NIFL-Workplace Colleagues,
Are you working or interested in adult literacy professional development? 
Please see below ~ Jackie Taylor, List Moderator, NIFL-AALPD
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Dear Colleagues:
The Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD) announces 
and welcomes you to participate in a pre-conference session at COABE, designed 
especially for all of you interested in professional development in adult 
education and literacy. By popular demand, this year’s AALPD Pre-Conference at 
COABE will be expanded to a full-day session (from the previous half-day 
session format).

Wednesday, May 4, 2005
9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COABE, Anaheim, California
Registration Fee: $75.00
Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 20, 2005
Lunch and refreshments _are_ provided

In this session, entitled "Professional Development Delivery Methods: What 
Works Best For You?", participants will:

- learn about national and recent professional development initiatives;
- discuss professional development delivery methods;
- participate in furthering the development of AALPD’s platform of policies in 
support of professional development;
- discover innovative professional development approaches related to the 
topics chosen by our members (reading instruction, writing instruction, and 
organizing and monitoring instruction);
- network with professional development colleagues; and
- leave with information about the latest available professional development 
resources.

In the past, these sessions have been a valuable time for those of us working 
in professional development to meet and share ideas and learn from one 
another. We hope you can join us.

To register online, visit: https://www.proliteracy.org/external/coabe05/ and 
choose the pre-conference entitled "Professional Development Delivery Methods: 
What Works Best For You?" (It does not say AALPD on the registration form). To 
download a copy of the registration form so that you can mail it in, visit: 
http://www.coabe05.org/register/index.html. If you register after the Early 
Bird registration ends (April 20, 2005), the pre-conference still costs only 
$75.00, regardless of how much you pay to register for the COABE conference 
itself.

If you have questions about the AALPD pre-conference, please e-mail Cristine 
Smith (csmith at worlded.org), Jackie Taylor (jataylor at utk.edu), Renee 
Sherman(rsherman at air.org) or Sandra Fugate (sfugate1 at utk.edu). We hope to see 
you there!

AALPD Executive Committee
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