Organizations Filed Purposes:
FUNDING INNOVATION IN ADULT LITERACY TO CHANGE LIVES. WE DO THIS BY: OFFERING FREE BEST PRACTICE WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER ADULT EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS; ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING, AND SHARING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES, CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES THROUGH OUR FIRST LITERACY LAB PROGRAM GRANT INITIATIVE; AND AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ADULT LEARNERS WHO ARE STARTING COLLEGE.
FUNDING INNOVATION IN ADULT LITERACY TO CHANGE LIVES.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS PROVIDE ADULT EDUCATORS WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ON EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND CURRICULUM DESIGN, CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES, AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT APPROACHES RELEVANT TO THE ADULT EDUCATION CLASSROOM. TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS, FACILITATED BY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEERS OR EXPERT CONSULTANTS, ARE SUPPORTED IN TRYING OUT NEW IDEAS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH PEERS ON SITE AND AT FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOPS. IN 2020, FIRST LITERACY HOSTED 22 WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS SUCH AS:-LOW -LEVEL LITERACY INSTRUCTION-CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION-DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING FOR HISET AND GED PREPARATION
OUR FIRST LITERACY LAB INITIATIVE OFFERS SMALL GRANTS TO ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE PRACTICE AND TO STRENGTHEN PROGRAMS. THE FLEXIBILITY OF THESE GRANTS ALLOWS PROGRAMS TO MEET EMERGING STUDENT NEEDS IN A TIMELY FASHION. THE GRANTS ALSO ALLOW VENUES SUCH AS LIBRARIES AND VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TO INTRODUCE OR EXPAND THEIR SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS. RECIPIENTS OF FIRST LITERACY LAB GRANTS SHARE THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK WITH THE GREATER ABE COMMUNITY AT AN ANNUAL EVENT AND ARE SUPPORTED AND MENTORED TO BECOME FACILITATORS OF WORKSHOPS FOR ABE TEACHERS. DURING 2020, FIRST LITERACY AWARDED 9 GRANTS TO PROGRAMS IN GREATER BOSTON, IMPACTING 1,055 STUDENTS.
ADULT LEARNERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BASIC STUDIES IN AN ABE PROGRAM AND ARE PURSUING COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FIRST LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP. RECIPIENTS ARE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL, THEIR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THEIR RESILIENCY AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP.TO SUSTAIN THIS ONGOING LEARNING COMMUNITY, WE HOST SCHOLAR NETWORKING EVENINGS, INVITE SCHOLARS TO ALL FIRST LITERACY EVENTS, ASK INTERESTED SCHOLARS TO SPEAK AT EVENTS, AND FIRST LITERACY REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND ALL COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS WHERE OUR SCHOLARS ARE HONORED. WE ALSO LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MORE DEEPLY INVOLVE THE SCHOLARS WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR CITY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Skye M Morrison | FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 45 | $64,271 |
| Theresa B Witherell | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $50,000 |
| Kathleen Rowell | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Christopher Walsh | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ciro Valiente | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ryan Tosi | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Christopher Cullinan | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Shea | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Olga Kasparova | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ann Noble-Kiley | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nilan Jayasinghe | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Corey Groves | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lawrence Fahey | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Xu Cheng | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kimberly Brennan O'Loughlin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mayor Martin Walsh | EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Holly Reeves | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Donna Charpentier | VICE PRESIDENT | 1.5 | $0 |
| James Nolan | VICE PRESIDENT | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jeffrey P Beale | CHAIRMAN | 2.5 | $0 |
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