[NLA] News from NIFL

[David J. Rosen]

From: Johnson, Alice 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:19 PM
To: Behroozi, Jaleh; Gullion, Christy
Subject: News from NIFL


The December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly electronic newsletter, is
now online at:  http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html.  The table
of contents and first few articles are posted below:

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1.  AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD  

2.  EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH 

3.  NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY 

4.  NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM 

5.  COMING SOON:  ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION 

6.  LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: ESEA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE 

7.  LITERACY IN THE NEWS:  FROM THE IRISH INDEPENDENT: ILLITERACY
CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS 

8.  CALENDAR:  DECEMBER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS 

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1.  AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD  

LINCS and AOL-Time Warner staff have collaborated to add "literacy" as a
keyword on the AOL website. The new keyword links to the NIFL website. 

For more information go to AOL's Government Guide's Research & Education
page.

2.  EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH 

The EFF Role Maps, Skills Wheel, and Standards have all been translated into
Spanish and can be downloaded from the EFF website:
(http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff_masters.html). Poster-size
versions of the role maps and standards wheel are available from the EFF
National Center. For more information, contact dawn.norris at umit.maine.edu.

3.  NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY 

NIFL has entered an interagency agreement with the Head Start Bureau to
engage in joint activities to promote the delivery of high-quality family
literacy services by Head Start and Early Head Start programs. NIFL has
agreed to provide Partnership for Reading funding to the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) in order for HHS to create and disseminate
professional development materials based on scientific research findings on
how young children and adults develop the ability to read. The materials
will also look at research implications for improving Head Start and Early
Head Start programs that provide family literacy services. The materials
will be used to train family literacy providers to improve reading
instruction in the adult basic education components of family literacy
programs and to help them deliver services that enable young children to
develop the core skills they need to become good readers. HHS is funding the
National Center for Family Literacy to develop materials and training
models.

For more about NIFL's activities to support early literacy, go to the
Partnership for Reading information page.

4.  NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM 

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has issued an invitation for
adult educators and vocational rehabilitation counselors to participate
in a
national training program to address the literacy needs of adults with low
vision in adult education classrooms. The NIFL is assisting through its
learning disabilities program, using the Bridges to Practice model. The AFB
is looking for adult literacy practitioners to train their peers in teaching
adults with low vision. Requirements include experience in training,
interest in improving teaching skills, and the ability to lead other
teachers to change their classroom practice. The similarities in
instructional accommodations and assistive technology for adults with low
vision and adults with learning disabilities make them easy to adapt for the
adult education classroom.

Training locations are as follows: Atlanta in January; San Antonio in
February; San Francisco in April; and Boston in May. Trainers will
receive a
stipend. To request an application, contact Tina Tucker at AFB:
ttucker at afb.net.

5.  COMING SOON:  ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION 

In conjunction with National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and
Literacy (NCSALL) and LINCS staff, NIFL's Partnership for Reading is
developing an interactive Web site that allows teachers to enter reading
scores (silent reading comprehension, word recognition, word meaning,
spelling, and words per minutes reading speed) for their learners and
receive matching profiles that offer characteristics of learners with
comparable scores, as well as suggested interventions for teaching learners
with those characteristics based on relevant research. The site, which is
under construction, will be piloted this winter and available to the public
in the spring.

To continue reading e*literacy, please click here:
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html.
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