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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 347 394 CE 061 663 TITLE Louisiana Literacy Forum II. Proceedings (New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-13, 1991). INSTITUTION Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, New Orleans.; Louisiana Library Association, Baton Rouge.; Louisiana State Office of Literacy, Baton Rouge. PUB DATE 91 NOTE 132p.; For related proceedings, see CE 061 662. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; *Adult Literacy; *Adult Programs; Adult Students; Basic Skills; Cultural Influences; Definitions; Educational History; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Employer Employee Relationship; Family Programs; Grantsmanship; Guidelines; High Interest Low Vocabulary Books; *Literacy Education; Newspapers; *Policy Formation; Program Proposals; Public Policy; *Public Relations; Reading Instruction; Reading Materials; State Programs; Statewide Planning IDENTIFIERS Family Literacy; Louisiana; Workplace Literacy ABSTRACT This report contains the proceedings of the second Louisiana statewide conference on literacy, which spotlighted the national endeavors of literacy practitioners and providers, works, and programs. Based on participants' input from the first forum, special emphasis was placed on workplace and family literacy, public relations, and policy making. The following presentations are included: "Louisiana Literacy Forum II" (Michael Sartisky); "State of the State of Literacy in Louisiana" (Ben Brady); "Leaders and Literacy: The Challenge Met and Unmet" (Wilma Dykeman); "Nationwide Trends in Literacy" (Evelyn Ganzglass); "Think Literacy, Think Newspapers" (Mary Ann Gentile): "Literacy Efforts of the Newspaper Industry" (JoAnne Ellis); "Making It Happen: Implementing Learning Centered Education" (Eunice N. Askov); "Building State Literacy Systems" (Susan E. Foster); "Basic Skills Impediments to Communication between Management and Hourly Employees" (Larry Mikulecky); "Technological Challenges and Literacy Expectations" (Priscilla Norton); "But Is the Literacy Collection Being Used?" (Peggy Barber); "Keeping the Issue Alie" (Karen Hering); "Family Literacy: Its Past and Its Promise" (Meta Potts): "Grant Writing Tips for Successful Literacy Projects" (Carol Cameron Lyons); "Workplace Literacy Roundtable: Opening Remarks" (Buddy Roemer); "PLUS (Project Literacy United States)" (James Duffy); and "Heels over Head in Love with Language" (Richard Lederer). 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COPY AVAI LE Proceedings of the LOUISIANA LITERACY FORUM II Held March 12-13, 1991 New Orleans Airport Hiltonand Pontchartrain Center Sponsored by: Louisiana Library Association Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana Office of Literacy Additional Financial Support Provided by: CABL Dow Entergy Services, Inc. C7.4ECO Premier Bank Freeport Me Moran Tidewater, Inc. Southwestern Electric South Central Bell LP&L Quality Books Shell Offshore State Times/Morning Advocate Hertzburg New Method Bound to Stay Bound t.) (0 1991 Louisiana Library Association Published by Louisiana Library Association Edited by the staff of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library and Louisiana Library Association Additional copies may be obtained by contacting: Louisiana Library Association P.O. Box 3058 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (504)-342-4928 4 Nimir PREFACE This second statewide conference on literacy furthered the momentum gained, not only through the first forum, but also through theefforts of the Louisiana Office of Literacy, thc White House Conference onLibraries and Information Science, the Louisiana Coalition foeLiteracy, and other literacy groups in Louisiana. This two day forum, held inconjunction with the Louisiana Library Association annual conference,spotlighted the national endeavors of literacy practitioners and providers, worksand programs. Based on participants' input from the first forum, special emphasis was placed on workplace and family literacy, public relations, andpolicy making. These articles are simply texts or transcripts of presentationsand should be viewed as working papers. Materials presented alsoincluded slides, charts, video, and handouts. Louisiana Literacy Forum II was made possible through a grantfrom the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, with additional funding provided by the Louisiana Library Association, the LouisianaOffice of Literacy, and corporate sponsors. These conference