Hello everyone,

I'm pleased to announce that D.C. LEARNs, Washington D.C.'s literacy  
coalition, has been selected by the State Education Office (SEO) of  
the Government of the District of Columbia to lead the development,  
design, and management of a new Adult Literacy Professional  
Development Center for adult literacy, GED preparation, workplace  
literacy, family literacy, and adult English language learning  
programs here in the District of Columbia. Although our proposal was  
approved a few months ago, we waited to make a formal announcement  
until we had a better idea of when the funding would be approved and  
available.

Major organizational partners include the Adult Literacy Resource  
Center (ALRC) at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and the  
EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance Center at the Center  
for Literacy Studies (CLS), University of Tennessee. D.C. LEARNs  
member organizations, which include nearly all of the adult literacy  
programs in the District, will also play a significant role in the  
planning, design, and implementation of the project.

The search is now underway for a manager for the project. It's an  
exciting opportunity, I think, to build a citywide professional  
development initiative from the ground up -- and in a unique city  
that is going through tremendous growth and change.

A press release and the position description for the manager position  
is now available on our Web site:

Project Announcement:
http://www.dclearns.org/archives/001854.html

Job Description:
http://www.dclearns.org/archives/001855.html

A press release and the job description are also available as PDFs.

Press Release:
http://www.dclearns.org/documents/pr121206.pdf

Job Description:
http://www.dclearns.org/documents/pdmanagerjobdesc2.pdf

Please visit our Web site for more information about D.C. LEARNs:
http://www.dclearns.org

Please feel free to distribute this information widely. I'm not going  
to mail bomb every NIFL list with this announcement, but feel free to  
cross-post wherever you think it is appropriate.

Thanks!

Jeff Carter
Executive Director

DC LEARNs
1612 K Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

www.dclearns.org
jcarter at dclearns.org
202-331-0141 ext. 22