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Barbara
Ann Linek
Adult Education Service Coordinator
As Adult
Education Services Coordinator for Project MAX,
Barbara’s duties include:
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Supervising
local site Home Visitors, Family Education
Specialists and Adult Instructors |
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Providing training and
technical support to Adult Instructors project-wide
and to local staff |
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Coordinating adult assessments,
providing implementation training and technical
support to Family Education Specialists and
Adult Instructors |
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Revising adult education
curriculum and resource material and making
recommendations for project adoption or adaptation |
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Facilitating delivery
of educational services to enrolled families,
including early childhood education, parenting
education and adult education |
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Coordinating service
delivery with Migrant Education, Migrant Head
Start, local community colleges and other
agencies providing adult and family services |
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Providing in-home and
center-based adult and parenting education
services for participating families |
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Assisting in ordering
and dissemination of adult and parenting educational
materials |
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Providing on-going feedback/recommendations
to Project MAX Coordinator for project improvement |
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| Prior to joining the Illinois
Migrant Council, Barbara worked as a teacher at
the Notre Dame High School in St. Louis. There she
taught French for four years. As an ESL teacher
at both the Westchester Elementary and Middle Schools
and at the B.J. Ward Middle School, Barbara was
responsible for beginning the districts first ESL
program. Most recently, she has been a member of
the Adjunct Faculty: Adult ESL at Joliet Junior
College. There she helped adult students gain necessary
skill for employment and connected students with
agencies and programs able to assist in their career
development. |
| Barbara has a Bachelor’s
degree in French and Education, magna cum laude,
from the University of Dayton, Ohio. |
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