[NIFL-4EFF:1928] RE: State Plans and some help, please

From: Susan F Graf (sfgraf@clan.lib.nv.us)
Date: Thu Nov 15 2001 - 16:07:13 EST


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I have read the "State Plans" thread with great interest.  I am new to the
literacy field, having spent the last ten years in public library services
to children.  My six months of introduction to adult literacy leads me to
many, many questions--and I hope that you might be able to assist me with
the largest looming on my horizon.

In Nevada there is a citizen/gov agency advisory board, the State Council on
Libraries and Literacy. Along with the SCLL, I have invited representatives
from several literacy organizations, including ABE directors, to attend a
work session to develop our state "action agenda" using Margins to the
Mainstream and the NSCALL script.  Additionally our governor has selected
"Leading for Literacy" as the theme for his chairmanship of the Education
Commission for the States this year, with these objectives:

The ECS Leading for Literacy Initiative has three main objectives: 

Educate policymakers about the literacy problem and the research on what to
do about it 


Provide state leaders with the policy options, models and tools needed to
tailor a plan to address the state's specific needs 


Help states create integrated action plans that can lead to significant
improvement in reading. 

I have visited all the public libraries in our state and distributed copies
of EFF Content Standards.  

Can I ask for a copy (or web address) for your State Plan...Do you feel your
plan addresses the objectives of the ECS project?  Am I trying to do too
much to combine these three?

Thank you for your assistance.

Susan Graf
NV Literacy Coalition
100 North Stewart
Carson City, NV  89701
775 684 3340; FAX 3344
sfgraf@clan.lib.nv.us



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