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WHO'S NEW WITH CLO?
As many of you may know, Joanne Kaattari is on maternity leave with
her wonderful new son, Evan Eric Brian, who arrived on September 6.
September was quite a month for Joanne, husband Steve and big brother
Nick! Three weeks after baby arrived, they left Sudbury to move to
Barrie. So after Joanne returns from maternity leave on February 2,
the new home of CLO will be in Barrie. All the closer to those Toronto
meetings!
Meanwhile, interim Coordinator, Fiona Huebner, keeps the good ship
CLO afloat from her basement office in Sudbury. Please note the
address and phone/fax changes for your mailing list!
DATES TO WATCH
November 13-15, 1997 (Toronto)
"Literacy- the Next Page," Conference of the
Ontario Literacy Coalition. Call: 416-963-5787.
November 30 - December 5, 1997 (Toronto)
"Moving Forward - A Forum on Workplace Education,"
arranged by ABC Canada's Workplace Education Centre. Call
1-800-650-1666.
January 15-16, 1998 (Toronto)
"Linking to the Future," Conference of the
Canadian Coalition of Community Based Training. Call CCCBT at:
416-591-7151.
FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN EXAMPLE?
According to a draft report from the US-based National Center for
the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), "adult
literacy practitioners are so overworked and over regulated that many
burn out and quit, while other "fudge" their performance
figures."
This admission comes in a document prepared by a government-funded
think tank for an upcoming summit in Washington this spring. No
political fallout is expected from the adoption since it a report
intended for circulation within the field. "This is really meant
for the field to be honest with itself about our strengths and
weaknesses, where we are, where we want to go and how to get there."
says NCSALL Director, John Comings. |
