Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g8SGJtX22138; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:19:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:19:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <F83Sc8BUUnTQerqE3OC000095c2@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jeanette Baldridge" <ginet_b@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2230] Re: Act Now: Preserve NIFL's Adult Ed Focus - Remember the X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 7111 Lines: 178 Emails were sent this a.m. This list has been so silent, I have wondered whether it is still active. Does this mean that all EFF problems have been solved? Jeanette >From: "Spacone, Ronna (Contractor)" <Ronna.Spacone@ed.gov> >Reply-To: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2226] Act Now: Preserve NIFL's Adult Ed Focus - >Remember the Communit >Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:42:02 -0400 (EDT) > >NIFL-4EFF Colleagues: > >As far as I know, fewer than ten subscribers of this list responded to >message [NIFL-4EFF:2221] FW: NLA Urgent Action: Help Preserve NIFL's Adult >Ed Focus. What, or who are you waiting for? Please email, fax, or call your >congress people - now - about preserving the adult education focus of the >National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). Continued support for projects like >Equipped for the Future (EFF) could hang in the balance. More legislators >are needed to cosign the recommendation letter to the Secretaries of Labor, >HHS, and Education, who will decide on the new permanent director of NIFL. >The House letter recommends that the permanent director of NIFL be an >individual knows the adult literacy field well. Our congress people must >agree to sign the recommendation letter by Sept. 30th, so now is the time >for us to help. Check the following web site: >http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/Our for your Congress people's contact >information. Send copies of your letter(s) to the three Secretaries too. I >think all the other information you need to carry out this activity is >posted below. Please also email me [Ronna.Spacone@ed.gov] with a note about >which legislators you contacted. > >Thanks for your support, > >Ronna > >Ronna Spacone >NIFL-4EFF Moderator > > ># # # # > > >September 27, 2002 > >The Honorable [full name of your Congressperson] >U.S. House of Representatives >Washington, DC 20515 > >Dear Mr. or Ms. [your Congressperson's last name] : > >Please help ensure that the unique mandate of the National Institute for >Literacy is preserved as a new director is selected. > >As you may know the President has nominated an entirely new slate of >Advisory Board members. These new board members have impressive >qualifications in early childhood education and post-secondary education. >However, as a group their expertise in the area of adult education and >literacy is very limited. > >One of the first duties of the new Advisory Board will be to forward >recommendations for a new director to the Secretaries of Education, Labor >and HHS. As members of the Interagency Group responsible for the >administration of the Institute, the Secretaries will be asked to approve >the selection of the agency's director. > >I feel it is critical that the new permanent director of the Institute have >adult education and literacy expertise in order to direct the only agency >charged with serving as national resource for adult education and literacy >programs like mine. > >Therefore I urge you to co-sign a "Dear Colleague letter" to Secretaries >Paige, Thompson, and Chao. The letter is being circulated by the office of >Representatives Thomas Sawyer (Amy Boyle, LA) and James Walsh (Martha >Carmen, LA). > >Thank you for helping us. > >Sincerely, > >[Your name] >[The address from which you are registered to vote] (to show you are a >constituent of his/her district) > >CC: The Honorable Elaine Chao, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor > The Honorable Roderick Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of >Education > The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of >Health and Human Services > ># # # # > >Please send a copy of your letter to each of the following people. By >receiving a copy of your letter, these officials will see just how many >people care about this issue. > >The Honorable Elaine Chao, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor >Attn: Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training >Administration >200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-2307 >Washington, D.C. 20210 > >The Honorable Roderick Paige, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education >Attn: Beth Ann Bryan, Senior Advisor to the Secretary >400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 7W205 >Washington, D.C. 20202 > >The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and >Human Services >Attn: Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary For Children & Families >370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Suite 600 >Washington, DC 20447 > > >Here is the text of the House of Representatives' NIFL Letter of >Recommendation... > >Draft Letter to Secretaries Paige, Thompson, and Chao: > >Dear Secretary __________: > >As a member of the Interagency Group responsible for the administration of >the National Institute for Literacy, you will be asked to approve the >selection of the Institute's new Director. > >This process will begin in the near future, after the National Institute >for >Literacy's Advisory Board is installed and recommends a new Director. The >nominees to this Advisory Board have impressive qualifications in early >childhood and post-secondary education. However, as a group, their >expertise in the area of adult education and literacy is limited. >Therefore, we believe that it is important for the Director to possess such >knowledge and experience. > >As mandated in Title II of the Workforce Investment Act, the National >Institute for Literacy serves as national resource for adult education and >literacy programs. Recently, the Institute has taken on additional >responsibilities to advance reading research and dissemination at all >levels >from early childhood to adult. The National Institute for Literacy has a >unique mandate to foster and encourage collaboration among literacy-related >activities that contribute to the missions of the Departments of Labor, >Health and Human Services, and Education and its offices of pre-K-12, >post-secondary, adult, and vocational education. In addition, the >Institute >is a primary information source to Congress about literacy and language >need, current services, and impact. >Consequently, we believe that there are several qualities that the National >Institute for Literacy's Director should possess, including being: >* conversant in adult education issues, research, and the diverse array of >providers that comprise the delivery system; >* passionate about building an adult learning system that integrates >services; >* knowledgeable of the variety of models and collaborative arrangements; >and >* articulate in describing how adult literacy and language education >enhances pre-K-12, post-secondary, and vocational education, job training, >health care, welfare reform, economic development, and post-prison success. >We request that you include these guidelines in any criteria you use to >examine the recommendation of the Advisory Board for the hiring of the new >Director for the National Institute for Literacy. > > >Sincerely, > ># # # _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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