[Reading-hall-of-fame] FW: proposal

Fri Jan 13 22:35:37 GMT 2012

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>To:       Reading Hall of Fame members
>From:   Donna Ogle
>Re:      Proposal for use of revenue  from book sale
>Date:   Jan. 12, 2012

>This note comes with a request for your input regarding a proposal that
>has evolved out of the generosity of Jim Hoffman and Yetta Goodman in
>donating  the proceeds from their edited  book Changing Literacies for
>Changing Times (Routledge, 2009) to the Hall of Fame.   Jim, Yetta and I
>met during  the LRA meeting in Jacksonville to consider what would be a
>meaningful use of these funds  and decided that it might be possible for
>the  Hall of Fame to  provide a real service to young professionals by
>establishing a mentorship program with Hall of Fame members during the
>first years in their careers.   Please read the proposal outline included below and
>share your ideas with us.   This is clearly an idea in its initial
>stages;  going ahead with it will demand interest, creativity,
>willingness to commit time,  and  some risktaking  on the part of our
>members.
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>Please send your suggestions and ideas to the three of us involved in
>this proposal:.  We hope we can bring this to the membership on May 1 for
>final consideration and action.
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>jhoffman at mail.utexas.edu<mailto:jhoffman at mail.utexas.edu>
>ygoodman at u.arizona.edu
>dogle at nl.edu
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PROPOSAL FOR A MENTORSHIP PROJECT

We would like to establish a Mentoring Program through which Hall of Fame members would be paired with young professionals in their first assignments following graduate school to help them make the transition into their careers.  This idea builds on those projects  already available for doctoral students before the completion of their dissertations  (LRA and NCTE’s minority scholar program);  however, we think the first years in careers may be the most isolating for new professionals.  At this time they no longer have the support of their doctoral faculty and advisors and may be uncertain about their new roles.  Many are alone in literacy positions within more diverse faculties.

To make this service project a reality,  Hall of Fame members would need to volunteer to serve as mentors for young literacy professionals during their first 2-3 years in their careers.
An invitation would be sent to doctoral students through the LRA network and any other communication means available explaining the program and soliciting their application.  (An application form needs to be developed that would help match young professionals with HoF mentors.
A  small committee from the HoF would review the applications, determine which are most appropriate and possible, and match mentors with the applicants.   Letters would then be sent to both with information about how to make contact and what the mentorship might entail.

Once the partnerships have been established for at least a year,  we would like to showcase the work of the young professionals and their mentors  at a session during either/or both  IRA and LRA conferences.
Some financial support for the young professionals will be provided so they can attend the conference where they will make their shared presentations.  Initially,  we thought a $500.00 stipend would be most likely with the limited resources we have available.  However,  if we receive donations from other HoF members we could expand this amount and the ways stipends might be used in research or curriculum development projects.

