[Reading-hall-of-fame] Hall of Fame Questionnaire

[David Olson]

"Taffy E. Raphael" <taffy at uic.edu> on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 10:39
PM -0500 wrote:
>HI All,
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>Many thanks to the 25 who have sent in responses to the Advocacy
>Committee Questionnaire.  We are tallying responses tomorrow and
>beginning to synthesize/group members' ideas over the weekend.  If you
>still have this on your 'To Do List,' please respond by Thursday, April
>17th.  I'm embedding the five questions below for your convenience.  If
>you need the original which had the cover letter explaining the reason
>for the committee and its history, just email and I"ll send along the
>attachment.
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>Thank you again for your time and see you soon!  TER
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>Questionnaire
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>1.  Should the Reading Hall of Fame strengthen its commitment to advocacy?
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>      o       No.     The current by-law statement and the current level
>of activity of the Hall of Fame is appropriate.
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>      o       No.     No change in the by-laws is necessary, but we
>should increase our activity to reflect a commitment to advocacy.
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yes
>o       Yes.    We need to expand our level of advocacy and take on roles
>and activities that can influence the formation of reading policy and
>practices.
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>2.      If we do increase our engagement in advocacy, what kinds of
>issues are appropriate to this organization at this time?
 Policy issues surrounding the different levels and uses of literacy eg.
vocational education, up-grading, specialized domains (rather than the
single focus on better and higher on one dimension of literacy).
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>3.      What kind of format(s) would be appropriate (e.g., 'a' stand? 
>Always multiple perspectives?)
Stands.
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>4.      What might we do and how might we do it (e.g., what kind of
>ongoing activities would be relevant)?
Commission reports as if we were a think tank.
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>5.      What would be the criteria for identifying an activity as a Hall
>of Fame event/topic?
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>-- 
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>email:  taffy at uic.edu
>
>Taffy E. Raphael, Ph.D.
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