MCAE — Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education

Featured Program

Read/Write/Now

The purpose of Read/Write/Now is to help adults living in the greater Springfield area to achieve their basic education goals as family members, workers and community members. MORE >

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WORKING CONDITIONS BLOG

Improving Working Conditions at the Haitian Multi-Service Center

Sara Jorgensen, Adult Education Program Director at the Haitian Multi-Service Center in Dorchester, interviewed by Andy Nash When you became adult education director, what did you do that affected staff working conditions? First, I built a culturally . . . READ MORE

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What’s New at MCAE

CALL FOR PRESENTERS NETWORK 2010, NOVEMBER 3 & 4, 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 2

The Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) is pleased to announce that the Call for Presenters is now available for NETWORK 2010.

The NETWORK Conference is an annual two-day conference hosted by MCAE every fall that provides adult education practitioners the opportunity to interact with others in the field while attending thought provoking professional workshops and seminars. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the System and Adult Basic Education Support (SABES) collaborate with MCAE to present the largest annual ABE conference in New England.

More than 60 workshops are offered, addressing all aspects of adult education. Topic areas include advocacy, assessment, basic literacy, civic literacy, computer use, correctional issues, distance learning, ESOL, family literacy, GED, multi-level classrooms, research, student assessment, teacher licensure, volunteer programs, workforce development, and workplace education.

Proposals for NETWORK 2010 are due by July 2, 2010.

We recommend that you use the downloadable pdf fillable form and email it as an attachment to slelano@mcae.net. You also have the option of downloading the Call for Presenters as a Word document from our Network 2010 Conference webpage.

Please note: In order to cut costs, we are only providing the Call for Presenters electronically this year. We do have a limited supply of printed Call for Presenters document that we can send to you upon request. Send your request for a printed Call for Presenters to slelano@mcae.net.

Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education

The Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) is the statewide network for practitioners, adult students, individuals and organizations supporting equal educational opportunities for all adults. MCAE is dedicated to the advancement of adult education through high quality services and professionalism in the field from basic literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) through preparation for a high school credential such as the General Educational Development (GED) test to programs such as family literacy, workforce development, and workplace education to transitions to post-secondary education.