[AAACE-NLA] FW: AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4
David Collings
david at collings.com
Wed Apr 14 16:04:50 EDT 2004
I want to apologize to Edith for the disappearance of her message Monday
afternoon. After contacting our listserv host, I discovered that there
was a 150-second window during server maintenance that provided an
opportunity for messages to slip into the cyber equivalent of a black
hole. Apparently I was able to throw her message into the middle of
that window. I have been assured that the probability of this happening
again is extremely low.
David
David Collings
AAACE-NLA Moderator
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[mailto:aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of Edith
Gower
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Subject: [AAACE-NLA] FW: AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4
Hi,
I'm not sure this got posted. At least I didn't receive a daily digest
with it included. If it did get posted and I deleted it by mistake,
fine, but if it didn't get to everyone, please post.
Thank you.
Edith Gower, Executive Director
Literacy USA
5433 Westheimer Road, Suite 215
Houston, TX 77056
713-961-7475
FAX: 713-961-4775
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From: Edith Gower [mailto:edith.gower at naulc.org]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:52 PM
To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: RE: AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 11, Issue 4
David et al,
I respond from the perspective of Literacy USA (formerly the National
Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions), that has recently expanded it
membership to include all coalitions, but began with an urban bent. One
of the criteria for membership is that the organization advocate for
literacy. One of the ways this is done where the Federal government is
concerned is that advocacy alerts found on this list and on the National
Coalition for Literacy list are dispersed to the Literacy USA discussion
list and in turn are passed on to the local lists of stakeholders
managed by the local coalitions.
Margaret Doughty, former director of the Houston READ Commission and now
consultant to literacy coalitions, and I will be leading a workshop at
COABE on interaction with local government, ideally from a coordinated,
partnership perspective. All are welcome to come and think together
about this issue.
I agree with you, David. This kind of working together to build a
solid
infrastructure to support the delivery of services, to coordinate
services so that they are more effective and efficient, and to engage a
wide range of stakeholders is critical to the success.
Best,
Edith
Edith Gower, Executive Director
Literacy USA
5433 Westheimer Road, Suite 215
Houston, TX 77056
713-961-7475
FAX: 713-961-4775
<mailto:edith.gower at naulc.org>
<http://www.naulc.org>
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Today's Topics:
1. Community Partnerships for Adult Learning (David Rosen)
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:51:13 -0400
From: David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>
Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Community Partnerships for Adult Learning
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AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
Kathy Chernus at MPR Associates, Manager of the Office of Vocational and
Adult Education's C-PAL Initiative, sent me the update below,
highlighting profiles of 12 community partnerships for adult education.
I think it is a useful contribution to the field because it documents
good examples of what I would describe as an emerging level of state
adult literacy education systems, the level between the state and the
program: the community partnership or community coalition.
This emerging level is important if adult literacy education is going to
evolve from a collection of programs to a system of services. It is at
this level that community needs and assets should be assessed, that the
levels and kinds of adult education and support services should be
defined, that waiting lists and gaps in services should be identified.
In many places this level is well articulated. Some cities, for
example, have adult literacy initiatives which do this well. Some
states, Massachusetts, for example, have a sustained state investment in
the development of these community partnerships.
One of the reasons I have listed urban coalitions on the "State,
Regional and Urban Organizations which advocate for adult literacy/basic
education and ESL/ESOL" Web page at
http://alri.org/Rosen/advocacy/advocacy.html
is that these community partnerships are a potentially good unit of
organization for adult literacy advocacy. These are local stakeholders
in adult literacy: employment and training programs, Career Centers,
employers, union locals, community colleges, libraries and others. They
can be strong voices for increased state and urban funding for adult
literacy education. They can be organized well at this level.
I wonder if anyone on the AAACE-NLA list would care to share how local
community partnerships or coalitions have been advocating for adult
literacy education in your area or state.
