Likewise, Carol, David and others.  I'm going to be involved in establishing a PD website and listservs in adult literacy (broadly defined) in trhe central Connecticut region.  I'll be doing the content focus and definitely want and need to be connected to the broader national discussions on this ever challenging area.
 
Happy New Year to all,
 
George Demetrion



From: carolkubota at comcast.netTo: professionaldevelopment at nifl.govDate: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:10:40 +0000Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2704] Re: Economic Stimulus and Professional Development
Hello David,
 
I would be very interested in working with others to develop a PD design for online adult literacy. I will be doing some PD design for adult literacy beginning in January. I would like to know what ohers are presenting in their online PD development and I would like to share my ideas.
 
Carol 
--Director/Language and Culture Specialist Battle Creek Language and Culture Center 7 Heritage Oak Lane #4 Battle Creek, Mi 49015 269-979-8432 http://www.bclanguageculture.com carolkubota at comcast.net
 
-------------- Original message -------------- From: djrosen1 <djrosen1 at gmail.com> Colleagues, 


On Dec 27, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Jackie A. Taylor wrote:


So, a few questions:

What are the considerations for professional development if the $500 million stimulus for adult education became an immediate reality?

• Massachusetts many years ago decided that 10% of its state and federal adult education funding should be used for professional development. I think that's a guideline that should be recommended to other states in all new federal funding.

• We (professional developers, practitioners) need federal funding for a national research center specifically for adult literacy education (like NCSALL). 

What additional models already exist that we can learn from?

One of the adult literacy education delivery models that has great promise, but that will require significant new and additional professional development ,is online learning. This is especially useful for programs that involve initial face-to-face training and/or education and then job placement, where there is still need for continued education once the person is working, but because of the work schedule there is not much opportunity to attend classes. A blended model, that involves some face-to-face, perhaps one or two Saturdays a month, and 4-10 hours a week of online learning might be an ideal model for some people in this situation. Currently there are very few adult literacy education teachers who have been trained to do online learning well. If online or blended learning significantly expands, there will be a "labor shortage" of these teachers.

How would we get up and running as quickly as possible?



We are now close to having final AALPD standards for professional development. Using those standards as a touchstone, and the knowledge gained by Project IDEAL, the Health Care Learning Network in Massachusetts, The McDonald's Corporation's English Under the Arches, programs that have used English for All (and now USA Learns) and other online and blended learning models, perhaps we could discuss here -- and archive on the ALE Wiki -- some design principles, objectives and content areas for training/professional development in online teaching. Has someone already done (or begun) that? 

If there were a small group of people who were interested not just in discussing this, but also working on developing a PD design for online adult literacy education teaching, perhaps they could organize themselves in an online workgroup (using Officezilla, Community Zero, a Google or Yahoo group and/or a wiki). We could discuss that here, too. 


David J. Rosen
DJRosen at theworld.com


David J. Rosen
djrosen1 at gmail.com
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