FW: [NLA] Re: Learner Leadership/NIFL Board

[Ellison, Art]

To the list,
 It seems to me like we are talking about someone like Gov. Ruth Ann Minner
of Delaware, a daughter of a sharecropper, who got her GED, worked as an
agricultural worker, librarian, receptionist in the Governor's office, state
representative, state senator and now Governor.

   Art Ellison

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Emma Torrez [SMTP:etorrez at visionliteracy.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:18 PM
> To:	nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Subject:	RE: [NLA] Re: Learner Leadership/NIFL Board
> 
> That would be very good idea. VALUE should take the lead and have a VALUE
> person on the board
> 
> Emma Torrez
> Learner Advocate
> Vision Literacy
> (408)262-1349
> www.visionliteracy.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org
> [mailto:nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org]On Behalf Of Jon Randall
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:24 AM
> To: 'NLA listserv'
> Subject: [NLA] Re: Learner Leadership/NIFL Board
> 
> 
> Re: George's suggestion that VALUE should take the lead in recommending a
> nominee for the NIFL Advisory Board ...
> 
> There are at least two directions VALUE may want to go:
> 
> One way would be that the organization itself could recommend a high
> profile
> person who experienced learning to read as an adult as Gail suggests.
> 
> One important consideration is that any such person being recommended is
> capable of speaking knowledgeably about student involvement. It is not
> enough that he or she at one time had personal experience as an adult
> learner. In order to educate fellow board members and advise the Institute
> from a adult learner perspective, the person being recommended either must
> be familiar with adult learner leadership issues or at least have the time
> and willingness to learn about such issues and advocate them. This may be
> a
> tall order.
> 
> If VALUE decides there is no high-profile individual that has knowledge
> and/or desire to advocate on behalf of all adult learners as a NIFL
> Advisory
> Board member, another direction might be for VALUE to ask organizations
> like
> the National Coalition for Literacy to recommend someone from within
> VALUE's
> ranks. Such a recommendation would not seem self-serving if it came from
> others.
> 
> Either way, the spirit of all the postings to date is the same. We should
> look to VALUE's leadership on this issue.
> 
> Note: Although I provide pro bono consultation to VALUE, this posting is
> just my opinion. I am not speaking on behalf of the organization.
> 
> Jon
> 
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