A group of adult students in a family literacy program took VALUE¹s
leadership training and, as a result, decided to hold a fund raiser for a
field trip.  They wrote a proposal to the director, met with her, and
discussed their goals.  They divided duties and realized their dependence on
one another to achieve success.  After raising the money, they went to City
Museum to see the marine life.  They and their children had been learning
about the variety of life in the oceans.  One day, soon after this, the
adult education teacher was delayed in coming to class.  The students
organized themselves around various lessons they were working on and when
the teacher arrived, she was impressed that they could work so well
together.

Sarah Beaman-Jones 
Literacy Program Director

LIFT-Missouri
815 Olive Street, Suite 22
St. Louis, Missouri  63101

1-800-729-4443 ext. 206
www.lift-missouri.org


 

On 4/15/08 10:03 AM, "Gail Price" <gprice at famlit.org> wrote:


> The following message is posted on behalf of Lawana Wilson (Lawana at vol.com

>  

>  

> My name is Lawana Wilson. I have been working with the adult education

> population for several years in Madison County Kentucky. Doing a fundraiser

> can be a great teaching tool. The students can pick a name for their business.

> They can do this by having an essay contest, a skill needed for the GED. They

> can also write essays to decide what fair thing to do with the money. The

> students may have an event for their family or have a bigger graduation.  In

> math class the students can do charts and graphs of their progress and profit,

> etc.  I have been a Family Literacy Coordinator and could see this tie to

> Family Literacy as well.

>  

>  

> Have other subscribers tried fundraisers as a means of instruction? What have

> been your results? Do you have other ideas to add to Lawana¹s?

>  

>  

>  

> Gail J. Price

> Multimedia Specialist

> National Center for Family Literacy

> 325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

> Louisville, KY 40202

> gprice at famlit.org

> 502 584-1133, ext. 112

>  

> 

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