Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA12245; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:52:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:52:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <349ED027.646D4334@nifl.gov> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Meg Young <myoung@nifl.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1541] Adult Learner Organization Meeting Nomination Form X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) Status: RO Content-Length: 4420 Lines: 161 NIFL list subscribers, (this message is crossposted to all NIFL lists) Here is the Highlander Center Adult Learner Organization Planning Meeting Nomination Form. Please make this widely available to adult learners in your state. Thank you, Toni Cordell New Reader Leadership Coordinator tcordell@laubach.org Laubach Literacy 1320 Jamesville Ave. Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 422-9121 NOMINATION FORM FOR ADULT LEARNER ORGANIZATION PLANNING MEETING On March 27, 28, and 29,1998,between 35 and 40 adult learners (current and former participants in adult basic skills programs in the U.S.) and a half-dozen literacy professionals will gather at the Highlander Center near Knoxville, Tennessee. The learners will prepare a plan for a new national adult learner organization. (This will be a WORKING meeting!) This three-day meeting is being planned by a committee of adult learner leaders and adult education professionals headed by Archie Willard. Archie is an Iowa-based adult learner and former Literacy Leader Fellow at the National Institute for Literacy. The committee is looking for adult learners to participate in this three-day meeting. Participants must have a history of serving in leadership roles inside and outside their programs. We hope to get a broad mix of types of learners (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, language background) and program type and location. We regret that the conference center can accomodate only a limited number of learners. This will mean that some outstanding leaders will not be able to attend. However, we are confident that whatever new organization emerges from the meeting will provide opportunities for others to participate in the future. In fact, we urge all adult learners who are interested in participating in the new organization to send in this nomination form, so we have a record of people to contact to help get the organization off the ground. Shown below is a nomination form which interested learners are invited to fill out. Please return it to our planning committee as soon as possible but by January 31st, 1998 at the latest. (We will begin reviewing the applications in mid-January, so we urge you to submit your application right away.) Nominess will be notified of the committee's decision by mid-February, 1998. Return the application to Toni Cordell, 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, tel. 315/422-9121, fax 315/422-6369, and e-mail <tcordell@laubach.org.> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please limit your responses to no more than three pages. Nominee Name Phone Fax Address (street, town, state, and zip code) Gender Age Ethnicity (African-American, Asian, European, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander) What type of adult basic skills program(s) have you participated in? (e.g., public school adult education program, volunteer literacy program, ESL program, community college, correctional education program, workplace program, family literacy program, etc.) Name of program(s) Please give us the names and phone numbers of 2-4 people who could talk about your work as a literacy leader. How long have you participated (or did you participate) in the above program(s)? 1. Briefly describe your current and past involvement in basic education: a. As a learner/student: b. As a leader: 2. What leadership skills or talents can you share with others? 3. The purpose of the Highlander meeting is to plan a new national adult learner organization. Why are you interested in creating such an organization? What would you want that organization to accomplish? 4. After the Highlander meeting, people who were able to come will be asked to continue helping in the planning and support of a new national organization. What types of follow-up action are you able and willing to take? 5. Participants in the Highlander meeting are asked to pay as much of their own travel costs (nearest airport: Knoxville, Tennessee) and room and board costs (approximately $120) as possible. Are you able to cover these costs? Yes No Not sure 6. Feel free to add any additional suggestions or questions here. Thank you for your interest in adult learner leadership. Best wishes from the Highlander Meeting Planning Committee ===========================================================
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