Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id MAA22681; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:54:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:54:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20000323175245.73980.qmail@hotmail.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Marnie Nair" <marnienair@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:595] Re: Intro X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: OR Sylvan-- Thanks for the intro. and your earlier response. I too think this is a great job that I never knew was out there but... reading about your staff made me chuckle because I realize how crazy it is that I am ONE person charged with starting and running FIVE family literacy centers in a total of FIVE domestic violence and family shelters! I'm looking into work-study students but don't know if this will work out. I know it is a crazy set-up but anyone have any thoughts on how one person can design five programs in which that clients get enough instruction to actually see real benefits? HELP! Marnie >From: Sylvan Rainwater <sylrain@teleport.com> >Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:594] Intro >Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:35:52 -0500 (EST) > >I'm really excited to find this list, and happy at the kinds of posts that >are flooding my mailbox. Thought I'd give what will hopefully be a brief >introduction to myself. > >I'm working in Clackamas County, Oregon, at an Even Start program >affiliated >with a Head Start Program. We serve low-income Hispanic immigrants with >what >has turned out to be a bilingual program (not exactly designed that way, >but >it seems to be what works for us). > >We offer 3 classrooms 3 mornings a week -- a class for Infants and Toddlers >(0-3), a Preschool Head Start classrom (3-5), and an Adult Education class >for parents. I'm the head teacher in the Adult Ed class, and teach ESL and >computers. We've had a teacher in who is certified to do driver's education >in Spanish, and my assistant (who is more fluent in Spanish than I am) >teaches GED and parenting in Spanish, as well as assisting me with ESL. The >children's classroom teachers also do home visits for all the families >twice >a month. These are to provide social services, additional help with any of >the four components (Adult Ed, Early Childhood Education, Parenting, or >PACT >[Parent and Child Together]), or whatever the parent determines is needed. >These visits are planned by the parents. > >I love my work. I graduated from Portland State University in 1995 (at the >age of 45) with a BA in General Studies, a minor in Linguistics, and a TESL >certificate. I think I always hoped to find a job like the one I have, but >didn't quite believe it was possible. It's hard work, very challenging, and >I am never bored. > >Since we have a morning program, all our students have ended up being >women. >Occasionally a man (usually the husband of one of the students) expresses >interest in coming, and we've even had one or two show up for a short time, >but the overwhelmingly female-centeredness of the classroom seems to keep >most of them away (most of them work during the day anyway). We do have one >man in our program, teaching the Head Start class, and he's wonderful to >work with, a real asset to our program. He's from Puerto Rico, and is great >with both moms and kids, and obviously can also connect more easily with >the >fathers as the occasion arises. > >Many years ago I had the privilege of working in a Women's Resource Center >where we provided services to battered women, among other things. I learned >a lot then about women's issues. I find that that knowledge has been >helpful >in what I'm doing now. > >I'm on Spring Break this week, and expect that beginning next week, I will >be overwhelmed with work again, so you may not hear much from me after this >for a while. On the other hand, I've said that before, and still had to put >my .02 in on occasion. So we'll see. > > >Sylvan Rainwater . Portland, OR USA . sylrain@teleport.com >---------------------------------------------------------- >Clackamas County Children's Commission, Even Start Program > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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