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LVA National Conference 2000: Show Me the Future!

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Preconference
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 3-4, 9 a.m - 4 p.m.

PC 101: Training of Trainers: Jolene Olson, LVA National Training Corps, LVA Liaison, Sheridan, WY
Connie Schwein, LVA National Training Corps, LVA volunteer, LVA Burlington County, Haddonfield, NJ
This two-day workshop is perfect for preparing your program to certify trainers! This workshop is designed for trainers who already know the content of their tutor training program and want to learn how to teach following participatory principles. Learn the principles of participatory adult education. Discover how to analyze and apply these principles. Experience the process involved with practicing a workshop segment. Registration is limited to 24 participants.
Prerequisite: Read Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, by Jane Vella (provided in advance by LVA). Suggested Reading: LVA�s ESL Trainer�s Guide and 4th edition of I Speak English or LVA�s Basic Literacy Trainer�s Guide (1994 edition) and Tutor 7th edition (provided by the affiliate).
Participants will need to pre-register by Sept. 1, 2000 to complete a learning needs assessment and reading requirements.
Target Audience: LVA trainers and experienced tutors with a letter of recommendation from their affiliate leadership. Location: CHOUTEAU A (Tuesday) and NEW YORK B (Wednesday)
PC 102: Learning Disabilities: Effective Program and Instructional Practice: Mary Lou Belisle, LVA National Training Corps, LVA volunteer, Racine Literacy Council, Racine, WI
This two-day training uses Bridges to Practice: A Research-Based Guide for Literacy Practitioners Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities, developed through the National Institute for Literacy. Topic areas include: characteristics of learning disabilities, legal issues, screening and diagnosis, instructional planning strategies, and program analysis of effective services for students with learning disabilities. This is an excellent workshop for trainers or program managers serving this population. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: FREMONT
PC 103: 50/50 Management System: Maintaining the Balance: Jan Cuddahee, LVA National Training Corps, Associate Executive Director, LVA-New York State, Buffalo, NY
Utilizing sound program management principles is essential. Learn how to apply 50/50 management principles to decisions about your program�s growth and development. Discover ways to reach program objectives through a balanced use of resources. Learn how to assess your program�s organizational stage. Leave with the tools you need to approach your organization�s plans as it prepares for Accreditation. Also terrific for non-LVA program managers. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Prerequisite: Read Maintaining the Balance: A Guide to 50/50 Management by Anne DuPrey (provided in advance by LVA).
Target Audience: BM, new PM Location: BENTON A
PC 104: Advanced Training of Trainers: Mary Bartlett, Program Development Director, LVA, Inc., Syracuse, NY
Peter Perkins, Training Consultant, Global Learning Partners, Calais, VT
This two-day training is an opportunity for experienced trainers to further develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes learned in LVA�s Training of Trainers. Focusing on the design of your training events, you will discover ways to more effectively incorporate LVA�s Principles for Effective Training and current adult education practice into your training. In this participatory training you will practice writing learning tasks, consider the impact of learning styles, and sequence training activities. You will also assess your learning design in terms of the levels of learning and transfer that you want to achieve. Registration is limited to 24 participants. Prerequisite: Participants must have completed LVA�s Training of Trainers. Participants will need to pre-register by Sept. 1, 2000 to complete a learning needs assessment and reading requirements.
Target Audience: TR Location: BENTON B (Tuesday) and ATLANTA B (Wednesday)

Preconference
Wednesday, October 4, 2000, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

PC105: Libraries and Adult Literacy Programs Build Community: Facilitated by Dale Lipschultz, Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, American Library Association, Chicago, IL
Presenters include: The Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA), New York, NY; National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions (NAULC); Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE); Rural and Urban Library Literacy Programs (in various stages of coalition building)
This workshop is sponsored by the American Library Association, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS). Building, nurturing, and sustaining a literacy coalition in your community is a delicate and complex process. It requires discovery, discussion, revision, collaboration, and compromise. Libraries, literacy programs, adult learners, and their local and national partners have discovered and documented the challenges and rewards of building reading communities.
Participants will gain a national perspective on community building through presentations from libraries, literacy programs, adult learners, and national partners. Participate in facilitated discussions about building a literacy community that involves libraries, literacy programs, community stakeholders, and current partners. Learn how to collaborate to develop a working plan for building, nurturing, and sustaining a library-centered literacy coalition in your community. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: CHICAGO C
PC106: Student Voices and Student Leadership: Gilbert Zamora, Adult Learner, Alamogordo, NM
Debbie Collier, Adult Learner, Albuquerque, NM
Mary Avila, Adult Learner, Albuquerque, NM
Will Grant, Founder and Coordinator of BLAST, Albuquerque, NM
Presented by BLAST - Building Leadership through Adult Student Training, Inc.
This workshop is about student leaders finding their voices. It will be a talking circle where students can speak out about their ideas for literacy and adult leaders. Share ideas about how to communicate, in depth, about who students are and how they think. Listen to the student voices and learn how educators and student leaders can structure the student voice into literacy and ABE programs.
