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We had learned that we needed to offer evening parent/child time at the
school and at the parent/child center.  This way we could still target
working families.  We also added a few child care providers and Head Start
to our list of collaborators to maximize the number of slots for the early
childhood component.  We obtained funding to provide early literacy training
to the child care providers (Sounds Like Fun with Linda Stoler).  Great way
to teach the importance of song and learn sign language!
Becky L. Gadue
Milton Learning Together Coordinator
Milton Family Community Center
P.O. Box 619
Milton, VT  05495
802-893-1457

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jalsails at aol.com>
To: <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 153] Life after Even Start



> Greetings All,

>

> I am giving a presentation at the National Center for Family Literacy

> Conference titled, "Evaluation for Life After Even Start."

> In the past, evaluation was supposed to facilitate continuous program

> improvement. We're entering the era of "Fresh Start". For many

> programs, their final evaluation must serve as a calling card for new

> community collaborations and open fresh funding streams. For staff,

> performance outcomes captured in the evaluation can frame a resume by

> highlighting professional  accomplishments. The evaluation can also

> determine which components of family literacy were actually valued by

> families in terms of participation hours and performance outcomes. That

> information serves as a foundation for new paradigms about educational

> intervention programs aimed at families in need of intensive literacy

> support.

>

> I am seeking input from those of you who have found novel ways to use

> past performance to leverage new design models that will take family

> literacy into a new realm.  In exchange for your ideas, I'll send you a

> copy of my presentation.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jeri Levesque, Ed.D.

> Evaluator, Missouri and Kentucky Even Start Family Literacy Programs

> LIFT-Missouri (http://lift-missouri.org)

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