Grants
and Funding
Notices
of Funding Availability
http://ocd1.usda.gov/nofa.htm
Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAS) are announcements
that appear in the Federal Register printed each business
day by the United States government, inviting applications
for Federal grant programs. This page allows you to generate
a customized listing of NOFAS.
The
Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/
The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information
clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center's mission
is to foster public understanding of the foundation field
by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating
information on foundations, corporate giving, and related
subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources
include grant seekers, grant makers , researchers, policymakers,
the media, and the general public.
The
Independent Sector
http://www.independentsector.org/
A national leadership forum, working to encourage philanthropy,
volunteering, not-for-profit initiative and citizen action
that help us better serve people and communities. The
nonprofit sector's most valuable asset is the rich diversity
of its organizations, with many different visions, missions,
and voices. The leaders of these outstanding organizations
come together in Independent Sector's unique meeting ground.
Corporations, foundations and voluntary organizations
are working toward the common goal of strengthening America's
nonprofit sector. INDEPENDENT SECTOR's meeting ground
creates opportunities for important interaction and collaboration,
enabling us to speak with one voice on issues for the
common good. Technology allows us to expand the scope
of this singular meeting ground through our website.
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Family
Literacy
The
National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/
The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit
organization supporting family literacy services for families
across the United States through programming, training,
research, advocacy and dissemination. The NCFL is a nonprofit
educational organization with 501(c)(3) status headquartered
in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 1989 with a grant
from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. The success
of family literacy programs based on NCFL's model, the
organization's effective advocacy for family literacy
initiatives, and its ongoing research and training have
built NCFL's reputation. Today, the organization is known
worldwide as the leader in family literacy.
The
Even Start Family Literacy Program
http://www.evenstart.org/
The Even Start Family Literacy Program addresses the basic
educational needs of parents and children up to age eight
from low-income families by providing a unified program
of (1) adult basic or secondary education and literacy
programs for parents, (2) assistance for parents to effectively
promote their children's educational development, and
(3) early childhood education for children. Projects provide
some services directly, and build on existing community
resources by collaborating with other service providers.
Family
Literacy Resource Notebook
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/famlitnotebook/
The Ohio Literacy Resource Center offers this guide to
the development of a family literacy program Family
Literacy Resource Notebook, authored by Connie Sapin
Assistant Director Ohio Literacy Resource Center and Nancy
D. Padak, Ed.D. Professor of Education Kent State University
1998. (This notebook can only be viewed using the Acrobat
Reader. This is a free program and the site has links
for downloading the software.)
The
Barbara Bush Foundation
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/
The Barbara Bush Foundation was founded March 6, 1989
by Mrs. George Bush, Honorary Chairman. A total of almost
$8 million awarded in 10 national grant competitions,
as well as grant competitions in Texas and Maine. Funded
262 Family Literacy Programs in 44 different States
Family
Literacy and Reading Excellence (FLaRE) Center
http://ucfed.ucf.edu/flare/
The mission of the Family Literacy and Reading Excellence
(FLaRE) Center is to support the Florida Department of
Education in its statewide implementation of the Florida
Reading Initiatives by functioning as a principal informational
delivery mechanism for improving the early literacy and
reading instruction to children and families across the
state of Florida. The Center will serve as: 1) an information
clearinghouse for scientifically based reading and family;
2) literacy research; 3) a lighthouse for disseminating
information on successful projects; 4) a research/development
center to document effective practices based on rigorous
research methods; 5) a development center for preservice
and inservice teacher training; 6) a linkage for school
districts, IHEs, community organizations that have a vested
interest in family literacy and reading excellence.
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Build Literacy
www.buildliteracy.org
This website, was launched on June 17, 2001 at the American Library
Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco, California. Buildliteracy.org
is an interactive how-to web site for building and sustaining literacy
coalitions. Although is has a library focus it is not exclusively for libraries.
The content of the site is relevant to any person, group or organization
interested in literacy coalition building. the intro to this site is a short
survey to which the sponsors would appreciate visitors, responding. Buildliteracy.org
answers Frequently Asked Question about adult literacy, libraries, and
coalitions. The site features sections on coalition building, profiles of
existing literacy @ your library. Buildliteracy.org is designed to be
field-based, user-friendly and dynamic.
Literacy
and Adult Education Resource Centers: National
National
Institute for Literacy Discussion Lists
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html
The National Institute for Literacy’s online discussion
lists provide opportunity for those in the field to discuss
critical issues, share resources and ask questions of
literacy experts.
