Lit
for Literacy
Dear parents!
We are thrilled to extend our warmest welcome to you as you embark on your interest (or exciting journey) in Lit for Literacy. Your commitment to helping your child achieve their literacy milestones, learning how to teach them at home, strengthening teacher-family communication, and developing your leadership as a literacy champion is truly commendable.
At Lit for Literacy, we believe that parents play a pivotal role in their child’s educational journey. We invite you to explore and see what Lit for Literacy looks like!
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Lit
for Literacy
Dear EFC parents!
We are thrilled to extend our warmest welcome to you as you embark on this exciting journey in Lit for Literacy. Your commitment to helping your child achieve their literacy milestones, learning how to teach them at home, strengthening teacher-family communication, and developing your leadership as a literacy champion is truly commendable.
At Lit for Literacy, we believe that parents play a pivotal role in their child’s educational journey. By joining our program, you are not only investing in your child’s future but also taking a significant step towards becoming a literacy advocate within your family and community.
Our Key Partners
The First Revolution is Internal
In session 1, we hope to partner with parents to support their child(ren) to achieve literacy outcomes using a science-based approach to instruction. The 4 key takeaways are:
1. To invite parents to be key partners in the school’s Literacy Campaign.
2. To develop our knowledge about the reading proficiency challenges facing Oakland and our schools.
3. To activate our agency as parent leaders by reflecting on our “stories of self”.
4. To introduce the science-based approach to reading instruction and apply reading comprehension practices at home.
Grade-Level Benchmarks & Activities
In session 2, parents will understand the school’s reading standards and achievement milestones, and are able to identify their child’s reading level as well as benchmarks/milestones/strategies for improvement. The three key points for this session are:
1. To continue to build our parent partnership with you for the school’s Literacy Campaign.
2. To share with you the school’s reading standards and achievement milestones and to understand EFC attendance data.
3. To build on your story of self with our “story of us” and to introduce the principle “power is taken not given”.
Power is the ability to achieve purpose
In Session 3, parents will understand the various components of learning to read, understand the developmental path for their child; and can begin to articulate a shared “story of now” that creates urgency and action. The three key points this session focuses on:
1. To introduce the importance of Home-School Collaboration.
2. To understand our child’s individual reading data + learn how to build relationship with our child’s teacher.
3. To build on your story of self and us with the “story of now” and to introduce the principle “power is the ability to achieve purpose”
A Call to Action - “Power is Organized People”
In session 4, parents will understand the various components of learning to read, can identify a developmental path for their child; and can begin to articulate a shared story of now that creates urgency and action. The 4 key factors of this meeting are:
1. Celebrate our progress in home reading and literacy activities.
2. Learn how to build on content unit themes at home.
3. To preview and plan our Family Accountability Walk + Academic Town Hall
4. Combine our Story of Self, Us, and Now into a powerful Call to Action.
Accountability Walk
In Session 5, parents will attend their child’s school and receive:
- Hands on practice in understanding reading data, reading strategies so that Lit for Literacy family leaders are confident and capable in data and reading practices.
- Launch site literacy leadership initiatives for family leaders to partner with school in raising literacy outcomes
- Coordinator and admin share ownership of home-school partnership in literacy self and us with the “story of now” and to introduce the pr