Resources

Management Competencies and Sample Performance Indicators Tool (pdf)

This piece was discussed at the fall conference and is now available online. The document is posted in its entirety. The management competencies and sample performance indicators begin on page 20.

OVAE Creates Website to Serve Community College Students

The Department of Education's Office of Vocational Adult Education (OVAE) has created a Web site to serve as a source of information and resources for the community college community. Information on funds appropriated to OVAE under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, as well as other funds allotted to OVAE, are posted on the site.

The site also includes exemplary community college programs, OVAE projects, Perkins and Adult Education legislative information, and transcripts of community college-related speeches delivered by Department officials.

Management Competencies and Sample Performance Indicators Tool

This piece discussed at the fall conference is now available online. The document is posted in its entirety. The management competencies and sample performance indicators begin on page 20.

GED Prep Marketing Kit

Get ready-to-use materials that your local media can put into action to make your job easier and the marketing you do more effective. This module is a companion-training component to the Statewide GED Preparation Marketing Kit.

Advocacy efforts in adult education

Building Advocacy at the State level: A Conversation with David Rosen

Learn more about the online session with David by visiting the sites recommended below or listening to the archived Wimba session, Building Advocacy at the State Level.

The discussion included the following information:

• State ABE funding report
• Experience with advocacy in Massachusetts. The state went from $800,000 in state funding in 1983 to over $30 million (plus $10 million federal) today.
• Practitioners' meeting and learning to trust each other
• State-level committees that meet regularly to plan and conduct campaigns, and organize activities like postcard campaigns, meet-and-greets, state-house visits, and advocacy workshops at state conferences
• A multi-year campaign model

Resource suggestions by David Rosen:

• Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki
• Adult Education Public Policy Advocacy Nationally and in the States
• A Visit to the State House by members of the ESL 5 morning class Community Learning Center, Cambridge, MA

ICCB Excellence in Adult Education

Provided by the Illinois Community College Board, the Web site is a resource for adult education instructors and includes a statewide calendar of events.

Grant opportunities

Philanthropy News Digest, a service of the Foundation Center, offers information on new grants, who has received recent grants, and the chance to sign up for an e-mail newsletter.

Grants Alert.com lists grants by the type of entity providing the grant or by interest areas. An option to register for an e-mail update newsletter is also provided.

Fundsnet Services Online provides a fundraising and grant directory.

U.S. Department of Education is the source for information about the federal grants issued to the states.

Tech Soup is a good source for learning about non/low cost technology software and hardware for nonprofits.

GuideStar is a site that requires free registration. It not only offers ideas and information about grants, but also allows for the creation of an organizational profile to use when approaching funders.

The Federal Register provides information on all current government grants arranged by governmental department. For those relating to education, scroll down to the Education Department heading.

Seliger + Associates provides comprehensive grant writing, grant source research, and related services for public and nonprofit agencies. Subscribe to their free newsletter for alerts on highlighted grants.