Internet
Directory of Literacy and Adult Education Resources
http://archon.educ.kent.edu/Midwest/Resc/Litdir/
This directory was designed to help literacy practitioners
access information that will help them in their work.
The intent isn't to provide an all-inclusive list of Internet
resources that might have something to do with education,
but to highlight some of the best sites for the adult
literacy field.
The
National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL)
http://literacy.org/ncal.html
The mission of NCAL is to (a) improve understanding of
adult learners and their learning, (b) foster innovation
and increase effectiveness in adult basic education and
literacy work, and (c) expand access to information and
build capacity for adult literacy service provision.
National
Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
http://www.ncsall.net
The goal of NCSALL is to help the field of adult basic
education define a comprehensive research agenda; to pursue
basic and applied research under that agenda; to build
partnerships between researchers and practitioners; and
to disseminate research and best practices to practitioners,
scholars, and policy makers.
National
Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/
The National Institute for Literacy will advance the nation's
agenda with special emphasis given to building public
consensus and policy, monitoring programs, sponsoring
promising initiatives, disseminating valid information
on programs and research pertinent to literacy, and building
interagency collaboration at the Federal and State levels.
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Literacy
and Adult Education Resources: Florida
Region
III Adult Literacy Center
http://www.regioniiiadultliteracycenter.org/regioniii/
Information and news about activities conducted under
the auspices of the Region III Adult Literacy Center.
Region
IV Adult Literacy Center
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/regioniv/rtc_&_literacy_centers/literacy.htm
Region
V Adult Literacy Center
http://www.pbcliteracy.org/regionv.htm
The Region V Adult Literacy Center, funded by the Florida
Department of Education, assists in enhancing, improving
and expanding
adult education/literacy programs and services for under-educated
and/or educationally disadvantaged adults ages 16 and
over.
Florida
Literacy Coalition
http://www.floridaliteracy.org
The Florida Literacy Coalition encompasses a network of
over 200 Literacy Providers. Approximately 95% of our
total revenues directly and indirectly benefit Adult Education
and Family Literacy in Florida through our programs and
services. We provide current and accurate information
to prospective adult students and volunteers about literacy
programs available throughout the state, promote awareness
of literacy to the public, and provide current and relevant
information and resources to those who provide literacy
instruction.
Online Reading Resource
The Literacy Essentials and
Reading Network (LEaRN) website is funded by Just Read,
Florida! and was developed by the North East Florida
Educational Consortium. LEaRN provides short video clips
of effective and research-proven reading instruction in
Florida classrooms.
Part of the Just Read, Florida! website, LEaRN at
http://www.justreadflorida.com/LEaRN/ focuses on the
practice of teaching reading through information and
visible teaching examples that are directly applicable
to classroom activities
The following segments are now available on the website:
phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
vocabulary and comprehension.
WEB SITES FOR
READING, WRITING, AND MATH READING COMPREHENSION SITES
1.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/Palmasola/rcmi1.htm
This is an
excellent web site that teaches the reader how to look
for the main idea in a passage, and follows the examples
with plenty of practice exercises. It is for kids but
you might look at it to get ideas and examples to use
with your student.
The home site
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/index.htm)
has other lessons on various other subjects in math,
reading, and writing.
2.
http://www.cerritos.edu/reading/tutorials.htm
This web site is
great for showing what the main idea of a paragraph is
but explanation is written for high school level
students. The lesson does give a lot of practice on the
site. Also a lesson on vocabulary in context is
presented.
3.
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
This is a web site
that is hosted by CNN and features current stories and
video for beginning adult readers. The story has 2
reading levels and has practice exercises for
comprehension and vocabulary.
WRITING WEB
SITES
1.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml
Every-day Edits is
a web site that is good for helping students to improve
their proof reading skills. These short articles have 10
mistakes in them that the student will need to find and
correct. These mistakes are errors that writers commonly
make in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
grammar.
2.
http://www.quia.com/pages/gedstudy.html
Here's your chance to practice spelling the most
misspelled words on the GED test. These exercises are in
a hangman game format.
3.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm A
guide to grammar and writing. For the very advance
student. Has practice exercises and quizzes.
MATHMATHICS WEB
SITES
1.
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/
This web site has
web lessons on math, social studies, history, science
and language arts. It is a site for children but some of
the lessons aren’t too kiddy and are excellent for
explaining some of tougher math skills.
2.
http://literacy.kent.edu/illinois/illearners1.htm
This web page
contains several links for math web sites.
