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Contents 1 David J. Rosen 2 Jackie Taylor 3 Marie Cora 4 Janet Isserlis 5 Marian Thacher 6 Erik Jacobson 7 George Demetrion 8 Charlie Herbert 9 Julie McKinney 10 Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson 11 Mariann Fedele 12 Roberta McKnight 13 Debbie Yoho 14 Dennis Porter 15 Bruce Carmel 16 Jennifer Rafferty 17 Michele Craig 18 Eric Appleton 19 Chris Badger 20 Howard Dooley 21 Sue Snider 22 Brenda Cousins 23 Jean Marrapodi 24 Jo Maralit 25 Judith Sotir 26 Esther D. Leonelli 27 Laura Sargent 28 Stephanie Korber 29 Valley Peters 30 Elizabeth Walcot-Gayda 31 Martha A. Lane 32 Kelli Sandman-Hurley 33 Nancy Friday 34 Pauline McNaughton 35 Colleen Shaughnessy 36 Eunice Snay 37 Harold Smith 38 Kenny Tamarkin 39 Janice M. Sapp 40 Alex Quinn 41 Gina Lobaccaro 42 Barb Sabaj 43 M Cecil Smith 44 Robert Keegan 45 Jeff Bright 46 JeJe Barrett 47 Barbara Krol-Sinclair 48 Karisa Tashjian 49 Deb Almeida 50 Cynthia Zafft 51 Aaron Kohring 52 Liz O'Connor 53 Linda Henderson 54 Stan Ashlock 55 Stacey Downey 56 Carlos Aguilar 57 Kaye Beall 58 Diane Merkel 59 Alden Field 60 Stan Dennett 61 Catherine Rifkin 62 John Benseman 63 Audrey Gonzales 64 Shannon Young 65 Nancy McKeand 66 Brad L. Teague 67 Sandy Tosti 68 Ryan Hall 69 Bill Muth 70 Linda L. West 71 Geo LeGeros 72 Joan B. Luebbe 73 Louise Santacroce 74 Sallie Garrett 75 Amy Trawick 76 Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt 77 Raissa Reimer 78 Lisa Lueck 79 Wendy Hanna 80 Maile Broccoli-Hickey 81 Frank Gerdeman 82 Tonya Crum 83 Betsy Wolff 84 Paul Rogers 85 Nell Eckersley 86 Joyce Bogdan 87 Shirley Lawrence

David J. Rosen

ALE Wiki Organizer and Topic Leader for Technology, Public Policy and Evidence Based Adult Education  topics. For more information select David J. Rosen.

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Jackie Taylor

Topic Leader for Adult Literacy Professional Development and Accountability. For more information select Jackie Taylor.

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Marie Cora

Topic Leader, Assessment Information For more information select Marie Cora.

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Janet Isserlis

Topic Leader Family_Literacy For more information select   Janet Isserlis.

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Marian Thacher

Sub-topic Leader,Distance_and_Persistence For more information select Marian Thacher.

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Erik Jacobson

Topic Leader, Developing Professional Wisdom and Research, Learner Persistence, , Participatory and Emancipatory Education and World Literacy and Nonformal Education. For more information select Erik Jacobson.

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George Demetrion

Topic Leader, Evidence Based Adult Education and Curriculum Development For more information select George Demetrion.

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Charlie Herbert

Associate Coordinator of Workforce Development, Community Planning, and Organizational Development for the Massachusetts System of Adult Basic Education Support Western Regional Support Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. For more information select Charlie Herbert.

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Julie McKinney

Topic Leader for Health Literacy. For more information, select   Julie McKinney.

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Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson

Program Specialist at the Texas Workforce Commission, Division of Workforce Development. For more information select Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson.

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Mariann Fedele

Director of CALPRO, adult education professional development agency for California.. For more information select Mariann Fedele.

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Roberta McKnight

Healthcare Multimedia Design, http://www.hcmmdesign.net rkmcknight@comcast.net For more information select Roberta McKnight.