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>From: reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>[reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Colin
>Harrison [Colin.Harrison at nottingham.ac.uk]
>Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 5:05 PM
>To: Risko, Victoria J; Mark Mullen; Yetta Goodman; Reading Hall of Fame
>Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Mark Mullen's posting to RHoF
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>Hi everyone
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>As you may have worked out, if you read down to the bottom of Vicki's most
>recent email, Mark Mullen sent a message to Yetta (copied to Vicki and to
>our list) with an explanation of his role (and the role of IRA HQ) in
>selecting speakers.
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>The message to our list did not get posted, because Mark is not a member
>of RHoF, but as list manager I was informed about the 'bounced' posting.
>Because if its importance, I had decided to forward it to the list, but in
>fact that action wasn't needed, because Vicki included Mark's message in
>her own (and I reproduce it below).
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>I hope this helps to clarify who was writing to whom.
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>Best regards
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>Colin
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>On 21/11/2011 21:45, "Risko, Victoria J" <victoria.j.risko at Vanderbilt.Edu>
>wrote:
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>>Dear Yetta, Thank you for expressing your concerns.  It is important to
>>facilitate communication among the Board and our former board members,
>>past presidents and our membership.  As a board, we very much value the
>>perspectives of our membership.
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>>And I thank Mark for his response to the question of speakers for the
>>conference.  Actually, this issue has been a learning experience for me.
>>Presidents don't choose the speakers for the conference in a traditional
>>sense of contacting individuals that I might want as speakers for the
>>conference.  Instead, IRA staff and a hired outside group work with
>>publishers to determine who might be available and sponsored by a
>>publisher as speakers for the conference.  Thus, I do not initiate the
>>list of speakers as main stage speakers, but instead am supplied with
>>names and asked to choose.  I did nominate a few individuals for main
>>stage speakers in addition to the publishers' list, but to date, none of
>>the ones I nominated has been chosen - either they are unavailable or not
>>sponsored by a publisher (IRA no longer pays for speakers, and that is a
>>good cost saving measure).
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>>The Board generated a list of speakers that hold interest to us as main
>>stage speakers and it is possible that some of these individuals will be
>>pursued in future years.  For this year, there was not a strong overlap
>>between our suggested list and the list of names supplied for the
>>publishers.
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>>Willie Benjamin is the new conference manager for IRA and he is working
>>tirelessly with the group who is contacting publishers and soliciting
>>names. Willie is a great resource for IRA.   He has been helpful in
>>keeping on point, trying to make matches that make sense for our
>>audience.  And he and I have collaborated on the selection of speakers
>>and discussed the lists of names - but the options for main stage
>>speakers are constrained by the names that have been made available by
>>the publishers. We have selected two main stage speakers and a third one
>>is yet to be identified.
>>
>>The Teaching Edge speakers were identified before I was brought into the
>>process but I was able to add a few individuals to this list.  And I
>>worked with Willie, Ginny Goatley, and the conference staff to identify
>>authors for the luncheons and other featured authors, also with Ginny to
>>recommend speakers for the research series as featured speakers and panel
>>members.
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>>Hope this information builds on what Mark shared and clarifies how the
>>Board and the president is involved in the process.  Vicki
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>>From: Mark Mullen [mmullen at reading.org]
>>Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:55 PM
>>To: Yetta Goodman; Risko, Victoria J; Reading Hall of Fame
>>Subject: RE: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Literacy leadership institute
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>>Dear Dr. Goodman,
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>>Thank you for the email and the opportunity to respond to your concerns.
>>As IRA history dictates, all speakers at IRA's conference - with the
>>exception of the six individuals who presented the Teaching Edge Series -
>>are selected by the IRA President.
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>>The Teaching Edge Series was piloted during the May 2011 Conference with
>>the knowledge and approval of the IRA Board.  The presenters selected for
>>this series were the top drawing presenters from the 2010 Conference as
>>identified by member attendance. With a total of 8,900 member attendees
>>at the 2011 conference, 6,400 attended the Teaching Edge Series.
>>
>>Again, thank you for your email.  Should have further questions, please
>>do not hesitate in contacting me.
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>>Best wishes and Happy Thanksgiving.
>>Mark
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>>From: Yetta Goodman [mailto:ygoodman at u.arizona.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:01 PM
>>To: Mark Mullen; Victoria Risko; Reading Hall of Fame
>>Subject: Fwd: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Literacy leadership institute
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>>Dear Reading Hall of Fame Members
>>I think it is very appropriate to send any concerns any of us have have
>>about IRA and/or BofD actions directly to M. Mullen, Victoria Risko and
>>BofD members.  It seems to me that there are things going on at IRA that
>>even Board of Director Members and the IRA presidential are not aware of.
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>>I have heard recently that IRA headquarters selects and invites all the
>>IRA speakers. I worry about how this supports the BofD and Executive
>>Committee to highlight those scholars in our field who have the greatest
>>impact and need to be heard by membership.  I saw Jerry and Helen Weiss
>>at NCTE.  Jerry said that he was told by one of the publishers he still
>>works with that IRA no longer selects and invites authors to the
>>conference but that this is negotiated by an outside agency who doesn't
>>seem to know IRA history or  mission. Helen Weiss asked me: "shouldn't
>>membership be involved in such decisions.  Isn't IRA a membership
>>organization?"
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>>I think when new professional organizational directions are decided at
>>IRA, membership with a history, concerns for literacy education, aware of
>>what is wanted and needed by teachers, researchers etc. must be informed
>>and their participation and questions encouraged. Rumors about IRA are
>>rampant. But most important is that the Executive Board must be involved
>>in decision making and then make sure information is made transparent to
>>the membership.   Yetta Goodman, past board member.
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>>--
>>Yetta Goodman, Regents Professor Emerita
>>7914 S Galilleo Lane, Tucson Arizona 85747
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