Dear Discussion List Participants,

Today, the National Institute for Literacy is moving the discussion lists to a fully moderated format. Our goal is to enhance professional development for educators and practitioners through ongoing opportunities to learn, discuss, and reflect on critical literacy issues. 

There will be no significant changes in the way you receive your discussion list mail.  Each list will have a moderator who will facilitate dialogue about the latest literacy research and its applications to instructional practice; promising policies and practices -- in addition to promoting the exchange of ideas, resources, and experience.  The moderator will review messages posted to the list daily, prior to releasing it to subscribers.  Please review the Discussion List Guidelines  http://dev.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guidelines.html  for more information.  

As subscribers, you can continue to post to the list, the list email address is: professionaldevelopment at dev.nifl.gov 

This list is moderated by Jackie Taylor. 

The purpose of this list is to provide an on-going professional development forum to build a network of professional developers to share information and communicate fresh ideas and promising practices; provide professional development for professional developers based on needs or interests; and contribute the voice of the field in shaping policy initiatives. This list features information and discussion about planning and implementing professional development to address issues such as new teacher preparation, needs assessment and evaluation, using technology and distance learning, and designing professional development to support local, state and national initiatives and program improvement efforts. The Professional Development list is open to everyone working or interested in adult literacy professional development.

We encourage discussion list participants to focus your contributions to the Adult Literacy Professional Development list. Your comments, suggestions, references, and ideas posted to the discussion lists continue to serve as resources for enhancing the field's capacity and knowledge base.  We encourage open discourse and an exchange of information, ideas, and practices among all list subscribers.  As in the past, differences in perspectives and ideas are welcome, especially when they are voiced in the spirit of inquiry, curiosity, and mutual respect.  

Thank you for your dedication to this online community.  We look forward to sharing and learning with you.   

Sincerely,
Tanya Shuy and Mary Jo Maralit
National Institute for Literacy

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