David J. Rosen

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

           

7 Newsome Park, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. 617-522-7020. djrosen@newsomeassociates.com

 

EDUCATION

           

9/71 - 9/74.  University of Massachusetts School of Education, Amherst.

Ed.D. in education evaluation awarded 9/74.

9/69 - 5/71.  University of Massachusetts School of Education.  Curriculum development in international and non-formal education.  Academic work was part of a Teacher Corps African Studies curriculum project.  (See EXPERIENCE) M.Ed. awarded 5/71.

6/66 - 9/66.  Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA.  Intensive training for Peace Corps service, including ESL teaching methods and West African studies.

9/62 - 5/66.  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  B.A. (Honors) in English literature awarded 5/66.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Independent Consulting

 

Major Clients

 

7/90 - present.  Newsome Associates, Boston. Consulting projects in adult and out-of-school youth, middle school and high school education program development, curriculum development, staff training and professional development, and curriculum and program evaluation. Major clients include or have included:

 

The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Harvard University. September 2004 - December, 2005. Development and moderation of four national research panels for the National Institute for Literacy, video-streamed on the WorldWide Web. Advisor to NCSALL National Lab School in Brunswick, NJ. 2001 - December, 2005. Advisor to national health literacy project, 2003.

 

Metro South/West Regional Employment Board, Framingham, MA

Development of a concept paper for a new Massachusetts and Rhode Island basic skills learning network for hospitals and long-term care facilities employees. February, 2006 - present.

 

World Education, Boston, MA 

International consultant in non-formal education to the government of the Philippines. Sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and the Royal Norwegian Government. Helped to develop national adult education system including elementary and secondary equivalency certificate alternatives. 2/95-3/95; 11/96-12/96; 6/97-7/97; 1/98-2/98; 7/98; and 2/2000.Project awarded UNESCO Literacy Project of the Year recognition in 2000. Quality Assurance Consultant on performance-based assessment, curriculum development, and teacher training, for school-based and out of school youth Integrated Production and Pest Management farmer field school project. July, 2004 - April 2005.

 

Consultant to the World Education Literacy Division on developing an intermediary role in Boston-based workforce development, 2004; conduct of  scan of national adult literacy organizations for the National Institute for Literacy, April, 2005 - present; development of state Professional Development Distance Learning plan for the System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES), November, 2005 - April, 2006.

 

National Center for Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Evaluation of TECH21, a three-year, national technology lab research and demonstration project funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  September, 2004 - March, 2005.

 

The Boston Foundation. Boston, MA
Report on history, current capacity and recommendations for adult Literacy programming in Boston. December, 2004.

 

American Institutes for Research, Sacramento, CA.
CAL-PRO Online staff development project. September, 2003 - December 2004

 

Center for Literacy, Philadelphia, PA.
Out-of -School Youth Consultant on technical assistance panel concerned with integrating out-of-school youth in adult literacy programs. November, 2004 - December, 2005.

 

Rhode Island Economic Policy Council, Providence, RI
Assist in development of the Rhode Island Adult Education and Literacy System. February 1 - June 30, 2004

 

SABES Southeastern Regional Support Center, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Development of a Best Practices Guide for Integrated Curriculum for BEST Older Youth projects funded by the Commonwealth Corporation. February 1, 2004 - June 30, 2004.

 

The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Evaluation of adult education software for use in New Jersey Career Centers. October - December, 2003.

 

Education Development Center, Newton, MA.
Consultant on USDOE-funded Community Technology Centers National Technical Assistance Project. June - August, 2003. Advisor on USDOE-funded National Technology Portal project. March - November, 2003. Consultant to Assessment Team for a Philippines-based USAID EQUIP3-funded education and economic development project. March, 2006.

 

Child Care Careers Institute, Jamaica Plain, MA .
Public/private collaboration to develop (Web-based and face-to-face) adult basic skills instruction for early childhood education teachers, assistant teachers, and family-based child care providers. http://www.learningladder.org September, 2000 - December 2003.

 

The Massachusetts Workforce Alliance. Boston, MA
Consultant in developing Web site for policy education and advocacy project. April - September, 2004

 

California Literacy

Evaluation of financial literacy ESOL curriculum. June - November, 2003.