proceedings continue to inform literacy advocatesof the work that needs to be done to achieve a literate Louisianaby the year 2000. The Editors Proceedings of the LOUISIANA LITERACY FORUM II March 12-13, 1991 New Orleans Airport Hilton and PontchartrainCenter I,ouisiana Literacy Forum II 1 Dr. Michael Sartisky Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities State of the State of Literacy in Louisiana Ben Brady Louisiana Coalition for Literacy Leaders and Literacy: The Challenge Metand Unmet 11 Wilma Dykeman University of Tennessee Nationwide Trends in Literacy 19 Evelyn Ganzglass National Governor's Association Think Literacy, Think Newspapers 25 Mary Ann Gentile Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Literacy Efforts on the Newspaper Industry 31 JoAnne Ellis Newspapers in Education Making it Happen: Implementing LearningCentered Education.... 35 Eunice N. Askov Pennsylvania State University Building State Literacy Systems. 41 Susan E. Foster Brizius & Foster Basic Skills Impediments to CommunicationBetween Management and Hourly Employees 53 Larry Mikulecky Indiana University ; Technological Challenges and Literacy Expectations . 69 Priscilla Norton University of New Mexico But is the Literacy Collection Being Used? 83 Peggy Barber American Library Association Keeping the Issue Alive 91 Karen Hering. Wisconsin Hospital Association Family Literacy Its Past and Its Promise 99 Meta Potts National Center for Family Literacy Grant Writing Tips for Successful Literacy Projects 107 Carol Cameron Lyons US Department of Education Workplace Literacy Roundtable: Opening Remarks 119 Governor Buddy Roerner Governor of Louisiana PLUS 121 James Duffy Capital CitiesIABC, Inc. Heels Over Head in Love with Lyriguage 125 Richard Lederer Michael Sartisky 1 LOUISIANA LITERACY FORUM II Dr. Michael Sartisky Erecutive Director Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities You join us from far off states or the many parishes of Louisiana. It is with very real pleasure that I welcome you to the second Louisiana Literacy Forum. Your vety presence is a sign of hope for the future literacy efforts of our staff and I sincerely thank you for joining us. On behalf of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, I also want to especially thank Beth Bingham and Mary Stein and I hear now also Jane LeBlanc for the efforts they have made to make this effort possible. Beth and Ben and I were, in fact, the project co-directors of last year's first statewide conference and Beth really ought to subject herself to a reality check for volunteering to do this a second time. I would like to take a minute to mention the fifteen organizations in Louisiana who are the official co-sponsors (actually having received an update this morning, I believe it's up to eighteen co-sponsors) of this conference, to give an indication of the kind of broad based support throughout the state which will be necessary, not only for this conference to succeed, but for any future efforts in the area of literacy. I want to stress that this type of collaborative effort is not incidental and I hope that you will bear with me while I mention them, because the organizations them- selves give an indication of the kind of multiple intersections among organizations necessary for this effort. In addition to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, which in this instance can only take credit for providing the grant and not doing the work, the other sponsors are: The Louisiana Library Association; The Louisiana Office of Literacy; The Louisiana Coalition for Literacy; The Louisiana State Library; The Baton Rouge State Times/Morning Advocate; The New Orleans Times Picayune; The Capital Area Literacy Coalition; The Council for Better Louisiana;The Plantation Education Program; The New Orleans Public Library; The East Baton Rouge Library The East Baton Rouge Adult Basic Literacy Pro- gram; The Louisiana Council of Education; The Migration Refugee 2 Louisiana Literacy Forum 1991 Proceedings .....Service-ESL; The Louisiana AFL-CIO; The Louisiana Public Broadcast- ing; and St. Paul's Learning Center. I apologize if I have somehow omitted anyone. As I look back on the first literacy conference from the vantagepoint of a year later, I'll confess that I have somewhatmixed feelings about the present state of literacy efforts here in Louisiana. It boils down tothe old paradox of the optimist's and pessimist's view of a half a glass of water... whether it's half full or half empty. This

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