District/School Administration Administration
The Board of Education Advisory Councils

Adult Basic Education Advisory Council

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) Advisory Council advises the Commissioner of Education on matters pertinent to the development of ABE in the Commonwealth. To accomplish that goal, the Council will:

• assess statewide trends and needs;
• seek public and professional input;
• analyze information regarding Adult Basic Education;
• advise and make recommendations regarding legislation, regulations and program guidelines; and,
• provide other programmatic recommendations, as it deems necessary, to fulfill the goals established by the Board of Education.

Council Statement

The Council will provide the Board of Education and the Commissioner with recommendations on the following topics:

• Program performance standards;
• Review recommendations on performance accountability issues;
• Connection of program performance policy with the demographics and needs of adult learners;
• Impact of Education Reform, in particular the MCAS, on ABE programs and adult learners who are parents of school-age children;
• Evaluation of methods used to determine program effectiveness; and,
• Intervention for under-performing programs

Members of the 2006 - 2007 Advisory Council

Ms. Carolyn Richins Blanks, Vice President of Labor & Workforce Development
Mr. Thomas Connors, Chief Executive Officer, American Training
Mr. James Gibbons, Consultant Attorney, Clinton's Consulting Services, Clinton, MA
Mr. Robert Haynes, President, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (A.F.L.-C.I.O.)
Dr. Nan Hocking-McDonough, Asst. Professor, Lesley College
Ms. Barbara Krol-Sinclair, Even Start Director, Intergenerational Literacy Project
Ms .Aundrea Kelley, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Mr. Andre Mayer, Senior Vice President Communications & Research, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Boston
Ms. Linda Moussouris, Transitions Coordinator, Mass Bay Community College
Ms. Anne Rarich, Civic/Community Representative
Mr. Richard Rollins, Adjunct Professor, Mt. Wachusett Community College
Ms. Mary W. Sarris, Executive Director, MA Workforce Investment Board Association
Mr. John R. Schneider, Vice President, Massachusetts Institute for a New Common Wealth (MassINC)
Mr. Kenny Tamarkin, Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education
Ms. Christine Taylor, ABE Director, Framingham Public Schools
Ms. Sally Waldron, Vice President, Literacy Division, World Education, Boston, MA

FY 2007 Meeting Schedule

All meetings will be held at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 350 Main Street, Malden on the following dates:

January 19, 2007 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
March 16, at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
May 25 at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Related Resources:

www.doe.mass.edu/acls/

Contact Information:

Anne Serino
Phone: 781-338-3801
E-Mail:aserino@doe.mass.edu