Florida's Adult Literacy Leadership Training Project, based on a survey of administrators, instructors, and literacy advisors, identified the training needs of literacy providers and created a professional development infrastructure. It was concluded that, if certain training needs were met, the issue of professionalization may take care of…

Though increasing attention has been focused on overcoming basic and functional illiteracy, little attention has been paid to adult literacy educators' professional development. A study identified the education and training needs of Florida's literacy leadership. Instructor and administrator surveys were sent to all agencies receiving funding from…

This document is the second volume of the Adult Literacy Leadership Project, an effort to identify the educational and training needs of Florida's literacy personnel--instructors, administrators, and advisors. This volume contains three background research papers on topics related to the theme of the study used in preparing its analysis and…

This document is the third volume of the Adult Literacy Leadership Project, an effort to identify the educational and training needs of Florida's literacy personnel--instructors, administrators, and advisors. Volume three contains an annotated bibliography on effective strategies for combatting adult illiteracy. The bibliography covers the…