Thank you Dr. Brian for welcoming me to the list. I'll do my best to be an
active questioner, if not contributor. I am the Executive Director of
Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County in Flagstaff, Arizona. We are a
small, private non-profit that serves about 175 adults a year, typically by
matching these students one-to-one with trained volunteers. Most of our
students are English language learners and the majority come to us because
they need specific skill development for their jobs or want new jobs. We are
in the process of developing a workplace readiness class to improve our
efficiency and, perhaps, to generate some income by offering it to
businesses in the community. (We are always looking for financial support!)
I look forward to participating on the list. 
Ann Beck

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian, Dr Donna J G [mailto:djgbrian at utk.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:54 PM
To: abeck at lvccreads.org
Subject: Welcome to the Workplace Literacy Discussion List

Greetings! As the moderator of the NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List,
I try to send a welcoming message to each new subscriber. It's always
interesting to our list members when new subscribers introduce themselves to
the "old" list members and say a little bit about their connections to
workplace literacy and their reasons for joining the list.  I hope you will
take the time to let us get to know you in this way.  To post a message,
send it to <workplace at nifl.gov>. 

In April of last year, we had a discussion about work readiness
credentials.  We had several guests who answered questions posed by the
Workplace list members. In case you want to check out the discussion,
background information can be found at
<http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace/07work_ready.html> and a
summary of the full discussion is at
<http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace/07work_ready_discuss.html>.

On Thursdays, I usually post a summary of resources that I have come across
in the previous week.  I have kept a running list of the resources that have
been included and will be happy to forward this to you, if you would like
it.  Be forewarned!  It's a long list!  Also, any resources you would like
to suggest for inclusion can be sent directly to me at <djgbrian at utk.edu>.

This list has been really active in responding to requests of list members
for information or help related to Workplace literacy, and members often
share information about resources and upcoming events.  It's a great place
to ask a question or suggest a topic about which you would like to elicit
others' thoughts.  Please feel free to do that also.

In 2006, the Workplace Literacy Discussion List had a cross list discussion
with the English Language Literacy discussion list. With the experts that
are regular members of both lists, we mined each others' expertise in
thinking about English Language Learners in the Workplace. If you would like
to review the posts that were part of this discussion, go to the Workplace
list archives at
<http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/workplace/2006/date.html> and begin with
Workplace post #404.

If you have any topics you would like to propose as a focus for a guest
speaker, I would welcome your suggestions.  And let me know of any other
suggestions for the list that you have.

Again, welcome!

Donna

Donna Brian
Moderator, LINCS Workplace Literacy Discussion List Off-list contact
djgbrian at utk.edu
 
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