Woolis Portfolio of Work

Director Diana D. Woolis explains the mission of the Center for Learning in Practice at Carey Institute for Global Good

Itaf AlAwawdeh, Program Director - Chief of Party, Save the Children-Jordan; Diana Woolis, Director, Center for Professional Learning, CE International Holistic support in education – attending to the wellbeing of students, educators, parents and communities – is essential to academic achievement. In this session, we will hear from Save the Children and the Childhood Education (CE) International and their work in building generative learning ecosystems with educators and teachers through a focus on socioemotional learning, systems thinking and inclusionary pedagogies.

A healthy learning ecosystem requires knowledge to be actively shared and implemented. Sustainable learning weaves together practices that allow not only for sharing, but for responding and implementing in our rapidly changing environment. Diana Woolis explains the elements of the framework as well as its applications. [Show ID: 37035] More from: Education Channel (https://www.uctv.tv/education) UCTV is the broadcast and online media platform of the University of California, featuring programming from its ten campuses, three national labs and affiliated research institutions. UCTV explores a broad spectrum of subjects for a general audience, including science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, arts and music, business, education, and agriculture. Launched in January 2000, UCTV embraces the core missions of the University of California -- teaching, research, and public service – by providing quality, in-depth television far beyond the campus borders to inquisitive viewers around the world. (https://www.uctv.tv)

Unemployment and substance abuse may be intertwined long before an individual seeks treatment. Although the average educational level of individuals with substance abuse disorders is comparable to that of the general U.S. population, people who use substances are far more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than people who do not use substances. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, employment rates for the non- substance-using population ranged from 72.3 percent in 1980 to 76.8 percent in 1991. However, employment rates of the population with substance abuse problems before admission or at admission to treatment have remained at relatively stable, low levels since 1970, ranging from 15 to 30 percent. Most of the research on the employment rates of persons with substance abuse disorders has focused on opiate-dependent persons (usually heroin), and employment rates for other substance users may vary. The data clearly indicate the need for interventions to improve employment rates...

Teetering between eras: higher education in a global, knowledge networked world - Author: Gail O. Mellow, Diana D. Woolis

This article provides a brief overview of CASAWORKS for Families (CWF), an innovative intervention designed to help substance-abusing parenting women on welfare. CWF was developed in response to the passage of welfare reform legislation in 1996. Factors that provided a background and context for the …

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Biography of Diana D. Woolis for Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators, by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth

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