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 hA9ILfV27277; Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:21:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:21:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003c01c3a6f6$e7b573a0$6001a8c0@launchmodem.com> 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: <sawy4125@bellsouth.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:765] Re: Workplace Teachers Handbook X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3589 Lines: 101 The "Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace: A Training Manual" that Miriam Burt referred to is available for downloading on the Center for Literacy Studies website. The address is http://cls.coe.utk.edu Pat Sawyer ESOL Program Coordinator University of Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies 600 Henley Street; Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996 865-9074-1320 psawyer@utk.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:764] Re: Workplace Teachers Handbook > A nice publication arrived in my office a couple of weeks ago. > > Tennessee ESOl in the Workplace: A Training Manual for ESOL Supervisors has been published by the TN Dept of Labor and Workforce Development Office of Adult Education and the University of Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies. It has four modules: Knowing and presenting your adult education program to business and industry, knowing your community's needs and understanding the workplace, designing a plan to deliver and sustain services, and knowing your results by monitoring and evaluating progress. Lots of tools and surveys are appended. It's in a binder so you can pull out the parts you want to use > > Is it available outside of Tennessee? Can someone from the state respond? Miriam > > Miriam Burt > National Center for ESL Literacy Education > Center for Applied Linguistics > Washington, DC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Connie Nelson [mailto:connie_nelson@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:40 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:763] Re: Workplace Teachers Handbook > > > We have developed a teacher training curriculum geared toward ABE and ESOL > teachers who will be teaching in a labor-management program at the workplace > (i.e. a unionized workplace). Parts could be > and have been used in other contexts (pre-employment, job skills training, > nonunion workplace, for coordinators rather than teachers, etc.). The > sections are: > Overview gives a broad picture of workplace education, funding sources, and > benefits and challenges of work site-based programs. > Workplace Needs Analysis covers how to conduct a needs analysis to discover > workers' skill needs, issues and interests from point of view of employer, > union, and workers > Labor-Management Setting explores employer, union and worker goals and > concerns for workplace education > Classrooms and Curriculum explores worker-centered and contextualized > teaching and curriculum development and its benefits and challenges > Assessment and Evaluation addresses meaningful assessment of workers' needs > and evaluation of workplace eduation's impact on workers, the workplace and > the union. > > The curriculum will be available for distribution in the next few months. > Feel free to contact me for more information. > > Connie Nelson, Director > Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable > 33 Harrison Avenue > Boston, MA 02111 > tel. 617-983-3667 > fax 617-983-3669 > connie_nelson@hotmail.com > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus scan > >online from McAfee. > >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account is over > limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es >
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