Floor Plan of the Hotel

Please note: Parking is free in the lot in front of the entrance. Walk through the lobby and past the Café Palm and make a left past the restaurant. You will see the registration table straight ahead in the corridor.





Our workshops will be held in rooms 82-84.

Room 82: Ampthill

Room 83: Castlewood

Room 84: Alandale

Room F: Board Room - Salisbury

Agenda for Both Days

Day One

Thursday, February 26, 2009

1:00—1:30 PM Registration

Meeting Rooms:

The strands are color coordinated with the rooms.

• Salisbury (F) – Board room
• Ampthill/Castlewood – Large meeting room
• Alandale – Small meeting room


1:30—3:30 PM

• Administrators: Wallace Stettinius, Cutting Edge Strategies for Leading Your CBLO.
• ESOL: Kate Daly, Strategies for Teaching Listening.
• Basic Literacy: Lauren Ellington, LD Activities to use with Your Student, Part One.

3:30 -3:45 PM Break

3:45—5:15 PM

• Administrators: Dan Hilleary, Running Your CBLO Like a Business.
• ESOL: Nancy Faux, Reaching the Nonliterate ESOL Student—Findings from LESLLA.
• Basic Literacy: Lauren Ellington, LD Activities to use with Your Student, Part 2.

5:30—6:30 PM VLLC Meeting for all attendees.

Dinner on your own.


Day Two

Friday, February 27, 2009

8:00—9:00 AM - Breakfast and Award Ceremony

Meeting Rooms:

The workshops are color coordinated with the rooms.

• Salisbury (F) – Board room
• Ampthill/Castlewood – Large meeting room
• Alandale – Small meeting room


9:00—12:00 AM
• All participants – One room combined: Dr. Bill Muth, Assessing the Very Low Level Literacy Learner.

12:00—1:00 PM Hot Buffet Lunch

1:00—3:00 PM

• Administrators: Dr. Haeran Jae, Marketing to the Non Reader.
• ESOL: Kate Daly, Strategies for Teaching Pronunciation.
• Basic Literacy: Dr. Valerie Robnolt, Explicit Teaching Strategies for Teaching Reading to the low level literacy learner.

3:00—3:15 PM Evaluations, final questions

3:15 PM Adjourn and safe drive home

Directions to the Sheraton

DIRECTIONS TO THE SHERATON PARK SOUTH HOTEL

9901 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23235

Telephone: (804) 323-1144 FAX: (804) 320-5255

E-mail address:sheratonps@aol.com

Arriving from the North on I-95 from Washington, Fredericksburg, Kings Dominion

From I-95, take Exit #79.

Immediately bear left onto I-195 towards Powhite Parkway (Rt. 76). Continue on Powhite Parkway (Route 76S) across the James River through toll plaza (50 cents). Take Midlothian Turnpike West (Route 60W). Go through toll plaza (25 cents). The Sheraton Park South will be approximately one (1) mile on your left-hand side behind Applebee’s Restaurant.

Arriving from the South on I-95 from Petersburg, North Carolina

From I-95 North take Exit #67, Chippenham Parkway North (Route 150). Continue North on Chippenham Parkway (Route 150) to Midlothian Turnpike West (Route 60). Go approximately three miles to the Sheraton Park South on your left-hand side behind Applebee’s Restaurant.

Arriving from the West on I-64 from Charlottesville

From I-64 take Exit #186 for I-95 South, going towards Powhite Parkway (Route 76). Continue on Powhite Parkway, across the James River, through toll plaza (50 cents). Take Midlothian Turnpike West (Route 60). Go through toll plaza (25 cents). Go approximately one mile to the Sheraton Park South on your left-hand side behind Applebee’s Restaurant.

