Workplace Readers,
There look to be some great sessions at this conference.  The conference is 
open to all.
Read on!





>The New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission is proud to

>announce their Seventh Annual One-Stop Conference

>Traveling the Consolidation Highway

>Tuesday and Wednesday, December 13 & 14, 2005

>Trump Plaza

>Atlantic City, NJ

>

>And

>

>Equipped for the Future (EFF) and the New Jersey State Employment and

>Training Commission, with support from The UPS Foundation,

>   Host the National Conference

>

>New Destinations to Literacy, Learning & Life:

>A National Conference on Adult Education

>Wednesday & and Thursday, December 14 & 15, 2005

>Trump Plaza

>Atlantic City, NJ

>

>Please take advantage of this opportunity by supporting the ongoing

>partnership between workforce development and adult education.

>

>The One-Stop Conference will officially begin on Tuesday morning on

>December 13th and will continue until 1:00 pm on Wednesday, December 14th

>

>The National Conference will officially begin on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on

>December 14th and continue until Thursday afternoon on December 15th

>

>PLEASE NOTE:

>Those who register for Wednesday, December 14th are invited to attend the

>entire day's activities.

>

>Registration must be done online at: www.njsetc.net

>"Click: Current News & Events"

>

>Conference registration prices:

>

>December 13th  = ($135.00)            December 15th = ($100.00)

>December 14th  = ($120.00)            December 14 & 15 = ($195.00)

>December 13 & 14 = ($195.00)          December 13, 14 & 15 = ($250.00)

>

>Conference Sessions

>

>New Destinations to Literacy, Learning & Life: A National Conference on

>Adult Education

>Workshop Sessions

>Wednesday, December 14, 2005

>

>9:00    Plenary with Dr. John Comings and Dr. Andrew Sum

>

>10:15

>v       Youth

>v       Healthcare Collaboratives

>v       Gender Parity- Tools and Resources for Non-Traditional Careers

>v       The Aging Workforce

>v       Literacy Consortium Planning

>v       Follow up with Plenary Speakers

>v       NJ Transfer

>v       Vocational Standards and Certifications

>

>11:45

>v       NJ's Workplace Literacy Program

>v       Online Computer Skills Assessment

>v       Pathways to Diplomas

>v       Organizational Assessment in a Performance Based Environment

>v       Career Planning

>v       NJ Next Stop Website for Career Information

>v       Developing Partnerships in Education

>

>1:00    Lunch with Beto Gonzalez, US DOE invited guest

>

>2:30

>v       Oklahoma- EFF from the State to the Classroom

>v       Successful EFF Classroom Projects

>v       An Introductory Look at the EFF Use Math to Solve Problems and

>Communicate Curriculum Framework

>v       EFF in the ESL Classroom: A Demystification of the EFF Framework

>v       Health Literacy

>v       EFF for Job Seekers and Incumbent Workers

>

>4:00

>v       Building Accountability Using EFF

>v       A New Model for Streamlined Teacher Training

>v       Change Your Teaching Methods for Better Results

>v       Professional Development

>v       Financial Literacy

>v       The Work Readiness Credential

>v       A Look at the EFF Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

>Curriculum Framework- continues

>

>Evening Reception

>

>New Destinations to Literacy, Learning & Life: A National Conference on

>Adult Education

>Workshop Sessions

>Thursday, December 15, 2005

>

>9:00    Plenary with EFF Panel

>10:45

>v       Texas' Approach to Developing Benchmarks for 5 of the EFF Standards

>v       EFF Quality Practices and Program Improvement

>v       How to Begin Implementation of EFF in Your Classroom

>v       Using the EFF Reader's Tool Chest in an ESL Classroom

>v       Putting EFF Theory into Practice in the ESL Classroom

>v       Adult Education Reading Instruction: Research-Based Practices

>v       From Competencies to Standards: EFF in an External Diploma Program

>Classroom

>v       Creating an ESL/Civics Curriculum Using EFF Standards

>

>12 noon Lunch

>

>1:00

>v       "Reach the Reachable Rightly" - a Focus on Adult Education in

>Public

>Welfare in India

>v       EFF Assessment Tool

>v       Using the EFF Teaching/Learning Cycle for Lesson Planning

>v       EFF and Goal Setting in the ESL Classroom

>v       Preparing for Work Using EFF Standards

>v       An Introduction to the Read With Understanding Curriculum Framework

>v       Supporting Workplace Training with EFF

>v       Accessing American English and Culture through American Film

>2:30

>v       Pennsylvania's Approach to Using EFF Standards for Workforce

>Education

>v       Leading Through Online Communities: VA Department of Education

>v       Making the Connection: EFF, TABE, and the GED in a Multi-Level

>Classroom

>v       Systemic Integration of EFF through Goal Setting

>v       Seeing is Remembering: How Multi-Media Promotes Adult Literacy

>v       An Introduction to the Read With Understanding Curriculum Framework

>- continues

>v       EFF and Program Improvement

>

>4:00

>v       EFF Closing Session

>v       Family Literacy

>v       A Smart Start to Strategy to the Adult Education Classroom

>

>For further information, contact:

>Diane P. Gardner

>EFF Center

>The University of Tennessee

>Center for Literacy Studies

>600 Henley Street, Suite 312

>Knoxville, TN 37996-4135

>865-974-9949

>dgardner at utk.edu