Please take note of the discussion being hosted by the Adult Literacy  
Professional Development Discussion List. They would love to have you  
join them.


>

>

> Colleagues:

> The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List is  

> hosting a

> disscussion of "State Professional Development Systems," featuring

> professional development offered both regionally in New England and  

> in the

> following states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Mexico,  

> New York,

> Ohio, and Rhode Island. Colleagues from all states are invited to  

> participate

> and share their work or experiences with state PD! To participate,  

> subscribe

> by visiting: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ 

> Professionaldevelopment

>

> See below for the list of guests participating. I hope you will be  

> able to

> join us!  Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List

> Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Topic: State Professional Development Systems

> Discussion Dates: January 30 – February 10

> Guest Facilitator: Cassie Drennon Bryant, President, Cassandra  

> Drennon &

> Associates, Inc.

> To participate: Subscribe by visiting:

> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Professionaldevelopment

>

> General Overview:

>

> Join our guests to discuss a broad range of topics on how state  

> professional

> development (PD) systems work, including (but not limited to):  

> funding,

> leadership, structure, provision of PD, policy, state initiatives,  

> assessment

> and evaluation, continuous improvement, and other related issues.

>

> The discussion is open to anyone who would like to share their work or

> experiences with state PD. Guests from the following seven states  

> and one

> region will be joining us in discussion and participating on behalf  

> of their

> professional development entities/organizations:

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> GUESTS

>

> New England

> Silja Kallenbach, Coordinator, New England Literacy Resource Center

> (NELRC)/World Education

>

> California

> Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D., Principal Research Analyst and California  

> Adult

> Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) Director, American

> Institutes for Research

>

> Erik Jacobson, Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research/ 

> CALPRO

>

> Wendi Maxwell, Education Programs Consultant, California Department of

> Education

>

> Florida

> Teresa G. Bestor, State Director of Adult Education and Compliance  

> Monitoring,

> Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education, Florida  

> Department of

> Education

>

> Debra Hargrove, Coordinator, Florida TechNet

>

> Massachusetts

> Mina Reddy, Director, System for Adult Basic Education Support  

> (SABES) Central

> Resource Center, World Education

>

> Steve Reuys, Director, Adult Literacy Resource Institute/Greater  

> Boston SABES

> Regional Support Center

>

> George Kohout, Director, SABES Western Regional Support Center and  

> has worked

> for five years as Technology Coordinator

>

> New Mexico

> Nick Evangelista, Executive Director, New Mexico Adult Education  

> Association

>

> New York

> Ira Yankwitt, Director of the New York City Regional Adult  

> Education Network

> (NYC RAEN), Literacy Assistance Center

>

> Ohio

> Jeff Fantine, Director of the Central/Southeast ABLE Resource  

> Center at Ohio

> University, participating on behalf of the Ohio ABLE Resource  

> Center Network

>

> Rhode Island

> Janet Isserlis Project Director, Literacy Resources/RI

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> To participate, subscribe by visiting:

> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Professionaldevelopment

>

> See you on the list! Best, Jackie Taylor

>

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