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ASISTS Program Associate F/T Literacy Assistance Center Job Title: ASISTS Program Associate (ASISTS Technical Support) Position Overview: The ASISTS Program Associate will be responsible for providing phone and email support to...

Amazing Romance Writers of America autograph event today. We thank them for their support of reading and adult literacy organizations.

Literacy Assistance Center updated their business hours.

Learn more about joining us for this opportunity to get your books signed to meet authors as well as support adult literacy programs https://www.rwa.org/Online/Events/Literacy_Autographing/Online/Events/Literacy_Autographing.aspx?hkey=3cbb801b-c268-4f46-95a4-1ef6ba8023de

This holiday season, please consider donating to the Literacy Assistance Center (https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/LiteracyAssistanceCent…). In 2018, the LAC provided professional development and instructional coaching to over 500 adult literacy educators in NYC (and to hundreds more through presentations we offered across the country); graduated 38 adult ESOL teachers from our Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults certificate program; expanded our support for the more than 150 adult literacy programs throughout NYS that use our data management system; leveraged our Investing in Quality report to enhance our work with program leaders -- and to advocate for greater investment in adult literacy services. And, this fall, we launched the Literacy and Justice Initiative, a new project designed to build a broad-based movement for adult literacy education by framing adult literacy as part of wider movements for social and economic justice, including the immigrants’ rights and workers’ rights movements. For more information on any of our work, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your support!

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Meet Jin Park, The First DACA Recipient Awarded A Rhodes Scholarship Park came to the U.S. with his family when he was 7 years old. He's a senior at Harvard working toward a degree in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in ethnicity, migration and rights.

Yesterday morning, New York Counts 2020 had an impressive showing of support from more than 25 New York Counts 2020 organizational members, launched its campaign for state funding of census work, particularly of community-based organizations' efforts to get out the count (BOTC) in 2020. Thanks to ALL who came out.

Backed by the findings of Fiscal Policy Institute's Report, we are asking the state to appropriate at least $40 million ($2.00 per New York resident) for community based organizations to do the critical outreach necessary to maximize a complete count in New York State. We need each member organization of New York Counts 2020 to please circulate widely this online petition, bit.ly/fundcensus to your members, friends, and colleagues living in New York State to sign.

When we go to Albany for Lobby Day on March 5, 2019, the petition will show legislators how widespread support for funding of community based organizations is – and how critically important they are to get out the count in 2020. An accurate and complete count impacts ALL New Yorkers! Thanks to everyone for your anticipated action in making this campaign a success!!

Tell Governor Cuomo & NY Legislators: Fund Community-Led Efforts to Get Out the Count for Census 2020! The New York State Legislature will soon engage in budget negotiations for FY 2019-2020. Census data decides how much of the $800 billion dollars in federal funding New Yorkers will receive for the next ten years, the number of seats New York has in the House of Representatives, and redistricting fo...

Congratulations Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and two of their students, Andre Fuller and Phillip Rucker, who were honored as Students of the Year by the New York Association for Continuing and Community Education (NYACCE) on October 23, 2018. They were two of eighteen students were selected from across New York state.

Read more: https://www.lacnyc.org/

Learning about using social media to recruit, retain, and engage students

Thank you Ron Kim for New York!

More than 3.5 million New Yorkers need access to adult literacy programs and this year, due to federal cuts, we are facing an estimated $8million funding gap, leaving 17,000 more students behind in NY.

Immigrants who are English language proficient earn up to 24% more than immigrants who are not.

For every NYC resident who earns a high school diploma or its equivalent, there is a net benefit to the City of $324,000 over their lifetime (tax contributions and decreased public benefit utilization).

We need to restore and support additional funding ($15.3m total) in this year's budget!

Kevin Douglas Ira Yankwitt Ariel Savransky United Neighborhood Houses New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy

One of the projects that the LAC works on is the New York City Support and Technical Assistance Center (STAC), funded by the New York State Education Department to provide support and technical assistance to the 19 ALE-funded programs in New York City. Today we unveiled a new ALE-funded Program Highlights Section on the NYC STAC website. In this section you will find contact and class registration information as well as a highlight about the program's accomplishments.

NYC ALE Programs Each year, New York State Education Department Adult Literacy Education (ALE) funded programs provide students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed in their professional, social,...