3.
http://www.mvaea.com/casio.html
Lessons and
practice exercises from the Missouri Valley Adult
Education Association for teaching use of the Casio
fx-260 calculator. The lessons are in Adobe PDF format
or text version for instructors' use.
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Government
Division of Community Colleges and Florida
Workforce Development
http://www.firn.edu/doe/workforce
Guidelines and forms for state administered adult education,
vocational and literacy grants. The Division of Workforce
Development will develop standards and benchmarks, allocate
resources, provide technical assistance, and assess system
performance based on high levels of student achievement,
a safe learning environment and the continuous self sufficiency
of all Floridians.
Florida
Department of State, Division of Library and Information
Services
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index.cfm
This site provides electronic
access to forms and guidelines for the Library Services
and Technology Act grants. This includes documents containing
the guidelines and application forms for the grant programs
administered by the Division of Library and Information
Services. For each grant program there is a complete Guidelines
and Application Package available as well as appropriate
forms for filing the required reports. Documents may be
copied to your local system where they can be printed
for your use.
Literacy
Section (State Library of Florida)
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/bld/Literacy/BLD_literacy_index.html
Florida public libraries have played a vital role in developing
adult and family literacy programs. Through networking
and partnering with community organizations, adult and
family literacy programs are reaching an array of citizens
whose needs have not been met by traditional means. The
Division of Library and Information Services (State Library)
supports these local efforts by providing grants, training
opportunities, and technical assistance.
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Websites
for Educators
Adult
Basic Education Florida
http://abeflorida.org/
This site is essential for Adult Ed teachers. It has copies
of the Frameworks, Resource Guide, Assessment Guide, plus
online resources and tutorials. Bookmark this site so
you can find it easily.
Literacy
Cyberspace - OWCC
http://literacy.owcc.net
This site has been created to help learners improve their
reading, writing, and math skills. They will also find
information on how to get and keep a job. In addition,
a directory is available to assist them in finding community
resources. The Literacy CyberSpace project currently serves
all fifteen (15) Region 1 counties in the Northwest Panhandle
of Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden,
Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa
Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington.
This
Day
in History
http://www.historychannel.com/today
http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory
These
sites give short comments about what happened on this date
in history.
Merriam-Webster
OnLine - Dictionary - Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com/
This takes you to the Merriam Webster site that gives
you a word of the day. It defines it and talks about its
origins. It also has a link to a word puzzle of the day.
Some of these are challenging, but higher-level students
could be encouraged to visit this site regularly.
Black
Facts Online
http://www.blackfacts.com/
This site gives you a fact for what happened on the current
date in Black History. It also allows you to put in any
date or a word to search by to find other information.
Most short comments have a button to click for more information.
Figure
This
http://www.figurethis.org/index40.htm
This website offers a math challenge that involves some
thinking skills, as well as, math. This could be another
site to encourage students to check out regularly. There
is also a family corner that shows parents who are not
confident in their math how to help their children.
Florida Memory
Project
The Florida Memory
Project, at
http://www.floridamemory.com/,
online exhibit of over 300,000 photographs and documents
from the collections of the Florida State Archives; the
Florida Memory Project is a part of the Florida
Electronic Library,
http://www.flelibrary.org/.
Below is a list of the five components of the project:
The Florida
Photographic Collection: spans a wide range of images
from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current
photographs
The Online Classroom
Highlights of Florida
History
Collections: includes
selected historical and genealogical collections, which
includes the Florida Constitutions of 1838, 1861, 1865,
1868, and 1885 with images of the original documents.
Timeline: an
interactive timeline of people and events featured on
the Florida Memory Site.
Improving
Measurement and Geometry Skills
This
web site,
http://images.rbs.org/,
contains information and resources that are designed to
help teachers develop a deeper understanding of geometry
and measurement concepts. Information can be adapted to
use with adults. Strategies, activities, lesson plans
and resources are available. Some of the information
that can be adapted for adults include the lessons on
perimeter, polygons, estimation and measurement, nets
and polyhedrons, and reflections and glide reflections.
