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 h5GJbgC14886; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:37:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:37:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05111a07bb13cba91893@[130.203.162.228]> 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:693] handbook on adult literacy for staff of One Stops X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2249 Lines: 53 Hello, Fellow Adult Educators Interested in Work-Related Learning, I'd like to (a) tell you about a consulting project I'm now working on for the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University and (b) ask for your input. THE PROJECT We are preparing a "primer" or "handbook" on adult literacy for staff of One Stops. We assume that many (though not all) such staffers have little background in adult education, don't realize how a lack of basic skills can limit clients' employability and ability to use the One Stop's services, and don't know how to effectively respond if they encounter someone who lacks literacy and/or English language skills. I've already prepared a first draft and we will be reaching out to One Stop staff in NJ, to NJ adult educators, and to others outside NJ to get their input. The audience for this handbook is both NJ-specific and national: people who are involved in workforce development service provision and policy development. In the first draft, we're encouraging One Stop staff to be aware that many of their clients might lack basic literacy or English language skills and that this lack of skills can be a barrier to employment. Staff are encouraged to put together a "system" for dealing with client basic skills needs. This system includes preparing staff, conducting appropriate assessment, understanding what basic skills clients need for various jobs, and having a number of strategies for responding to the various kinds of needs of clients. These strategies can range from setting up instructional activities in the One Stop itself to referring clients to local adult education providers. I'm trying to insert lots of examples of good practice. We'll be working on the project over the summer and hope to have the publication ready to disseminate (in print and on the Web) in the fall. HELP NEEDED If you know of any good publications that I might sift through for ideas and examples relevant for this handbook, please let me know. (I have already looked through the NIFL Workforce Ed. special collection and found some good things.) Thanks for any help you can give. Best wishes, Paul Jurmo 14 Griffin Street East Brunswick, NJ 08816-4806 732-254-2237 pjurmo@comcast.net
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