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Debbie Yoho

Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council, Columbia, SC. For more information select Debbie Yoho.

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Dennis Porter

CSU Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International Education For more information select Dennis Porter.

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Bruce Carmel

Deputy Executive Director of Educational Services, Turning Point--in Brooklyn NY. For more information select Bruce Carmel.

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Jennifer Rafferty

For more information select Jennifer Rafferty.

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Michele Craig

ABE/GED Program Coordinator and Teacher For more information select Michele Craig.

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Eric Appleton

GED Teacher For more information select Eric Appleton

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Chris Badger

ABE Teacher, Chateaugay Correctional Facility For more information select Chris Badger.

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Howard Dooley

Director of Program Accountability, Project RIRAL For more information select   Howard Dooley.

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Sue Snider

ALE GED Research Area Coordinator; Coordinator, Southwest Professional Development Center, (SWPDC) For more information select   Sue Snider.

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Brenda Cousins

For more information select   Brenda Cousins.

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Jean Marrapodi

For more information select   Jean Marrapodi.

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Jo Maralit

For more information select   Jo Maralit.

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Judith Sotir

AELC, Waubonsee Community College, Aurora IL 60506 For more information select Judith Sotir.

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Esther D. Leonelli

Topic Co-Leader,Numeracy_Research_and_Practice For more information select   Esther D. Leonelli.

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Laura Sargent

For more information select   Laura Sargent.

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Stephanie Korber

Program Manager for Learning Differences and Youth Initiative For more information select   Stephanie Korber.

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Valley Peters

Director of Adult Services For more information select   Valley Peters.

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Elizabeth Walcot-Gayda

Researcher at the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec,CA For more information, select Elizabeth Walcot-Gayda.

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Martha A. Lane

Director of Information Services & Special Projects

United Methodist Cooperative Ministries/Suncoast, Inc., Clearwater, FL. For more information contact Martha A. Lane.

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Kelli Sandman-Hurley

For more information select Kelli Sandman-Hurley

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Nancy Friday

For more information select Nancy Friday.

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Pauline McNaughton

For more information select Pauline McNaughton.

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Colleen Shaughnessy

For more information select Colleen Shaughnessy.

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Eunice Snay

For more information select Eunice Snay.

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Harold Smith

For more information select Harold Smith.

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Kenny Tamarkin

For more information select Kenny Tamarkin.

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Janice M. Sapp

For more information select Janice M. Sapp.

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Alex Quinn

For more information select Alex Quinn.

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Gina Lobaccaro

ALE Wiki Area Leader, Correctional Education. For more information select Gina Lobaccaro.

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Barb Sabaj

Technology Coordinator District 214 Community Education

Part-Time Consultant for the ALRC, Des Plaines, IL GED Illinois Online Professional Development Team For more information select Barb Sabaj.

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M Cecil Smith

Professor of Educational Psychology Northern Illinois University For more information select M Cecil Smith.

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Robert Keegan

GED/ABE Instructor. For more information select Robert Keegan.

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Jeff Bright

Dean, Adult Education and Workforce Services, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL

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JeJe Barrett

ABE/GED Instructor/MIS Coordinator. For more information select JeJe Barrett.

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Barbara Krol-Sinclair

Director, Intergenerational Literacy Program, Chelsea, MA

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Karisa Tashjian

Civics and Technology Coordinator, Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative. For more information select Karisa Tashjian.

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Deb Almeida

ABE/GED Instructor/SER-Jobs for Progress. For more information select Deb Almeida.

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Cynthia Zafft

Topic Leader for Transition_to_College. For more information select Cynthia Zafft.

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Aaron Kohring

Topic Leader for Standards. For more information select Aaron Kohring.

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Liz O'Connor

Consultant For more information select Liz O'Connor

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Linda Henderson

ELL Specialist Grades K-5 For more information select Linda Henderson

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Stan Ashlock

Director, Central Region GREAT Center
The Central Region GREAT Center provides professional development to adult education programs throughout Central Texas.