 

ABE Anywhere/Anytime Distance Learning Project

Adult Literacy Resource Institute/Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston

Consultant to the project director on research and development of distance learning. January 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004.

 

Westchester County Public Library, Westchester, NY
Education Advisor in developing plain English information portal, firstfind.info September, 2001 - June, 2002.

 

National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC
Consultant on planning of the Literacy Information and Communications (LINCS) five-year plan. October, 1999 - January, 2000.

 

Literacy Partners, Inc., New York, N.Y. 
Consultant to Lila Wallace Readers' Digest-funded national project, the What Works Literacy Partnership, 1996 - 2000.

 

Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. 
Education consultant for Urban Service Corps Expansion Program, a national demonstration. July, 1990 - October, 1991.

 

Evaluation Research, Inc.  Newton, MA. 
Evaluation consultant on Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative team, July, 1990 - December, 1991.

 

American Red Cross, Washington, DC 
Consulting, training, and review of draft low-literacy and plain English textbook materials for nursing assistants.1991.

 

Other Clients

           

Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences, Public Schools, Somerville, MA

Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy, Boston, MA
Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier, VT
McDonalds Corporation, Oak Brook, IL
Vermont Adult Learning, Waterbury, VT
One With One, Brighton, MA
Community Learning Center, Cambridge, MA
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
FutureWorks, Arlington, MA

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Hyde Square Task Force, Boston, MA

RMC Research Corporation, Hampton, NH 

YouthBuild Charter School, Philadelphia, PA

Literacy Assistance Center, New York, NY

Jobs For the Future, Boston, MA

Literacy Partners, Inc., New York, NY

Training Development Corporation, Bucksport, ME

Center for Human Resources, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

The WGBH Foundation, Boston, MA

Jobs For Youth-Boston, Inc.

Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts SABES Regional Support Centers, MA.

International Youth Organization, Newark, NJ

Albany Youth Service Corps, Albany, NY

Rochester Youth Service Corps, Rochester, NY

Flint Youth Service Corps, Flint, MI

Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, CT

Alternative Junior High School, Ithaca, NY

Gateway Alternative High School, Springfield, MA

Vision, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Postural Screening Program, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

Fresno Private Industry Council, Fresno, CA

San Diego Regional Employment and Training Center

Boston Technical Center, EDIC, Boston, MA

Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, VT

Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens, Newton, MA

Hampshire Educational Collaborative, Amherst, MA

Project Stile, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge  MA

The Network, Andover, MA

Murray Road School, Newton Public Schools, Newton  MA

 

Adult Education and Literacy Administration

           

11/91 - 9/03.  Director, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA. Responsible for: supervision; program development; grant writing and management; overall fiscal planning and management; and collaborations within the sponsoring institution(s), with community-based and government agencies, and with private companies and organizations. (From 1983 - 2000, the Resource Institute was co-sponsored by Roxbury Community College.) The Adult Literacy Resource Institute is the Greater Boston Regional Support Center of the Massachusetts System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES.)

 

7/86 - 9/90.  Director, Adult Literacy Resource Institute.

 

9/84 - 9/86.  Associate Director, Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc. Responsible for Educational Services and Technical Assistance Departments; Chairman of the Program Management Team.

 

3/82 - 9/84.  Director of Educational Services, Jobs for Youth-Boston, Inc. Responsible for supervision, program development, grant writing and management, curriculum development and teaching.

 

Higher Education Administration

           

9/80 - 3/82.  Director of Academic Affairs, Beacon College, Boston. Executive of college's Academic Council and chief academic officer.

 

7/78 - 8/80.  Program Advisor Training Coordinator, Beacon College, Boston.  Responsible for interviewing, training, and reviewing performance of college faculty and for assisting faculty and students in New England with administrative concerns.

 

7/75 - 6/78. Boston Area Coordinator; Program Advisor; Beacon College. Responsible for interviewing and training local Program Advisors and for interviewing prospective students. As Program Advisor, responsible for helping students use self-directed learning process.

 

College Teaching

           

7/98 -12/98.  Field faculty member, Union Graduate School, San Francisco, CA

 

2/76 - 6/77.  Field faculty member, Goddard College Graduate Program, Cambridge, MA

 

9/73 - 12/73.  Instructor for graduate course in classroom evaluation. Central Connecticut State College, New Britain. 

