A. PHILOSOPHY

A quality adult literacy program has a clearly written philosophy or mission statement which is communicated to the people involved with the program and is reviewed regularly.

a) The following conditions support the above statement. Please check those which apply to your program.

___ Written statement is on file.
___ Content includes statements on:

___ target population,

___ ways of delivering the program,

___ needs of learners,

___ instructional approaches, and

___ geographic area served,

___ instructional materials.

___ Statement is reviewed regularly.
___ Statement is communicated to administrators or Board, staff and/or volunteers, and learners.

b) Given your response(s) in (a), circle the number of the following statement which best applies to your program.

  1. Program meets all of the above conditions.
  2. Written statement on file; reviewed and communicated as above, but content not as comprehensive.
  3. Written statement on file and communicated to some groups mentioned above, but content not as comprehensive and not reviewed regularly.
  4. Written statement on file.
  5. No written statement.

c) Given your response in (b), what steps could you realistically expect to accomplish within the next year to improve in this area?

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d) What assistance will you require to accomplish the above?

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