Amen and halleluyah!  Adult education desperately needs some new solutions
for bridging the gap!  The National College Transition Network did a
splendid job with their conference in early November.  Nevertheless, policy
changes will have to be made for adult education and post secondary to be
fully aligned (see Julie Strawn's September 28, 2007 report prepared for the
National Commission on Adult Literacy - her message is candid and on the
mark!). Will the awardees' work include the identification and
recommendation of new funding solutions to the feds? After so many years of
work in this beloved field of ours, I keep wondering who's listening... 

 

Barbara Tondre-El Zorkani 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:24 AM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 1072] ABE Career Connections Sites

 

This just came across my desk, and I thought that some of you may be

interested in this:

 

On October 15, 2007, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of

Vocational and Adult Education announced the selected Adult Basic

Education (ABE) Career Connections sites. The ABE Career Connections

Project seeks to encourage new solutions for assisting adult basic

education students to successfully transition to postsecondary programs

and begin careers in high-demand fields.

 

Each of the five selected sites will receive $75,000 over an 18-month

period. Selected sites will also receive training and technical

assistance. Technical assistance will feature customized support

services provided by a team of national experts with practical knowledge

of how to plan, implement, and manage career pathway programs.

 

The five selected sites include:

 

. Bluegrass Community & Technical College, Lexington, KY

 

. Instituto del Progreso Latino, Chicago, IL

 

. Jewish Vocational Service, San Francisc o, CA

 

. Montgomery College Adult ESOL & Literacy - GED Program, Wheaton, MD

 

. Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI

 

The ABE Career Connections Project is made possible by the Adult

Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Investment

Act of 1998.

 

 

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