Received: (from news@localhost) by literacy (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA15025 for nifl-family@novel.nifl.gov; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:27:50 -0500 (EST) Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov From: Sharon Pitcher <spitcher@umd5.umd.edu> Newsgroups: nifl.family Subject: A Late Introduction Date: 14 Nov 1996 21:27:48 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 25 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <328BE50F.6EA4@umd5.umd.edu> Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Status: O X-Status: I have been reading and at times responding to messages on this listserve but have not introduced myself. I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland in a program with a concentration in literacy. I am also a reading specialist and have just recently gone back into an elementary school. I developed and supervised adult literacy programs for welfare mothers for the last seven years. Working with low literacy welfare mothers led me naturally to family literacy. I developed and facilitated a family literacy program for welfare families and homeless shelter families. I took three training programs with NCFL. My experience with family literacy changed my life. I am a different educator because of it. I plan to do my disertation on family literacy. This summer, though, I made the decision to go back into a public school as a reading specialist because I believe family literacy has to be part of school curriculum if we are going to stop the cycle of illitercy.I am in a Title 1 school and slowly making changes. I enjoy reading this listserve and have found it to be extremely healthful for my doctoral studies. Sharon Pitcher Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland spitcher@umd 5.umd.edu
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