Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8LF8X905428; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:08:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:08:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s9c9ebb8.098@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Garner" <Barbara_Garner@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:287] SUMMIT Project X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 3404 Lines: 108 NIFL has asked me to post this: National Literacy Summit 2000 Action Agenda--A Special Project of the National Coalition for Literacy Position Notice The National Coalition for Literacy will manage implementing the Summit 2000 Action Agenda, a specific set of outcomes and action steps designed by the adult literacy field and available at www.nifl.gov, by hiring a consultant or consultants to carry out the Agenda. Based on the project duties listed below and by referring to the Action Agenda (www.nifl.gov), applicants are invited to propose a) which duties they will carry out; b) describe benchmarks and products they will achieve and how they will achieve them; c) create a time line; and d) provide a budget with budget narrative. Applicants also will discuss their capacity--skills, experience, etc.--as they relate to successful achievement of benchmarks and products, and will include a resume. Approximately $70,000 is available in Year I to carry out all duties described below. The selection committee will entertain proposals from consultants who are interested in carrying out all or specific parts of the work. Year I runs Oct/Nov 2000 - Oct/Nov 2001 and is contingent on successful completion of contracts with funders. Carry on funding is expected but not guaranteed for Year II. Applicants are asked to respond by email to Robbin Sorensen, Chair, National Coalition for Literacy; rsorensen@erols.com by October 1. Applicants are reminded of the limits of electronic transfer and the inconsistencies of attachment access as they prepare proposals. ========== Project Duties: The Summit consultant(s) will assist with the following activities: 1. Field organization efforts associated with state and local Summit follow-up implementation. 2. Dissemination of Summit document and annual reports. 3. Collect commitments from national, state, and local partners and stakeholders who adopt specific summit recommendations and make action plans toward improvement in any are noted in the report. 4. Request periodic reports on progress toward commitments from those organizations who made them, and list this progress in an annual report on Summit progress. 5. Update the Summit Web site (contributed by NIFL through the LINCS system) with periodic news of progress and new commitments or partnerships 6. Moderate a Summit online discussion on LINCS. 7. Convene a reconstituted Summit steering committee as often as needed for the purposes of planning Summit annual reports and activities including but not limited to 3 quarterly meetings in November 2000, February 2001, and May 2001. 8. Respond to inquiries regarding the Action Agenda. ========== Project management and timeline: The Summit consultant(s) will be overseen by the Executive Committee of the National Coalition for Literacy. The Committee will manage the consultant work, receive progress reports, oversee consultant invoicing, and other related activities. The Summit Steering Committee will continue to meet and to help plan and direct the project. The project could span up to 3 years but will be reviewed and renewed on an annual basis. ========== Project location: Consultants can either conduct work in loaned space in an existing office or could be a virtual office located anywhere as long as management agrees that the location is not a barrier to achieving the Action Agenda.
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