Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i43Dbmm21099; Mon, 3 May 2004 09:37:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:37:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1E8BE4B8-9CED-11D8-BEAF-00039381D39E@comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4404] Report on NIFL from COABE X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1955 Lines: 40 Dear NIFL-Health Colleague: At this year’s Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) conference, Dr. Susan Sclafani, Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, addressed practitioners in the Opening Session. She spoke about several issues, including the future of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). She recognized that many in the field of adult and family literacy are concerned about NIFL losing its focus on adults, and assured us that this would not happen, but that NIFL will also concentrate on literacy across the lifespan. Further, Dr. Sclafani discussed the importance of finding a person who knows and understands adult literacy for the position of Director of the Institute. She said that there is no better way to have NIFL preserve its focus on adults than to hire a director who is an adult literacy practitioner. She shared that we need someone that knows the field of adult literacy to apply for this position, and encouraged qualified adult literacy practitioners to apply. We look forward to her continued support for retaining NIFL's focus on adults in its concentration on lifespan literacy, and hope that she will continue to be supportive of finding a NIFL Director applicant from the field of adult literacy. As she requested, please encourage experienced adult literacy practitioners to apply for the NIFL Director position. Forward this message to anyone whom you think may qualify. Deadline to apply: May 10, 2004 Submit the following materials to director_search@nifl.gov. • A resume • A letter of no more than two pages explaining your interest in the position, your qualifications, and your views on contributions the Institute could make to improving literacy across the lifespan. Vacancy announcement: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/vacancy_announce.doc On behalf of the Save NIFL Campaign organizers, David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net
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