starting a campus-based literacy program: ten easy steps an online training scale unc-chapel hill
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Ten Easy Steps:1. Form a planning committee
2. Identify campus partners
3. Identify community partners
4. Locate seed money
5. Identify program coordinator(s)
6. Recruit tutors
7. Identify a tutoring model
8. Design training and reflection schedules
9. Design a program evaluation
10. Form an advisory board
Step One: Form a planning committee
• Assemble a diverse group of stakeholders
• Include campus partners
• Include community partners
Planning Committee Work
• Develop a mission statement with goals and program philosophy
•Develop work-plans and a timeline for activities
America Reads at UNC-CH
Through active supervision and ongoing
training, UNC-CH’s America Reads Program strives to increase the reading levels of local children from pre-k to fifth grade, increase university students’ involvement in the community, and strengthen the
partnership between the university and the
community.
Step Two: Identify campus partners
• What department will house the program?
• Where will the program be housed physically?
Desk
Phone
Computer
Storage space
Copier
Meeting space
Community Partners May Include• Schools• Community centers• Homeless shelters• Literacy experts• Evaluation experts• Private businesses• Public officials• Faith-based organizations• Citizen leaders
Step Four: Locate seed money
Ask local companies for grants to purchase re-usable materials.
Books
Dry erase markers
Dry erase boards
Magnetic letters
Step Five: Identify program coordinator(s)
• Campus staff coordinator?
• Student leader coordinator?
• One coordinator or a corps?
Job description should include responsibilities such as scheduling, planning transportation, planning trainings, serving as liaison to the community, and collecting data.
Student Leaders
Several student leaders divide all the aspects of coordinating the tutoring program.
UCLA's Project Literacy
Staff and Student Leadership
Program coordination and supervision shared by a campus staff member and student leaders.
Coach Mentors (Supervisors)
Coach Mentor (Coordinator)
Recruit On Campus
• Financial Aid Office
• Fraternities and sororities
• Campus community service organizations
• Service-learning organizations and classes
• School of Education
• School of Social Work
Flyers
Listservs Orientations
For Children
National Reading Panel• Phonemic awareness• Phonics instruction• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension
The International Reading Association’s Summary of the National Reading Panel’s report
A full-text introduction to Evidence-Based Reading Instruction: Putting The National Reading Panel Report Into Practice
For AdultsNational Institute for Literacy and The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy • Phonemic awareness• Word analysis• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension
Literacy Practitioner
National Institute for Literacy
Step Eight: Design a training and reflection schedule
Training
And
Reflection
Initial training
Ongoing training
TopicsDates
Attendance
Step Nine: Design a program evaluation
• What program aspects will you evaluate?
• What instruments will you use?
• When will you collect data?
Advisory Board Composition
• People from planning committee
• Stakeholders from campus and community
• Experts in the field
Review
1. Form a planning committee
2. Identify campus partners
3. Identify community partners
4. Locate seed money
5. Identify program coordinator(s)
Review
6. Recruit volunteer and work-study tutors
7. Identify a research-based literacy tutoring model
8. Design a training and reflection schedule
9. Design a program evaluation
10. Form an advisory board