - at 919.962.1542 or ksikes@email.unc.edu
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