[ProfessionalDevelopment 1871] AALPD Nominations for Leadership RolesSherman, Renee RSherman at air.orgMon Jan 14 11:20:18 EST 2008
The Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD) seeks 6-8 AALPD members to fill leadership roles for 2008. To volunteer for one of the below listed positions: Please send a cover letter with your qualifications, and briefly describe the skills you would bring to the AALPD Executive Board. Share your experience in the field in a format of your choosing (Ex: resume, vitae). Include 2-3 references. To nominate a colleague: 1. Submit the colleague's name and contact information, along with the name and contact information of an AALPD member who seconds the nomination. 2. Describe your professional relationship with the nominee and why you recommend him or her as a member of the AALPD Executive Board for 2008. Please send your submissions to Renee Sherman at rsherman at air.org no later than Wednesday, January 30th, 2008. The AALPD Executive Board will review the submissions, contact nominees and volunteers, and finalize these roles by February 15, 2008. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Executive Board Positions for 2008 Members-at-Large Estimated Time Commitment: 2-4 hours/month AALPD seeks 3-5 members-at-large to: * Participate on AALPD Executive Board meetings via conference call (every 4-6 weeks) and assume fair share of tasks as they arise. Sample tasks might include: * Contributing expertise in Executive Board planning * Drafting a handout for preconference or short text for the Web site * Providing shared feedback on PD content, etc. * Participate in email discussion of AALPD Executive Board between conference calls PD Research Committee Chair Estimated Time Commitment: 4-6 hours/month * Participate on AALPD Executive Board conference calls (every 4-6 weeks) as a member of the AALPD Executive Board * Participate in email discussion of AALPD executive Board between conference calls * Collaborate with the Executive Board to develop priorities for sharing professional development research resources with the field and promoting the need to fund and conduct this research specific to adult literacy professional development * Initiate new projects in alignment with those priorities * Recruit and organize committee members to assist with new projects * Develop and revise materials with other research committee members as needed to fulfill AALPD's goals related to the priorities * Make research resources available on the AALPD website and in the ALE Wiki Professional Development Area * Present or facilitate activities regarding PD research at the AALPD Pre-Conference * Collaborate with national organizations in promoting research resources related to professional development for adult literacy practitioners * Promote the need to fund and conduct research in adult literacy professional development with colleges, universities, and other research institutions * Engage the field with professional development research initiatives and reports PD Resource Chair Estimated Time Commitment: 4-8 hours/month * Participate on AALPD Executive Board conference calls (every 4-6 weeks) as a member of the AALPD Executive Board * Participate in email discussion of AALPD Executive Board between conference calls * Collaborate with Executive Board to develop priorities for expanding the AALPD Web site as a one-stop for sharing online adult literacy professional development resources and building networking opportunities * Recruit and organize committee members to assist with new projects * Develop and revise materials with other resource committee members as needed to fulfill AALPD's goals related to the priorities * Collaborate with the Web Manager to make resources available on the AALPD Web site * Present or facilitate activities regarding new Web developments at conferences * Collaborate with national and state organizations in identifying adult literacy professional development resources and networks and promoting them * Collaborate with the Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator in engaging the field with those resources PD Registry Curator Estimated Time Commitment: 4 hours/month * Co-approve (with the AALPD Chair) registry materials that are submitted for posting * Collaborate with the PD Resource Committee to develop goals and benchmarks for registry growth and use * Collaborate with list moderator in engaging the field with the registry * Grow the PD Registry using several strategies to elicit submissions, such as: * posting inquiries to discussion lists * writing individuals and inviting them to submit their materials * encouraging professional developers to write up facilitator guides for activities they have designed * collaborating with the Executive Board in eliciting submissions from others * Distributing and/or overseeing the distribution of flyers, as appropriate, about the PD Registry at national conferences and other PD venues Thank You Renee Sherman American Institutes for Research 1000 Thomas Jefferson, NW Washington, DC 20007-3541 202-403-5327 rsherman at air.org American Institutes for Research 1000 Thomas Jefferson, NW Washington, DC 20007-3541 202-403-5327 rsherman at air.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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