Nancy Loftis joined AALRC on March 1, 2004, as the Professional Development Coordinator. With over twenty years experience in adult education with the Pulaski County Special School District, she is looking forward to this new endeavor in the adult education realm. Foremost, Nancy wants to meet the professional development needs of the adult educators and literacy providers of Arkansas. Her immediate goals are to develop a new needs assessment tool and begin updating the Arkansas Adult Learning Professional Development Plan.

"Resource Center, Toccara speaking, how may I help you?" will be what you hear when you call the Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center. These words are said many times a day by the helpful, friendly voice of Toccara Handy, the new Receptionist. She graduated from Central High School and attended both Remington College and a Wage Class before being employed here. She said, "I really like working at AALRC and my co-workers are the best anyone can ever have."

The AALRC is giving away books which are no longer "up-to-date". Starting on April 1st, please check our web site at http://www.aalrc.organd look for the "Virtual Book Fair" link. Your program is allowed to choose ten items on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please send an email with your request to Klaus at klaus@aalrc.org to receive the available materials.

The AALRC has added a learning disabilities referral directory to the website. The directory of local, statewide, and national resources includes twenty different content areas related to learning disabilities and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This site was designed for programs, staff, and students, and will be periodically updated and reviewed.

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