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 g9AEliX06732; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:47:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:47:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001909b9cb426f2977@[146.186.96.31]> 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: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:625] New "Focus on Basics" on Web X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1539 Lines: 34 New "Focus on Basics" on Web When new students walk into your class, they may appear to be alone, but research now underway at NCSALL indicates that, in most cases, they are not. They arrive in a program with the help and support of a specific person or a few people in their social networks. Read more about these "sponsors" in the new issue of "Focus on Basics", now available on the Web: http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu (scroll down a bit and click on "newest issue of Focus on Basics on counseling") Also in the issue: * When does counseling learners go beyond the role of the teacher? Read about how this Missouri program went about deciding to employ a social worker. * Who supports the helpers? What are states and programs doing to train and support counselors? * Helping students handle stress is one way to counsel. This Cambridge, MA, program offers a course that teaches mind/body responses to stress as it teaches basic skills * Counselors are often responsible for recruitment and enrollment. This workplace learning program used action research to understand which of their recruitment techniques were and weren't working --- and altered them as a result. * ESOL teachers often see themselves as advocates and counselors as well as teachers. Two programs talked to us about their two ways of approaching this function. Barbara Garner Senior Program Officer email bgarner@worlded.org World Education phone (617) 482-9485 44 Farnsworth Street fax (617) 482-0617 Boston, MA 02210
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