21st Century Community Learning Centers

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21st Century Community Learning Centers

• Family Literacy
• K-20 Focus Group
• February 25, 2009
• OSPI, 21st CCLC /WA CLC Team

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Family Literacy February 25, 2009 K-20 Focus
Group 1000-1015 Welcome/Introductions/Whats
been happening? 1015-1025 Re-visit
Emergency Preparedness 1025-1030 Video
1030-1140 Family Literacy and 21st
CCLC 1140-1150 Questions 1150-1155 Happeni
ngs 1155-1200 Closure
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Group Work

• What is a community learning center?
• What is family literacy?

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Objectives

• Participants will become familiar with the
  components of family literacy.
• Participants will review the requirements of
  family literacy under the Non-Regulatory
  Guidelines, NCLB, and Washington State 21st CCLC
  grant RFP.
• Participants will identify how their grant falls
  within the components of family literacy.
• Participants will identify resources for
  community collaboration with family literacy.

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What is a Community Learning Center?

• COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER- The term community
  learning center' means an entity that (SEC 4201.
  Purpose Definition, NCLB)
• assists students in meeting State and local
  academic achievement standards in core academic
  subjects, such as reading and mathematics, by
  providing the students with opportunities for
  academic enrichment activities and a broad array
  of other activities (such as drug and violence
  prevention, counseling, art, music, recreation,
  technology, and character education programs)
  during nonschool hours or periods when school is
  not in session (such as before and after school
  or during summer recess) that reinforce and
  complement the regular academic programs of the
  schools attended by the students served and

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What is a Community Learning Center (continued)?

• B-1-offers families of students served by such
  center opportunities for literacy and related
  educational development.
• B-4-Community learning centers must also serve
  the families of participating students, e.g.,
  through family literacy programs.
• RFP states Describe any family literacy
  programs you will offer, how often and why you
  chose. 

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Recent National Survey
A recent Time Magazine/SRBI reported that over
half of all high school graduates attributed
their graduation from high school to their
familys involvement and encouragement About one
quarter (26) attribute it to their familys
involvement or encouragement. About one quarter
(26) believe both their parents or family
encouragement and their own desire to succeed or
go to college contributed.
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What is Literacy?
The National Literacy Act of 1991 defines
literacy as an individuals ability to read,
write, and speak English, compute and solve
problems at levels of proficiency necessary to
function on the job and in society, to achieve
ones goals, and develop ones knowledge and
potential.
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Where Literacy Starts.
Parents or other caregivers are potentially the
most influential people in the education of their
children. Literacy begins at home. Childrens
first experiences with literacy are shaped by
parents and caregivers literacy. Childrens
interactions with others at home create contexts
for learning and childrens literacy is embedded
in everyday life activitities.-Florida Literacy
and Reading Excellence Center
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Philosophy
The roots of family literacy as an educational
method come from the belief that the parent is
the childs first teacher. Statistics have
demonstrated that adults who have a higher level
of education tend to not only become productive
citizens with enhanced social and economic
capacity in society, but their children are more
likely to be successful in school. A literate
family tends to be stronger family, more likely
to remain a wholesome unit.
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Why should we offer family literacy?
School Success- A parents educational background
affects the school success of her/his children
more than the familys economic situation, where
they live, or whether the family is headed by one
or two parents. Family literacy promotes the
school success of children by addressing the
literacy needs of the entire family. Parent
Involvement- Children make stronger educational
gains when parents and schools are full partners
in the process. Family literacy engages the
entire family by emphasizing the importance of
parents involvement in their childrens
education. Job Readiness- Opportunities for
employment increase with an adults educational
level. Family literacy programs support adult
participants as they achieve educational goals
and develop workplace literacy skills. Self-Suffic
iency- Meaningful employment and knowledge of
community resources have an impact on family
stability. Family literacy programs help parents
develop the skills and knowledge they need to be
self-sufficient.-Colorado Family Literacy
Consortium
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Family Literacy

• The United States Congress defines family
  literacy as services provided to participants on
  a voluntary basis that are of sufficient
  intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient
  duration, to make sustainable changes in a
  family(such as eliminating or reducing welfare
  dependency) and that integrate all of the
  following activities
• Interactive literacy activities between parents
  and their children.
• Equipping parents to partner with their children
  in learning.
• Parent literacy training that leads to economic
  self-sufficiency.
• Appropriate instruction for children of parents
  receiving parent receiving literacy services.
  (H.R. 1385, passed by the House in 1997).

