Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7CDAEX28415; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:10:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:10:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEKEFODDAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1242] EFF changes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3145 Lines: 62 "Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am writing to share with you some important changes we are making in the organization of Equipped for the Future training and technical assistance. Starting October 1, 2002 all EFF training and technical assistance will be coordinated through the Center for Literacy Studies (CLS) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Jean Stephens, Director of CLS, and Brenda Bell, Associate Director of CLS and a long time member of the EFF Management Team, have been working this summer with Lisa Levinson, Dawn Norris, and staff at the University of Maine - Orono to assure that the transition goes smoothly with minimal disruption to existing training and technical assistance services. We have decided to make these changes for a number of reasons. Over the past year EFF staff and trainers have been meeting to integrate findings from work on the EFF Assessment Framework into all EFF training and materials. We have put together several teams that include staff from both the EFF Assessment Consortium (SRI International and CLS) and the EFF National Center (University of Maine-Orono and World Education) to work on products that will be available this fall. This joint work has been exciting and demanding. We realized that to better meet the needs of all EFF users we needed to find ways to integrate out work even more. When Lisa Levinson decided earlier this year that she planned to step down from her position as Director of the National Center effective June 30th, it provided a natural opportunity for us to take the next step and merge all training and technical assistance functions in one central location. The expanded EFF Center at the Center for Literacy Studies will manage and coordinate all training, technical assistance and product development for EFF with some support functions continuing at University of Maine- Orono and World Education. Assessment-related research and development will continue at SRI International, in partnership with CLS. This summer will be a time of transition for us. All National Center staff will continue to work from their current locations over the summer. Jean and Brenda will take over Lisa's role in working with states and other partners to develop and implement training plans. Day to day operations of the Center will continue to be managed from the Orono office by Dawn Norris. By October 1, 2002 the center of operations will move to Knoxville, with key staff positions located at CLS. Lisa has been part of the EFF development process for many years and we will miss her leadership. She has definitely earned some time off! We look forward to her rejoining us to work on Special Projects when her leave is ended. We are very excited about the changes ahead. Please feel free to call or email me (sstein@nifl.gov or 202-233-2041) or Jean (jjstephe@utk.edu or 865-974-6610) or Brenda(bsbell@utk.edu or 865-974-6654) -- if you have any questions or ideas to share. We look forward to continuing our work with you as we work to better equip ourselves for the future. Sincerely, Sondra Stein EFF National Director Senior Research Associate, NIFL "
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