 

9/72 - 12/72..  Instructor for graduate course for in-service teachers in curriculum development in international/cross-cultural education. University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

 

9/71 - 5/72.    Instructor for graduate seminar in evaluation methodology for teachers. University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

 

7/67 - 8/69.    Instructor for courses in English literature and African literature in English. University of Liberia. Monrovia, Liberia.

 

Program Planning and Evaluation

           

10/74 - 7/75.  Director, Open Road School Planning Project.  Supervised fourteen-member planning team, overall design and implementation of the school, and grant writing.

 

9/73 - 5/74.  Shanti School, Hartford, CT.  Evaluation consultant.  Program evaluator for multicultural, regional public alternative high school.

 

12/72 - 6/73.  New York State Education Department.  Responsible for training, implementation and evaluation of systems for curriculum development and evaluation in public schools throughout the state.

 

9/71 - 5/72.  Univ. of Mass., Amherst.  Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps Program, Providence, R.I. Evaluator

 

Secondary School Teaching and

Curriculum Development

           

9/69 - 6/71.  North High School, Worcester, MA.  Teacher Corps Fourth Cycle African Studies Program.  Teacher of English literature and African literature in English.  African Studies curriculum writer.  Director of Independent Study Program and a community improvisational theater.

 

7/67 - 8/69.  U.S. Peace Corps/Liberia.  Teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), English literature and African literature in English at secondary school level.

 

PUBLICATIONS

"Math and Science,"Web Scan, a column in the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, Vol 2, No 1, Spring 2008.

Rosen, D.J. and De Meyer, I. (2008), “Case Study: Belgium (Flemish Community)”, in Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults: Improving Foundation Skills, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/172017435434 or http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/16/40046635.pdf

Rosen, David J. and Thacher, Marian."Assess and Improve your Technology Skills" in Field Notes, Volume 17, Number 1. December, 2007 http://sabes.org/resources/publications/fieldnotes/vol17/fn171.pdf
"Blogging and Wikis and ALE: Oh My!" in Field Notes, Volume 17, Number 1. December, 2007 http://sabes.org/resources/publications/fieldnotes/vol17/fn171.pdf
“Integrating Technology and Adult Literacy Education” in Literacy for the New Millennium. Volume 4: Adult Literacy. Barbara J. Guzzetti (ed.) Greenwood Publishing Group. Oxford, U.K. October 2007. Pages 169-182.

"Easy Reading Online for Adult New Readers," Web Scan, a column in the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, Vol 1, No 3, Fall 2007.

"Seeing What technology Can Do" Literacy Assistance center Update, Volume 17, Number 1. September 2007. http://lacnyc.org/resources/publications/update/Update.htm#current

"Five Writing and Publishing Sites," Web Scan, a column in the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, Vol. 1 No. 2 , Summer 2007.

"An Historical Look at Values in Education", and "Framing Literacy Values for Successful Advocacy," in The Change Agent, March 2006. http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/pdf/vol22/issue22.pdf

"Professional Development on Demand," in Field Notes, Volume 15, Number 3. Massachusetts System for Adult Basic Education Support. Spring 2006. http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/fieldnotes/vol15/f153rosen.htm

"How Adult Literacy Advocacy Can Succeed" http://home.comcast.net/~djrosen/RosenAdvocacyArticle6.25.05.pdf

"Web sites for Low-literate and other Underserved Adults," in Literacy Practitioner, Literacy Assistance Center. New York, Vol 8., No 1. June 2004.

Learning to Learn, learning to Work, A Guide for Developing and Implementing Integrated Curriculum in Comprehensive Collaborative Education and Employment Programs for Youth http://www.sabes.org/administration//bestoyguide.pdf

Review of The Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, in Adult Basic Education, a journal of the Commission on Adult Basic Education, Fall 2002.

Case statement in Making the Case, Adult Education & Literacy: Key to America's Future, Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy, New York, NY. April 2002.

