PD List Colleagues:
I've been glancing back into the history of our Adult Literacy
Professional Development List, formerly called NIFL-AALPD. I thought
you'd be interested to see the short survey results from 2003, the first
year the NIFL-AALPD List was in operation.
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/informal_e
val_update.html (or try: http://tinyurl.com/y3r4dw). I'd also like to
know your thoughts on these same 4 questions this * year. If you'd like
to get straight to the 4 Qs, please see what's next. If you'd like to
know why I ask, then scroll down a bit more.

By Wednesday, November 22nd, please post your responses or email me
off-list with answers to any of the questions below (jataylor at utk.edu) :

1.	What do you like about the Adult Literacy Professional
Development List?
	
2.	What direction would you like to see the list take? (Or, what
professional development needs do you think this list has yet to meet?)

3.	What are your suggestions for moving the list in that direction?
(Or otherwise improving it?)

4.	What topics, if any, would you like to see pursued in discussion
list activities?

If I receive more than a handful of responses, I will compile them and
share them back with the list as before. 

Why repeat this survey?

a)	Since 2003, the list has changed in many ways, including both
name and format. We've covered a lot of ground in our dialogues. But as
a group, we haven't reflected on what we've learned in a while, whether
this list is still meeting our needs, and in what ways it can improve.
	
b)	NIFL is dedicating a portion of my time to offer a small range
of activities this year of your choosing (type, topic, format, etc.). So
this is an opportunity for us, as a group, to identify what we want.

c)	The PD List is a way for us to pursue our own professional
learning and thinking together. We make the space into what it is, and
what we want it to become.

So think of the possibilities we have to learn from one another! This is
your list, and I always hope you find it to be a welcoming and
comfortable space for sharing, dialogue and reflection.

Yours, Jackie

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu 

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