Workplace Literacy Educators,
	There were a multitude of resources released this week that will
be of interest to you.  I would like to call special attention to the
first two resources. The first is a report by one of our list members,
Barbara Tondre-El Zorkani, "Charting A Course: Responding to the
Industry-Related Instructional Needs of the Limited English Proficient".
If you have responses to that report, please post them to the list and
we'll hope Barbara will be willing to join in the discussion.   
	The second resource listed below is the Workbase descriptor bank
project. It will take a while for you to fathom what all is available as
a result of this project!  And by the way, if you haven't visited the
Workbase home site in a while, there are new resources throughout and it
is well worth your time.
	As before, remember that if a URL wraps to the next line, it may
be necessary to cut and paste the two halves into your address box to
get to the site.
	You must register to use ASTD resources (see the second to last
resource below), and only part of the resources on the site are
available without being a paid subscriber.  I'm registered as a user,
but not as a paid subscriber, and I only list ASTD resources that are
free in the Thursday resources.  
	So enjoy!  What a treasure trove we have this week!
Donna

Donna Brian, Moderator
Workplace Literacy Discussion List
djgbrian at utk.edu

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>From Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning, a new

report by one of our own list members, Barbara Tondre-El Zorkani,
"Charting A Course: Responding to the Industry-Related Instructional
Needs of the Limited English Proficient"
	The response of Adult Education to the legislative mandate,
labor market information, input from business and industry, and
interagency dialogue focuses on that segment of the Texas worker
population hardest to serve - the limited English proficient. It
concludes with recommendations to Adult Education and its workforce
partners for an interdependent response to the state's needs for a
workforce with access to a continuum of education and training
opportunities. The report provides the foundation for development of
curricular responses to Rider 82 in three industry clusters: healthcare,
manufacturing, and sales and service. It is also the cornerstone for
professional development opportunities being offered to Adult Educators
throughout the state. This summary report of findings was assembled in
an effort to chart a course for Texas LEARNS response to Rider 82 (79th
State Legislative Session).
<http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/docs/charting06/toc.html>

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>From Workbase (New Zealand) http://www.workbase.org.nz/

Workbase launches the descriptor bank project on-line resource, the
results of a year long research and development project about workplace
literacy and industry training in New Zealand. Descriptors are short
descriptions of the literacy skills that underpin unit standards -
including reading, writing, speaking and listening, numeracy and
critical thinking. The descriptors come with examples and features that
help explain the skills. They also come with ways to help trainees
develop those skills. Together these make up the descriptor bank.
http://elearning.workbase.org.nz/course/view.php?id=12&username=guest

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>From ProLiteracy Worldwide--National Literacy Summit Webcast "What

Works: Literacy Across the Lifespan"
Please join this interactive event, and contribute your unique and
respected knowledge
to a dialogue about how we should approach literacy across the lifespan.

Monday, October 30, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 
For more details and to register for the Webcast, click here.
http://client.uvault.com/verizon/103006/

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>From NDCCTE

Webcast: "Aligning Career and Technical Education Programs to Real-World
Technical Skills"
Thursday, October 26, 2006
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. (EDT). Learn more
http://www.nccte.org/webcasts/description.aspx?cl=1&wc=178

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>From Workforce Management <http://www.workforce.com/> 

"How Do We Assess Informal Workplace Learning?" 
<http://www.workforce.com/archive/article/24/12/33.php?ht=workplace%20le
arning%20workplace%20learning>

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>From Working Ventures www.workingventures.org

Workforce Leaders Academy 2007
Workforce Leaders Academy 2007 Now Accepting Applications
The Workforce Leaders Academy is a one-year peer-learning community
engaging senior practitioners who work in New York City in a combination
of retreats, seminars and action-based projects. The Academy provides
opportunities for learning, reflection and exposure to prominent leaders
from around the country who are advancing the workforce development
field. We invite you to join a select group of executive and senior
management-level professionals from community-based organizations,
public agencies and educational institutions to examine:
Labor markets and the economy; 
Workforce research and policy; 
Job training program strategies; 
Adaptive leadership; and 
Other topics in workforce development. 
Please visit our website for details and application materials:
www.workingventures.org. The Academy will run from January through
November 2007; the application deadline is December 1, 2006. 

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>From CareerOneStop

Volume 1 Issue 4 of "Connections" (online newsletter) is now available.
Find Connections at:
<http://www.CareerOneStop.org/newsroom/ViewCOSUpdates.asp>
This issue highlights:
New data for 100 occupations on O*NET OnLine
<http://www.onetcenter.org/whatsnew.html>
Revised step-by-step Career Exploration tool
<http://www.careerinfonet.org/explore/View.aspx>
What is In-Demand?
<http://www.careeronestop.org/newsroom/viewCOSUpdates.asp>
New Worker Transition Coach <http://www.workertransition-coach.org/>
Find Hot Careers on Career Voyages
<http://www.careervoyages.org/hotcareers-main.cfm>

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>From Training Zone (UK)

Evaluating Learning: An Impossible Goal?
Earlier this year, Martyn Sloman, adviser for learning, training and
development at the CIPD created quite a storm when he made the assertion
to TrainingZONE's members that it is no longer necessary to bother with
evaluation; Annie Hayes, looks at why the debate over return on
investment continues to cause sparks to fly.
http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=160184

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>From ASTD T+D Extra October 2006 http://www.astd.org/astd (Note: you

must register to access this material)
Reich on the Unprepared Workforce 
Fifteen years ago, in a book called The Work of Nations, Robert Reich
used the term "symbolic analyst" to describe the top tier of the
workforce - people who manipulate information to solve problems. He was
talking about the new workforce elite, the knowledge worker. As
Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, he was one of the first
prominent public figures to argue that an investment in employee
learning paid off in improved performance.
<http://www.astd.org/NR/rdonlyres/5CC9AB65-26A7-4D66-A96F-23AEED7C8DE3/1
0309/76060930new.pdf>
 
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>From What Works Clearinghouse

The What Works Clearinghouse <http://whatworks.ed.gov/>(WWC), an
initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education
Sciences <http://ies.ed.gov/> announces new intervention reports
highlighting available research on Dropout Prevention, and English
Language Learning. Newly released reports include: 

Dropout Prevention: 
ALAS (Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success)
<http://whatworks.ed.gov/InterventionReportLinks.asp?iid=322&tid=06>
Career Academies
<http://whatworks.ed.gov/InterventionReportLinks.asp?iid=321&tid=06>
More information regarding the Dropout Prevention review is available at
<http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/Topic.asp?tid=06&ReturnPage=default.asp>. 

English Language Learning: 
Read Naturally
<http://whatworks.ed.gov/InterventionReportLinks.asp?iid=325&tid=10>
More information regarding the English Language Learning review is
available at
http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/Topic.asp?tid=10&ReturnPage=default.asp. 

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