Literacy Assistance Center

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New York, NY 10004
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Literacy Update

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Literacy Update 2007-8

May 2008 (PDF 200K)

  • Cheryl Keenan visit
  • Social networking
  • ePortfolios
  • LAC and Moodle
  • Persistence in Educator Learning

March 2008 (PDF200K)

  • Workforce Literacy Policy
  • Family Literacy Employment
  • LI Workforce Literacy
  • LAC Young Adult Programs
  • Strengthening GED Persistence

January 2008 (PDF, 441K)

  • Foundation Proposals
  • Managing Multiple Funding Streams
  • Outcomes-Based Approach to Management
  • Budgeting 101
  • Improving GED test results

November 2007 (PDF, 310K)

  • Getting Better Every Year
  • Mobilizing for Adult Literacy
  • The Cost of Literacy
  • Leadership Excellence: A Learner’s Perspective
  • Students Write Their Future

September 2007 (PDF, 309K)

  • Creating a Core Curriculum
  • Putting Technology in the Classroom
  • Technology in Professional Development
  • Math Myths and Literacy Learning
  • Teaching ESL Math

Literacy Update 2006-2007

May/Summer 2007 (PDF, 380 K)

  • What Do ESOL Students Need? To download a complete version of this article, including references, click here.
  • A Skills Approach to Work Readiness
  • 22nd Annual Literacy Recognition Award Recipients
  • Teaching the Preparing to Work Curriculum

March 2007 (PDF, 328 K)

  • Non-Vocational Adult Education in Europe
  • Enhancing Immigrant Involvement in Public Schools
  • Teaching Basic ESOL Literacy
  • Teaching Soft Skills in the ESOL Classroom


January 2007 (PDF, 286K)

  • Program Performance Improves
  • How We Pay for Low ESOL Funding
  • Assistive Technology and Reading
  • Creating a Successful Learning Environment
  • Dancing Our Way to Better Health

December/Winter2006 (PDF, 298K)

  • Spitzer on Workforce Development
  • Is Professional Development Really Useful?
  • A Case Study in Professional Development
  • What Students Can Teach

September/Fall 2006 (PDF, 372K)

  • Challenges in Global English
  • Dealing with Disabilities
  • Who Attends NYC Literacy Programs

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