Note: Freudian slip...I am Medical Director for the Reach out and Read
program for the clinic.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Wilkerson, Sharon (MD)
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:38 PM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 1143] New member with a question
 
Hi all!
 
I am a pediatrician with an interest in Early Pediatric Literacy.  I am
medical Director and chief cook and bottle washer for the general
ambulatory clinic of a children's hospital.  My interest has developed
in to that of Health Literacy which is intimately tied to adult
literacy.  I work with a number of hospital personnel with the same
interest.  We have put together a health literacy workgroup and have a
million things we want to address.  We have been meeting for about a
year but have never sought to define our mission.  I m interested in how
other workplace groups have done this.  We are primarily interested in
patient (caregiver) health literacy but also employee literacy and
employee ability(at every point of encounter) to communicate
information to the caregivers.
 
I would be interested in examples of MISSION STATEMENTS written by
similar groups.  I am starting to believe that we, task force of 2, are
spending too much time and thought on the matter.
 
Please help.  Scan and send or send web address to your mission
statements if you have a moment.
Thanks
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian, Dr Donna J G [mailto:djgbrian at utk.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:23 PM
To: Wilkerson, Sharon (MD)
Subject: Welcome to the Workplace Literacy Discussion List
 
Greetings! As the moderator of the NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion
List, I try to send a welcoming message to each new subscriber. It's
always interesting to our list members when new subscribers introduce
themselves to the "old" list members and say a little bit about their
connections to workplace literacy and their reasons for joining the
list.  I hope you will take the time to let us get to know you in this
way.  To post a message, send it to workplace at nifl.gov. 

In April of last year, we had a discussion about work readiness
credentials.  We had several guests who answered questions posed by the
Workplace list members. In case you want to check out the discussion,
background information can be found at
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace/07work_ready.html
<https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://tmail.utk.edu/e
xchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace
/07work_ready.html>   and a summary of the full discussion is at
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace/07work_ready_discuss.htm
l
<https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://tmail.utk.edu/e
xchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/workplace
/07work_ready_discuss.html>  .

On Thursdays, I usually post a summary of resources that I have come
across in the previous week.  Any resources you would like to suggest
for inclusion can be sent directly to me at <djgbrian at utk.edu>.

This list has been really active in responding to requests of list
members for information or help related to Workplace literacy, and
members often share information about resources and upcoming events.
It's a great place to ask a question or suggest a topic about which you
would like to elicit others' thoughts.  Please feel free to do that
also.

In 2006, the Workplace Literacy Discussion List had a cross list
discussion with the English Language Literacy discussion list. With the
experts that are regular members of both lists, we mined each others'
expertise in thinking about English Language Learners in the Workplace.
If you would like to review the posts that were part of this discussion,
go to the Workplace list archives at
http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/workplace/2006/date.html
<https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://tmail.utk.edu/e
xchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/workplace/2006/da
te.html>   and begin with Workplace post #404.

If you have any topics you would like to propose as a focus for a guest
speaker, I would welcome your suggestions.  And let me know of any other
suggestions for the list that you have.

Again, welcome!

Donna
 
Donna Brian
Moderator, LINCS Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Off-list contact djgbrian at utk.edu
 
To post a message:
workplace at nifl.gov
 
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