David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net
> Community Partnerships for Adult Learning Update
> April 9, 2004
>
>
> PROFILES OF 12 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR ADULT EDUCATION
> NOW AVAILABLE ON WWW.C-PAL.NET
>
> Synthesis of findings on all communities also available
>
> Profiles of twelve communities that are meeting the education and
> training needs of adults through local partnerships have been added to
> the Community Partnerships for Adult Learning (C-PAL) website section
> entitled Partnership Profiles
> (http://www.c-pal.net/profiles/index.html.). These communities were
> chosen for their diverse and promising approaches to forming
> partnerships in support of more and better education services for
> adult learners. The Profiles are rich descriptions of the
> partnerships, their operation, their successes and challenges. They
> are based on interviews, extensive written documentation, expert
> advice, and site visits conducted by researchers from MPR Associates,
> Inc.
>
> Chosen from an initial pool of 70 nominations, the partnerships are:
>
>
Nine Star Enterprises and its partners in Anchorage, Alaska
>
Workforce Alliance for Growth in the Economy (WAGE) and its partners
> in El Dorado (Union County), Arkansas
>
READ/San Diego and its partners in San Diego, California
>
The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition and its partners in Palm
> Beach County, Florida
>
The Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP) and its partners in
> Houston County, Georgia
>
The North Idaho College Adult Education Center and its partners in
> Coeur dAlene, Idaho
>
Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education
> (JCPSAE) and its partners in Louisville, Kentucky
>
Juntos and its partners in Holyoke, Massachusetts
>
The Cedar Riverside Adult Education Collaborative and its partners
> in Minneapolis, Minnesota
>
The Decker Family Development Center and its partners in Barberton,
> Ohio
>
The Donald H. Londer Center for Learning and its partners in
> Portland (Multnomah County), Oregon
>
The Midlands Literacy Initiative (now called the Jobs, Education &
> Life Skills Community Council of the United Way of the Midlands) in
> Columbia (Richland, Fairfield, Lexington, and Newberry counties),
> South Carolina
>
> The Partnership Profiles are available in .pdf and Word formats.
>
> Commitment Comes in All Shapes and Sizes: Community Partnerships for
> Adult Learning, a report synthesizing findings from all twelve
> communities, is also available in the same section of the C-PAL
> website, with links to the individual profiles. Among other findings,
> we learned that strong leadership, common goals, broad participation
> from the community, and open communication contribute to the
> partnerships success. Coordinating their programs and activities
> allows partners to expand their services, improve client access,
> attract more resources, and avoid duplication of services.
>
> Please visit www.c-pal.net to see how communities across the country
> are leveraging resources to help adult learners and strengthen their
> local workforce and economic development efforts. Also, check out the
> excellent evaluation the C-PAL website received from the Pennsylvania
> Department of Education, Adult Basic and Literacy Education Bureau, in
> its January 2004 Focus Bulletin at
> http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/cwp/view/.asp?a=11&Q=39966.
>
>
> DISCUSSION FORUMS
>
> We invite you to participate in the Discussion Forums recently added
> to the website at http://www.c-pal.net/forum/default.asp. These are
> for anyone interested in how to build and sustain community
> partnerships that support adult education. Current topics include:
> engaging partners, coordinating/sharing resources, and collecting and
> using partnership data. To suggest a topic for the Forums, go to
> http://www.c-pal.net/forms/forum_subjects.asp.
>
> C-PAL, an initiative of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
> U.S. Department of Education, aims to promote community partnerships
> to support and improve adult education. The primary vehicle for
> sharing this information is a website featuring an array of useful
> resources including key pieces of research, how-to guides, and links
> to other relevant materials (www.c-pal.net). The website Toolbox
> contains selected resources for adult education instructors and
> administrators in the areas of creating communities; curriculum and
> instruction; workforce development; professional development;
> technology; and program evaluation, among others.
>
> C-PAL is managed by MPR Associates, Inc. If you have questions or
> would like more information, contact Kathy Chernus at MPR Associates
> at kchernus at mprinc.com or 202-478-1027, ext. 102.
>
>
>
>
>
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