Hi everyone!
 
I am forwarding the announcement below on behalf of Julie McKinney, moderator of the NIFL-Health Literacy discussion list.
 
And just a note about such messages that I will be forwarding: I know that folks get a lot of email, and sometimes multiple copies of the same message, so I am going to try to be as judicious as possible in choosing to forward messages that I receive. The challenge, from my perspective, is that "program leadership and improvement" encompasses so many topics that are of importance to program leaders -- how we recruit and retain students, how we plan and implement curriculum, instruction and assessment, how we insure quality opportunities for professional development, how we manage program accountability at multiple levels, etc., etc... So how to choose what to pass on, or not? I would warmly welcome any guidance that PLI list subscribers might be moved to offer!
 
Meanwhile, I hope you find Julie's post useful!
 
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I am happy to announce a discussion next week on the Health Literacy
list. We will be
talking about the Health Literacy Study Circles+, a series of
facilitator guides published by NCSALL, which introduces teachers to a
skills-based approach
to Health Literacy.

Our guest speakers will be Winston Lawrence, senior professional
development associate with the Literacy Assistance Center in New York
City, and Lisa Soricone, a research associate and former fellow at the
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL).

Together they piloted these study circles with adult learners in New
York City, and wrote about their experience through an interview in
"Focus on Basics" (FOB). Please see this article for more information
about the study circles, and to prepare for this discussion:

A Conversation with FOB: Learning How to Teach Health Literacy
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=995

We look forward to our first formal discussion on the Health Literacy
List! Please pass on this information to any colleagues who may be
interested, they can join the list (and then unsubscribe afterwards if
they wish) at the following link:

www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy



Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org

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