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Adults with
Disabilities
Assistive
Technology Solutions Woodlake Technology
http://www.woodlaketechnologies.com/
Assistive Technology Educational Network
http://www.aten.scps.k12.fl.us/
Basic Skills Software
http://www.humboldt1.com/~hope4all/
Disabilities & Computing
http://www.dcp.ucla.edu/
Disabilities Studies and Services Center
http://www.dssc.org/
Florida's Bridges to Practice
http://www.floridatechnet.org/bridges/
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Learning Disabilities
National Center for
Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/
Learning
Disabilities Online
http://www.ldonline.org/
Learning
Disabilities Association
www.ldanatl.org
Council for
Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org/
International
Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/resources/community/links_lit_special.html
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Dyslexia Resources
International
Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org
The Dyslexia
Institute
http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/
Dyslexia Online
http://www.audiblox2000.com/dyslexia_dyslexic/dyslexia.htm
Dyslexia Teacher
http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/
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ESOL
Florida
Adult ESOL
http://www.floridaadultesol.org/
Florida
TechNet Living Library ESOL
http://www.floridatechnet.org/lib-esol.asp
ESL
teacher's guide 195 pages with lesson plans - beginning
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/esl_teachers_guide.pdf
Center
for Adult English Language Acquisition
Working With Literacy-Level Adult English Language Learners
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/litQA.html
literacy level learners
Center
for Adult English Language Acquisition
Literacy Level Learner Resources
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/literacy.html
1-Language
Resources
http://www.1-language.com/
BBC
Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
English
Club
http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm
Virginia
Adult Learning Resource Center ESOL
http://www.valrc.org/esol/
Help!
They Don't Speak English Starter Kit
http://escort.org/?q=node/149
TEFL
Network for Teachers
http://www.tefl.net/
ESL Volunteer Guide from Colorado State University
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/esl/
What
Works for Adult ESL Students
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=189
Educator's
Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Foreign_Language/English_Second_Language
Online
Writing Lab: English as a Second Language (ESL) Resources,
Handouts and Exercises
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html
The
Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/ - TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL
Links
http://iteslj.org/links/
One
Stop English
http://www.onestopenglish.com/
Breaking
News ESOL lessons
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
Writing
Lesson Plans
http://esl.about.com/od/writinglessonplans/Writing_Lesson_Plans_for_English_Learners_at_All_Levels.htm
Learn
English Online
http://www.learn-english-online.org/
ESL
Resource Center
http://eslus.com/eslcenter.htm
Story
Corps - recorded life stories
http://storycorps.net/
Florida
Electronic Library - materials you can adapt
http://www.flelibrary.org/
Dave's
ESL Café
http://daveseslcafe.com/
The
Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/
ESL
Links from About
http://esl.about.com/od/esleflsites/
English/Spanish
for beginners
http://www.pumarosa.com
Health
Literacy
http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/
Absolute
Beginner English
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/blabsolute_intro.htm
English
to Go for Teachers and Students
http://www.english-to-go.com/
ESL
Lesson Plans links
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/EnglishP/esllesson/
Online
Lesson and Resources
http://www.englishpage.com/
English
Language Guide with interface available in 12 languages
http://www.languageguide.org/english/
English
Online and links
http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/audio.htm
English,
Baby - Movies and Music to Learn English
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/today
English
Exercises Online
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Writing/
http://iteslj.org/links/
E.S.O.L.
Starter kit
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/ESLKit/ESLKit_2002.pdf
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Financial Literacy
Money
Management and Home Buying
The Money
Management and Home-Buying Readiness sourcebook at
http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/esol_abe/
is designed for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English
to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) literacy providers
who are interested in implementing a home-buying
readiness project. This information can be adapted to
meet individual student needs.
Online
Financial Literacy Resources
http://www.fldfs.com/Consumers/publications.htm
http://www.bos.frb.org/education/econedpubs.htm
http://www.addsup.org
http://www.financiallit.org/dnt/downloads.htm
http://www.jumpstart.org
http://www.jumpstart.org/search1.html
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
http://www.youthbuild.org/members/login/nefe.html
http://www.womenwork.org/mmw/index.html
http://www.mymoney.gov/
http://www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.html
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Black History
Florida
Commissioner's Taskforce on African American History
http://www.afroamfl.com/
Select African
American History
http://memory.loc.gov/
Encyclopedia
Britannica’s lesson plans
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/
Remembering the
Past Celebrating the Future
http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/index.html
Patchwork of
African American Life
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Florida Then & Now
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/lessons.htm
Africans in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Buffalo Soldiers
http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buf4.html
The Portsmouth, NH
Black Elders
http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/elders.html
The Image of Black:
Discovering the Hidden History
http://www.theimageofblack.co.uk
Tuskegee Tragedy
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/tuskegee_quest.html
A Black History
Treasure Hunt
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_black_history_101.shtml
Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson252.shtml
African American
Themes
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/mlk.shtml
Florida
Highwaymen-African American Artists
http://www.hungerfordelem.ocps.net/410.htm
Black Facts Online
http://www.blackfacts.com/
The
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC: A Library of Congress Resource
Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
The History Channel
– Black History Month
http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory
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