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 j0DEhUn00166; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:43:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:43:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4207BCBC@webmail.utk.edu> 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: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1891] Supporting Teacher Change X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Infinite Mobile Delivery (Hydra) SMTP v3.62.01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 2155 Lines: 42 Colleagues: This past summer, we had a discussion on NIFL-AALPD of the NCSALL research, “How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education. >From that discussion of the research, many implications for policy surfaced. Given that one of three main purposes of AALPD and this discussion list is contributing the field's voice in shaping policy initiatives, we feel that it is important for the AALPD to begin to synthesize your "voices" about what policies, if implemented, would best support teachers to access professional development and to do their jobs well. We want to develop a list of positions on policies that can be advocated by us and by other organizations in the field (we would hope to incorporate such positions into policy platforms by, for example, the National Coalition for Literacy, an organization that advocates for supportive legislation and funding in our field). About a month ago, we posted a short survey on the list, asking you about paid professional development release time in your program and state. We will be posting those results here on Monday, January 17th. This winter and spring, we will be posing questions for us as a field, to think about, along with corresponding aspects of the professional development research. Eventually, after discussing many more issues about professional development and working conditions, AALPD will develop a draft position/policy statement, and present it to our members for discussion, possibly at the COABE AALPD pre-conference in May 2005 in Anaheim. We hope this process can move our field forward in advocating for policies that support teachers to get the professional development they need and do the best job possible. We hope you will participate in upcoming discussions of what you think fair policies might look like that would support professional development and teacher working conditions for adult basic education, literacy and language teachers. More to come, Cristine Smith Chair Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers Jackie Taylor Vice-Chair Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers
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