Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i4EDaSm17088; Fri, 14 May 2004 09:36:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:36:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <40BEAB2B@webmail.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2925] Literacy President 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: 2105 Lines: 53 ============================= Literacy President ============================= Teachers, An exciting new project is coming your way! In approximately one week, you will have the opportunity to voice key adult basic education, literacy, and ESOL concerns with Presidential candidates by answering a quick and easy online survey and using classroom activities on how we - as an adult literacy community - can encourage our leaders to support adult literacy. This effort, called Literacy President, is a non-partisan, collaborative initiative among grass roots organizers, The Change Agent, and other key organizations to increase Presidential commitment to adult literacy regardless of which candidate is elected. Next week: 1) We will send out information on how to complete an online survey containing questions from adult learners and practitioners. Everyone will be asked to identify the 5 most important questions, and those questions will be submitted to Presidential candidates. 2) We will include information on how to access civic education teaching activities for the classroom, designed to assist you in addressing national adult literacy issues using the Equipped for the Future (EFF) Citizen Role Map and EFF Content Standards. To learn more about incorporating elections issues into instruction, visit The Change Agent's most recent issue "Voting in the 2004 Elections" aimed at the adult literacy field at: http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent. In addition to finding lots of classroom-friendly material on voting and specific national election issues, you can also register to vote through this web site. Please take the next few days to identify how you might share the survey with adult learners, adult learner leaders and adult learner program volunteers, and prepare your class for an opportunity to engage the Presidential candidates. Regards, Jackie Taylor Professional Developer David Rosen Adult Literacy Advocate David Collings Adult Literacy and Technology Network Silja Kallenbach New England Literacy Resource Center, publisher of The Change Agent
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