Ready to Read Grant

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Ready to Read Grant
Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1200 parents
teachers 14 public libraries branches 3 Head
Start agencies September 2010 August 2011
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• Early literacy program developed by the Public
  Library Association the Association of Library
  Service to Children
• Incorporates the latest research into a series of
  parent and caregiver workshops to provide public
  libraries with vital tools to help prepare
  parents for their critical role as their child's
  first teacher
• Workshops cover 6 early literacy skills, what
  they look like to preschool children, and what
  parents and teachers can do to help their
  children get ready to read.

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Early Literacy Skills
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Early literacy is what children know about
reading and writing before they can read and
write. These are the six early literacy skills
children need to know so they can be successful
readers 
Tell a Story Being able to describe things and
events, and tell stories
Love Books Being interested in and enjoying books
Learn Words  Knowing the names of things
Hear Sounds Being able to hear and play with the
smaller sounds of words
See Letters Knowing letters are different from
each other, knowing letter names and sounds
Use Books Understanding that print has meaning
noticing print everywhere, not just in books
knowing how to handle a book
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Goals
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• Raise Early literacy rates in low income
  households
• Educate Parents/teachers on importance of
  reading to young children
• Foster Public library and Head Start partnerships
  to strengthen communitys literacy and
• educational continuum
• Establish Public library as a vital early
• literacy resource to parents
• and caregivers

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Head Start Partners
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• HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY ACTION
• Harker Heights Public Library

EEOC Marlin Public Library Waco-McLennan County
Public Library
CENTRAL TEXAS 4C Belton Lena Armstrong Public
Library Killeen Public Library Temple Public
Library
Libraries with no Head Start Hewitt Public
Library McGregor McGinley Memorial
Library Salado Public Library Valley Mills Public
Library
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By the Numbers
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• 66,000 Total project funding from IMLS Texas
  State Library
• 20,000 Early literacy info for parents, teachers
  libraries
• 5,000 Friends of the Waco-McLennan County
  Library donation
• 1,400 Parents teachers trained focus on
  disadvantaged
• 1,400 Books for parents
• 80 Training sessions offered by libraries
• 45 Length of training sessions 45 minutes to 1
  hour
• 30 Spanish picture books for each library
• 1.5 Estimated number of hours/week/library

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• Learn Reach - Teach

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LEARN - Public library staff learn to teach the
three early literacy skills classes. Parents,
caregivers and teachers learn early literacy tips
to help their children get ready to read. REACH
- Public library staff reach out into the
community - primarily with Head Start agencies -
to schedule early literacy classes to parents and
to promote library services that support early
literacy TEACH - Public library staff teach the
classes to parents, teachers and caregivers
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Who Does What CTLS
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• Manages grant
• Set up partnerships with Head Start agencies
• Provides training to librarians
• Purchases, creates, distributes all print
  materials, training, publicity
• Produces quarterly project newsletter
• Program support

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Who Does What Head Start
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• Promote program to teachers center directors
• Meet with library staff to plan engaging and fun
  parent classes
• Allow libraries to present training at monthly
  parent classes
• Work with libraries to promote classes to
  families
• Provide translators for parent classes
• Gather follow-up surveys from parents
• Invite library staff to present classes at staff
  in-service days

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Who Does What Library Staff
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• Attend training and planning meetings
• Learn to teach the early literacy class
• Identify local partners
• Provide training to Head Start centers both to
  parents at parent meetings and to teachers on
  in-service days
• Provide training to other agencies groups
• Promote the program within the library
• Submit stats monthly

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Timeline
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LEARN Library staff learns to teach the early literacy class. Head Start staff are invited to attend. Training and materials are free.   Sept-Dec 2010
REACH Library staff reaches out into the community to set up training sessions for the parents served by Head Start, schools and other agencies. Classes are 45-60 minutes long. We estimate that this project will take 1½ hours per week for library staff. Oct-Dec 2010
TEACH Library staff teaches the classes to parents and teachers who then learn early literacy games to help their children get ready to read.  Teachers receive free CPE parents receive a free childrens book (English and/or Spanish) for each class they attend.  Most classes are held January to April. Jan-Apr 2011
KEEP To keep the program going, libraries will weave early literacy skills into their storytimes.  The project will provide storytime materials like puppets and games.  Libraries can also provide classes at teacher in-service days. Twenty-nine CTLS libraries use the program now, in storytime and/or in parent classes..  Mar-Aug 2011
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How Will It Matter?
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• 90 Parents will read more to their children
• 85 Community partners will say that you offered
  easy-to-use early literacy ideas they can use
  their classrooms.
• 85 Community partners will say that your
  friendliness, flexibility and reliability were
  key assets in the partnership
• 80 Parents will enjoy sharing books more with
  their children
• 80 Percent of teachers will appreciate that your
  early literacy message confirms what they
  already teach their parents
• 50 Percent of parents and teachers plan to use
  the library more after coming to your classes

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What to Count
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Contacts with local partners Workshops attendance Workshop evaluations Local publicity marketing Follow-up evaluations mailed by Head Start
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How to Keep Up
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www.CTLS.net http//readytoread.pbworks.com
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Questions
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