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>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:22:42 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

>From: Mary Ann Corley <macorley1 at earthlink.net>

>Subject: National Practitioner-Researcher Symposium

>The following is an announcement about a national adult education 

>practitioner-researcher symposium, a Meeting of the Minds II, to be held 

>in Sacramento, CA November 30-December 2, 2006. I would appreciate your 

>help in promoting this conference. Please post to your lists and help us 

>spread the word.

>

>Thanks so much!

>-Mary Ann Corley

>

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>

>SAVE the DATES:  November 30-December 2, 2006!

>

>ANNOUNCING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS II SYMPOSIUM!

>

>The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 

>the California Department of Education (CDE) Adult Education Office, and 

>the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) of 

>the American Institutes for Research are pleased to announce a Meeting of 

>the Minds II: A National Adult Education Practitioner-Researcher Symposium.

>

>Scheduled for November 30-December 2, 2006, at the Sheraton Grand hotel in 

>Sacramento, California, the symposium is designed to provide opportunities 

>for adult education practitioners and researchers to share and discuss the 

>most current research findings and practitioner wisdom. It will engage 

>practitioners and researchers with questions related to goals, 

>accountability, and efficacy and efficiency in policy, practice, and 

>research. The ultimate goals of the symposium are to highlight systemic 

>changes that can enhance literacy practice and increase student learning 

>gains. The theme of this year's symposium is Systemic Change and Student 

>Success: What Does Research Tell Us?

>

>As in the first Meeting of the Minds Symposium that was held in 2004, each 

>session of the 2006 Symposium will be structured so that the research 

>presentation is followed by a panel of practitioners who will discuss 

>implications for practice or policy. In addition, conference attendees 

>will have opportunities for small group interaction and networking with 

>researcher-presenters to discuss not only how research can inform practice 

>and policy, but also how practice and policy can inform and suggest a 

>research agenda.

>

>More information about the Meeting of the Minds II symposium will be 

>available soon on the symposium Web site,  www.researchtopractice.org. 

>(This Web site currently lists presenters' PowerPoints and abstracts of 

>sessions held at the 2004 Meeting of the Minds symposium as well as 

>thoughts generated by attendees regarding implications of the research 

>findings.) We are in the process of updating this Web site to house 

>information about online registration for the 2006 symposium as well as 

>information about hotel registration. We will send out another notice 

>after the Web site has been updated. In the meantime, please save the 

>dates and plan to join us in November in Sacramento!

>

>Thank you.

>

>-Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D.

>Symposium Coordinator and

>CALPRO Director, American Institutes for Research