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Budget Request for FY 09 Word

WHITE PAPER: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

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Network 2008 October 22 & 23

Royal Best Western Hotel, Marlborough, Massachusetts

Call for Presenters due June 3 Word or PDF

Jessie Cantor Memorial Scholarship Application due June 15 Word or PDF - Directions

MCAE Awards Nominations due September 15 Word or PDF


Upcoming Meetings

Public Policy Committee:
The next Public Policy Committee meeting will be 10am-12noon May 9, 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.

Working Conditions Committee:
The next Working Conditions Committee meeting will be 1-3pm May 23 at the MCAE office, 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.


Links of Interest

Preliminary Results from MCAE 2007 ABE Working Conditions Survey

Governor's FY 2009 Budget

MCAE's latest alerts

MCAE and ABE in the News

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
GED and Recidivism in Massachusetts- GED Linked to Lower Rates of Recidivism

2005 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Reports:

Highlights of the Massachusetts SAAL
Message from the National Coalition for Literacy
National NAAL Report
State SAAL reports for Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and New York


 
The Change Agent

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."

 
 
Curriculum Available

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.

 

 


 
2007 MCAE Award Winners
Senator Steven Panagiotakos receiving Special Recognition Award from MCAE President Connie Nelson
Senator Steven Panagiotakos receiving Special Recognition Award from MCAE President Connie Nelson 

Outstanding Teacher
Carol Sousa

Community Learning Center

Outstanding Volunteer

Stephanie Gale
The Literacy Project-Amherst

 Outstanding Student
Teresa RossZavala

Operation Bootstrap

Outstanding Business/Labor Partner
Brooksby Village
 

Outstanding Administrator
Richard Goldberg
Asian American Civic Association

MCAE Improving Working Conditions
Jackson Mann Community Center

Special Recognition
Representative Kevin Fitzgerald

Special Recognition
Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos

Special Recognition
Senator Steven A. Baddour

GED High Scorers for 2006
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!

 

 
page updated 5/13/2008