It is difficult for many adult learners to express their ideas. They know what they see, they know they have solutions, but they don�t know how to communicate them. Board meetings are not their world. This workshop will work on ways to bridge that gap. The voices of adult learners can change the lives of other adults. They can change government policies. They can change literacy. Find ways to connect stories and ideas to change the world of literacy education. Registration is limited to 25 participants.
Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU B
PC108: Using the Web for Instruction in an Adult Education Setting: Marty Ropog, Assistant Director, Technology, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent, OH
Learn about how to use the Internet for instruction. Discover existing Internet resources, lessons, and activities. See ways for tutors to use the Web to create their own activities and online resources. Participants should have a working knowledge of the Web. Registration is limited to 24 participants.
Target Audience: PM, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN A,B
PC109: Students Getting Comfortable with Technology: Chip Carlin, LVA/Verizon Family Literacy and Technology Consultant, LVA-NYS, Ithaca, NY
This pre-conference workshop is geared to beginning level literacy students. It is designed for students, and tutors paired with their students, who are interested in using technology. Learn about the use of educational software and basic Internet resources. Discover how to use the Internet student chat, the Web, and educational and voice/speech software. A great deal of assistance in using the computer will be available through several workshop leaders, including students. Registration is limited to 12 participants.
Target Audience: STU, TU, Student Friendly Location: VAN HORN C
PC110: Learning Group Skills that Develop Leadership Skills and Change Lives: Dale Christianson, Alumnus LVA Student, Program Director for LVA Illinois, Inc., VALUE member, Trainer, Aurora, IL
Sandra Christianson, Consultant/trainer for LVA Illinois, Inc., VALUE member, Trainer, Aurora, IL
This pre-conference training is the result of working with students and significant others in the field. Learn how to develop independence and how to strengthen your focus to reach your goals while maintaining and improving your relationships with your existing partners. This is a highly interactive training provided to prepare attendees to be student support group leaders and significant other support group leaders. You�ll also experience a practice session leading such a support group meeting and see how these important tools can be used to strengthen personal relationships. This workshop is limited to 20 teams composed of students with their significant others, which may include students and their tutors or program staff that support students. Registration is limited to 40 participants.
Target Audience: STU Location: CHICAGO A
PC111: Reading and the Family Literacy Program: Judy Cheatham, Ph.D., LVA Writing Consultant, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
Lester Laminack, Ed.D., LVA Reading Consultant, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
This workshop will feature a discussion based on Reading: Process to Practice and Literacy: A Family Matter.
Required reading are Dr. Cheatham�s and Dr. Laminack�s books on reading with children, Help a Child Learn to Read and Volunteers Working with Young Readers. Registration is limited to 50 participants.
Target Audience: PS, TR, TU Location: EMPIRE A
PC113: Advocating and Acquiring Public Dollars: Kevin Smith, Executive Director, LVA-New York State, Buffalo, NY
Jon Randall, Director of Government Relations, LVA, Inc., Washington DC
Fran Tracy-Mumford, Member, LVA, Inc. Board of Directors, State Director, Delaware Adult Education, DE
This session is designed for veteran and novice seekers of public support. For your program to be financially successful, it has to establish friends and recognition among the policy makers who decide how our tax dollars will be spent. Discover some of the strategies and techniques for making sure your program is known by your elected officials. Learn about the availability of federal support offered under the direct and equitable access guarantee of Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. Is there public money out there that you�re not accessing? Let�s find out! Registration is limited to 60 participants.
Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: EMPIRE B
PC114: Is ESOL Making you Nuts? Let's Make Peanut Butter!: Evelyn Renner, Evelyn Renner & Associates, Anaheim, CA
Does adding ESOL to tutor training really have to be so complicated? Can the ESOL and literacy tutor training be combined somehow? This workshop is a great way for both literacy trainers and ESOL trainers to recharge their batteries! Discover the similarities and differences between ESOL and literacy. Learn what subjects can be combined, and how to combine them. See lots of great new ideas to zip up your tutor training! Leave with ideas you can use right away! Registration is limited to 60 participants.
Target Audience: PM, TR Location: CHICAGO B
PC115: Building the Effective 21st Century Board: Sandra R. Hughes, Senior Governance Consultant, National Center for Nonprofit Boards (NCNB), Washington, DC
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about new insights into how to make the most of a board�s potential for future service. Learn how to analyze your board�s composition, structure, and understanding of its responsibilities in a new world. Examine the strategies that enhance the state-of-the-art continual �board-building cycle� through board member identification, recruitment, orientation, and board renewal. Learn peer-driven approaches to board member accountability and effectiveness. Take a look at the board of the future and how you can begin preparing for it. Registra-tion is limited to 40 participants.
Target Audience: State representatives, experienced executive directors, BM Location: NORTHRUP

Thursday Concurrent Session #1
Thursday, October 5, 2000, 2:00 - 3:30 pm.