"Adult Literacy Public Policy Organizing in Massachusetts, A Participant's Reflections,"  in Literacy Harvest, the Journal of the Literacy Assistance Center, New York, NY Fall, 2001.http://lacnyc.org/resources/publications/harvest/HarvestFall01.pdf

"Adult Learners Worldwide on the Web," RaPAL, Research and Practice in Adult Literacy, Bulletin No 44,  London, U.K. Fall  2001.

"Never Listless, E-Lists Open New Professional Development Opportunities in Adult Literacy," Literacy Update, Volume 9, No. 5 Literacy Assistance Center, New York, NY  February 2000.

"Using Electronic Technology in Adult Literacy Education," in The Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 1. John Comings, Barbara Garner, and Cristine Smith, eds. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA January 2000.

"The Boston Publishing for Literacy Project," RaPAL, Research and Practice in Adult Literacy, Bulletin No. 40, London, UK Winter, 1999 - 2000.

"The Internet and Adult Educators," in Technology, Basic Skills and Adult  Education: Getting Ready and Moving Forward, ERIC Information Series No. 372, ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 1998.

"Introducing Virtual Visits," (with Tom Macdonald) and "Designing a Virtual Visit", Bright Ideas, Volume 8, Number 1. World Education, Boston, MA  Summer 1998.

Driver Education for the Information Superhighway, Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Report, Volume II, Number 2. National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC. February 1998.

"Uses of Technology in Adult Literacy," Text Quarterly, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Georgia State University, Spring 1997.

"Adult Learners Hit Choppy Waters Surfing the Net," Literacy Works, Vol. 8, No. 3, Saskatchewan (Canada) Literacy Network, Spring 1997.

"What's Cookin' With Adult Literacy Technology Policy?" Georgia Tech Downlink, Georgia Tech Satellite Literacy Program, Atlanta GA Winter/Spring 1997.

"Adult Literacy Advocacy in Massachusetts: A Participant's Reflection," NIFL News, National Institute for Literacy, Fall 1997.

"Learning to Ride the Wave of the Future: How Adult Students and Teachers are 'Surfing' the Internet,"  Adult Learning, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Washington, DC September/October 1996.

"An Adult Literacy 'Webliography' ", in All Write News, Volume XIII, No. 1, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Boston  September/October 1996.

"How Adult Literacy Practitioners are Using the Internet" Results of practitioner focus groups, September 1996.

"How Adult Learners are Using the Internet" Results of adult learner focus groups, September 1996.

"Shaping Public Policy through political action," Adult Learning, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Washington, DC May/June 1996.

"How Easy is it for Adult Educators to use the Information Superhighway?" Results of an on-line survey of adult literacy/basic education/ESOL practitioners, February 1996.

"The Literacy List,"  A list of Web sites, Gophers, Listservs, Moos and Internet Training Resources for adult literacy/basic education/ESOL practitioners and learners.http://alri.org/literacylist.html

"Project-Based Learning, Inquiry Maps, and the Internet" with Susan Gaer and Silja Kallenbach, All Write News, Volume XII, No. 3, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Boston, MA  November/December 1995.

"Linking Basic Skills to Training" and "Why I Hate Story Problems" in Reflections, The Best of the All Write News,  Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Summer, 1993.

"The Progress Portfolio,"  in Adventures in Assessment, Volume Two. Loren McGrail, Ed. SABES, World Education, Boston. Spring, 1992.

http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/adventures/vol2/2rosen.htm

"Who Should be Captain of the Curriculum Development Team?" in All Write News , Volume VIII, Number 6, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Boston.  May/June 1992.

Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Outcomes and Designing Curriculum in Workplace Education Programs, the report of the 1991 evaluation of the Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative. With Laura Sperazi and Paul Jurmo.  Evaluation Research, Newton, MA.  Dec., 1991.

"Elderwork: Learning from Human Service Work," in Workplace Learning Guides.  Public/Private Ventures.  Philadelphia, PA. June, 1991.

"Survey Finds New England Colleges Lacking in Adult Literacy Training Programs,"  Connection, New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development.  Volume IV, Number one.  New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. Spring, 1989.

"Building Career Ladders for Program Graduates Who Want to be Teachers" in All Write News, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, Boston. July/August 1987.

"Volunteer Solutions to Adult Literacy," All Write News, January, 1987.

"Classroom Lessons" section of Postural Screening Program Instructional Manual, Division of Family Health Services, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, 1980.

