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Washington State Invests in Learner Leadership(Posted June, 2000)
The Office of Adult Literacy in Washington State is making adult learner leadership a major priority.
VALUE representatives travelled to Washington State in mid-May to meet for two days with adult learners and adult education practitioners. Several of the learners in attendance had participated in VALUE’s Adult Learner Leadership Institute in Indianapolis in June 1999. (The Office of Adult Literacy had paid for their travel to that Institute.)
The recent meetings in May resulted in:
1. A plan for an adult learner conference to be held in July 2000.
2. A plan for a new statewide adult learner organization, called "ALLOW" (Adult Learner Leaders of Washington).
The Office of Adult Literacy is showing its support for learner leadership by investing funds and staff time to this new initiative.
VALUE representatives will return to Washington to conduct learner leadership workshops at the July adult learner conference. VALUE hopes to provide similar conference planning, leadership training, and learner-organization planning services to other states in the coming year.
For more information about learner leadership efforts in Washington, contact Michael Tate at the Office of Adult Literacy, PO Box 42495, Olympia, WA 98504, 360-586-1478.
Revised 6/5/00