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Open Door Collective Webinars
Greening U.S. Adult Basic Skills Efforts: What Eco-partners and Adult Educators Can Do Together
September 24, 2020
In this webinar, Alex Risley Schroeder, Barbara Krol-Sinclair, and Paul Jurmo, describe why and how adult education programs can collaborate with “eco-partners” (supporters of environmental sustainability and green jobs) and social justice organizations. They include examples of basic skills curricula that integrate environmental themes; green job training customized to adults who have basic skills limitations; green service learning; and joint advocacy, fundraising, research, and professional development by adult education, environmental, and social justice stakeholders.
Links to Resources, slides, and webinar recording will be found at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I6AnKrTjmqplA0Y6a3-tQLQT0z0AVxWR/view?usp=sharing
September 24, 2020
In this webinar, Alex Risley Schroeder, Barbara Krol-Sinclair, and Paul Jurmo, describe why and how adult education programs can collaborate with “eco-partners” (supporters of environmental sustainability and green jobs) and social justice organizations. They include examples of basic skills curricula that integrate environmental themes; green job training customized to adults who have basic skills limitations; green service learning; and joint advocacy, fundraising, research, and professional development by adult education, environmental, and social justice stakeholders.
Links to Resources, slides, and webinar recording will be found at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I6AnKrTjmqplA0Y6a3-tQLQT0z0AVxWR/view?usp=sharing
Addressing Health Disparities: What Health Practitioners and Adult Educators Can Do Together
August 4, 2020
A lively discussion of why and how adult education programs and “health partners" (organizations that in various ways support public health and healthcare jobs) can work together. Links to the webinar slides, webinar recording , chat log.and resource list.
Learn more about ODC health-related resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-EFpoemapm7vA7dv3mQV4_AorjB4-ym/view?usp=sharing.)
August 4, 2020
A lively discussion of why and how adult education programs and “health partners" (organizations that in various ways support public health and healthcare jobs) can work together. Links to the webinar slides, webinar recording , chat log.and resource list.
Learn more about ODC health-related resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-EFpoemapm7vA7dv3mQV4_AorjB4-ym/view?usp=sharing.)
Open Door Collective Issues Groups News
Criminal Justice Reform
November 2020
The ODC Criminal Justice Reform issues group (CJR) published a third online brief, Foundational Skills Education as a Fundamental Right for Incarcerated and Reentering Adults. CJR makes the case that foundational skills education is a fundamental right for incarcerated and reentering adults and recommends multiple solutions to support incarcerated and re-entering adults. Sharing this new brief with adult and correctional educators, librarians, and jail and prison policy makers and administrators is encouraged.
November 2020
The ODC Criminal Justice Reform issues group (CJR) published a third online brief, Foundational Skills Education as a Fundamental Right for Incarcerated and Reentering Adults. CJR makes the case that foundational skills education is a fundamental right for incarcerated and reentering adults and recommends multiple solutions to support incarcerated and re-entering adults. Sharing this new brief with adult and correctional educators, librarians, and jail and prison policy makers and administrators is encouraged.
Open Door Collective Task Force News
Open Door Collective's E-BAES Task Force
COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE REPORT FROM THE FIELD
July 31, 2020
ProLiteracy, the ODC E-BAES Taskforce, and the EdTech Center @ World Education published report, “COVID-19 Rapid Response Report from the Field.” It includes information gathered and compiled by members of the E-BAES Taskforce and EdTech Center staff that describes adult education’s response to the pandemic. Findings are intended to inform the field and offer useful suggestions from which adult education and literacy practitioners can benefit.The Evidence-Based Adult Education System (E-BAES) initiative began in early 2019, in response to a need for national research in adult education. E-BAES is led by the Open Door Collective, a program of Literacy Minnesota. A volunteer E-BAES task force, led by Eric Nesheim (Literacy Minnesota) and Margaret Patterson (Research Allies for Lifelong Learning), consists of 30+ researchers, practitioners, government officials, professional developers, and education leaders. E-BAES’ plan of action includes initial planning steps, to launch the E-BAES national network model. On the task force’s recommendation, the initiative will “start small and build” so that E-BAES’ national network model has time to grow, complete its initial projects, and conduct research that has a positive impact on practice and adult learner outcomes. (Continued at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n43RE_sPRCxaQHe27MFkIBpWYx3xQRqs/view?usp=sharing)
COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE REPORT FROM THE FIELD
July 31, 2020
ProLiteracy, the ODC E-BAES Taskforce, and the EdTech Center @ World Education published report, “COVID-19 Rapid Response Report from the Field.” It includes information gathered and compiled by members of the E-BAES Taskforce and EdTech Center staff that describes adult education’s response to the pandemic. Findings are intended to inform the field and offer useful suggestions from which adult education and literacy practitioners can benefit.The Evidence-Based Adult Education System (E-BAES) initiative began in early 2019, in response to a need for national research in adult education. E-BAES is led by the Open Door Collective, a program of Literacy Minnesota. A volunteer E-BAES task force, led by Eric Nesheim (Literacy Minnesota) and Margaret Patterson (Research Allies for Lifelong Learning), consists of 30+ researchers, practitioners, government officials, professional developers, and education leaders. E-BAES’ plan of action includes initial planning steps, to launch the E-BAES national network model. On the task force’s recommendation, the initiative will “start small and build” so that E-BAES’ national network model has time to grow, complete its initial projects, and conduct research that has a positive impact on practice and adult learner outcomes. (Continued at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n43RE_sPRCxaQHe27MFkIBpWYx3xQRqs/view?usp=sharing)