Technology Literacy
November 19, 2012 in Parent Involvement
Last week I visited one of our Family Literacy daytime sites to observe the parents using the new laptops we had purchased for the program. The twenty parents in the
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Libraries and Family Literacy
October 22, 2012 in Family Literacy
Providing parents opportunities to borrow books, or visit and use our library facilities, as part of the Family Literacy classes can have a significant impact on the family, and on
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New Beginnings
October 8, 2012 in ELL and ESL, Family Literacy, Parent Involvement
The last week of September we launched our fall semester of Family Literacy classes in 14 elementary schools in our large suburban school district on the east coast. I was
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Inclusiveness for Success
September 11, 2012 in Family Literacy, Parent Involvement
We started a brand new daytime family literacy class in one of our schools in early January and it has been SO successful! I wanted to share with you some
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Maria – A Success Story
August 6, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy, Parent Involvement
I want to share the story of one mother, whom I have known for about 10 years, and how Family Literacy has helped her and her family. Our school district
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Retaining Personnel for Program Sustainability
July 2, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy
Our Family Literacy program is funded with Title III funds, to support the parents of English language learners. We have daytime and evening English classes for parents, using the limited
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Family Literacy – More than just learning English
June 18, 2012 in ELL and ESL, Family Literacy
School is out – Family Literacy classes ended for us in May. Celebrations were held at each of our twelve elementary school sites. Congratulations were offered, along with words of
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Different ways to use PACT time.
May 7, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy, Parent Involvement
In a Family Literacy model that offers the four components outlined in the federal definition of Family Literacy (Adult education, Child education, Parenting skills, Parent and Child Together Time-PACT), the
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Partners in Print kits engage families in literacy activities!
April 9, 2012 in Family Literacy, Parent Involvement
There are different models for family literacy programs. In my first blog post, I gave you a link to an article from the Harvard Family Research Project that explores some
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A Quality Program for Children
April 2, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy, Tips & Strategies
Previously I talked about one of the challenges of running a FREE Family Literacy program; maintaining the attendance rate. But, one of the successes we’ve had this year is with
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