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OFFICE OF SCHOOL READINESS NCAEYC PRE-CONFERENCE

OFFICE OF SCHOOL READINESS NCAEYC PRE-CONFERENCE. Family Literacy Strategies for Engaging Families September 18, 2008 Greensboro, NC Jean Carter NC Center for Family Literacy jpcarter@verizon.net 919-740-8221. What is Family Literacy?.

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OFFICE OF SCHOOL READINESS NCAEYC PRE-CONFERENCE

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  1. OFFICE OF SCHOOL READINESS NCAEYC PRE-CONFERENCE Family Literacy Strategies for Engaging Families September 18, 2008 Greensboro, NC Jean Carter NC Center for Family Literacy jpcarter@verizon.net 919-740-8221

  2. What is Family Literacy? • “services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and that integrate all of the following activities: yellow

  3. FAMILY LITERACY • Children’s Education • An age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences

  4. FAMILY LITERACY • Adult Education • Parent literacy training that leads to economic self-sufficiency

  5. FAMILY LITERACY • Parent Time • Training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in the education of their children

  6. FAMILY LITERACY • Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time • Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children

  7. Family Literacy House

  8. Comprehensive Family Literacy Programs Provide intensive services that integrate the following components: yellow

  9. Family-Centered Programs (or Family-Focused Programs) yellow

  10. Family Literacy Program Requirements • Specifics • Negotiables green

  11. TYPICAL DAY Center-based Family Literacy Program Arrival of Parents and Children Breakfast Age-appropriate Education for Children (Infant, Preschool, Elementary) Adult Basic Ed., GED or ESL Instruction for Parents Interactive Parent-Child Activities (PACT) Lunch Parent Time Quiet Time for Children Additional Adult Basic Ed., GED, ESL Age-appropriate Education Continues for Children Departure of Parents and Children pink

  12. Parenting Ed in Family Literacy • Overall Goal:to strengthen parents’ support of their young children’s literacy development and early school success • Goals for Parents: 1. provide supports for literacy in the home 2. engage in language-rich parent-child interactions 3. hold appropriate expectations of their child’s learning and development 4. actively embrace the role of parent yellow

  13. PACT: Parents & Children Together yellow

  14. Subpart 3 of Part B of Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act  orange

  15. Eligible Families are those with – A parent or parents who are Eligible for services under Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Within compulsory school attendance age if the LEA makes available the basic education component, or Attending secondary school and The child or children, from birth through age seven, of any individual described above. Who are Even Start participants? purple

  16. Even Start Statute • Purpose • Eligible Entities • Funding • Program Elements • Applications • Subgrant Awards • Evaluation • Indicators of Program Quality pink and green

  17. NC Family Literacy in 2007-08 24 NC Family Literacy Projects Served 590 families 604 adults and 721 children 1,325 total family literacy participants 60% were English Language Learners blue

  18. Characteristics of Newly Enrolled Even Start Families Newly enrolled: 91% at or below the Federal poverty level 94% without a high school diploma 52% of adults had not gone beyond 9th grade

  19. Family Literacy . . . Does It Work? lime and white

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