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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If You Can’t Say It, You Can’t Write It
November 5, 2012 in Challenges, Literacy, Writing
For many years I’ve begun my Writer’s Workshop professional development sessions with a focus on oral language. I’ve told countless teachers and students, “If you can’t say what you are thinking, you won’t
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Workshop on Parent-Involvement
October 29, 2012 in For Educators, Parent Involvement
On September 28, 2012, I had the privilege of facilitating the first workshop in the state-of-the-art Learning Lab at Pacific Learning’s brand new headquarters in Huntington Beach, California. Pacific Learning
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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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Parent Teacher Relationships
September 17, 2012 in For Educators, Parent Involvement, Tips & Strategies
It’s the beginning of the school year, and you have a new crop of students, which means you have a new crop of parents. Getting to know your student’s parents
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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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To Homeschool or Not To Homeschool- What are my Questions?
July 23, 2012 in Parent Involvement
Homeschooling programs have definite upsides and considerable downsides. If you are a parent and looking into a homeschooling program, there are several factors to consider and it is not a
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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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