"A Piece of String," and "Alphonse Mouzon,"  poems in the American  Literary Review, Boston, MA. Spring and Summer, 1979.

The Shanti evaluation: A Study of a New Evaluation Methodology for Public Alternative Schools" in Changing Schools. Indiana University, April, 1975.

"New Evaluation of New Schools," in Changing Schools, Indiana University, April, 1973. "Cooperative Learning Communities: a Non-formal Learning Model for Urban Africa," in Non-formal Education in a World Context,  Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1973.

African Studies Handbook for Teachers, Parts I and II, Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1971, (reprinted in 1982.)

 

 

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Invited presenter: "Online Resources for Tutors: Online Professional Development: Basic Literacy Web Sites, Student Writing through Wikis, and More", Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts annual Conference. May, 2007

 
Invited panelist: "A Think Together on Hard-to-Reach, Low-Literate Adults Working with ‘hard to serve’ people in adult literacy," Adult Literacy Organisers’ Forum 2007, National Adult Literacy Agency. Kilkenney, Ireland. April, 2007

 

"Wikis for You", Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE), Philadelphia, PA. March, 2007

 
Invited panelist: "A Seamless System of Adult Education," National Reading Conference. Los Angeles, CA. November, 2006

 

"Distance Learning Professional Development"http://www.sabes.org/technology/mcae/network2005/dlpd/dlpd.htm and "Word, Wikis and Blogs: Collaborative Writing Using Technology,"http://www.sabes.org/technology/mcae/network2005/writingtech/writtechindex.htm presentations at Network 2005, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education annual Network conference. Marborough, MA. October, 2005

 

Keynote Speaker, National Congress on the Childrens' Participation in Integrated Production and Pest Management Project, Manila, the Philippines. April, 2005

 

Invited Presenter, Arizona Department of Education-sponsored annual state adult education conference. Pre-conference interactive day-long workshop: "Evaluating Web sites for Use by ESOL and ABE students," and "Project-based learning for ESOL or low-literacy learners using the Web." Phoenix, AZ. May, 2004

 

Invited Closing General Session Speaker and presenter, Florida Literacy Coalition annual conference."Current Trends in Adult Education." and "Should We Establish an 'Evidence-based' Adult Education System?" Daytona Beach, FL. May, 2004

 

Keynote Speaker, Technology Literacy Initiative Launch, National Adult Literacy Agency, Dublin, Ireland. April, 2004

 

Keynote Speaker, ABC's of Literacy: Acting for a Better Community. Adult education conference sponsored by LIFT, Missouri. St. Louis. March, 2004

 

Invited co-presenter, Massachusetts Workforce Development Conference. "Making Sense of Workforce Development: The Maze from 10,000 Feet." Worcester, MA. March, 2004

 

Invited co-presenter, Annual Conference, New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning. "Advocating Effectively." Newark, NJ. May, 2004

 

Presenter, "The Learning Ladder, a model for ABE Supported Distance Learning," and "National and State Adult Literacy Advocacy." American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, Detroit, Michigan. November, 2003

 

Presenter, "Low-literacy Resources on the Web." Read, Write and Act Annual Conference, Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education, (SCALE) Chapel Hill, NC, October, 2003

 

Panelist, "The Learning Ladder" as a Workplace Education Model. Network, 2003, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, Marlborough, MA. October, 2003

Invited Panelist, Research on Distance Learning for Adult Literacy,Ó Literacy Assistance Center, NYC, NY, October, 2003

 

Key Presenter, "Workshop for Advocacy Leaders." National Alliance of Urban Literacy Coalitions annual conference. Dallas, TX. July, 2003

 

Panelist, "Closing the Content Gap: Finding and Making Low-barrier Content." Community Technology Centers Network annual conference, Washington, D.C. June, 2003

Presenter, "Integrating Technology." America Connects Consortium. New Orleans, LA. May, 2003.