#213 - Continuing the Dialogue: Racism, Poverty, and Literacy: Margery Freeman, Executive Director, YMCA Educational Services (YES!), New Orleans,
This interactive three-hour session will allow conference attendees to explore and discuss the complex issues of racism, poverty, and literacy in their communities. Target Audience: GA, PS, PM, LS, TR, TU Location: CHICAGO C
#214 - A Cultural Spelling Bee - Breaking Barriers!: Marta Ines Bookbinder, Literacy Coordinator, Community Learning Center, Columa, CA
Velia Ramos, student, Community Learning Center, Columa, CA
This workshop is about how different cultures affect communication and learning English. Discuss learning about different cultures and language, and participate in activities that look at the culture you come from and how this affects your learning. Participants will respect different learning styles and the strength of literacy programs that offer literacy to benefit families as well as single learners. Limited to 50 participants. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU B
#215 - Making the Most of your Conference Experience: Paul Arcand, National Student Advisory Board (NSAB), Providence, RI
George Sorg, National Student Advisory Board (NSAB), Albion, NY
In this round-table discussion, talk about why students come to conference, what you can take back to your affiliates, and what support is available for new students at the conference. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU A
#216 - Using the Web to Bridge the Digital Divide: John Fleischman, Director, Instructional Technology & Learning Resources, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA
Heide Spruck-Wrigley, Senior Research Analyst, Aguirre International, San Mateo, CA
The best bridge to the digital divide can be created by giving adult learners access to high-quality any time, any place, any pace learning opportunities. Session attendees will be introduced to a wide array of Web-based learning resources appropriate for the adult learner. Participants will also learn how to access and use Web-based instructional materials and tools being developed as part of a national project known as Cyberstep. Target Audience: GA, PS, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN A,B
#217 - Strategies for Turning Skills into Profit: How Literacy Volunteers, Community Leaders, and Employers Can Collaborate for Success Through Better Basic Skills: Dr. Michael Bloom, Principal Research Associate, The Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This session will focus on how employers and other community leaders can engage literacy volunteers to improve employees' basic skills in the workplace. Techniques and plans for creating effective collaborations will be discussed, with a special emphasis on finding the messages that will build employer and community interest and involvement. A new Internet-based, downloadable, diagnostic tool for evaluating employees' learning needs and for identifying programs and people who can improve literacy and other basic skills will be discussed in detail. Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS Location: CHICAGO B
#218 - Stress and Time Management: Taming the Quiet Killers: Marlene Wilson, Boulder, CO
Learn how to recognize and deal with the time traps and stress producers in your life so you can stay well in a chaotic world. Find out how to set priorities and develop better coping styles. Find out how to have more fun in the process so you can not just survive, but thrive! Target Audience: BD, GA, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: NEW YORK B
#219 - Mission Impossible: Project Management: Pat Wagner, Co-owner, Pattern Research, Inc., Denver, CO
Why do so many projects fail? Missed deadlines? Over budget? Bad feelings? Compromised quality? Mediocre results? Redundant? Learn how to use a simple three-part organizational model to pinpoint where changes need to be made in both the behavior of your managers and the structure of your institution, even before the next project begins! See how to create measurable and objective benchmarks in your next project design. Setting benchmarks that can be practiced by staff helps everyone learn to plan for and defeat crises before they happen. Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS, TR Location: EMPIRE A
#221 - TV411: Using Multi-Media to Reach, Teach, and Inspire: Lisa Gale, Program Development Director, Adult Literacy Media Alliance, New York, NY
Dynishal P. Gross, Research Assistant, Adult Literacy Media Alliance, New York, NY
Discover how TV411 uses popular media formats to teach reading, writing, math, and life skills in real life contexts. Developed by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance, TV411 engages learners with celebrities, music, poetry and learner testimonies. Learn how TV411 can motivate and educate adults in classrooms, community groups, or at home. The video, print, and web site materials are flexible and easily blended into pre-existing curricula. Find out how tutors can use video to prompt discussions and writing activities. See how this exciting programming can be accessed through private purchase, public broadcast, or lending. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: BENTON A
#222 - Accreditation Meets 50/50: Anne DuPrey, Executive Director, LVA-Nassau County, Inc., Hempstead, NY
Are they compatible? How do these two critical pieces of program management fit together? Is it just piling papers together, or is it integrating two excellent systems that can truly benefit your program? In this three-hour session, you will learn how to use these two elements in a complementary and powerful way. Discover how programs can integrate these concepts in their work. The result: a more effective program for students! Target Audience: PM, PS Location: BENTON B
#223 - So Many Students, So Few Volunteers: Nancy Williams, ESOL Program Director, LVA-Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, SC, Margie Snyder, Distance Learning Coordinator, LVA-Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, SC
Only about one in ten adults in need of English language instruction is enrolled in ESOL classes. Learn how one LVA affiliate developed a drop-in program using the English Language Learning and Instruction System (ELLIS) to overcome attendance barriers, individualize instruction, and leverage program capacity. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: EMPIRE B
