Daniel:

 

In Maryland, we developed a simple Family Literacy Intake Survey that
establishes a baseline of family literacy practices. The questions
regard how much time is spent reading with children, and how often
parents visit the library with children, and what children's books or
magazines they have acquired for their homes.  Additionally the survey
queries how often they have met with their children's teachers (or child
care professional), how often they have helped with school work (in
class or homework), and how often they have participated in school
activities.  As with any Intake process, the expectation is that it
would be completed (either in group or individually) with guidance from
staff.

 

As stated, this survey establishes a baseline at intake.  Measurement of
increases in these activities is another issue.  Logging of the various
activities your program strives to promote is a first step, but a log of
activity may not provide the level of documentation you need.  In order
to more substantially document a parent's reading with children for
example, some of our programs use a form that the parent completes with
the date and time the parent read to the child, name of the book, some
information about the plot or theme of the book, whether the child liked
the book, and a statement of the parent's opinion of the book (why they
did or did not like the book for their child).

 

Another activity that is well documented by some of our Maryland Family
Literacy grantees is meeting with the child(ren)'s teacher(s).  Prior to
the conferences, parents are assisted with planning for the conference
and articulating the questions they would like to ask.  The parents fill
out a form with some of the basics of the conference (date, time,
location, teacher's name, subjects to be discussed), take it to the
conference and obtain the teacher's signature. This works well in a
program where the school staff is very familiar with the Family Literacy
program.

 

Both of these methods of documenting the activities serve as contextual
learning opportunities for the parents.

 

Patricia Tyler

Adult Education and Family Literacy Specialist

Maryland State Department of Education

 

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From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Daniel Rizik-Baer
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:06 PM
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 1045] Family Literacy Intake Questionnaire

 

Does anyone know of a standard intake questionnaire, or a questionnaire
that they have used that they feel represents the family literacy
practices in the home well? I need to find something to use as an intake
method for a new Parent Education Involvement Program which requires
this. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

-- 
Daniel Rizik-Baer
Family Literacy Coordinator
Children Youth and Family Collaborative
(818) 442-4407 cell 

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