Hi everyone!
The following is posted on behalf of Donna Brian, moderator of the NIFL-Workplace discussion list. You may find this opportunity to hear an international perspective on workplace/workforce education enlightening! Enjoy!
 
Guest Discussion: Workplace Literacy 
 
Monday, July 24  -  Friday, July 28
 
Guest: Alison Campbell - please see Alison's bio below 
 
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Colleagues,
 
Next week, Monday July 24 - Friday July 28, we are privileged to have ,  as a guest on the Workplace Literacy Discussion List ,  Alison Campbell of the Conference Board of Canada. Many of you already know of her work, but for those of you who don't, she has 3 websites that I consider sister sites of the Workforce Education site. Where our Workforce site is geared more toward adult education instructors with a workforce focus, her sites are geared more toward business and industry employers who want and/or need to upgrade their workers' literacy skills. The Conference Board is also responsible for quite a lot of good research which Alison has been a part of. 
 
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Bio

Alison Campbell


       

Alison Campbell is a Senior Research Associate with the Education and Learning practice at The Conference Board of Canada. She acts as lead researcher, author and web site manager on various research projects in the area of workplace education and learning. This year, Alison is also managing the Conference Board's International Workplace Education and Learning Conference: Sharing Global Solutions (Toronto, December 5-6, 2006).

 

In 2005, Alison authored Profiting from Literacy: Creating a Sustainable Workplace Literacy Program and co-authored Literacy, Life and Employment: An Analysis of Canadian International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) Microdata. In 2003, Alison authored Strength from Within: Overcoming the Barriers to Workplace Literacy Development as part of a national research study on the challenges employers face in designing and implementing workplace literacy and basic skills programs. In 2002, she co-managed a national study in the U.S. on the impacts of joint labor-management education programs. She co-authored the final report: Success by Design: What Works in Workforce Development. Alison currently manages a pilot project on the benefits of a national credit review service to improve credentialing opportunities for workplace education. 

 

Her work on workplace literacy and basic skills development extends beyond Canada to the United States. Alison manages and makes updates to www.work-basedlearning.org, www.scorecardforskills.com and www.workplacebasicskills.com - a suite of web sites funded by the U.S. Department of Education that act as free resources to American employers and their partners who wish to improve employees' skills.

 

 

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As you can tell from her bio, Alison has expertise in many areas of workplace literacy.  Attached to this message is a complete listing of her publications and presentations, which are available for free download on the Conference Board site.  You must, however, register with the site to access them. (Sign in at http://www.conferenceboard.ca/boardwiseii/Signin.asp <https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.conferenceboard.ca/boardwiseii/Signin.asp>  and when you have the option, browse documents by "author" choosing "Campbell, Alison.")  Access to the web sites does not require registration, and they are linked in her bio above. Alison is willing to discuss with us any of the areas of workplace literacy on her web sites or in her publications. It should be a wide-ranging discussion!  I hope you will be able to participate!

 
Peggy McGuire, M.A., 
Senior Research Associate, National Consultant, and
NIFL-Program Leadership and Improvement List Moderator
Center for Literacy Studies
The University of Tennessee
111 5th Street, PO Box 16
Mount Gretna, PA  17064
717-964-1341 (landline/fax)
215-888-6507 (cell)
mmcguire at utk.edu
 
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