#224 - Accommodations for Adults with Disabilities in Literacy Programs: Daryl Mellard, Research Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS
Kathy Parker, Teaching Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS
Jean Hall, Project Coordinator, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS
A disproportionate number of students with disabilities drop out or are expelled from school. Many later turn to literacy programs to meet their educational needs. Their successful participation in these programs may require substantial modification of typical instructional approaches. Learn how to determine appropriate accommodations for participants with disabilities. Become familiar with materials and resources available to assist participants with these efforts. This workshop is limited to 20 participants. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: BOARD ROOM
#225 - Emotions! Targeting the Critical Prerequisite to Learning: Laura Weisel, Ph. D., Power Path, TLP Group, Columbus, OH
Dale Sherman, Literacy Consumer, Medina, OH
Lack of progress? Dropouts? Life situations getting in the way of learning? Fears of failure and success? Low self-esteem? All of these personal and program issues have their core in emotions . . . because emotions are core to learning! Discover a simple model to understand the role of emotions in learning. Using this model, participants will build a list of do's and don'ts to work through the highly charged emotional issues of re-entering an educational setting. Cutting-edge research, practical strategies, best practices, and personal accounts will be presented to help programs, tutors, and students move beyond past learning traumas and on to creating positive, empowered futures that will expedite learning. Target Audience: GA Location: FREMONT
#226 - Raising More Money®: Building a Self-Sustaining Individual Giving Program: Terry Axelrod, Raising More Money® Programs, Seattle, WA
Does the constant pressure of raising unrestricted operating funds seem insurmountable? Do you know you should be focusing on individuals but don't know how to grow your donor base? In this fast-paced session, Terry Axelrod, founder of Raising More Money® programs, will guide you through the process of building or growing a self-generating system of lifelong donors. Learn how to incorporate board, staff, and volunteers as well as existing events as you tailor this model to your organization. Leave excited and inspired about what is possible for your organization in raising funds from individuals. You will definitely be ready to get to work! Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS Location: ATLANTA B
#227 - The Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members: Sandy Duncan, Associated Consulting Services, Austin, TX
This is a three-hour workshop. An active, committed board of directors is the key to the success of any nonprofit organization. If you have ever struggled with building and maintaining a good board, this workshop is for you! This fast-paced and informative session will explore boards in detail, and provide practical, useful information on such important topics as: ! Understanding the roles and responsibilities of service on a nonprofit board; ! Recruiting and maintaining an effective board of directors; ! Dividing the work between boards and staff - finding the right balance; ! Getting your board to raise money; ! Dealing with "dead wood" on your board; ! Making your board, and your organization, the best it can be! Target audience: Board Chairs, BM, Executive Directors, PS, PM Location: EMPIRE C
#279 - Language as Ministry: Church Programs for Literacy and ESOL: Gail Rice, Literacy Consultant, Palos Heights, IL
Ruth Vander Hart, Editor, Open Door Books, CRC Publications, Grand Rapids, MI
Literacy and ESOL programs are one of the fastest-growing ways for churches to reach out to those learning to live fuller lives in their communities. Either by starting their own programs or by collaborating with others, church programs can attract and minister to literacy or ESOL students who want to learn to read the Bible or who just want to improve their reading, writing, speaking, or life skills. Participants will learn what's unique about church programs, how to organize and support these ministries, and what materials and resources are helpful. Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS Location: NORTHUP
#281 - Literacy's Integral Role in Alternative Corrections Programs: Michelle Balee, Life Skills Instructor, DuPage County Sheriff's Young Adult Work Camp, DuPage County, IL
Learn about this innovative program that focuses on breaking the cycle of criminal thinking / behavior by educating each offender in the pro-social skills necessary to become responsible and self-supporting members of the community. Discover how young qualified offenders (ages 17-30) were introduced to education, rehabilitation, and a work components that focused on leadership and team building skills. Program participants are often chronically unemployed or underemployed, undereducated or underachievers who have low self-esteem and lack motivation. (This is not a military-style, boot camp program.) This workshop will provide an overview and history of the program's development and the integral role that life skills plays within the program. Hear about the primary objective of the life skills component; to provide learners with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices regarding personal finance and credit, health, nutrition, consumerism, transportation, employment, education, goal-setting, and self-management. Discuss strategies used for creating a learning environment where participants discover that acquiring life skills is an ongoing process; that having a positive attitude toward lifelong learning is in their best interest; and that by acquiring information before they act, people often make better choices and discover new opportunities. Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, TR Location: NEW YORK A
#316 - Families Involved in Technology: Patricia Rase, LVA-Mohawk-Hudson, Albany, NY
Join this workshop for a look at LVA-Mohawk-Hudson's GTE-F.I.T. (Families Involved with Technology) project. This hands-on workshop will explore various activities utilizing Internet websites as a springboard for family literacy activities both with and without the computer. Target Audience: GA, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN C

Thursday Concurrent Session #2
Thursday, October 5, 2000, 3:45 - 5:15 pm.

