“follow up to the national community literacy summit” may 19, 2007 tanya shuy [email protected]
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Steering Committee
Amy Arebreton Public Private Venture
Jay Connor The Collaboratory for
Community Support
Douglas MarriottLiteracy Network of Greater Los Angeles
John MitterholzerThe Cleveland Foundation
Katherine PaveyDiscovery Alliance
Douglas PerkinsVanderbilt University
Summit Focus
Literacy Instruction
Performance Measurement
Literacy Instruction
The Essential Components of Literacy For Programs Dr. Timothy Shanahan
Literacy Instruction Across the LifespanDr. Barbara FoormanDr. Daphne Greenberg
5 Keys to Literacy Success Across the Lifespan
Amount of teaching
Content of teaching
Quality of teaching
Student Motivation
Alignment and Support
Community Literacy Programs for Children
A program is only as good as its implementation
Ongoing assessment for student progressIntensity of tutoring mattersHelpful to have a knowledgeable reading
expert to coordinate & supervise
Community Literacy Programs for Adults
Assessment needed for strengths & weaknesses
Need to take into account learners’ goalsLearning takes timeLearners tend to attend, stop, & then come
back or go to a different locationDirect, explicit instruction is neededSequential instruction
Literacy & Mentoring
Susan Taylor with Essence Magazine and Essence Cares Initiative
Inspire a national mentoring movementRecruited national partners and is
working with them to introduce literacy skill building into mentoring
Broadening the Role of Literacy in Communities: Experiences from the
Field
Helene Kramer
Good Schools For All, Buffalo Reads
Carl Guerriere
Greater Hartford Literacy Council
Buffalo Reads
Developed collaborative modelFeasibility Study (different outcome
measures)Goals for age appropriate literacy, adult
literacy, & providers Literacy infused everywhere
Greater Hartford Literacy Council
Strategic partnersAssets & Needs AssessmentDevelop quality standards for literacy
servicesBaseline report – “Status of Literacy in
Greater Hartford” with recommendations for action
Measuring Effectiveness
Patrick Gaston with Verizon Foundation
Need to state what the learner “learned” in terms of literacy advancement/achievement
Verizon Lifespan Literacy Matrix
Performance Measurement in Community Literacy
Harry Hatry
Outcome sequence chart
Service quality characteristics
Categories of data sources
Data collection procedures
Challenges in Measuring and Collecting Data for Evaluation
Petrice Sams-Abiodun, Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy
Douglas Marriott, Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles
When the Community is the Unit of Analysis
Diversity of providersRange of assessments & instructional
methodsReporting requirements varyLiteracy Alliance Evaluation – strength
of partnerships & collaboration plus integration of best practices
Literacy @ Work
Data measurement with trainingPublic/private partnership of
organizationsChallenges – skills assessment,
performance measurement, data management
Next Steps for the Institute
Special 2008 Issue of Community Literacy Journal
Special Topics Discussion List –
Topic - Community Literacy
coming soon
Sources for further information
National Institute for Literacy Community Literacy Summit page http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/community/communityliteracy.html
Special Topics Discussion List http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/dicsussions
Community Literacy Journalhttp://www.communityliteracy.org/
Outcome Indicatorshttp://www.urban.org/center/cnp/projects/outcomeindicators.cfm