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 j36DQqG00581; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:26:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:26:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <428F4BD3@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:2007] FWD: NVC 040605 PD Policy Resource 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: 3003 Lines: 83 NIFL-AALPD Colleagues: A policy-making body is currently considering policies for professional development. State Directors are interested in what policies _you_ think would best support teachers to access professional development and to do their jobs well. Please see Lennox's message below (sent to State Directors), and be sure to contribute your perspectives this next week and a half on NIFL-AALPD in forming a policy platform for AALPD. Policy makers are interested. More soon, Jackie ====================================== NAEPDC News, Views, and Clues April 6, 2005 Professional Development Policy Resource In your new state plan, what policies will you put into place that encourage and enable teachers to participate in professional development and improve their practice? Our colleagues, the Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD), will be leading discussions to review the research and offer options. A little over a year ago, NCSALL published their research findings on professional development in two reports (see references below). This week and next (April 5 – 18th) AALPD will be using the NIFL-AALPD discussion list to explore how these research findings and implications could translate into policy. During the AALPD Pre-Conference at COABE, participants will synthesize these discussions and produce policy options for state directors and other policy makers. These policy options will be very helpful to you in developing your own state policies to support teacher development. To ensure that these policies represent the voice of the field, particularly your instructors’ and your state’s needs: Please encourage your professional development staff and contractors, program directors, and instructors to participate in this discussion on the NIFL-AALPD discussion list. To subscribe, visit: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-aalpd/subscribe_aalpd.html You and your staff members are welcome to subscribe to participate and/or to stay abreast of the conversations. Or, you can visit the archives (updated weekly) at your leisure. To view the archives, visit: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-aalpd/2005/ We will send you a copy of their final product as soon as it is available. NCSALL Research Briefs from the Professional Development Study: The Characteristics and Concerns of Adult Basic Education Teachers http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/research/brief26.pdf How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/research/brief25.pdf To obtain the full reports, visit: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/index.html and click on “Publications. To learn more about AALPD: http://www.aalpd.org/ Keep up the good work. Let me know when we can help. NAEPDC A Natural Resource For Adult Education State Directors and their Staff Members Dr. Lennox L. McLendon, Executive Director lmclendon@naepdc.org www.naepdc.org 202.624.5250 202.624.1497 FAX
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