#230 - Blending Workforce Development Activities into an Adult Literacy Program: Jane J. Meyer, Adult Basic and Literacy Education Coordinator, Canton City Schools, Canton, OH
Explore a five-step scope and sequence chart for workforce development including specific learning activities and teaching materials for each step. Discover ways to integrate workforce development into basic literacy instruction. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: SAN FRANCISCO BALLROOM
#231 - LVA's Plan for the Future: Marsha Tait, President, LVA, Inc., Syracuse, NY
Vikki Jo Stewart, Chair, LVA, Inc., Kansas City, KS
This question and answer session will feature LVA's President and Board Chair discussing new directions at LVA National. They will also answer student questions and respond to student concerns. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU A
#232 - Button Down Your Bottom Line with Quickbooks: Taylor L. Willingham, Salado, TX
Mtka Valh, Associate Management Analyst, The Reading Program, Santa Clara County Library, Milpitas, CA
June Willingham, Accountant/Consultant, Salado, TX
If balancing your budget is blurring your vision, and managing your money is masking your mission, fret not! This workshop will help you learn about tools and techniques to tackle these tedious tracking tasks using Quickbooks. Program managers, administrators, and board members will learn ways to manage multiple funding sources, track budgets for a variety of grantors, prepare quick and easy-to-read financial reports, and make strategic funding decisions based on solid financial information. Participants will gain an understanding of how to set up budget categories, how to define accounts, and how to use analytical tools. Target Audience: BM, PM Location: VAN HORN A,B
#233 - Herding Kittens: How to Have Influence When You Don't Think You Have Power and Authority: Pat Wagner, Co-Owner, Pattern Research, Inc., Denver, CO
When your volunteers and your board ignore you, you need to become more influential. Find out the differences between using positions of power, authority, and influence in your literacy workplaces. Map the three steps to influence and how to make them work, even with damaged workplace relationships. Find out how to use positive influence to get people to change their behavior when you can't "make" them do what you want them to do. Don't get angry: get interested! Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS, STU, TR, TU, Student Friendly Location: ATLANTA B
#235 - Screening Adults for Learning Disabilities: Testing Used by Social Services, Jobs, Adult Education, and Community College Agencies: Daryl Mellard, Research Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS
Gwen Berry, Research Associate, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, Lawrence, KS
Literacy providers often suspect some difficulties encountered by their participants are due to learning disabilities (LD). Several agencies and organizations have collaborated on the development and standardization of a formal LD screening battery. This session will review the test's content and psychometric qualities, and provide practice on the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the battery. Outcomes of using this learner assessment will also be discussed. Target Audience: TR, PS, PM, BM, LS Location: NEW YORK B
#237 - Making A World of Difference: Jacque Wuertenberg, Language Arts Consultant, St. Louis, MO
This exciting session will feature books and ideas guaranteed to assist in helping you become actively involved in language production. Step by step, you will learn proven techniques to motivate readers and writers. Learn ideas that volunteers, in-school tutors, parents, and teachers can put into practice immediately. Target Audience: GA, Student-Friendly Location: EMPIRE A
#238 - WIA: What's in It for Volunteer Programs: Ron Pugsley, Director, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
Learn the ins-and-outs of Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and how the federal government and state directors of adult education are working to implement WIA's objectives. Board members, policy enthusiasts, program staff, and educators are invited to an interactive discussion about the effects WIA is having on local programs and what is expected in the assessment of those programs. Target Audience: BM, GA, PM, PS, TR, TU Location:EMPIRE B
#239 - The Nonprofit Board of the Future: Emerging Trends and Best Practices: Sandra R. Hughes, Senior Governance Consultant, National Center for Nonprofit Boards (NCNB), Washington, DC
In this interactive workshop, learn how some boards are working to become better equipped to function in an ever-changing environment. Take a fresh look at the way boards should operate to discover the best practices in governance. You can challenge your literacy volunteer board members to share new insights, to engage in work that really matters, to consider alternative ways to accomplish their work, and to structure the board to adapt to change. Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: FREMONT
#240 - To BEE or not to BEE, That is the Question!: Freda Peppard, Executive Director, East Texas Literacy Council, Longview, Texas
Joyce Whidden, Executive Director, Adult Literacy League, Orlando, FL
These two program managers will present special event fund-raising focusing not only on corporate spelling bees, but also on other great, innovative ideas! Learn about corporate spelling bees in two different markets. Discover the many different special events and learn whether or not special event fund-raising is right for your literacy program and your market. Hear about literacy lunches, reading roundups, serious silent auctions, and all the do's and don'ts of special events from experts who have been there, and done that! Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, PS Location: BENTON A
#241 - Sources and Resources: Who They Are, Where They Are, and How To Access Them: Cindy Towsner, National Coordinator for Family Literacy and Volunteerism, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
You're managing a family literacy program or working as a volunteer tutor, but find that information and funding resources are complicated or difficult to find. Learn how to access up-to-date information about other successful family literacy programs, how to obtain funding within your community, how to market your program, and how to work with special populations of parent learners. Participants will receive the latest listings with descriptions of complimentary U.S. Department of Education publications concerning family literacy and volunteerism, and discover how to order them. Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: CHICAGO A
