[AAACE-NLA] News and Notes from the National Institute for Literacy

[Janet Isserlis]

Jo

Wonder if the board is able to share some of its thinking about NIFL's
strategic directions?

As well, we've heard about the Director's visit to New Orleans.  Is the
Institute undertaking any specific actions to help people and programs these
affected by Katrina and its fall out?

thanks

Janet Isserlis



From: "Maralit, Mary Jo" <MMaralit at NIFL.gov>
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Conversation: News and Notes from the National Institute for Literacy
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              Highlights of January Advisory Board Meeting:
 
Strategic Direction: Board members devoted much of its scheduled two-day
meeting in Washington, DC on January 30 and 31 to a review and discussion of
the Institute¹s draft Strategic Directions Plan. The document, which is not
intended to be a detailed operations plan, explores the strategic direction
of the Institute over the next several years as well as the underpinnings
that will inform the prioritization of the agency¹s work.
 
Literacy in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Restoring literacy programs and
post-Katrina workforce priorities were the focus of presentations by Dr.
Petrice Sams-Abiodun, director of the Lindy Boggs National Center for
Community Literacy, at Loyola University in New Orleans; and Dr. Michael
Cowan, special assistant to the president of Loyola and a member of the
Boggs Center Board. Drs. Sams-Abiodun and Cowan shared sobering literacy
statistics and the need for coordination and funding to re-build the
capacity of adult education and workforce programs in the New Orleans Parish
and in the region. To learn more about the Boggs Center, visit:
www.boggslit.org <http://www.boggslit.org/> 

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