N-ABLE
Network of Adult Basic Literacy and Education
Our Mission
N-ABLE is a network of organizations in the Mid-South with the goal of supporting adults in their pursuit of lifelong learning and literacy. N-ABLE aspires to and seeks partnerships with orgs that provide supportive educational, social-emotional, vocational, and counseling services.
About Us
The Network of Adult Basic Literacy and Education (N-ABLE) has been working since 2018. Organizations have committed to work together to establish a coherent vision of success, identify essential and common strategies, and create a coordinated adult literacy pipeline to better provide and expand resources and services. We believe that by strategically linking our organizational efforts and holding each other accountable within a robust continuous improvement process, we can strengthen our practices and ultimately impact community-wide outcomes.
Our Goal
We want to create a sustainable adult literacy pipeline to better provide and expand resources and services to adults.
Our Priorities
Priority 1: Client Wants
Client Wants is a concept formulated to move away from assumptions about the needs of clients to finding ways of gathering and knowing clients’ actual needs.
Priority 2: Language Capacity
Language Capacity was determined to be more than basic literacy. It includes reading, writing, and oral communication skills, along with life skills, soft skills, and digital and financial literacy in order to enable a person to achieve their career, academic, or personal goals. Language Capacity affects how an individual learns, processes, and comprehends information within the cultural context.
Priority 3: Wrap Around Services
Wrap-Around Services support the process of providing the best quality literacy programs for individuals by directly addressing a need or barrier that the client is facing.
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The Benefits
Access to a variety of diverse partner organization’s current services and resources as well as a dedicated contact person when a client is referred to receive outside services.
Robust network of cross-sector partners who serve adults in multiple capacities, from adult education, to workforce, economic, and rehabilitation.
Added collaboration and thought partnering that facilitates more support for clients and encourages more effective and intentional support for partners.
Our Operating Principles
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We strive to create and sustain a culture of trust, courtesy, and respect that values diversity.
We strive to use data, including client feedback, as continuous quality improvement.
We strive to always add value in all we do and pursue excellence.
We strive to adapt and work to improve upon methods and processes in adult education.
We strive to recognize and value the different lived experiences of all clients.
We strive to implement and follow a shared process to deliver results to the network and the general public.
We strive to recognize the importance of and value collaboration so we can address adult literacy challenges in our community.
We strive to work as a team and are committed to improving the lives and futures of all individuals being served.
We strive to focus on service to adult-learners, however, we know that in this process, we touch many other lives.
We strive not to discriminate. We are an inclusive organization that values the opinions and expertise of everyone.
We strive to exceed client expectations in all that we do.
We strive to exhibit leadership. We each share knowledge, participate, and contribute in our own unique ways.
We strive to communicate with clarity. Clear communication is critical, both in the work we do with our clients and in our interactions with each other.
We strive to slow down and pay attention to details. As representatives of our clients, attention to detail is critical.
We strive to think and act positively. Work can be demanding and stressful, however, this is all the more reason to give others our absolute best.
We strive to adhere to the “Golden Rule.”
Contact Us
Contact Johnny Blount at jblount@literacymidsouth.org to find out more about N-ABLE.