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Davis, Margaret, Ed.; O'Brien, Maryann, Ed. – 1990
This publication is intended for mainstream teachers and school administrators involved in the education of language minority students, and describes professional competencies necessary to capitalize on the linguistic and cultural strengths inherent in a culturally diverse population. The materials included are designed for both training and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Cultural Differences
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Adult and Continuing Education Program Development. – 1990
This guidebook is based on telephone interviews, conducted in April and May 1989, with the staff of 19 homeless shelters in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee, site visits at eight New York State shelter programs, and a review of the research on literacy training for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Homeless People
Weinstein-Shr, Gail – 1988
Project LEIF (Learning English through Intergenerational Friendship) is a program begun in 1985 in which an intergenerational core of tutors was trained to teach English to refugees in the Philadelphia area. The program has since expanded and been replicated in four other cities. This manual is intended to help those individuals or groups…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Immigrants
