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Tennessee is proud of the quality of its leaders. Supervisors
in each of our 98 adult education programs continually strive to enhance
their own skills as well as their program services to better meet
the needs of adult literacy learners. Current leadership efforts include:
- Continuous Improvement
As part of its Quality Improvement
Initiative, Tennessee Adult Education has as its goal for
ALL adult education programs to use quality principles, practices,
and tools. Adult Education programs are currently
in the midst of a 5 year training and implementation process
using the Baldridge
National Quality Program framework to examine all areas of
their program.
- Professional Development
With the recent development of a Program Leadership Track within
the TN Adult Education Professional Development
Framework, Tennessee increases its long-standing commitment
to excellence in supervision. Training takes place at major
annual events such as the Leadership
Summit, the Academy for Instructional
Excellence and Regional Instructional
Workshops, as well as many other training opportunities
throughout each program year.
- Program Development & Enhancement
Tennessee Adult Education Programs are constantly seeking to enhance
and increase learning opportunities for adult learners.
Currently Tennessee programs are expanding ESOL (English
for Speakers of Other Languages), Family
Literacy, and Workplace
- based AE/basic skills programs. In addition, Tennessee
programs are participating in projects which integrate the EFF
(Equipped for the Future) curriculum framework.
- Reporting and Data Analysis
Tennessee is consistently working to streamline data collection
and analysis for adult education programs in order to make data-based
decisions regarding program improvement. In addition to
the yearly Tennessee Annual
Report (submitted to the
US Office of Vocational and Adult Education), recent reports include
a 1997-2000
Comprehensive Annual Performance Report and Excellence
in Education for the 2002-2003 program year. In compliance
with the 1999 Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Tennessee Department
of Labor and Workforce Development is also in the process of implementing
a Comprehensive Data Management and Tracking System (CMATS)
which will further streamline the data reporting and analysis
processes.
- Communication
Tennessee supports and encourages programs and program leaders
to share information and knowledge regarding program developments
and AE best practices. All AE Program Supervisors use an
e-mail discussion list - aesupers
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to share happenings, discuss ideas, solve problems, and celebrate
successes across the state.
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- Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce
Development -
Office of Adult Education
- Phil White, Director of Adult
Education
at the Office of Adult Education, Nashville,
TN
phil.white@state.tn.us 1-800-531-1515
Phil oversees Adult Education Programs and for the Tennessee
Department of labor and Workforce Development.
- Hope Lancaster, Assistant Director
at the Office of Adult Education, Nashville,
TN
hope.lancaster@state.tn.us 1-800-531-1515
Hope serves as area consultant for the Eastern Region of
Tennessee as well as overseeing activities/programs relating
to English for Speakers of Other Languages , Equipped for
the Future, and family literacy, as well as overseeing the
Tennessee Professional Development Framework activities.
- Marva Doremus, Assistant Director
at the Office of Adult Education, Nashville,
TN
marva.doremus@state.tn.us
1-800-531-1515
Marva serves as area consultant for the Middle Region of
Tennessee as well as overseeing activities/programs relating
to quality improvement, workplace education, beginning literacy,
Pre-GED/GED, diversity, and learning differences.
- Bill Toombs, Assistant Director
at the Office of Adult Education, Nashville,
TN
bill.toombs@state.tn.us
1-800-531-1515
Bill serves as area consultant for the Western Region of
Tennessee as well as overseeing Tennessee's Families First
Workforce Development programs.
- Phyllis Pardue, Technology Administrator
at the Office of Adult Education, Nashville,
TN
phyllis.pardue@state.tn.us
1-800-531-1515
- Center for Literacy Studies, University of
Tennessee
- Tennessee Adult
Education Program Supervisors
Listing of contact information for all Adult Education Programs
and Supervisors in Tennessee (pdf file)
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