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Professional and Literacy Information and Organizations

Florida Department of Education
http://www.firn.edu/doe/

The Florida Literacy Coalition
http://www.floridaliteracy.org

US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

National Center for Educational Statistics
Find information about and locate all NCES publications and data products. You may also browse the content of publications or download data files.
http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/index.asp


To follow legislative bills and other governmental activities:

Access to Florida Government:
Find quick links to Online Sunshine, State of Florida Agencies, Committees, Commissions, and a Florida Search for government information.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm

ACE of Florida, Inc. (ACE)
ACE has the latest news in adult and community education including the ACE Report Online and the ACE Helpdesk which includes a Toolbox, Hotline, Reference Desk, and an Ask the Helpdesk feature.
http://www.aceofflorida.org

ACENET
In 1986, leaders in adult and community education in the state of Florida under the direction of the Bureau of Adult and Community Education created a service that would enable educators to share information about programs and processes that were particularly noteworthy or that deserved both recognition and adoption statewide. This service became known as the Florida Adult and Community Education Network (ACENET).
http://www.fau.edu/divdept/coe/acenet/acenet.htm

Thirteen Ed Online - Adult Ed
Adult literacy and GED resources and services for educators and students.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/adulted/

American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
Check the current and back-issues of Online, News and Notes and Professional Tips, receive policy issue abstracts, conference and meeting information as well as membership information.
http://www.albany.edu/aaace/index.html

American Vocational Association (AVA)
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
http://www.avaonline.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Find their education journal, professional development opportunities, career resource, video clips, and more.
http://www.ascd.org

Florida Association of School Administrators (FAISA)
Learn the latest on FAISA's activities and the legislature. Be sure to visit the FASA news archive.
http://www.fasa.net/

International Literacy Institute (ILI): Literacy Online
Included on this site are: descriptions of upcoming conferences and workshops regarding literacy; information about current ILI projects; ILI publications including Literacy innovation as well as other articles and reports; and links to other resources for the international literacy community.
http://www.literacyonline.org/ili.html

Listserv for Florida's Adult Education teachers
ABE@ACE-Leon.org
(To join send a message to ABE-request@ACE-Leon.org containing only the word "subscribe", no quotation marks)

MetroBoston Community-Wide Education and Information Service (MBCWEIS)
At MBCWEIS, find resources for adult students and for teachers of adult students, including reviews of literacy/adult education web sites in "Adult Education Webliography."
http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/mbcweisHome.html

The National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL)
The NCAL server provides users with the information produced by NCAL, including an electronic version of their newsletter and upcoming literacy events. The user can also access reviews of literacy software, and link to the International Literacy Institute, the Literacy Research Center, and other literacy organizations.
http://www.literacyonline.org/

National Center for Family Literacy
NCFL is a non-profit organization supporting family literacy services through programming, training, research, advocacy and dissemination, a family forum, a newsletter, information materials, and welfare reform information.
http://www.famlit.org

National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)
The goal of NCSALL is to help the field of adult basic education define a comprehensive research agenda; to pursue basic and applied research under that agenda; to build partnerships between researchers and practitioners; and to disseminate research and best practices to practitioners, scholars, and policy makers.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/

National Institute for Literacy LINCS
This site provides information about current events relevant to literacy; links to the AskERIC virtual library, the NCAL and OTAN Internet servers, the Library of Congress online catalog, and other literacy-related sites, as well as literacy discussion forums.
http://novel.nifl.gov/

OTAN
This is the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network: Adult Education's Electronic Information Gateway. Set up and maintained by and for adult education professionals in California, OTAN is open to all interested in Adult Education and has a no charge registration. Registration connects you to a network where you can post questions for other professionals and replies to other professionals. In addition, this site offers course outlines, teacher discussions, lesson plans, material lists, Internet in the classroom resource providers, classroom activities, Adult ED and Technology vendors, and research and methodology information.
http://www.otan.dni.us/

PBS Literacy Link
Offers LitTeacher seminars entirely online. Does have material specifically for adult literacy educators.
http://www.pbs.org/adultlearning/literacy/

Southern Literacy and Communications System (LINCS)
Searching for educational information on the web is easy through LINCS.
http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/

UNESCO's Education Information Service
This site provides data and information on the organization's current education projects and activities; information on key events in world education; and access to several publications. In addition, there are links to other education sites, including UNESCO's various Partners in Education such as AskEric and the University of Nebraska.
http://mirror-us.unesco.org/education/