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Adult Education from the National and State
Perspective

• 2005 Adult and Community Educators Conference
• September 29, 2005

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National News

• Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office
  of Vocational and Adult Education U.S. Department
  of Education
• Mike Dan, Accountability Team Leader

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News from National Conference of Adult Education
State Directors

• Reauthorization
• Determining State Leadership Priorities
• NRS Changes
• Preparing RFP for Local Grantees
• DOL Strategies for Serving Needs of Youth
  Individual with Limited English Proficiency
• Redesign of naturalization test
• Adult Ed program Survey Report
• Managed Enrollment
• Helping Adult Learners Make the Transition to
  Postsecondary Education
• http//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/A
  dultEd/index.html

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Additional National Resources

• A Process Guide for Establishing State Adult
  Education Content Standards
• http//www.adultedcontentstandards.org/howto.asp

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State of FL Adult Education

• Teresa Bestor, Director of Special Federal
  Projects
• [phone]
• Teresa.Bestor_at_fldoe.org

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State of FL Adult Education

• Marcia Maxwell, Educational Consultant Adult
  Education
• [phone]
• Marcia.Maxwell_at_fldoe.org
• Operations Adult Ed. Unit
• ABE Task Force
• Adult Ed. Coordination and Planning Project
  (AECAP) Liaison
• Strengthen Youth Partnerships Initiative Liaison

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State of FL Adult Education

• Phil Anderson, Educational Consultant ESOL
• [phone]
• Philip.Anderson_at_fldoe.org
• Technical Assistance to ESOL program providers
• ESOL Task Force Liaison
• Manage State Leadership EL Civics projects
• Content Standards Consortium Liaison

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State of FL Adult Education

• Linda Palmer, Educational Consultant Adult
  Education
• [phone]
• Linda.Palmer_at_fldoe.org
• Manage State Leadership Grants
• Family Literacy Practitioners Task Force
• State and Regional Adult Literacy Resource
  Centers
• Develop Marketing materials

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State of FL Adult Education

• Pamela Shrestha, Educational Consultant Adult
  Education
• [phone]
• Pamela.shrestha_at_fldoe.org
• Liaison to GED, ASE,VPI and Adults with Learning
  Disabilities Practitioners Task Forces
• Liaison to Regional Training Councils

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State of FL Adult Education

• Christine Davis, Chief Examiner GED
• [phone]
• Christine.Davis_at_fldoe.org
• General Educational Development Testing located
  on DOE web page
• GED web page new and improved
• Revision of GED rule - fees

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State of FL Adult Education

• Nancy Cordill, Director CTE, Adult Ed. and
  Apprenticeship
• [phone]
• Nancy.Cordill_at_fldoe.org
• Surveys
• GED Survey Request from Governor's Office
• Distance Learning
• State Leadership Profile and Products

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State of FL Adult Education

• Focus
• Student Goal Setting documentation and follow-up
  for NRS
• Technical Assistance Paper and Training
• www.nrsweb.org
• Transitioning Adult Education Students to
  Postsecondary Education and Training
• Technical Assistance and Training

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State of FL Adult Education

• Initiatives/Studies
• Floridas Adult Education and Family Literacy
  Programs Funding Strategies Report
• LCP Placement Study
• Staff Development Communication, Collaboration
  and Coordination
• ACE
• Practitioner Task Force
• Regional Training Centers
• State and Regional Adult Resource/Literacy
  Centers

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And Now Here's.

• Johnny
• Others

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Remember to

• Look for the Good
• Discover the passion
• Let the Good Times roll
• Focus on the Doing and the Learning will occur
• Stay in the moment