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Upcoming Staff Development Activities
Find out what staff development and training events will be coming up in the next few weeks.

Information on the campaign to restore Massachusetts ABE funding, November-December, 2001

MALTT 2000 Evaluation
by the Massachusetts Adult Literacy Technology Team, Alan Brickmand, Linda Braun etal.
(Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Adult Basic Ed Material in Spanish !
Complied by Maria E. Gonzalez and includes information on:
Assessment, Basic Literacy, Bilingual, Citizenship, GED in Spanish, and Math

VISTA Positions at the A.L.R.I.
Through a collaboration with the University of Massachusetts and CTCNet the A.L.R.I. has two openings in 2000-2001 for  AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteers who will work with students and teachers on Web-based learning projects.

Early Childhood care and Education Center on E-Square Two
(an Electronic Square for adult learners)

Community Arts Center on E-Square Two
In this new center there are galeries of permanent and special exhibits. The first gallery is an exhibit called "From my Window." These are photographic exhibits by students and practitioners about their communities from their points of view.

Creating Education Games on the Internet: A Website Review
An article in the May, 2000 All Write News by Massachusetts teacher, Wendy Quiñones

Examining the Funding Picture in Adult Basic Education
An article in the May, 2000 All Write News by researcher, Thomas Sticht


Minutes of the Staff Development Coordinators' Meeting March 14, 2000

Boston Assets and Needs Statement, January 2000
Prepared for the Boston Adult Literacy Community Planning Coalition by Marie Hassett

ABE Halfway Around the World
An article in the January, 2000 All Write News by Bob Keith, staff member at the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) in Australia

Navigating a System: ESOL Students and the Homebuying Maze--Part I:
An article in the January, 2000 All Write News by Nancy Coffey and Dulany Alexander, Operation Bootstrap, Lynn, MA

Eastern Massachusetts Homebuying Readiness Project 1999

SABES New Staff Orientation INFORMATION
This is The Big Picture, part of the information presented from the SABES New Staff Orientation.  (Note that this is not the whole 15-hour orientation.)

Shakespeare in Jail, Part One
An article by Martina Jackson in the September, 1999 All Write News

Shakespeare in Jail, Part Two
An article by Martina Jackson in the November, 1999 All Write News

A Review of: The CALLA Handbook, by Anna Uhl Chamot and J. Michael O'Malley
An article by Kathleen Hartnett in the September, 1999 All Write News

Harnessing Technology Web page

Fabric of History Curriculum
An American History curriculum for adults and young adults from the perspective of clothing

Technology Meet Adults who need Basic Skills
A Keynote presentation made by David J. Rosen at the 11th annual adult literacy and technology conference in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Mayor's Commission on Literacy on May 21, 1999.
These are PowerPoint slides of that presentation.


Last Updated March 29, 2002 by David J. Rosen