Family Literacy

The Adult Learning Resource Center (ALRC) provides family education training, consultations, and workshops as they relate to needs assessments, program development, curriculum and materials, teaching and methodologies, parent-child activities, and program evaluation.

  

This initiative provides support and professional development to Even Start projects in the performance indicators, the related data collection forms and F.L.A.I.R. (Family Literacy Assessment for Illinois Results). The data generated is being used for local and statewide program improvement. For more information, contact Laura Bercovitz.

Regional Provider Interest Group
The Family Literacy Provider Group Meeting provides the forum for administrators and staff working in family literacy to get together every couple of months. Those who attend have the opportunity to share their experiences & questions, explore new ideas, distribute and/or get information (state and national), and discuss new trends in research, program development, professional development, etc.

The Provider Group is for all family literacy programs whether funded by the Illinois Comunity College Board, the Secretary of State, the Illinois State Board of Education (Even Start) or private foundations. The Provider Group meetings are designed for both experienced family literacy staff and those who "just started on Monday." In addition, attendees are administrators, adult educators, child educators, parent educators, librarians, and home visitors (to name a few!)

The Provider Group meets 4 times during the school year. The meeting is always from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm . These meetings will be at: The Center, 2626 S. Clearbrook Drive, Arlington Heights , IL 60005.

The next meeting will be in the fall of 2008 – check back in the summer for an exact date. During that meeting, we will brainstorm ideas for topics for the year's meetings. Contact Helen Campbell for more information.

Two resources that were developed from sharing at meetings this year to check out are:

• Web Resources for Family Literacy Programs, and
• Children's Literature Picks

Have any questions or need assistance...?
Contact Laura Bercovitz.