#242 - Sea of Possibilities: Charting New Courses for Adults with Learning Disabilities: Michelle Webb, Literacy Consultant, LDTD Trainer, Oklahoma Literacy Resource Office, Oklahoma City, OK
Arlene Nelson, Literacy Consultant, Oklahoma Literacy Resource Office, Oklahoma City, OK This hands-on session will provide you with an opportunity to try out instructional adaptation tools for students with learning disabilities or students exhibiting characteristics of a learning disorder. Discover how large and small literacy programs, in both rural and urban settings, can implement new intake and screening procedures. Learn about accommodation materials that give any student a greater opportunity for success in learning. Target Audience: BM, GA, STU, TR, Student Friendly Location: CHICAGO B
#243 - Verizon Showcase: Building on the Investment: Lucy Haagen, Literacy Coordinator, Durham County Literacy Council, Durham, NC
This workshop will focus on the development of a technology-assisted family literacy program beyond the initial start-up investment by Verizon (formerly GTE). Learn about what to do, and what not to do, in forging partnerships. Find out how to leverage existing resources to attract new support and investment, and about the evolution of programs to take advantage of emerging technologies, and web-based resources. Hear about the work with our changing clientele, such as welfare to work, limited English proficient adults and families. Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: NORTHUP
#282 - LiteracyPro Users Group: Successes and Challenges: How are LiteracyPro database users making it work and what challenges are they facing? This session will be an informal get-together and a chance to ask questions, share your solutions, and explore new ways of making the LiteracyPro database the optimal program management tool it can be. Target Audience: Current users of LiteracyPro Location: Board Room
#283 - GED Online: Janet Geary, Adult Basic Education Director, Kansas City, MO
Chris Shanks, GED Online Facilitator, Kansas City, MO
The North Kansas City School district is implementing a GED Online class for students who, because of family or work obligations, cannot attend regularly scheduled classes. The online classroom environment is a perfect place for students to interact with an instructor and other GED students, have access to unlimited study resources on the Internet, and follow their progress through a series of assessments - all at their own convenience. Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: NEW YORK A
#332 - How to Customize LINCS to Meet your Needs: Jaleh Behroozi Soroui, LINCS Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC
William Hawk, Associate Director for LINCS, Washington, DC
LINCS is the literacy community's gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet. Explore how to use LINCS interactive resources/services to meet your professional development needs. See how to customize LINCS to access high quality educational resources on the Internet, tailored to your own needs on a regular basis, and how to get timely responses to your questions from experts as well as your colleagues around the world. Target Audience: GA, LS, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN C

Friday Concurrent Session #1
Friday, October 6, 2000, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

#245 - Measuring Learner Progress and Success: How Can I Describe and Count the Ways?: Suzanne Knell, Executive Director, Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Champaign, IL
Dale Lipschultz, Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, American Library Association, Chicago, IL
This is a three-hour session. Library-based literacy programs developed the tools included in the recently published The Adult Literacy Assessment Tool Manual. These tools are broadly applicable to the full spectrum of literacy programs. Target Audience: GA, LS, PM, TR, TU Location: EMPIRE A
#246 - Libraries in the Community: Partners for Literacy: Susan Rudnicky, Director, Swan Library, Albion, NY
Discover what is available at most public libraries for adult literacy students, including materials, equipment, and how a library works. Learn how Even Start Family Literacy Programs got started, and about the goals for both the program and the families who participate. Hear about community partnerships and how they benefit both the agencies and adult literacy students. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU A
#247 - All About LVA and Our Role in it: Marty Finsterbusch, Vice Chair, Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE), Delaware County, PA
Mirta Pedrazzoli, Chair, National Student Advisory Board, Coventry, RI
Billy Jameson, Vice Chair, National Student Advisory Board, Darby, MT
This workshop will give you an overview of LVA. Learn about student roles in affiliates and at the national level. Find out about LVA's National Student Advisory Board (NSAB), NSAB's current projects, and their role in LVA. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU B
#248 - LINCSearch Programs: Easy and Efficient Way to Access Literacy and ABE Resources: Jaleh Behroozi Soroui, LINCS Director, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC
William Hawk, Associate Director for LINCS, Washington, DC
In this hands-on session, learn how to search for literacy resources, information, and curricula across the LINCS Network as well as for major national and international ABE and literacy sites. Learn techniques that will enable you to do a more precise search of human-cataloged resources available through the LINCS network. Discover how to access ideas and suggestions from any or all of the NIFL and other literacy-related on-line discussion lists by searching across the archived discussions. Target Audience: GA, LS, PS, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN A,B
#249 - Skill Development for Creating Community: Elaine Yarbrough, Ph.D., The Yarbrough Group, Boulder, CO
One of the key skills for guiding, containing, and sustaining change is the ability to create community. This skill means we must look at ourselves as leaders, our assumptions and actions. It also means we develop our capacities for clear vision, trust building, authentic communication, and creating time for reflections. We'll review and work on these in this session. Target Audience: GA Location: NEW YORK B
#250 - Other People's Money! Effective Financial Management in a Nonprofit Organization: Sandy Duncan, Associated Consulting Services, Austin, TX
This lively and interesting three-hour workshop will help treasurers, board members, and executive directors understand effective financial management in a nonprofit organization. Learn how to help your board really understand and use financial reports, improve its financial oversight skills, and do a better job of taking care of other people's money. Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location:NEW YORK A
