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Upcoming Meetings Public Policy Committee: Working Conditions Committee: Links of Interest Preliminary Results from MCAE 2007 ABE Working Conditions Survey
Click MCAE ABE Research Report on Managed Enrollment by Alisa Povenmire MCAE ABE Research Report on Performance Based Funding by Elizabeth O'Connor Updated Standards for Quality Working Conditions in ABE/ESOL Programs 2005 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Reports: Highlights of the Massachusetts SAAL The Change Agent is a social justice magazine for adult learners and
adult educators. Elsa Auerbach calls it the "single most
practioner-friendly source of information on participatory adult
education currently available." Ready-to-use lesson plans focused on
reading, writing and math, helpful teaching strategies, and compelling
student writing address issues relevant to students' lives. David Rosen
says, "I recommend the Change Agent to every adult education teacher and
administrator who values living in a democratic society." Your Government, Your Taxes, Your Choices, is a curriculum for ABE/ESOL/GED students that addresses services the state provides, taxes people pay and issues of fairness, and advocacy. Outstanding Teacher Outstanding Administrator Special Recognition Special Recognition Special Recognition GED High Scorers for 2006 Jimmy Tingle for President! MCAE Fundraiser September 24 at ABE Directors' Meeting
2008 ABE Profiles for Massachusetts Senate Districts Now Available on MCAE Website!
Network 2008 October 22 & 23
Royal Best Western Hotel, Marlborough, Massachusetts
MCAE Awards Nominations due September 15 Word or PDF
The next Public Policy Committee meeting will be 10am-12noon August 22, 2008. The meeting will be at UMass Boston and Holyoke Community College, linked by videoconferencing. For more information, please call or email Executive Director Kenny Tamarkin at 978-979-1906 or KTamarkin@mcae.net. MCAE members: If you want to be added to the Public Policy Committee distribution list, contact KTamarkin@mcae.net.
The next Working Conditions Committee meeting will be 1-3pm September 19 at the MCAE Conference Room at 6 Beacon Street, Suite 415, Boston.
For more information, please call or email Executive Director Kenny Tamarkin at 978-979-1906 or KTamarkin@mcae.net. MCAE members: If you want to be added to the Working Conditions Committee distribution list, contact either co-chair Andy Nash at anash@worlded.org or Laurie Sheridan at lsheridan@worlded.org.
GED and Recidivism in Massachusetts- GED Linked to Lower Rates of Recidivism
Message from the National Coalition for Literacy
National NAAL Report
State SAAL reports for Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and New York
Carol Sousa
Community Learning Center
Outstanding Volunteer
Stephanie Gale
The Literacy Project-Greenfield
Outstanding Student
Teresa RossZavala
Operation Bootstrap
Outstanding Business/Labor Partner
Brooksby Village
Richard Goldberg
Asian American Civic Association
MCAE Improving Working Conditions
Jackson Mann Community Center
Representative Kevin Fitzgerald
Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos
Senator Steven A. Baddour
Michael C. Cohen
Angela Malo
On behalf of the Awards Committee and the membership of MCAE, Congratulations to all of this year's award winners!