[Sabeswest] Reminder / Regional Forum with ACLS

[George Kohout]

It would be great to see the room full this Friday as the
ABE 5 year plan begins to take shape.

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       REGIONAL SURVEY DATA MEETINGS

> At the October 2006 Directors' Meeting, ABE Directors 
> heard a summary of the results of the Massachusetts 
> ABE Student/Staff Survey commissioned by ACLS.  Upon
>  hearing the results, many participants suggested there 
> were differences between the statewide data and their 
> experiences in the regions and ACLS committed to regional 
> meetings to compare and contrast the statewide and 
> regional findings.

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> The WMass meeting is scheduled for Friday, Jan 19 from
> 10 - 1:00 in Room 301 of the Kittredge Center at HCC.
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> The intended results of the meeting are:
> 1)  Participating stakeholders will understand the purpose 
>       and process for the development of the ABE Statewide 
>       Strategic Plan.
> 2) Regional survey data will be compared and contrasted 
>       with the experiences of participating stakeholders. 
> 3) Participating stakeholders will generate regional implications 
>      for consideration in developing the ABE Statewide Strategic 
>      Plan.
> 
> Bill Bloomfield, facilitator for the ABE Statewide Strategic Plan, 
> will facilitate these regional meetings.  Anne Holbrook, ACLS 
> Community Planning Developer, will present the regional results 
> of the Student/Staff survey conducted by Noel Levitz.  Each 
> meeting will include an overview of the ABE statewide strategic 
> planning process, regional survey results, and breakout sessions 
> to compare and contrast regional survey results with the experience 
> of regional stakeholders and generate implications for the ABE 
> Statewide Strategic Plan.
> 
> ABE administrators, staff and students, local workforce investment 
> board (aka REB) staff, local career center staff, ABE Advisory 
> Council members, and ABE Community Planning Partnership 
> members are invited.  ACLS looks forward to the robust participation 
> of a broad sampling of stakeholders so as to capture the diversity 
> of experience of the Massachusetts adult education community.  
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> I encourage you to attend if your schedule allows. It will be
> a great opportunity for WMass participation in this planning
> process.
> 
> To register in advance for the forum please contact Adrienne
> Morris at SABES .... amorris at hcc.mass.edu .... 413 552 2069
>