#251 - KICK IT IN & TAKE THE LEAD! Developing Personal Leadership in Ourselves and Others: Fran Kick, Instruction & Design Concepts, www.kickitin.com, Centerville, OH
Leadership isn't just about telling other people what to do and when to do it. It's about setting an example, and getting people to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether they want to do it or not, without being asked. Remember, you can't lead others until you lead yourself! Target Audience: GA, PM, PS Location: CHICAGO C
#252 - Integrating Numeracy into LVA Programs: Susan Cowles, Instructor, Linn-Benton Community College, and Past President, Adult Numeracy Network, Corvallis, OR
Numeracy - what is it? How do learners define it? How can it be integrated into LVA programs? Where can programs find appropriate and inexpensive materials for small group sessions? This interactive, hands-on, three-hour session will explore these issues. Limited to 32 participants. Target Audience: GA, LS, PM, PS, TR, TU Location:SAN FRANCISCO BALLROOM
#253 - Public Libraries and Family Literacy: Janis Berg, Director, DeForest Public Library, DeForest, WI
Judy Ecker, DeForest Public Library, DeForest, WI
In this three-hour session, you will discover how to create family literacy kits and materials based on interest inventories from the participating families. Learn how to survey families for interesting topics, and how to find materials to fit those topics. Discover how to package the materials for distribution or circulation. Target Audience: GA, LS, PM, PS, TU, TR Location: FREMONT
#254 - Equipped for the Future: I Know What It Is, But What Do I Do With It?: Jane J. Meyer, Adult Basic and Literacy Education Coordinator, Canton City Schools, Canton, OH
This three-hour workshop, designed for those familiar with the EFF framework, will explore using the EFF roles and standards for goal setting, planning learning activities, and assessment. Participants will also practice using EFF framework using student scenarios. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU Location: BENTON A
#255 - Survival Skills for Nonprofits: Mike King, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, United Way of Metro Dallas, Dallas, TX
This workshop focuses on the need and execution of marketing strategies for nonprofits as they compete for money, volunteers, and resources. Explore the methods that help identify the needs, strengths, and opportunities for the organization. Experience the development of individual plans to maximize your program's marketing potential. Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: BENTON B
#256 - Comprehension: It's Not Giving the Right Answers to Someone Else's Questions: Lester Laminack, Ed. D., LVA Reading Consultant, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
This interactive workshop by LVA's reading consultant and the chair of the Elementary Education and Reading Department at Western Carolina University presents a "constructivist" approach to comprehension. Learn about various definitions of comprehension and discover how to apply those definitions to tutoring situations. Target: Audience: PS, TU, TR Location: ATLANTA B
#258 - Using Assistive Technology to Develop Adult Literacy Skills: Tobey Shaw, Vice Principal and Technical Coordinator, Trafford Center of Technology and Learning Disabilities, Frostig Center, Pasadena, CA
Debra Hori, Educational Therapist and Assistive Technologist, Frostig Center, Pasadena, CA
In this three-hour workshop you will learn how assistive technology can be used as a compensatory tool for adult learners. Learn about the latest research findings, and practical ideas to implement in literacy programs. Technologies will include those that support reading and writing, such as optical character recognition, speech recognition, word prediction, speech synthesis, spell checkers, and semantic mapping. Experience these technologies both from a compensatory and instructional perspective. Target Audience: GA, PM, PS, STU, TR, TU, Student Friendly Location: EMPIRE C
#259 - Some Original but Mostly Borrowed and Stolen Creative ESOL Teaching Ideas: Nancy Williams, ESOL Program Director, LVA-Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, SC
Need some new ideas for enlivening ESOL instruction? Experience this interactive, hands-on session where games, Total Physical Response (TPR), jazz chants, and other conversational, reading and writing activities will be just some of the things with which we'll have fun! Share your great ideas and learn many new ones! Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU, Student Friendly Location: CHICAGO A
#260 - Libraries and Literacy Services: A Rural Perspective: Konni Clayton, Literacy Program Director, Literacy Partners, Robinson Township Public Library, Robinson, IL
Rural libraries face unique opportunities and challenges in providing literacy services. Rural libraries serve millions of patrons, often acting as a community center and main access point for knowledge at the same time. This session will help librarians and literacy providers develop strategies and programs to meet the needs of diverse rural populations. Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, PS, TR, TU Location: CHICAGO B
#276 - Fitting the Round Peg into the Square Hole: Understanding and Utilizing the Learning Styles of Adults with LD and AD/HD: Jonathan Jones, Chair, Adult Literacy Committee, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Balsam, NC
This presentation will focus on the unique learning abilities of adults with ADD and LD through an examination of learning style strengths and preferences. Daily opportunities and obstacles in the classroom and work environments will be discussed. Learn about the strategies that increase student/teacher and employee/employer effectiveness. Discover how to maximize student strengths and minimize areas of challenge. Discuss strategies that increase the sense of control and power for the student dealing with LD and ADD issues. Target Audience: PM, PS, TR, TU, Student Friendly Location: EMPIRE B
#348 - Student Internet Workshop: Chip Carlin, Associate Executive Director, LVA-New York State, Ithaca, NY
Marty Ropog, Assistant Director, Technology, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent, OH
Want to know what all the fuss is about? Join Chip, Marty, and several students for an introduction to the Internet. World Wide Web sites as well as e-mail will be explored, and there will be plenty of time for questions. Target Audience: STU, Student Friendly Location: VAN HORN C

Friday Concurrent Session #2
Friday, October 6, 2000, 2:45-4:15 p.m.

