National Coalition for Literacy

Save the Date!

May 12, 2011 will be a day to explore innovative approaches to adult literacy solutions!

Mark your calendars to attend the NCL Quarterly Membership Meeting in Washington, DC in the morning and a special Hill briefing in the afternoon, co-sponsored by the National Coalition for Literacy and the House Adult Literacy Caucus.

Confirmed speakers:

Jennifer K. Foster, Senior Director for Adult Education and Family Literacy/State Director for GED Testing, presenting on the Shifting Gears work in Illinois

• Shifting Gears, funded by the Joyce Foundation, is an initiative to strengthen state postsecondary and skills-development systems so that more low-skilled workers gain the education, skills and credentials needed to succeed in the changing economy. Hear the Illinois story which has focused on bridge programs in multiple industry sectors.

Alex Quinn, Project Director, Education Development Center, Inc., presenting TV411’s new NSF-funded initiative, What’s Cooking?

• TV411 What’s Cooking? is a web-based cooking series that puts on the front burner the science and math at play in our kitchens, in the news, and in our lives.  What’s Cooking? will be part of the newly designed TV411.org web resource for adult learners looking to improve their basic skills within a supportive online learning community.

Steve Reder, Professor, Portland State University, presenting Adult Literacy, Digital Literacy and the National Broadband Plan

• The National Broadband Plan calls for both infrastructure development to expand broadband capacity and access as well as for training and education to facilitate wide broadband use in all population segments.  With funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the innovative Learner Web partnership is blending support from technology and tutors to help low-skilled adult learners to move across the digital divide and become active internet users.

RSVP Today!

Click here to RSVP for the event. NCL Members, you can also indicate whether you will be attending the NCL Quarterly Meeting on May 12 using this RSVP form.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the staffers in Congressmen Roe and Hinojosa’s offices to coordinate this Hill event and we thank them for their assistance. We look forward to meeting staffers from other Caucus Members’ offices as well.

Plan to invite your representative to join the House Adult Literacy Caucus if he or she has not already done so, and invite their staff to the event. See more about the Caucus here.