Section One: What is Family Literacy?
Federal
Web Sites for Legislative Information
State
Web Sites for Legislative Information
Section
Two: What Does Family Literacy Look Like?
Chapter 2 - Who's Doing Family Literacy
Chapter 3 - How Do We Get Started?
An Overview of Planning Issues
Effective
Partners/ Partnerships
When
recruiting students for the program:
Questions
to consider before applying for a grant
For
more information about ES, contact
Family Literacy Program Development: Issues
to Consider
Program
Design and Development
Community/Agency
Involvement and Collaboration
Planning
for Diversity: Discussion Grid
Checklist: Learners’ Lives as Curriculum
Name
the Family Literacy Project
More resources for getting started
Community
Linkages – Choices and Decisions
Key Elements of Collaboration in Support
of Family Literacy
Communication Among Collaborators
Chapter 5 - Funding Family Literacy
Programs
Section
One: Funding Sources and Information
Funding
Information—Excerpts From Federal And State Initiatives
Section
Two: Tips for Writing Successful Grants
Model
for Proposal Development
Common
Reasons Grant Proposals are Rejected
Sources for Further Information—Online
Section
Three: Family Literacy Facts and Figures
National
and Global Information
Section
One: Adult Instruction – Learning Environment
Characteristics
of Adult Learners
Adult Instruction – Developing
Curriculum
Experiences
of Learners: A Place to Start
Documenting
Students’ Interests and Goals with the Family Action Plan
Involving Learners in Developing
Curriculum
Section Two: Parent Involvement –
Parent Education
Definition of Parent Education
Programming for Parent Education
Subject Matter for Parent Education
Parent-Child
Learning Activities
Parent-Child
Activities Websites
Parent Involvement In The Schools
Web
Sites for Parent Involvement Information
Section Three – Distance
Education-Everything You Always Wanted to Know
Distance
Education: The Beginning
How
is Distance Education Delivered?
Tools
for Collaboration and Communication
How
do you know if Distance Education is for you?
Are
you a good Distance Education candidate?
Common
Characteristics of Distance Learners
What
Distance Education Options are Available to Family Literacy Providers?
Some
Distance Education Jargon
Distance
Education and Learning Resources
Chapter 7 - Staff Selection and
Training
Ongoing
Professional Development
Family
Recruitment/Selection/Orientation
Chapter 8 - Recruitment and Retention
How
to reach potential students
Relationship
of the classroom environment to retention
Web Sites for Recruitment and Retention
Chapter 9 - Public Relations and
Marketing for Family Literacy Programs
Section One: General Evaluation
Information
Standardized
and Alternative Assessments
Section Two: General Program Evaluation
Even Start Personnel Written Survey
Informal Assessment of Reading—Journal
Writing
Informal Assessment of Reading—Reading
Conferences
Informal Assessment of
Reading—Classroom-Based Assessments
Informal Assessment of Writing
Surveys/
Interviews for Parents
Infant and Toddler Literacy Development
Emergent Reading: Sense of Story
Emergent Reading: Categories of Storybook
Reading
Exploring Concepts about Print
Concepts
about Print: Record Sheet
Guidelines
for Observing Early Writing
Northwest
Even Start Teacher Survey
Northwest
Even Start: Skills/Concepts Checklist
Part 3—Parenting Education/ PACT
Parenting
Education Profile Survey
Parenting
Education Profile Survey: Scoring Grid
Ohio
Survey on Parent Involvement
Lakewood
Even Start Parent/School Involvement Questionnaire
Northwest
Even Start Parent Survey
Ravenna Even Start Parent Survey
Parental Survey of Child’s Learning
Parent Involvement in Children’s
Literacy-Related Activities
Even
Start Parent – Child Reading Observation (child reads)
Even
Start Parent-Child Observation (Parent Reads)
Part 4: Program Evaluation Tools
Feedback
on my Even Start Education Classes
Northwest
Even Start: Parent Survey
Even
Start Family Literacy Program Improvement Guide
Section
Three: Related Reading