OR TAKING ROUTE 288

From I-64 take exit 175 for VA-288 toward Chesterfield. Continue on 288 across the James River. Take the Robious Road/VA-711 E Exit. Turn left on Huguenot Trail. Huguenot Trail becomes Robious Road. Cross over Midlothian Turnpike at light. Sheraton Park South is on left behind Applebee’s Restaurant

Arriving from the West on Route 460-Route 360 from Lynchburg, Roanoke

From 460 East make a left onto Rt 307 N. Take a left onto 360 E. Exit onto Route 288 N towards the Powhite Parkway (Route 76) and through the toll plaza (75 cents). Continue on Powhite Parkway (Route 76) and exit at Midlothian Turnpike West (Route 60) (toll will be 25 cents). The Sheraton Park South is approximately one mile on your left-hand side behind Applebee’s Restaurant.

Arriving from the East on I-64 from Virginia Beach, Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Richmond International Airport (RIR)

Take I-64 West take Exit #190 onto I-95 South. Go approximately ½ mile and take Exit #74 onto Rt I-195 South (the Downtown Expressway). After the toll plaza (50 cents) stay in the left lane onto Powhite Parkway (Route 76S). Continue on Powhite Parkway across the James River and through toll plaza (50 cents). Take Midlothian Turnpike West (Route 60) exit (toll plaza- 25 cents). Go approximately one mile to the Sheraton Park South on your left-hand side behind Applebee’s Restaurant.

Registration Form

Please send in one form per person, and include the following:

Name
___________________________________________

Address
___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Organization
___________________________________________

Phone
___________________________________________

Email
___________________________________________

Special Accommodations

___________________________________________

Payment by check only. Make payable to the Virginia Literacy Foundation.

VLLC Minutes: Williamsburg, October 11

Minutes, taken by Carol Holmquist
October 11, 2007

Present:
Janet Booth- Eastern Shore Literacy Council
Ann Burress- LV Gloucester
Patti Donnelly- Literacy Council of Northern VA
Nancy Bush Fazzone- Rita Welsh Adult Literacy
Paula Ann Gould- LV Shenandoah County
Carol Holmquist- The READ Center
Debra Howe- Loudon Literacy Council
Annette Loschert- LV of Roanoke Valley
Vicky Sanborn- Resource Center
Rhoda Jo Stress- LV of Gloucester
Lisa Youngers- Rita Welsh Adult Literacy

Patti Donnelly reported that there is a strong possibility that in the coming 2008 VA legislative session another bill similar to HB 2937 will be introduced. Last year’s bill, which thankfully failed, prohibited nonprofits from using state or government funding to provide any services to undocumented residents. Patti will keep us posted if there is legislation or bills proposed in the coming year that may effect our service delivery.
CBLOs serving ESOL students need to know who is running on these issues.
There is a decline in attendance due to student’s fear of being discovered.
Students from Northern Virginia, Prince William and Loudoun County are heavily impacted.

Vicky Sanborn reviewed the discussion regarding Plan Adult Education in community college vs keeping it under the State Public Education system. The state currently matches federal money available to Adult Education 1:1. Could the Community College make up this funding? Would CBLOs see an influx of student’s who want free classes?

Group discussed the issue of waiting lists. Is it better to have waiting list because they are powerful as a statement of need for private founders. Of is it better to be able to place students as they request entrance to a CBLO program?

The group discussed recent Department of Education funding.
30 organizations have been funded. For CBLO -15 got DOE grants and 4 received EL Civic grants and make up 80% of counted students

VALit can be export to DOE but this will only be acceptable to DOE for FY08. After that time all grantees will have to report directly into the DOE database.

The group discussed the number and scope of CBLOs in Virginia. A full list of all CBLO is requested for use in communication VLLC’s agenda and interest.
VLLC needs to access the whole group of literacy providers.

Group adjourned at 6:00 PM and will meet next at ProLiteracy Conference in Alexandria VA in November, time and place to be announced at the Conference.

