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ACLS Mailing with Summaries

Attached is the monthly mailing for July and will be posted shortly to our ACLS website. Please review the information and share with your staff.

• Annual 2-Day Directors' Meeting - September 22nd and 23rd - Sea Crest - Falmouth
  Due to the change on policy for food and beverage within the Commonwealth, an email will be sent shortly regarding all-inclusive rates for rooms/meal packages that will be offered.

• TABE Forms 9/10 online required Certification Training Now Available
  The TABE Forms 9/10 have replaced Forms 7/8 beginning in FY11. Training is required for all staff administering TABE forms 9/10 in FY11, and must be completed before any tests are administered to students.

• SMARTT Update   :
  • Site Rollover Requests - Due by August 13th
  • Partial Intakes are available now - until site rollover
  • Revised Release of Information Form - all translations posted on website
  • Quarterly Goal Follow-up
  • New Features in SMARTT - more detailed information will be forthcoming
  • Federal Reports - new format will be released week of July 19th
  • Additional Cognos logons available
  • GED Data Matching for May -completed on 7/8/10
  • Department of Revenue Data Matching - completed on 7/14/10
  • SMARTT Training Schedule
  
  
• Workforce Development Update   :
  • Hot News
  • Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities
  • News from Workforce Development Organizations
  • SABES
  
  

• ABE Transition to Community Colleges Update:
  ESE / ACLS funds 12 ABE Transition to Community Colleges programs at Community Colleges across the state

• Learn at Work Program:
  The Learn at Work Program, Workplace Education 3-year initiative is designed to promote public-private partnerships across industries throughout the Commonwealth that specifically focus on workplace Basic Skills and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Classes are taught at the work site and the curriculum is contextualized to meet the need of the worker / student.