Kentucky Adult Educator's  Literacy Institute
      
Answering the Call for Adult Literacy in Kentucky

Adult Literacy and Basic Education Professional Organizations
International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/ 
The International Reading Association is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit.
Kentucky Department of Adult Education and Literacy http://www.kycwd.org/dael/ 
Mission Statement:  To provide leadership and support for an education system that enables adult Kentuckians to acquire essential skills that promote economic vitality and improve the quality of life.
LINCS http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/index.html
LINCS is the literacy community's gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet. The goal of LINCS is to bring adult literacy-related resources and expertise to a single point of access for users throughout the world.
National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/about_nifl.html 
NIFL's goal is to ensure that all Americans with literacy needs have access to services that can help them gain the basic skills necessary for success in the workplace, family, and community in the 21st century.
NOTE:  Be sure to check out the publications webpage and Hot Topics.       
Adult Literacy Action http://www.adultliteracy.org/ 
The mission of Adult Literacy Action (ALA) of Penn State Beaver is to foster literacy for all people and to provide literacy instruction to undereducated adults so they may acquire the basic skills necessary to function in society.
The Adult Literacy and Technology Network http://www.altn.org/about.html 
Mission Statement: To provide leadership in the application and use of technology to enhance international adult literacy by means of conferences, training, technical assistance and communication media.
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/ 
The theme that unifies the research and dissemination strategies of NCSALL's five-year effort, which began in 1996, is improvement of the quality of practice in educational programs that serve adult learners.
National Assessments of Adult Literacy  http://nces.ed.gov/naal/ 
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a nationally representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy skills of American adults.
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) Homepage 		 http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ 
We support a wide range of policies, programs, and activities that help young people and adults obtain the knowledge and skills they need to prepare for postsecondary education, successful careers and productive lives. The OVAE gateway includes access to information, research and resources to help students become lifelong learners and make the most of their education, their careers, and their individual human potential.
Literacy Volunteers of America http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/home/index.htm 
Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (LVA) is a fully integrated national network of local, state, and regional literacy providers that give adults and their families the opportunity to acquire skills to be effective in their roles as members of their families, communities, and workplaces.
National Center on Adult Literacy http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/ncal.html 
NCAL's mission incorporates three primary goals:
bullet to improve understanding of youth and adult learning,
bullet to foster innovation and increase effectiveness in youth and adult basic education and literacy work, and
bullet to expand access to information and build capacity for literacy and basic skills service provision.

NOTE:  Check out literacy resources.  
National Center for Family Literacy http://www.famlit.org/ 
The National Center for Family Literacy will:
Provide leadership for family literacy development nationwide.
Promote policies at the national and state level to support family literacy.
Design, develop and demonstrate new family literacy practices that address the needs of families in a changing social, economic and political landscape.
Deliver high quality, dynamic, research-based training, staff development and technical assistance.
Conduct research to expand the knowledge base of family literacy.
Create and support systems which will help sustain family literacy programs.
The Adult Literacy Resource Institute  http://www.alri.org/ 
The Adult Literacy Resource Institute (A.L.R.I.) is a program and staff development center for adult literacy / basic education and English for speakers of other languages programs in the Greater Boston area.
Laubach Literacy http://www.laubach.org/ 
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