 

Key Presenter, "Grassroots Advocacy." Literacy Assistance Center, NYC, NY. May, 2003

 

Presenter, "Moderating Electronic Lists," SABES Regional Support Center, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA April, 2003

 

Panelist, "Grassroots Advocacy." New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning. Newark, NJ. April, 2003

 

Presenter, "The Learning Ladder", and "GED Resources on the Web," Network 2002, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, Marlborough, MA October, 2002

 

Presenter, "Evaluating Web sites" and co-presenter, "Health Now!." Read, Write and Act Annual Conference, Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education, (SCALE) Chapel Hill, NC, October, 2002

 

Invited presenter, "Project-based learning in Adult literacy and ESOL," A statewide Texas Education and Training Network Teleconference presentation, Austin, Texas, June, 2002

 

Invited presenter, "CTC's of the Future" panel and "Integrating Family and Computer Literacy" National Community Technology Centers Network (CTCNET) Conference, Austin Texas, June, 2002

 

Invited presenter "Plugging In: Resources for Adult Learners on the Web," Public Library Association presentation at the American Library Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 2002

 

Invited presenter, Basic Skills and ICT, "Web Virtual Communities" at A Springboard Seminar, Birmingham, ICC , Birmingham, England. UK. May, 2002

 

Keynote Speaker, "Adult Literacy Advocacy:In for the Long Haul," New York Association for Adult,Continuing and Community Education, April, 2002

 

Presenter, The Learning Ladder, Network 2001, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, Marlborough, MA October 2001

 

Invited panelist, Literacy Advocacy in Massachusetts, The National Urban Adult Literacy Coalition Regional Conference, Boston, MA. August, 2001

 

Invited presenter, "Basic Literacy Sites on the Web" National Community Technology Centers Network (CTCNET) Conference, San Diego, California. June, 2001

 

Invited presenter," Keeping Up but Feeling Breathless: Learners and Practitioners Using Technology" New Orleans, LA Area Literacy Coalition. April, 2000

 

Invited presenter," ICT and Skills for life," at the Skills for Life International Colloquium , Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK January, 2001

 

Invited Presenter, Virtual Visits on the WorldWide Web, Read,W rite and Act Conference, Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education, (SCALE) Chapel Hill, NC October, 2000

 

Invited presenter, Family Literacy and Technology, Family Literacy, New Challenges in the New Century, National Family Literacy Conference, Orlando, FL January, 2000

 

 

CURRENT OR RECENT VOLUNTEER  SERVICE

            National Advisor, Lindy Boggs Center and Greater New Orleans Literacy Alliance. New Orleans, LA

Member, Sustainable Employment Task Force, United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Advisor, English for New Bostonians, Mayor's Office of New Bostonians

Officer and Board member, Massachusetts Workforce Alliance

Board Member, Cofounder, and member, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE)

Past Chairman and current member Advisory Board, Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), national campus-based literacy alliance located in Chapel Hill, NC

Board member, Boston Private Industry Council, 2001-2003

Founder and past moderator, National Literacy Advocacy (NLA) Electronic List 1993-2003

Past Chairman and co-founder, Massachusetts Adult Literacy Technology Team (MALTT)

Cofounder and advisor to the board, Voice of Adult Literacy United for Education (VALUE), a national adult learner leader organization

Advisor, Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy (MassAAL), a statewide adult learner leadership organization

Past advisory board member, JFYNetworks Technology Advisory Board and GED Program advisory Committee

Past Board member and current member, Friends of the Jamaica Plain branch of the Boston Public Library

Past Chairman, Board of Directors, Jamaica Plain Community Centers

Founding member, Boston Literacy Telecommunications Collaborative

Past Community Advisory Board member, WGBH Educational Foundation, advisor to Connect with English project.

 

AWARDS

           

American Association of Adult and Continuing Education President's Award for sustained contributions to the field of adult education. November 21, 2003.

LINCS Hot Site Award of Distinction (for The Learning Ladder Web site) October, 2003.

Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy Award of Recognition for dedication and service to adult learners and adult learner education in Massachusetts and beyond. June 6, 2003.

Jobs For Youth Distinguished Service Award. 2002

National Literacy Leader Fellowship, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, D.C. 1995-1996

The Public Library of Brookline Dedicated Service Award for contributions to the Publishing for Literacy Project. 1993.

Jamaica Plain Community Schools Outstanding Service Award. June 20, 1990.

Jobs For Youth Distinguished Service Award. 1986.

 

Resume last updated 05.04.08