Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g32MPuu15887; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:25:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:25:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2E3AC3356942D511B8A30008C7AAAC08A6487D@wdcrobexc10.ed.gov> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Behroozi, Jaleh" <Jaleh.Behroozi@nifl.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:540] NIFL e*literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Status: O Content-Length: 4963 Lines: 109 The April 2002 issue of e*Literacy highlights new collaborative work between NIFL and the National Urban League and reports on new developments in Bridges to Practice, NIFL's learning disabilities project at http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/02_04_01.html The table of contents and first two articles are posted below. Headlines National Urban League, EFF Begin Joint Curriculum Project. Academy Trains State Teams on Welfare Clients and Learning Disabilities. First Bridges to Practice Master Trainer Certified. Summer Bridges To Practice Training Offered. LINCS Features New Publications · State Policy Update: State Correctional Education Programs · Higher Skills, Bottom-Line Results Legislative Update · 107th Congress Update and Welfare Reform Institute Staff on the Road Calendar · April Conferences and Events National Urban League, EFF Begin Joint Curriculum Project Representatives of the Equipped for the Future (EFF) National Center and National Urban League (NUL) will meet April 3 to begin developing a curriculum framework to help community-based and non-profit providers of adult literacy, training, and education services improve their education and accountability systems. Stronger systems are expected to help the organizations qualify for federal dollars and other funding sources. The curriculum framework, based on the EFF Quality Model and the NUL Quality Improvement initiative, will become the core of a new LINCS Special Collection on Program Management/Program Improvement. The Equipped for the Future Quality Model, published this year as Results that Matter: An EFF Approach to Program Quality using Equipped for the Future, lays out program practices that are an important part of implementing EFF and the outcomes expected as a result of using EFF. NUL affiliates in Columbus, Atlanta, and Charlotte are working on this project with EFF National Center staff and will pilot the first draft of the curriculum framework. Based on their feedback, the framework will be revised and piloted with a wider community-based organization pilot group next year. For more information, contact Lisa Levinson of the EFF National Center at LisaL595@aol.com or Janet Zobel of the National Urban League at jzobel@nul.org. Academy Trains State Teams on Welfare Clients and Learning Disabilities The 2002 Bridges to Practice Seattle Academy focused on training teams of trainers from 11 states to understand how to address learning disabilities in the welfare population. The Academy took place March 11-15 under the direction of Beth Blanchard from the Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council. The teams of trainers were made up of at least one person from a Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, plus others from agencies that collaborate with TANF programs to provide services. The teams are expected to share their knowledge with frontline staff who work directly with TANF clients. State TANF program directors pledged to support the training teams as they begin training local staff. They also agreed to participate in a national evaluation study about the incidence of learning disabilities in the TANF population sponsored by NIFL and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The four state teams that attended the 2001 Seattle Academy assisted in this year's training and discussed the systemic changes that have led to the successful identification of TANF clients with learning disabilities and the improvement of services for them. The fact that positive changes took place, coupled with successful efforts to collect information about TANF clients, helped persuade NIFL and HHS to increase funding for the 2002 Seattle Academy, permitting a larger number of states to participate. The 2001 training teams who assisted with the 2002 training and will offer mentoring to the new teams include: Virginia - Christine Bishop, Linda Dressler, and Patricia Whited; Rhode Island - Debra Borst, Steve Brunero, and Jeannette Cabral; Tennessee - Angela West and Mary Beth Heaney-Garate (new participant); Oregon - Julie Bulen, Ken Kosko, and Phil Laymon (all new participants). The new teams include: Wisconsin - Rena Beyer, Catherine Lindsay, and Beverly Schmid; Florida - Beverly Boatwright, Norman Cushon, and Dick Lloyd; Montana - Becky Bird, Connie Kinsey, and Jan Paulsen; New Mexico - Stacey Allen, Trish Eichman, and Marilyn King; Ohio - Shanna Bagner, William Baker, and Jeff Fantine; South Carolina - Gilda Kennedy, Hazel Parker, and Sandra Wardlaw; Texas - Barbara Baird, Edward Cantu, Anson Green, Laurie Hoelscher, Elizabeth Jones, and Mary Tubbs. For more information, contact June Crawford at jcrawford@nifl.gov or visit www.nifl.gov/nifl/ld/bridges/ Jaleh Behroozi Soroui National LINCS Director National Institute for Literacy 1775 I street, Suite 730 Washington DC, 20006 Phone: 202/233-2039 FAX: 202/233-2050 www.nifl.gov/lincs
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