#257 - Family Literacy: Models, Modules, and More: Judy Cheatham, Ph. D., LVA Writing Consultant, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
Everybody's talking about family literacy, but if you ask 50 programs to define it, you'll get 50 definitions. This very practical, interactive workshop will focus on answers to these questions: What is family literacy? What models are out there? Is it right for your program? What funding sources are available? How does a program get started? Target Audience: BM, PS, TR, TU Location: NEW YORK B
#262 - Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE): Archie Willard, Chair, Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE), Eagle Grove, IA
Marty Finsterbusch, Vice Chair, Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE), Delaware County, PA
VALUE Board Members Students will learn what VALUE is all about. Discover how VALUE does its work and how it can affect students. Learn how you can be part of VALUE. Target Audience: STU Location: CHOUTEAU A
#263 - The Spoken Word: Effective Public Speaking: Larraine Brown, L. Brown and Associates, Belfast, ME
In an upbeat and relaxed atmosphere, the Spoken Word Method helps participants to gain confidence in their ability to speak clearly and effectively in public. Come in casual dress and be prepared to experience a great interactive session! Target Audience: GA, STU, Student Friendly Location: CHOUTEAU B
#264 - Multimedia Instruction in Adult Basic Education: Laura Sewell, Assistant Director, LiteracyLink Project, Public Broadcasting Systems, Alexandria, VA
You are the student as we model effective teaching practices using our integrated video, workbook, and on-line workplace basic skills materials. Also, glimpse what it is like to facilitate a virtual classroom! Target Audience: GA, PS, TR, TU Location: VAN HORN A,B
#266 - How to Conduct a Student Group: Dale Christianson, Alumnus LVA Student, Program Director for LVA Illinois, Inc., VALUE member, Trainer, Aurora, IL
This workshop will demonstrate how to plan and run a student group. Learn techniques needed to run a meeting. Leaders need to know how a group can conduct itself! Target Audience: STU Location: EMPIRE B
#270 - Planning for True Learning Outcomes: Lisa Thackeray, Program Coordinator, LVA-DuPage, Naperville, IL
Discussion will focus on an assessment plan that provides a framework for establishing student goals, monitoring the lessons, and documenting student outcomes. It is based on Equipped for the Future, a lifelong learning system that prepares adults for their roles as worker, community member, and family member. Target Audience: TU, TR, PS, GA Location: CHICAGO A
#271 - What Works In ESOL and Adult Literacy: From Theory and Practice: Heide Spruck Wrigley, Senior Research Analyst, Aguirre International, San Mateo, CA
This workshop focuses on how adults learn and what it takes for adults to develop oral communication skills and literacy skills in English. Designed for all those who want to increase their background knowledge in that area, the session seeks to link theory and practice by providing examples of "what works," based on current studies in the field. Although much of the workshop will deal with issues related to second language acquisition, it will also draw on research in literacy development and use examples from adult basic education for native speakers. Target Audience: BM, GA, LS, PM, TR, TU Location: CHICAGO B
#272 - Stevenson Language Skills: A Multisensory, Structured Approach to Teaching Literacy Skills: Thomas J. Diebold, Ph.D., Consultant, Central Ohio SERRC, Columbus, OH
Patricia Wittlinger, Literacy Coalition Tutor, Delaware County Adult Basic Education Program, Delaware, OH
Learn about the unique structure and sequence used in this system. See how the extensive use of mnemonics can produce significant results even for students with dyslexia and severe reading disorders. Discover some of the problems related to reading, and hear about the highlights of the Stevenson Method. Bring back to your program ideas you can use with adult students, including those with severe dyslexia. Target Audience: GA, PS, TU, Student Friendly Location: CHICAGO C
#275 - Teaching Tips from the Bridges Pilot Sites for Volunteer Literacy Providers: Michelle Joyce, Reading Specialist and Workplace Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, Pittsburgh, PA
This presentation is based on the research done by the Bridges to Practice Project. Hear about the effective instructional methods appropriate for learners with learning disabilities. Practice multisensory teaching techniques and share information on resources and teaching materials. Participants will also receive information on various instructional methods. Target Audience: PS, TR Location: ATLANTA B
#364 - Mining for Gold - Using Your Data to Your Political and Financial Advantage: David Miller, CEO, LiteracyPro Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
This workshop is for intermediate and advanced users of LiteracyPro software only. Literacy providers spend a tremendous amount of effort and time generating reports. But what value does this data really have for you as a program administrator, and for others in the community? Most people agree that literacy providers spend too much time getting data into their database(s) and get much too little in return. However, if your data could play a leading role in strengthening your political influence within your community, and could generate more revenue for your literacy program, the prospect of collecting data would likely be much more rewarding! This computer lab, a �hands-on� workshop, will focus upon how to identify key programmatic outcomes and how to maximize these key indicators to your political and financial advantage. Target Audience: BM, PM, PS Location: VAN HORN C

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