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Adult Education, Migration, and Immigrant Education: How Adults Learn: Conference Proceedings. Roger Diaz de Cossio of Mexico's National Institute of Adult Education describes briefly the reform in adult education currently underway in Mexico, as well as possible parallels with other countries. Immigrant education is discussed in terms of successful cases, problems of immigrant education in the US, and potential collaboration or cooperation between countries.

Developing Collaborative Partnerships: ERIC Practice Application Brief. Sandra Kerka looks at successful collaborations involving workforce development, family literacy, and welfare reform to identify the elements that make collaborations effective. Based on existing guidelines and successful programs, she describes the steps needed to create and sustain collaborative relationships.

Promoting Systemic Change in Adult Education: ERIC Information Series #377. This monograph provides examples of practices that state policy makers in adult education can undertake in refining their adult education systems. Among other approaches, the author Judith Alamprese discusses coordinating and collaborating with agencies to leverage support for adult education services.

Collaboration Hot Topic Packet. For even more Web-based and other resources on collaboration, request this "grab-bag" of free materials.

Collaboration in Family Literacy Programming. This article from the Pennsylvania ABLE Administrator's Handbook discusses collaboration of Even Start with other agencies and entities to provide or improve recruitment efforts, home visiting and case management services, transportation, mental health counseling, employment opportunities for families, parenting groups, and more.

Literacy for Life: Life Application Curriculum Sourcebook Lessons. George Demetrion has just completed this teaching resource, organized along the categories of employment, family education, and community/civic participation to correspond to the Role Maps developed in the Equipped for the Future (EFF) project. Unit topics include lessons in employment, family literacy, culture, community, and citizenship; as well as lessons based on Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

VESL - Vocational English as a Second Language: Courses A and B Curriculum Guide. Stephanie Sommers developed this curriculum, which covers 84 hours over fourteen weeks of lesson plans. The lessons are designed to be highly interactive and to integrate grammar, job skills, and writing activities so that students can strengthen all areas of English language learning in meaningful work-related contexts.

Accelerated GED: A Computer-Based Preparation Program for the General Educational Development Tests: Instructor Guide. Developed at Wayne State University, this program integrates five commercially-available computer software packages. Participants receive instruction and practice on all five areas in the GED Test, with additional training in test taking skills. The instructor's role is described, as well as lab and equipment requirements.

Beyond Welfare-to-Work: Bridging the Low-Wage-Livable-Wage Employment Gap. Davis Jenkins, Ph.D., wrote this report addressing the skills needed for the transition from "semi-skilled jobs" and "skilled operator jobs." The former tend to be low-paying and offer few opportunities for learning and advancement. The author discusses "bridge" programs that are attempting to address this gap for educationally and economically disadvantaged individuals, including Project QUEST in San Antonio.

Outcomes of Participation in Adult Basic Education: The Importance of Learners' Perspectives. This is the report from a longitudinal study conducted by The Center for Literacy Studies in Tennessee, examining the outcomes of participation in literacy programs as reported by learners.

Persistence Among Adult Basic Education Students in Pre-GED Classes. This paper from NCSALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning & Literacy) summarizes research on how best to help students persist until they reach their educational goals.

What Jobs Require: Literacy, Education, and Training, 1940-2006. This report from Educational Testing Service assembles the available information on past and future trends in employment and on the educational requirements of jobs in terms of literacy, as well as job growth potential and average pay levels for different types of jobs.

Environmental News. The series is intended to develop reading comprehension build science content knowledge, and increase critical thinking skills which will result in better environmental problem solving and decision making for use in education programs at a pre-GED level. The project was funded by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Teaching U.S. History Through Feature Films. This resource provides an outline for incorporating videos in the classroom. For each of the four films mentioned, a rather detailed curriculum is provided, complete with reference to related learning standards. Funded by Massachusetts Department of Education.

People and Politics: A Civic Literacy Curriculum. Students learn how to identify the issues most important to them, ask the right questions, and select a candidate whose platform reflects their own concerns. From the New England Literacy Resource Center.