We have always had a good number of fathers in our family literacy program, 
which targets Hispanic families. If you are interested in interviewing these 
Hispanic dads, let me know and I will ask them if they are willing to 
participate.  As I missed the beginning of this discussion, I will also need 
to know exactly what they will be committing to.

Grace Cormons
SPARK Family Learning Instructor
Eastern Shore Community College
Melfa, VA 233421
gcormons at es.vccs.edu


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>The following is posted on behalf of Delane Weathersby.

>

>>

>>

>> I have one father enrolled in my Even Start Family Literacy Program

>> - the first one ever I understand!  I will speak with him

>> tomorrow.  He may be willing to participate.

>>

>> Delane Weathersby

>> Even Start Family Literacy Director

>> Edgecombe County Public Schools

>> Stocks Elementary School

>> 400 West Hope Lodge Street

>> Tarboro, North Carolina 27886

>> 252-823-1620

>>

>> dweathersby at ecps.us

>>

>>

>>

>> Quoting Gail Price <gprice at famlit.org>:

>>

>>

>>> How about all of you who are working in programs? Do you have any

>>> fathers in your program who might be willing to be part of Eugenio's

>>> study? She would be meeting with those fathers who volunteer and

>>> asking them questions about the program. To learn more about how she

>>> will be interacting with fathers, give her a call or e-mail her

>>> as  she

>>> suggested.

>>>

>>>

>>> On Nov 27, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Eugenio Longoria Sáenz wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>> Dear Family Literacy Community.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> I am doctoral student at Penn State University in the College

>>> of   Education?s Department of Learning and Performance Systems

>>> and   formerly served as a research assistant at the Goodling

>>> Institute   for Research in Family Literacy.  I am writing to ask

>>> for your help   in recruiting participants to interview for my

>>> dissertation   research.  The focus of my dissertation research

>>> is fathers?   participation in family literacy programs.  I am

>>> specifically   looking to recruit fathers for this study.  If

>>> your program, or any   program you know, currently has fathers

>>> enrolled please contact   me.  If you have any questions, would

>>> like to read the abstract of   my study proposal, or preview my

>>> formal recruitment letter, you can   call me at (814)321-3515 or

>>> write to me at EZL109 at psu.edu.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> My research question is:

>>>

>>> What is the experience of students as fathers as this is shaped

>>> by   the construction of parent(ing) in family literacy programs?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> The key objectives of my study are:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> This study will explore how students as fathers interpret and

>>> make   sense of their experiences within the context of family

>>> literacy   programs by recording their stories

>>> By providing insight into the experiences of fathers

>>> participating   in family literacy programs, I will help

>>> practitioners, policy   makers, and researchers in the field

>>> better align expectations with   program and policy designs.

>>> This research aims to describe how fathers respond to the

>>> expectations of the four components of family literacy, to

>>> reveal   how fathers participating in family literacy programs

>>> process their   experiences to see how (and if) they change and

>>> learn, to   contribute to the breath and depth of the existing

>>> body or research.

>>> The goal is to expand current research related to this issue

>>> beyond   the limited focus of program description.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Your help in this endeavor is greatly appreciated.  Once again,

>>> if   you have any questions you can call me at (814)321-3515 or

>>> write to   me at EZL109 at psu.edu.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Kind Regards,

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Eugenio Longoria Saenz

>>>

>>> Doctoral Candidate, Learning and Performance Systems

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Gail J. Price

>>> Multimedia Specialist

>>> National Center for Family Literacy

>>> 325 West Main Street, Suite 300

>>> Louisville, KY 40205

>>>

>>> Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112

>>> Fax: 502 584-0172

>>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

>Gail J. Price

>Multimedia Specialist

>National Center for Family Literacy

>325 West Main Street, Suite 300

>Louisville, KY 40205

>

>Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112

>Fax: 502 584-0172

>

>

>

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