Practitioners' Task Force Committees

For a detail account of the PTF meetings, please review the minutes of each Task Force that are posted below.

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If you have questions about the Practitoners Task Forces, please contact Kathleen Sullivan, PTF Coordinator (kj.sullivan@comcast.net  or any one of the Task Force Co-facilitators:

Curriculum Task Force 
Christy Nelson (cnelson@nwm.cog.mi.us )
MaryAnne Thorndycraft (mthorndycraft@lakeorion.k12.mi.us )

Data Task Force
Karyn Goven (karyngoven@gmail.com )
Kim Bell (bellkj@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us )

GED Task Force
Gloria Henry (ghenry@phasd.us )
Jeff McNeal (mneal@etc-1.com )

Program Performance and Improvement
Mary Murphy (mmurphy@mtpleasant.edzone.net )

 

If you would like more information, please contact Kathleen Sullivan at kj.sullivan@comcast.net.

Performance and Program Improvement Members

Gregg Dionne, Facilitator - Gregg.dionne@hazelpark.k12.mi.us
Megan Byard, Co-Facilitator - MeganByard@wlace.org

1. Impact on Michigan Merit Curriculum on adult education
2. Policies and procedures for transition of students within adult education and out to employment or training programs addressed.
3. Requirements for GED Testing Centers.
4. Updates for Cliff's Notes to include Literacy Programs to be
   monitored.

Minutes | 9-26-03 | 11-07-03 | 3-19-04 | 10-21-04 | 12-03-04 | 1-28-05 | 3-11-05 |9-9-05 | 11-18-05 | 1-13-06 | 3-03-06 | 4-28-06 | 9-22-06 | 11-10-06 | 2-2-07 |
4-20-07 | 10-05-07 | 11-30-07 | 2-29-08 | 4-18-08 | 10-03-08 | 12-12-08 | 1-30-09 | 4-03-09s | 4-03-09 | 10-16-09 | 12-11-09 |2-26-10 | 4-23-10 | 10-01-10 | 11-19-10 | 1-14-11 | 3-11-11 | 4-29-11 | 9-30-11| 11-18-11 | 1-13-12
Additional 4-23-10 Materials: Program Design | Rules and Guidelines | Duplications and Barriers | Revenue Streams

 

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Curriculum and Instruction Members

Christy Luckey-Nelson, Facilitator - cnelson@nwm.cog.mi.us
Maryanne Thorndycraft, Co-Facilitator - mthorndycraft@lakeorion.k12.mi.us

1. Create a schedule for Content Standards revisions
2. Create crosswalks for: ABE Content Standards and TABE 9/10
3. Review/revise technical assistance papers for all content standards to insure consistency
4. Complete on-going review of Moodle board comments regarding content standards
5. Develop an informational paper on the new High School Diploma requirements on Adult Education (MMC)
6. Create a joint committee with Accountability. Position paper posted in the newsletter
7. Re-release the HSC Survey and disseminate results to the field
8. Marketing sub-committee
9. Joint ABE/Literacy Content Standards

Minutes | 9-26-03 | 11-07-03 | 1-09-04 | 3-19-04 | 9-30-04 | 10-21-04 | 12-04-04 | 1-28-05 | 4-29-05 | 9-9-05 | 11-18-05 | 1-13-06 | Sub Committee Minutes 1-13-06 | 3-03-06 | 4-28-06 | 9-22-06 | 11-10-06 | 2-2-07 | 4-20-07 | 10-05-07 |11-30-07 | 2-29-08 | 4-18-08 | 10-03-08 | 12-12-08 | 1-30-09 | 4-03-09 | 10-16-09 | 12-11-09 |2-26-10 | 4-23-10 | 10-01-10 | 11-19-10 | 1-14-11 | 3-11-11 | 4-29-11| 9-30-11| 11-18-11|1-13-12

Data and Reporting Systems Members

Karyn Goven, Facilitator - kgoven@novi.k12.mi.us
Kim Thinnes, Co-Facilitator - ThinnesKJ@kalamazoo.k12.mi.us

1. Update Definitions/ Acronyms
2. Update/Improve Adult Education Snapshot- ongoing
3. Corrections Reporting into MAERS
4. Survey Pilots - ongoing
5. Adopt a Literacy Council
6. Mentoring Program for New Directors - ongoing
7. Best practices uses MAERS data

Minutes | 9-26-03 | 11-07-03 | 3-19-04| 3-10-05 | 9-9-05 | 11-18-05 | 1-13-06 | 3-03-06 | 4-28-06 | 9-22-06| 11-10-06 |  2-2-07 | 4-20-07 | 10-05-07 | 11-30-07 | 2-29-08 | 4-18-08 | 10-03-08 | 12-12-08 | 1-30-09 | 4-03-09 | 10-16-09| 12-11-09 |2-26-10 | 4-23-10 | 10-01-10 | 11-19-10 | 1-14-11 | 3-11-11 | 4-29-11 | 9-30-11| 11-18-11|1-13-12

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GED

Gloria Henry, Co-Facilitator - (ghenry@phasd.us )
Jeff McNeal, Co-Facilitator - (mneal@etc-1.com )

Minutes |9-30-11 | 11-18-11|1-13-12

Recommendations of the Transformation Taskforce

The following documents contain the draft recommendations of the Transformation Task Force and accompanying power point. Both items have been converted to Adobe PDF. Click here if you need to download the free Adobe Reader.

TTF Draft Report (pdf)

A Framework for Transformation-PowerPoint presentation (pdf) 

 The Adult Education Transformation Task Force has been given the charge by the state legislature to make recommendations for updating Section 107 of the State School Aid Act, which oversees state funding for adult education.

The Task Force has also been given the task of assessing and making recommendations regarding a comprehensive statewide adult education delivery system that ensures all areas of the state are adequately served.  The Transformation Task Force is made up of adult education program directors for urban, rural and suburban communities.

The Task Force went around the state during the first two weeks of January to present their recommendations and to solicit feedback and local community input that will help shape the task force's final recommendations to the state and the legislature.