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Lieshoff, Sylvia Cobos; Aguilar, Noemi; McShane, Susan; Burt, Miriam; Peyton, Joy Kreeft; Terrill, Lynda; Van Duzer, Carol – National Center for Family Literacy, 2004
This document is designed to give support to adult education and family literacy instructors who are new to serving adult English language learners and their families in rural, urban, and faith- and community-based programs. The Toolkit is designed to have a positive impact on the teaching and learning in these programs. The results of two…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Parent Education, Limited English Speaking, English (Second Language)
Elliott, Cynthia Ann – 1984
In response to the growing Hispanic population in Dade County Florida and the resultant need for the English-speaking businessperson to be conversant in Spanish, Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) developed and produced a non-traditional, conversational approach to Spanish instruction. In Miami, where Hispanics account for almost 60% of the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business Skills, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Download full textLewis, Magdalena C. – 1993
The Padres a la escuela (PAE) or Parents in the School program in San Antonio (Texas) encouraged the participation of Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The successes of the PAE program are used in this guidebook to help parents, program staff, and policy makers in similar efforts. This handbook describes the history,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Curiel, Herman – 1988
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 (also know as Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) recognized that the educational needs of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students could not be met by traditional, English-only instruction. This legislation provided funding to state education agencies and local school districts to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Educational Legislation
Ross, Eva – 1982
Designed for use by vocational counselors with parents of junior high students, this handbook includes activities written in English and Spanish covering parental influence in vocational choices. The first of three sections discusses increasing parental involvement in vocational education. Section II begins with advice for implementation of such a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Career Choice, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedGilroy, Marilyn, Ed.; Duggan, Amelia, Ed. – Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 1996
This document consists of all of volume 6 (26 issues) of the serial "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal which addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents four feature articles, a policy update called "Outlook on Washington" and several opinion pieces. Feature…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
