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Behavioral
IMPLEMENTATION: YEAR ONE PRIORITIES
Coalition members prioritized recommendations developed by teams for year one operational implementation. Family Literacy and Youth Coaching, Tutoring & Mentoring were selected for implementation. For a complete list of the recommendations see Appendix A.
Year One Network Priority Initiatives
Why Family Literacy?
Family literacy services are ones that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient
duration, to make sustainable changes in a family and that integrate all of the following activities:
Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children
Training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full
partners in the education of their children
Parent literacy training that leads to economic self-sufficiency
An age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life
experiences7
Studies show that the family, home and communities are the true drivers of a child’s education. Children’s reading scores improve dramatically when their parents are involved in helping them learn to read.
Why Youth Coaching, Tutoring & Mentoring?
Warm and close relationships with caring adults, supervision, and positive role models are the common resources and investments that mentoring interventions contribute to youth development.
Social
7 Federal definition from: Workforce Investment Act, Community Services Block Grant Act, Head Start Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and Reading Excellent Act.
8 DuBois, D. L., Nelson Portillo, N, Rhodes, J.E., Silverthorn, N. and Valentine, J.C. (2011.
12(2) 57- 9 Jekielek, Susan, Kristin A. Moore., and Elizabeth C. Hair, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Mentoring Programs and
Youth Development: a Synthesis. Child Trends, Washington, D.C. January 2002
Flint & Genesee Literacy Network 5
Studies have indicated that there are significant correlations between the presence
of mentor relationships and the development of attributes that support productive citizenship.8
Consider that mentoring can be a major factor in youth’s:
Personal
Emotional; and
Academic development.9
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How Effective are Mentoring
Programs for Youth? A Systematic Assessment of the Evidence. The Association for Psychological Science.