Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hALNjQm14344; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:45:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:45:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <006b01c3b088$fc1ee5b0$b406020a@Gloria> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Gloria Gillette" <ggillette@ix.netcom.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:830] Re: supporting teachers thru PD X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1474 Lines: 37 Supporting, defending, critisizing, sculpting and, above all , understanding policy is the backbone of what we do as professional developers. It is an essential element to our success and our leadership. Its absence is a glaring and can do nothing but weaken our efforts. Gloria Gillette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Isserlis" <janet_isserlis@brown.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:827] Re: supporting teachers thru PD > Jackie and all, > > With due respect to the 'situation' at NIFL and of the constraints we understand around this list, you do realize that it can't be surprising that policy discussions related to PD would be sparse on this list . I appreciate your prompt for us to vision what professional development could and should be. > > Leadership would work to include provision for support (funding, time, resources) for practitioners (teachers, program administrators) to build cultures and communities of learning and of respect for one another's knowledge and for the notion that we all are committing to further learning and improvement of our practice in service to improving learning opportunities for adults. > > Janet Isserlis > > > PD-related policy discussions seem to be lacking as of late in this forum. After all, it is the third goal of this list: "To contribute the voice of the > field in shaping policy initiatives." > >
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