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June 2018
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Engaging Adult Learners on Waiting Lists Using Learning Circles

By David J. Rosen and Priyanka Sharma

The English Now! pilot project builds on and expands three practices already in place at partner libraries: Learning Lounges, Mobile Learning, and Learning Circles. Read about some of the project outcomes - both planned for and unanticipated. 
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Single Mothers' Career Readiness and Success Project

Does your college/program provide targeted services for single mothers?


The Single Mothers’ Career Readiness and Success Project
, led by NCTN, is seeking information about postsecondary institutions and Career and Technical Education programs that prepare single mothers for career pathway success, by providing one or more of the following:

  • Subsidized childcare
  • Financial support, e.g. scholarships, emergency funds, institutional aid
  • Partnerships with local agencies and community based organizations to provide support
  • services
  • Advising, coaching, navigator, and/or case management services
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Our goal is to identify and document the successful models and practices and create program profiles compiled in a report that will be shared with educators, policymakers, and funders, nationally.

For more information contact:

Sandy Goodman, NCTN Director of Career Pathways, sgoodman@worlded.org

The Single Mothers Career Readiness and Success Project is funded by ECMC Foundation.

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2018 Conference Registration is Open!

Connect and engage with colleagues and join us in Cambridge, MA this year for our 12th Annual Conference on November 12-14, 2018!

Register before July 15th to take advantage of our early bird special!

Our featured keynote, The Future of Work: Some True News, will be delivered by Paul Osterman, the NTU Professor of Human Resources and Management at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. Paul has authored and edited several books on the American youth labor market, partnerships among labor, management and government, and changing patterns in the American labor market. His books include: Who Will Care For Us? Long Term Care and the Long Term Care Workforce; and Good Jobs America: Making Work Better For Everyone.
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Online Learning: Introductions to Blended Learning & OER
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Introduction to Blended Learning
This course presents foundational information about blended learning, including definitions, strategies, examples, and reflective activities presented in multimedia format. The goal of the course is for participants to have a basic understanding of the different forms of blended learning and how they might integrate them into coursework. ($40)

OER

Introduction to Online Educational Resources
This course introduces participants to essential information about Open Educational Resources (OER), including key definitions, examples, and reflective activities presented in multimedia format. The goal of the course is for teachers to understand the benefits of using OER, know where to find them, and how to evaluate them. ($40)

Both courses are part of the IDEAL Consortium Special Topics Series. IDEAL Special Topics courses are self-paced, multimedia introductory courses that take approximately three hours to complete. Educators in IDEAL Basic-level member states, including CA, MA, MD, ME, MN, and TX can take these courses for free. If you are in one of these states, contact literacy@worlded.org to find out how to participate. Additionally, IDEAL Consortium member states can run a facilitated version of Special Topics courses to extend learning. The new IDEAL Consortium membership year starts on July 1st. Not a member? In addition to free access to online courses, IDEAL Consortium member benefits include:

  • mentoring and support to state education and professional development leaders
  • participation in a two-day annual institute for blended and distance learning state leaders
  • access to a members-only community of practice with an ongoing discussion forum and periodic webinars
Congratulations to XPRIZE Finalists!

This past Saturday, at the Annual Conference of the American Libraries Association  XPRIZE announced the five Adult Literacy XPRIZE finalists and launched the Communities Competition, a $1M prize to get the winning teams’ apps into the hands of 1 million adult learners. 

The finalists are:

Watch our  Tech Tips blog for posts from each finalist! 

New Resources

ShareMyLesson.com is a source for free, peer reviewed lesson plans and curricula for educators, by educators. Take a look at this timely lesson aimed at helping people to better understand, talk about, and teach about the border crisis and these systemic human rights violations.

Recommended Reading: Critiquing Adult Participation in Education, Report 1: Deterrents and Solutions by Margaret Becker Patterson and Wei Song, May 2018. ValueUSA.org

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