[NLA] Discussion: New DAEL Director, WIA Reauthorization Hearings

[David J. Rosen]

NLA Colleagues,

Today's Thursday Notes brings the field lots of good news.  I am 
especially glad to see that the new Director of the U.S. Department of 
Education's Division of Adult Education and Literacy is the experienced 
and nationally recognized state adult education director from 
Pennsylvania, Cheryl Keenan.  This is a very positive signal to our field.

I hope as many people as possible will present public comments on 
reauthorization of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) 
at the June 3rd and 4th hearings. (See the message below for details)  

In comments to the NLA list, and recently also informally to me, a few 
people have suggested  that AEFLA should be pulled out of the Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA), and should (again) be a separate act.  Some have 
said that,  among other benefits, this might increase the workforce 
related activities reported in adult literacy education, that since 
AEFLA has been under WIA ironically there have been disincentives  to 
track and report work-related outcomes.

I would like to invite those who hold views on how WIA should be changed 
to post them to the NLA List for discussion.

David J. Rosen
NLA List Moderator

Tilghman, Rose wrote:

> Thursday Notes
>
> From the D ivision of AdultEducation and Literacy
>
> Office of Vocational and Adult Education
>
> Editor: Sarah Newcomb
> Production: Rose Tilghman
>
> May 9, 2002                            
> ___________________________________
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>
> Keenan to
> Lead DAEL
>
> Former Pennsylvania State Director Cheryl L. Keenan will be the new 
> director of the Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL), 
> Assistant Secretary Carol D'Amico announced yesterday. Keenan has 
> played a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the new requirements 
> in Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and is expected to 
> provide a wealth of experience, insight, and vision to the division 
> and OVAE as reauthorization activities are conducted relative to the 
> Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. Officials say that she is 
> anticipated to arrive at her new post in early June. Contact< 
> mailto:david.holt at ed.gov > 
>
> OVAE to Hold
> Public Meetings on
> Reauthorization
>
> Assistant Secretary Carol D'Amico announced this week that OVAE will 
> hold two meetings in June to hear public comments on reauthorization 
> of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The first 
> meeting is scheduled for June 3 in Farmington Hills, Michigan and the 
> second slated for June 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. See attachment for 
> sites. For details on how to present comments, submit written 
> comments, receive additional information or request accommodations for 
> persons with disabilities, contact< 
> mailto:ganderson at dbconsultinggroup.com >Additional public meetings are 
> being planned for the summer 2002 in California and North Carolina at 
> times, dates, and locations, to be determined. Stay tuned.
>
> States, OVAE
> Convene in
> Charleston
>
> Nearly one hundred State Directors of adult education and state staff 
> are meeting with OVAE officials in Charleston, South Carolina this 
> week. Meeting participants are working through accountability and 
> assessment issues, learning more about reading instruction for adults 
> and talking about reauthorization of AEFLA. Workshops topics include 
> data matching, test reliability/validity, new ways to measure 
> educational gain and new monitoring procedures. Also covered are ideas 
> for expanding program delivery and access as well as for the next 
> Report to Congress.
>
> Can Dyslexia
> Be Overcome?
>
> What does Charles Schwab, inventor of the discount brokerage have in 
> common with John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco as well as comedian Jay 
> Leno and political consultant James Carville? They all have dyslexia! 
> For an uplifting moment on how well dyslexia can be overcome-and what 
> it takes to do it-seeFortune Magazine's May 13 issue at
>
> http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=207665 
> <http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=207665> 
>   This article offers excellent links to websites that help with 
> dyslexia as well as information about dyslexia including dyslexia on 
> the job.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
>
> Office of Vocational and Adult Education
>
> OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
>
> <<Thursday Notes-05-09-02-fr notice02 - adult ed,short.doc>>
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