Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i39GCpm27658; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:12:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:12:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1ed.1d9b1a7e.2da824ab@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2734] Family Literacy and EFF X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5015 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2308 Lines: 48 Colleagues, Again, an article from the PEN Weekly Newsblast, 4/-9-04, is of interest to those of us on this list who are involved with family literacy programs. The longer article is in Educational Leadership. See below. Since I have been deeply involved with this movement for more than 15 years, and since I have seen dramatic changes in family literacy programs in which EFF is the guiding principle for system reform, I found the article to be a primer. I would hope for a follow-up article in which the EFF Family Role Map is highlighted as a means for goal setting, selection of group priorities and assessment and that the EFF Standards would be highlighted as a hallmark of successful programs. I would hope that the subheading on this article, which has to do with improving children's reading skills, would be edited to highlight the research on reading that has been accomplished by the National Institute for Literacy's EFF/NCFL Reading Project, research which links teaching adults to Read with Understanding with skills and strategies included in reading instruction for children. A group of Nationally Certified EFF Facilitators will soon be trained to conduct courses and offer technical assistance on Teaching Adults to Read with Understanding: Research-Based Instruction. More information will be posted on this list in late May. IMPROVING FAMILY LITERACY Even as schools strive to provide the best reading instruction, educators are aware that factors outside the school influence their students' success in learning to read. Research confirms the importance of such factors as children's home environments and preschool literacy experiences, writes John H. Holloway. To counter factors that may limit family literacy activities, many schools are creating formalized family literacy programs that target disadvantaged parents and children. Such programs often consider the cultural background of the family, encompass all literacy activities that occur in the home, and involve the family's adults as well as the children. Learn the basic components of a comprehensive family literacy program at: http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200403/holloway.html All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator, 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA mwpotts2001@aol.com
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