Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hAJMbfm20502; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:37:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:37:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <011801c3aeed$2f27b740$b406020a@Gloria> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Gloria Gillette" <ggillette@ix.netcom.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:816] RE: teachers as leaders? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1861 Lines: 58 Recently the teachers in Cleveland (K-12) refused to give the new state exams and the state temporarily shelved them. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1069238121219990.xml?nohio I thought this was a great act of leadership. They used their collective voice to speak out. It took a great deal of courage, but they advocated for their students and the field of education. $21 billion in tax relief was included in the energy bill. That is 42x the amount of money the federal govenment will spend on adult literacy in this country next year. On the most basic of all levels, we need leaders more now than ever. Gloria Gillette ----- Original Message ----- From: <bodman@ucc.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:57 PM Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:814] RE: teachers as leaders? > Your initial question is very broad. Can you refine it? The teacher as a > leader of what--students? colleagues? etc. If you are asking about > leadership in the broadest sense, then the answer most likely would lie in > research in psychology, not education. > > Jean Bodman > Union County College > bodman@ucc.edu > Work: 908-965-6096 > Home: 609-695-6567 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jataylor [mailto:jataylor@utk.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:812] teachers as leaders? > > > Hello everyone, > What makes a teacher leader? What are the qualities/actions of a teacher > leader, and what are the different roles of teachers as leaders? What is > already happening on local program and state levels that supports teacher > leadership? > > Further, what needs to happen on various levels to better support teachers > as > members of and leaders in the field of adult literacy? > > Thanks, > Jackie > >
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