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Adult Education

• The adult education component is designed to
  extend basic education skills and lead to
  economic self-sufficiency and life experiences.
  Parents learn personal and family problem solving
  skills, how to use information for lifelong
  learning and self-improvement, negotiate skills,
  interpersonal skills, and how to apply those
  skills in their home and community.
• Activitities
• Job interview skills
• Computer skills
• GED
• Home skills
• ESL/ELL

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Parent Education

• The parent education component is designed to
  invite parents to view themselves as the primary
  teacher of their children. Inform parents,
  provide opportunities for support, offer
  services, and create avenues for parents to
  become active and full partners in the education
  of their children.
• Growth and Development
• Feeding
• Communicating with Your Adolescent
• School Readiness

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Childhood Education

• The childhood/student component is designed to
  promote developmentally appropriate activitities
  for children/students.
• Activitities
• 21st CCLC-Afterschool

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Parent and Child Interaction

• The federal definition of parent and child
  interaction time is interactive literacy
  activitities between parents and child. Parent
  and child interaction sessions can take place in
  centers or at home and they allow parents to
  interact, play, and practice literacy
  activitities with their children.
• Enhance parents awareness of how children learn
  and specifically how their own child learns best.
• Educate and encourage parents in their role as
  advocates in their childs formal educational
  experiences.
• Give parents tools and techniques to support
  their childrens learning in the home.
• To encourage parents and children to have fun
  together.
• Model literacy skills.
• Encourage thinking and creativity.
• Math, literacy, science, computer nights where
  families and students work on projects together.

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How does the Family Literacy model help children
prepare for and succeed in school?
Four core instructional components
Childhood, Elementary, Secondary Education
Parent Literacy
Student and Family
Interactive Literacy Activities between parents
and their children
Parenting Education
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Family Literacy Partnership
Local Educational Agency (LEA)
Community-Based Organizations (CBO)
Parent/ Teacher Associations
Private Business Philanthropy
Community and Technical Colleges
Health Clinics Pediatricians
Collaborators
Early Care and Education Providers
Public Library
Social Service Agencies and Organizations
Elementary/Secondary Schools
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Process Time!!!!!

• Review your proposal (grant) for family literacy.
  
• Identify your activities and which of the four
  components they fall under.
• Is your grant integrating the four components of
  family literacy?
• Who are your partners in each activity and what
  are they going to support?
• How many families does your grant propose you
  will serve?
• What are you going to need help with when
  implementing these activities?

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Reporting

• After reviewing your proposal for family
  literacy, what are your activities and how are
  they connected to family literacy?
• Do you have a integrated family literacy program?
  

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Staff

• All site coordinators should have a copy of your
  grant.
• Trained staff in family literacy is the first
  step.
• Staff should have specific goals and objectives.
• Staff should survey parents needs and interests.
• Create a network of community speakers, resource
  persons, and community resources.
• Maintain contacts with local service providers.
• Create a warm, inviting, and culturally sensitive
  environment.
• Communicate respect for different family
  structures, values, ideas, and traditions.
• Invite and acknowledge different perspectives.
• Involve parents in participatory decision-making.
• Staff should identify barriers to attendance.
• Staff should be recruiting families throughout
  the year.

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Resources

• www.thinkfinity.org
• http//www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/
• http//flare.ucf.edu Florida Literacy
• http//www.barbarabushfoundation.com/ Bush
  Family Literacy
• http//www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.1205565
  /k.8DDF/Find_a_Program/apps/kb/cs/contactsearch.as
  p Family Literacy Programs
• http//www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.1204561
  /k.BD7C/Home.htm The National Center for Family
  Literacy
• http//literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/famlitnotebook/FLRN
  _TOC_WEB.htm

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Family Literacy in Federal Legislation

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
  Programs (No Child Left Behind)
• Title I, Part A
• Reading First (Title I, Part B, Subpart 1)
• Early Reading First (Title I, Part B, Subpart 2)
• Even Start, Migrant Even Start and Indian Even
  Start (Title I, Part B, Subpart 3)
• Even Start Statewide Family Literacy Initiative
  Grants
• Education of Migratory Children (Title I, Part C)
• Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (Title
  I, Part F)
• State and Local Technology Grants (Title II, Part
  D, Subpart 1)
• Ready to Learn Television (Title II, Part D,
  Subpart 3)
• Grants and Subgrants for English Language
  Instruction (Title III, Part A)
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Title
  IV, Part B)
• Local Innovative Education Programs (Title V,
  Part A)
• Community Technology Centers (Title V, Part D,
  Subpart 11)
• Indian Education (Title Vii, Part A)
• Native Hawaiian Education (Title Vii, Part B)
• Alaska Native Education (Title Vii, Part
• Adult Education and Family Literacy Act
  (Workforce Investment Act, Title II)
• Federal Work-Study Program (Higher Education Act)

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Summary.....

• Family literacy is a requirement under NCLB, the
  Non-Regulatory Guidance, US Statue, and
  Washington State 21st CCLC.
• The four integrated components of family literacy
  are adult education, parent education, child
  education, and parent/child interaction.
• A trained staff in family literacy is the key to
  family literacy success.
• Grantees must have collaboration with outside
  resources (agencies) to provide adequate family
  literacy for participants.