All

It was heartening, too, at the Centre for Literacy's ESL/Literacy Institute,
this past June, to hear more about what we might (or might not) see as
something of a revival of all of this - work from the US and Canada, but
also from the UK's National Research and Development Centre for Adult
Literacy and Numeracy - http://www.nrdc.org.uk/index.asp - a LOT of stuff -
including many downloadable documents  on ESOL, literacy, workplace stuff
and other related pieces.

You're probably also aware of a number of resources from Canada, New Zealand
and elsewhere - some of which are gathered here:
http://www.brown.edu/lrri/work.html

Janet Isserlis


> From: Carolyn Dieleman <Carolyn.Dieleman at gov.ab.ca>

> Reply-To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List <workplace at nifl.gov>

> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:23:52 -0600

> To: "lloyd_david at creativeworkplacelearning.org"

> <lloyd_david at creativeworkplacelearning.org>, The Workplace Literacy Discussion

> List <workplace at nifl.gov>

> Conversation: [Workplace 1599] Re: Evaluations of

> NationalWorkplaceLiteracyProgramprojects

> Subject: [Workplace 1600] Re: Evaluations of

> NationalWorkplaceLiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> I, too, was involved in what I call the 'hay days' of workplace literacy,

> Lloyd.  Going to Milwaukee for those international conferences was one of the

> best ways to stimulate growth that I've seen in all my years in government.  A

> number of us from Alberta, Canada, made presentations at these conferences,

> and we always came back reenergized, and dare I say, proud of the work we were

> doing.  Unfortunately we lost momentum over the years, and we are now trying

> to rebuild system capacity - luckily with the infusion of new funding through

> the department I work for.  While I'm now funding innovative ESL programming,

> I still try to keep my finger the workplace literacy/essential skills pie.

> 

> Thank you for reminding me about the great work that Paul and Sue did.  I just

> retrieved it and intend to read it on a flight I'm taking next week to Newark.

> 

> Regards,

> 

> 

> 

> Carolyn Dieleman

> Manager - Language Training

> Immigration Policy and Programs Branch

> Alberta Employment and Immigration

> Tel:  780-427-5717

> Fax: 780-422-0274

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf

> Of Lloyd David

> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:24 AM

> To: 'The Workplace Literacy Discussion List'

> Subject: [Workplace 1599] Re: Evaluations of

> NationalWorkplaceLiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> 

> Paul,

> There are still some of us left in the field from those good old days of

> NWLP projects.

> I just want to add a few words to what you said. I feel that one of the

> saddest consequences of the departure of the National Workplace Literacy

> Projects from the scene was the loss of opportunities for the practioners to

> meet. The national conferences in Milwaukee and later in Detroit and Chicago

> were wonderful educational moments where we could compare notes and discuss

> our projects and problems. I felt we were working towards a national

> organization of people who knew the joys and pitfalls of workplace education

> Hopefully we can re-create this in the future. Best to you.

> Lloyd

> 

> 

> Lloyd David, EdD.

> Creative Workplace Learning

> 311 Washington Street

> Brighton, MA 02135

> Tel :  617-783-6360

> FAX: 617-782-0136

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On

> Behalf Of JURMO at ucc.edu

> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 6:01 PM

> To: workplace at nifl.gov

> Subject: [Workplace 1598] Re: Evaluations of

> NationalWorkplaceLiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> 

> Thanks, Gary.  It's nice to know this work is useful.  I believe the

> handbook you referred to has been widely used in Canada and also in

> Massachusetts and New York State.  I continue to use it in my work in the

> planning of career pathway programs in New Jersey.

> 

> A little more history:

> 

> -- The ABC CANADA guidebook that Gary refers to grew in part out of the

> "team evaluation" work that Laura Sperazi and I did at NIFL.

> 

> -- One of the partners in Gary's organization, the Civil Service Employees

> Association, was part of an informal network of workplace educators that

> grew out of both the National Workplace Literacy Program and the NIFL and

> ABC CANADA research on collaborative (team) approaches to worker education.

> The network, called the Workplace Education Collaborative, met off and on

> for about two years in upstate New York and Massachusetts.

> 

> My point is:  Investment in demonstration projects in workplace education

> paid off not only for the workers and companies that participated in the

> programs but for the practitioners who developed and shared new workplace

> education practices.

> 

> Thanks to the organizers of this NIFL discussion list for providing a

> vehicle for continued  collaborative development of our field.

> 

> Paul Jurmo

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Gary Bartolina

> Sent: Mon 9/15/2008 12:00 PM

> To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List

> Subject: [Workplace 1596] Re: Evaluations of National

> WorkplaceLiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> Paul,

> 

> Every time you do a posting I rush to read it, they are always so helpful!

