Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g090hW023022; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:43:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:43:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <87.15aef680.296ceb89@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: PRNancy@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:574] RE: family literacy in K-6 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10552 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_87.15aef680.296ceb89_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 2532 Lines: 51 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/8/2002 3:31:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, jsflc@rcn.com writes: > . One of our programs in Massachusetts begins the year by asking > elementary teachers to think about their classroom and the kinds of things > they would want parents to understand and be involved in to support their > children's learning. This questioning has evolved into a schoolwide effort > to link families to community resources and to locate books in the local > library to support curriculum themes. As teachers begin to see that family > literacy specialists are interested in what they (meaning teachers)do and > what they want --more formal concepts about family literacy are introduced. > What a great needs assessment! Anybody else have any specific ways to gauge faculty needs, as well as family needs, in the area of literacy for an Even Start grant? Thank you for such great discussions! Nancy Van Leuven
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