Charity Navigator's Top 10 Tuesday: Reading & Literacy Charities Did you know that February is National Library Lovers Month? In honor of this important month Charity Navigator is dedicating this...

The LAC is pleased to release Investing in Quality: A Blueprint for Adult Literacy Programs and Funders. Funded by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, the report details 14 "Building Blocks" of a comprehensive, community-based adult literacy program, identifies the resources needed to fully implement the Building Blocks, and includes a first-of-its-kind cost model. The LAC plans to use this report as part of our technical assistance to the field, as well as to advocate for increased funding rates for programs.

Investing in Quality ​January 2018 - The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) is pleased to release Investing in Quality: A Blueprint for Adult Literacy Programs and Funders . Funded by the New York City Department of...

This holiday season, please consider making a gift to the Literacy Assistance Center (https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/LiteracyAssistanceCenter). Over this past year, activists from the communities directly targeted by the Trump administration have been at the forefront of the fight to preserve our civil rights, civil liberties, social safety net, and vision of ourselves as a nation of immigrants. Yet today in New York City, there are more than two million adults from these same communities who lack the English language or literacy skills necessary to make their voices fully heard. For over 30 years, the LAC has been working to strengthen the adult education system, and to advance adult literacy as a foundation for equal opportunity, civic engagement, and social justice. Thank you all very much for your support!

Opinion | How to Get Your Mind to Read Comprehension depends on what you already know. Let’s start there.

So excited and happy to be part of this!

Who’s at Our Thanksgiving Table: Our Partners for The Great Listen

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HSE Instructor P/T Position: Part-time High School Equivalency Teacher HANAC is seeking 1 part-time HSE teacher for hire in Harlem ASAP through January 2018 and then for the remainder of the school year until June...

The Literacy Assistance Center is pleased to be partnering with StoryCorps this year for The Great Thanksgiving Listen. Learn more specifics here http://www.lacnyc.org/the-great-thanksgiving-listen.html

StoryCorps Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs

Information on DACA resources available in New York City

Deferred Action - MOIA Audio Description: Watch New York City DACA recipients share their stories about the importance of defending DACA, the federal immigration program that gives young immigrants the opportunity to work lawfully and provides temporary protection from deportation.

Congratulations Cell-Ed and Northstar! Come to our Cell-Ed workshop Oct 25 https://celled102517.eventbrite.com

Innovative Employment Technology Fund Launches & Announces Initial Investments

As part of the Educate & Elevate Campaign, COABE and NAEPDC are proud to support the National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week ( ) which is taking place September 24-30, 2017! AEFL Week is an opportunity to come together as a field to celebrate adult education and raise our visibility with legislators, funders, and the community at large. There are a number of tools from the Educate & Elevate Campaign that have been developed to assist you and your state in your outreach efforts.

Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: Great Tools To Engage Legislators

What are you doing to raise awareness during Adult and Family Literacy Week?

AEFL Resources

NYACCE Conference April 29-May 2, 2018

Nyacce (New York Association for Continuing/Community Education) NYACCE is a statewide association providing information, services and support to professionals servin

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ESOL Instructor P/T ESOL 1-2 Teacher – Part-Time Evenings (Brooklyn, NY) Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is seeking a part-time ESOL instructor for Level 1 adult learners at our 280 Wyckoff Avenue location. The...

Condemning Racism and Bigotry While Using Charlottesville as a Teachable Moment: Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Others

Condemning Racism and Bigotry While Using Charlottesville as a Teachable Moment: Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Others The Alliance for Excellent Education filmed a special edition of Federal Flash that condemns the actions by white...

XPrize finalists for best literacy app to test ideas in Philly, Dallas and L.A. Philadelphia will be the proving ground for a series of apps designed to help adult learners become fully literate.

The Literacy Assistance Center's Nell Eckersley gave the keynote address at OTAN's Technology and Distance Learning Symposium 2017 in Anaheim, California back in March. See her call to action below.

Digital Literacy; A Call to Action Presenter: Nell Eckersley, Director, Instructional Technology and Communications Manager, Support and Technical Assistance Center (STAC) Literacy Assistance ...

Designing a mall in our "STEM: What About E?" workshop this afternoon