> 

> Just this weekend I was reading the Collaborative Needs Assessment you did

> for ABC Canada along with Sue Folinsbee back in 1994.  I am using it as a

> guideline for us to conduct a NY statewide assessment of NYS-CSEA

> represented employees need for ABE courses.

> 

> 

> Ms. Gary Bartolina, Program Manager

> Adult Education Basics

> NYS & CSEA  Partnership for Education & Training Corporate Plaza East -

> Suite 502 240 Washington Avenue Extension Albany, NY 12203

> Phone: 518-473-4990

> Fax: 518-473-9457

> bartolinag at nyscseapartnership.org

> www.nyscseapartnership.org

> "A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak."

> (Michael Garrett Marino)

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On

> Behalf Of JURMO at ucc.edu

> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:59 PM

> To: workplace at nifl.gov

> Subject: RE: [Workplace 1569] Re: Evaluations of National Workplace

> LiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> Hello, Kaye and others,

> 

> I'm now catching up on emails and found the exchange below regarding

> evaluations of NWLP programs.  A few comments:

> 

> -- Yes, the ERIC Clearinghouse at Ohio State University (mentioned by David

> Rosen and Jim Parker) has/had an archive of the evaluations of the NWLP

> programs.  This archive was reviewed by a national panel of experts to

> identify some particularly useful evaluation reports.  I'm not sure whether

> this valuable material is still accessible.

> 

> -- The "Voices from the Field" report is a good summary of a two-day meeting

> of NWLP project representatives.  Participants had a chance to identify

> recommendations for improving the NWLP projects.  This discussion led to

> some changes in NWLP policy. (Laura Sperazi and I were the authors of that

> report.)

> 

> -- When NIFL was first launched, the Institute funded Laura Sperazi and me

> to do a series of documents on workplace education evaluation. These

> included (a) a series of case studies of  workplace education programs which

> used a "team"  approach to evaluate program activities (a multistakeholder

> team planned and carried out an evaluation of program activities); (b) a

> handbook on the team evaluation methodology which we developed, and (c) a

> literature review about approaches and issues

> related to workplace education evaluation.

> 

> Given the continued importance of educating the U.S. workforce, it would be

> great if policy makers and practitioners take the time to learn from past

> experience as they consider how to build effective workforce learning

> systems in the U.S.

> 

> Paul Jurmo, Ed.D.

> Dean, Economic Development and Continuing Education Union County College New

> Jersey

> 

> -----

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Kaye Beall

> Sent: Thu 7/31/2008 10:37 PM

> To: workplace at nifl.gov

> Subject: [Workplace 1569] Re: Evaluations of National Workplace

> LiteracyProgramprojects

> 

> Here's a direct link to the proceedings of a meeting of project staff from

> the National Workplace Literacy Program in the early 1990's. The publication

> is: Workplace Education: Voices from the Field. Proceedings, National

> Workplace Literacy Program Project Directors Conference (Washington, D.C.,

> September 1991).

> The URL is

> http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019

> b/

> 80/13/03/13.pdf

> As one of the early grantees, I must say we learned a lot, but workplace

> education has evolved from those early efforts.

> Hope this helps,

> Kaye

> ********

> Kaye Beall

> Project Director

> World Education

> 6760 West Street

> Linn Grove, IN 46711

> 765-717-3942

> kaye_beall at worlded.org

> www.worlded.org

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On

> Behalf Of David J. Rosen

> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:04 AM

> To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List

> Subject: [Workplace 1564] Evaluations of National Workplace Literacy

> Programprojects

> 

> Beatriz and others,

> 

> Sarah Newcomb, at OVAE, suggests that the best source of information on

> those projects is at the local level, and that you may want to explore some

> of the resources at

> 

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+evaluation+of+national+workplace

> +literacy+program&btnG=Search

> 

> (i.e. do a web search using "evaluation of national workplace literacy

> program")

> 

> David J. Rosen

> djrosen at comcast.net

> 

> 

> 

> On Jul 29, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Diaz, Beatriz B. wrote:

> 

>> Was this email answered?  I would also like to see these documents if

>> they are still available.

>> Thanks.

>> 

>> ________________________________

>> 

>> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Depecoraro at aol.com

>> Sent: Fri 7/25/2008 7:26 PM

>> To: workplace at nifl.gov

>> Subject: [Workplace 1555] Re: VESL

>> 

>> 

>> A lot of materials were created  with funds from OVAE in the

>> Department of Education in the 90's. I believe Sarah Newcombe was the

>> program monitor. Does anyone know what happened to those documents?

>> Many of them were very specific to certain industries.

>> Is there an archive anywhere???

>> 

>> Diane Pecoraro

>> 

>> 

>> 

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