Minutes, February 6, 2007

Virginia Literacy Leadership Council
Minutes
February 6, 2007

Present: Janet Booth, Eastern Shore Literacy Council; Linda Richardson, Eastern Shore Literacy Council;Beth Rodgers, Skyline Literacy Coalition; Suwatna Sugg, Refugee and Immigration Services; Amy White, Hogar Hispano; Phil Spencer, Hogar Hispano; Sonya Jacob, BEACON; Annette Loschert, LV Roanoke Valley; Patti Donnelly, LVNVA Victoire Sanborn, VALRC; Catherine Norrell, Good Shepherd Baptist Church; Caroline Zong, LV of Prince William County; Susan Clemens, Peninsula READS; Carol Holmquist, The READ Center; Nancy Fazzone, Rita Welsh Adult Literacy ;Ginger Hilleary, LV of Fauquier County; Debra Hill, The READ Center; Donna Webster, LV of NRV; and Geri Nardacci, Goochland.

President Patty Donnelly called the meeting to order and introduced Vice-President Annette Loschert, Treasurer Ginger Hilleary and Secretary Carol Holmquist.

Patti discussed the concerns of the Latino Lobby:

House Bill 2937 which includes language preventing the provision of service to illegal immigrants with a felony penalty to service providers.

Senate Bill 1204 which includes language preventing students who are citizens by birth but have parents who are illegal immigrants from receiving instate tuition because their parents are not legal residents of the state.

Deportability of any adult illegal immigrant who is suspected of committing a violent crime is now to be enforced at a local level. The issue is the localization of INS enforcement.

Patti presented a report on the VAAC Day on Capital Hill

VAACE members handed out muffins and VAACE 2006 fact sheet (Click here for the Fact Sheet. Look for it in the information bar on the right side of the VAACE website.)

VAACE request that all VLLC be in contact with their legislators when they return home after the session. Build a relationship with these legislators and keep them informed regarding the needs of Literacy programs and students.

All Adult Educational Funding comes from the General Fund which will be impacted this year if new legislation is passed regarding the Governor’s Transportation requests.

Make sure you know the number of the bill about which you are concerned if you are requesting that your legislator take action.

Suggestions for additional work to encourage funding were:

Writing editorials from VAACE or VAAL might impact legislator as well as the public’s awareness of the funding concerns.

Cards or letters from students including their personal stories.
Making contact with the committee which is studying the bill with encouragement to call you for specific facts.

A discussion followed regarding a more proactive relationship between VLLC and VAACE:

• Community Based Literacy Organizations (CBLO) need to be more represented in the work of VAACE because VAACE is currently made up of mostly GED program leadership.
  
Regional Literacy Leadership Councils (RLLC) need to be more aware of VAACE’s agenda. A joint planning meeting between VLLC and VAACE was
recommended.

The Annual Literacy Fair is in Keysville, VA is on May 17th and could present an opportunity for such a joint meeting.

The ProLiteracy Annual Conference is being held in Alexandria Virginia this year and attendance is highly encouraged. Presentation Deadline is March 1st.

The VAACE Conference is in Williamsburg in October. VAACE will sponsor the regional COABE (Commission of Adult Basic Education) conference this year, which involves a competitive process.

Patty Donnelly discussed staff in her program from Corporation for National Service (Americorp) and Vista Volunteers. These staff are college graduates who work for a modest stipend. Applications are obtained at the state offices of these programs. Her organization has benefited from help from Vista and Americorp volunteers for 10 years. She offered to help any program negotiate the system. Granted, she said, that the paperwork is extensive. But she found that the benefits greatly outnumber the time spent on reporting.

Vicky Sanborn discussed the new VLLC Blog available on the VLRC website. The URL to this blog is http://virginialiteracy.blogspot.com/ , and all VLLC members are welcome to add their comments at any time.

Some programs asked Ms Sanborn, :Who are VLLC members?" All the programs listed on the first post are VLLC members or have traditionally been VLLC members.

Respectfully submitted,
Carol L. Holmquist
Secretary