Program Administrators: Attached please find information on a USDOL grant opportunit being forwarded from NYSED. The USDOL “announces the availabilit of approximately $98.5 million i Workforce Innovation Fund grants authorized by the Full-Yea Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10). These fund support innovative approaches to the design and delivery of employment and training services that generate long-term improvements in the performance of the public workforce system, both in terms of outcomes for job seeker and employer customers and cost-effectiveness” (including education gains). Please review the information carefully and if you have any questions, please contact our office. Also, next Friday (1-20-12) is our Program Administrators’ Meeting here at Farmingdale State College. Please note the room change announced in a recent email (we are meeting in the Campus Commons at 12noon, directions :Farmingdale Campus Commons Building is located in the same building as the First Stop Cafe, between Horton Hall, the construction site, and Bookstore (you can see the building from front door of Conklin Hall; the room is the SBDC Conference Room.). PLEASE NOTE: On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, Dr. Thomas Sticht will be conducting a day-long workshop entitled, “CAREER AND POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS BRIDGED BY CONTEXTUALIZED EDUCATION AND WORKPLACE LITERACY”. This workshop is a follow-up to last year’s Transitions to Post-secondary Education and Training conference and is open to all WIA partners (of course including our adult education programs). Please register for this workshop as it is one of NYSED’s annual priorities and a great opportunity for adult education to continue to coordinate services within the LI regional workforce development system. Details are below. Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Time: 08:30:00 – 04:00:00
Location: Melville Marriott, Melville, NY Overview: The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed a plethora of new projects, initiatives, and reports calling for reforms to adult basic education, workforce development, vocational training, and developmental education. Most of these activities and reports are calling for changes in the way basic skills, occupational skills, and postsecondary skills are taught. In all these activities, two major changes in instruction are called for: 1) the change from decontextualized to contextualized instruction, and 2) the change from sequential programs of instruction such as basic skills followed by vocational education, to integrated programs in which basic skills and vocational or college academic skills are taught together.
Lastly, on February 14 & 15, 2012, Dr. Robin Lovrien will be conducting the LD and ESOL workshops discussed at our last few Program Administrators’ Meetings. Please share the information we sent out earlier describing the initiative (it is also on our website) with your staff. The content of the workshops is relevant for all ESOL teachers. Thanks and I’ll see you next Friday.
Time: 08:30:00 – 04:00:00
Location: Melville Marriott, Melville, NY Overview: The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed a plethora of new projects, initiatives, and reports calling for reforms to adult basic education, workforce development, vocational training, and developmental education. Most of these activities and reports are calling for changes in the way basic skills, occupational skills, and postsecondary skills are taught. In all these activities, two major changes in instruction are called for: 1) the change from decontextualized to contextualized instruction, and 2) the change from sequential programs of instruction such as basic skills followed by vocational education, to integrated programs in which basic skills and vocational or college academic skills are taught together.
Lastly, on February 14 & 15, 2012, Dr. Robin Lovrien will be conducting the LD and ESOL workshops discussed at our last few Program Administrators’ Meetings. Please share the information we sent out earlier describing the initiative (it is also on our website) with your staff. The content of the workshops is relevant for all ESOL teachers. Thanks and I’ll see you next Friday.
Martin
LI-RAEN/ACCES
Long Island Regional Adult Education Network
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services, NYSED
Farmingdale State College
2350 Broadhollow Road
Conklin Hall, Room 103
Farmingdale, NY 11735
631-293-3150 Tel
631-293-4241 Fax
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