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Books, Articles, Manuals and Briefs
Bingham, B. & Bell, B. (1995). Teacher as learner: A sourcebook for participatory staff development. Knoxville TN: Tennessee Literacy Resource Center, Center for Literacy Studies.
King, J. "Facilitating inquiry-based staff development." Focus on Basics 2(C), 1998.
Lytle, S. & Cochran-Smith, M. (1992). "Teacher research as a way of knowing." Harvard Educational Review, 62: 447-474.
Spacone, R. (2002). Practitioner research as staff development: A facilitator's guide. Arlington, VA: Virginia Adult Education Research Network
www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/research
Taylor, K., & Matthews-Aydinli, J. (2006). Online professional development for adult ESL educators. Washington, DC: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition.
www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources
Journals and Magazines
Focus on Basics
www.ncsall.net
Quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL).
Rethinking Schools
www.rethinkingschools.org
An activist publication.
Radical Teacher
www.radicalteacher.org
A socialist, feminist, and antiracist journal.
Professional Development Organizations
Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
www.coabe.org
Conducts and/or sponsors professional development conferences and activities to provide staff development and advance adult education and literacy.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
www.tesol.org/s_tesol
A global professional association for English language educators who teach English as a second, foreign, or other language.Offers online courses, annual conferences, publications.
Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD)
www.aalpd.org
A national group for professional developers in adult literacy. A special interest group within COABE.
National Staff Development Council (NSDC)
www.nsdc.org
NSDC works on establishing standards for effective staff development, maintains a resource library, and sponsors conferences.
Adult Numeracy Network (ANN)
www.literacynet.org/ann
An affiliate of the National Council Teachers of Mathematics.
Online Opportunities for Staff Development
Ask CAELA: What You Need to Know About Teaching Adult ESL
www.cal.org/caela
This month's question: "What is a professional learning community and why might adult ESL practitioners want to participate in one?"
SABES Regional Support Centers
SABES' mission is staff and program development! Contact information for all six of our offices: www.sabes.org/rsc.htm
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