These pages were created by the Adult Literacy Resource Institute, which is the Greater Boston Regional Support Center of SABES, the Massachusetts System for Adult Basic Education Support.  The pages are intended to help teachers, administrators, counselors and other Massachusetts adult literacy education practitioners to learn about organizations in Massachusetts, and nationally, which provide funds, materials, support, or other resources for the adult literacy education field.  This page is organized into the following six areas:

Each area has three levels: national, state and community.  For each level there are descriptions or hyperlinks to information.

National
 

1)  The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
is a federally-funded national education information system.  Here are three ways to access ERIC:

ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education http://ericacve.org/

 

Search the ERIC database  http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/

Ask ERIC  http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu/

2) U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education
    (OVAE)    http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/

Division of Adult Education and Literacy Programs and Funding (DAEL) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/adultEd/

DAEL Clearinghouse
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/division.html

3)  National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall

4)  National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) Literacy Information and Communication Service (LINCS)  http://www.nifl.gov/lincs

Includes a directory of national and state adult literacy contacts at  http://www.nifl.gov/NSDirectory/national.htm
five comprehensive literacy-related search engines at
                 http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/search/search.html

                    and discussion lists ("listservs") at
                 http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html

State

1)  Massachusetts Department of Education (MADOE)
Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/

Common acronyms  http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/acronym.html

Curriculum Frameworks  http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/frameworks/

Guidelines for Effective Adult Education  http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/

Initiatives and Services  http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/systemci.htm

2)  System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES)  http://www.sabes.org/

Common Acronyms in Adult Education http://www.sabes.org/resources/acron.htm

3)  Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline 1-800-447-8844
     Provides information for prospective students, volunteers and others

4)  Directory of Massachusetts State Literacy Contacts
      http://novel.nifl.gov/NSDirectory/massachusetts.htm

1)  Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline 1-800-447-8844
Provides information for prospective students, volunteers and others in Boston and across Massachusetts

2)  Boston Adult Literacy Fund Literacy Facts
Includes information about literacy in Boston, Massachusetts, and the country
http://www.balf.net/

3)  Adult Literacy Resource Institute Frequently Asked Questions
http://alri.org/faq.html

4)  Higher Education Information Center (HEIC)
HEIC offers information and counseling to adults and young people who want to explore attending college.   They offer these servcies at the Boston Public library, its branches, and in community centers across the Boston region
http://www.heic.org/

National
 

1)  The Literacy List -- a regularly updated Web-based list of adult Literacy/basic education and ESOL Web sites for teachers and students, adult education electronic lists, lesson plans,  software review sites, grant information sites, Web page design tools, Web-based virtual field trips, on-line Internet training  resources, MOO's and more.  alri.org/literacylist.html

2)  National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)
Located at the Center for Applied Linguistics Web site, this features 41 download-able ERIC Digests about teaching adult ESL (arranged by topic); info about other NCLE publications and services; and a link to the ERIC system  http://www.cal.org/ncle/

3)  Literacy Information And Clearinghouse System (LINCS)   or   http://www.nifl.gov/lincs
Sponsored by the National Institute for Literacy, this is the national site.  There are also four regional sites which are linked to this site.  The regional site for Massachusetts and other New England and mid-Atlantic states is called EasternLINCS (see below)

4) American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
http://www.aaace.org/

5) Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
http://www.tesol.edu/

6)  International Reading Association (IRA)
 http://www.reading.org/

7)  Online Courses for Adult Literacy Educators

LitTeacher


http://litlink5.pbs.org/litteacher.html
 

Online Training for ESOL Teachers


ADULT EDUCATION ESL TEACHERS GUIDE
A free online survival guide for teachers who have had little or no preservice training in
teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/TeacherGuideMain
 

Online ESOL training info:

University of California at Los Angeles
http://www.onlinelearning.net

Brigham Young University
http://humanities.byu.edu/Linguistics/programs.html

Dave's ESL Cafe has a teacher training information section at" http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Teacher_Training/
(Not all of the listings have online offerings.)

For information about  teaching English online go to  http://www.colte.com/

The above information on ESOL online courses provided through the NIFL-ESL Electronic list by:

Fran Keenan
NIFL-ESL moderator
National Clearinghouse for
ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)
at the Center for Applied Linguistics

State

1)  System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES)
     http://www.sabes.org/

SABES Assessment
http://www.sabes.org/assessment/

2)  Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) http://www.mcae.net/
     Hosts annual Network conference in October or November each year

3)  Massachusetts Association of Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages
     (MATSOL) http://www.matsol.org
 

1)  Adult Literacy Resource Institute/Greater Boston SABES Regional Support Center  alri.org