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Okay Beth....I'm going to start the first question for discussion. Hummm...this was a question in the middle of the night when I was first starting this job. Where do the initiatives for Wake County come from and how are they determined?

Beth: Initiatives are generated from different sources. Some initiatives are instigated from asst superintendents or directors. Some initiatives are created out of C&I departments (disciplines). Most of the initiatives that the literacy department has tried to implement arise from anlyzing our data. We are constantly trying to meet the needs of our schools and teachers while considering the demands from DPI or the Standard Course of Study.

Julie: Maybe this isn't a discussion as much as a reflection kind-of page. My reflection today is a result of any edits to this page sending an alert to my email address. I went to see what had been changed and saw that you caught a typo of mine. Oh well,...now I'm feeling guilty that I'm not continuing my review of the 2nd grade focus lessons. It is at the top of the priority list. ;-) To my reflection, I am soooo impressed with the dialogue, questioning and thinking of this group of people you've put together called Local Literacy. There are special times in life when groups of people form and come together with a common goal and facilitate that goal with respect and enthusiasm. Maybe I'm still new but it feels like one of those times.