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Stacey Downey

Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Adult and Family Education
Washington, DC
Topic Area Leader for Action Research For more information select Stacey Downey

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Carlos Aguilar

CIT Department, Tomball, Texas
I am currently experimenting with this technology and want to explore other free available technologies on line.

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Kaye Beall

Outreach Coordinator, National Center for Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

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Diane Merkel

ABE/GED Distance Learning Course Developer ~ Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, Florida
Web-based Training Facilitator ~ www.floridatechnet.org

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Alden Field

For more information select Alden Field

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Stan Dennett

Teacher-Aide/ITA Supervisor at Homestead Correctional Institution For more information select Stan Dennett

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Catherine Rifkin

For more information select Catherine Rifkin

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John Benseman

Adult literacy researcher and evaluator, University of Auckland, New Zealand For more information select John Benseman

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Audrey Gonzales

Community Based English Tutoring Resource Teacher for the Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) in San Diego, CA For more information select Audrey Gonzales

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Shannon Young

I'm the Program Manager at the Support Center for Project IDEAL http://projectideal.org, a consortium of states working to develop distance education programs for ABE, ASE, and ESOL learners. For more information select Shannon Young

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Nancy McKeand

For information select Nancy McKeand.

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Brad L. Teague

I am a doctoral student in the Language, Literacy, & Culture program at Vanderbilt University. I am interested in sociocultural, participatory, and critical approaches to adult second language and literacy learning. Feel free to send me an email at: brad.l.teague@vanderbilt.edu.

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Sandy Tosti

I am Program Manager for the Literacy division within the Solano County Library in California. We provide services in adult literacy, ESL, family literacy, and pediatric literacy. I am especially interested in Best Practices and innovative ways for recruiting and retaining volunteer tutors.

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Ryan Hall

Topic Leader for Women and Literacy. For more information select Ryan Hall.

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Bill Muth

I am an Assistant Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to that, served as reading teacher, ABE coordinator, literacy director with the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. Interests include applications of prison-based family literacy, reading components, and Thirdspace theory to correctional education practices.

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Linda L. West

I am now retired after fifteen years with California Adult Education's Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN). I continue to work part-time for OTAN as an Archives and Information Specialist. Before I worked at OTAN, I taught in and coordinated ESL and Vocational ESL programs, wrote curriculum, and participated in state-wide staff development efforts. I am interested in following contributions to the wiki in the areas of learner persistence, reading, and workplace education.

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Geo LeGeros

Metro Community College Instructor of Lifeskills classes (Relationships, Parenting, Cognitive Thinking, and Pre-Release) as well as math in the GED/ABE program at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. My main interests are in innovative ways to inspire and motivate students in a correctional setting.

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Joan B. Luebbe

Coordinator of Adult Education for Central Florida Community College - Levy Center. I am on a research committee for a Florida DOE Practitioner's Task Force. This wiki is one of the practical and current resources we are recommending for family or household literacy practitioners' use. I am most interested in recruitment, learner persistence and transition to college.

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Louise Santacroce

I am a volunteer for Union County (NJ) LVA.

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Sallie Garrett

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Amy Trawick

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Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

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Raissa Reimer

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Lisa Lueck

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Wendy Hanna

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Maile Broccoli-Hickey

Founder and Executive Director, English at Work For more information select Maile Broccoli-Hickey.

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Frank Gerdeman

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Tonya Crum

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Betsy Wolff

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Paul Rogers

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Nell Eckersley

Adult Student Information and Technical Support Operations Coordinator at the Literacy Assistance Center and Moderator of the National Institute for Literacy Technology and Literacy discussion list. For more information select Nell Eckersley.

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Joyce Bogdan

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Shirley Lawrence

Owner and Founder of Educational Relevance--Professional Development Services; Adjunct Professor Monroe Community College Rochester New Teaching Developmental Reading Strategies; Literacy Specialist.

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