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 f0FJUa903330; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:30:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:30:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3A634EF9.E5C72E03@labor.state.ak.us> 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: Amy Iutzi-Mitchell <amy_iutzi-mitchell@labor.state.ak.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3338] Re: The sun was not shining in California X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) Status: O Content-Length: 3022 Lines: 54 What is PACT Time? (I'm unclear what PACT stands for.) Nancy Sledd wrote: > > Yes, the schools have training and orientation for the parents and the > classroom teachers before the parents begin their visits. They also have > community liaisons in each school who work with the teachers and the parents > constantly to clarify or assist in any way. The beauty of PACT Time through > this model is there is NO extra work on the teachers' part except for > providing a chair the adult/parent can sit in next to their child and have > an extra book or worksheet or whatever the class is working with at the time > of the parents' visits. The parent works alongside their child on whatever > the assignment is at the time of the PACT Time. That is the process for the > daytime classes (from 20-27 parents in each school during the daytime > program.) The nighttime classes are great for the parents who can not > attend the programs during the day. At night, the parents go into the > children's classroom and there are some "loosely" planned activities for the > parents and children to engage in together during PACT Time. This means, > there are learning centers set up throughout the room and the families > decide where they want to spend their time that evening: book center, audio > book area, appropriate arts and crafts for the elementary children, games, > computers, etc. These particular programs were designed for elementary > schools and parents who have children in that particular school, so > child-care is also provided for the infants and toddlers. Two of those > three schools have two programs: a nighttime and a daytime. One and > perhaps two schools are considering an afternoon program as well. I do not > think any family is "left out" with this type of scheduling if they want to > be in a family literacy program. And, remember, these programs are in their > first year, so no telling how they will expand and adapt as they grow. > The exciting thing is to see how family literacy is working in the > elementary schools. Perhaps in the future, after the staff feel more > comfortable with listserv discussions, we can have them appear as "guests" > on the list for a while and answer more questions. > > Nancy Sledd > Training Specialist > National Center for Family Literacy > 325 West Main Street, Suite #200 > Waterfront Plaza > Louisville, KY 40202-4251 > (502) 584-1133 ext.142 > (502) 584-0172 fax > > Nancy: > It sounds like the experience the parents and children have in the > California > family literacy project was good. I have some questions: > Does the school you are talking about do any training for the parents and > teachers before the parents schedule visits? Do the teachers develop > activities that the child and parent can participate in together? What > happens to the children whose parents are unable to visit the school? Are > they left out in some sense? Are other arrangements made for those families? > Kathleen Bombach > KathleenBombach@aol.com
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