2. Starting a Campus-Based Literacy Program: Ten Easy Steps An online training SCALE UNC-Chapel Hill

3. Session Goals Prepare you to organize, gain support, and implement a literacy tutoring program.

4. Ten Easy Steps: 1.Form a planning committee 2.Identify campus partners 3.Identify community partners 4.Locate seed money 5.Identify program coordinator(s) 6.Recruit tutors 7.Identify a tutoring model 8.Design training and reflection schedules 9.Design a program evaluation 10. Form an advisory board

5. Step One: Form a planning committee Assemble a diverse group of stakeholders Include campus partners Include community partners

6. Planning Committee Work Develop a mission statement with goals and program philosophy Develop work-plans and a timeline for activities America Reads at UNC-CH Through active supervision and ongoing training, UNC- CH’s America Reads Program strives to increase the reading levels of local children from pre-k to fifth grade, increase university students’ involvement in the community, and strengthen the partnership between the university and the community.

7. Step Two: Identify campus partners What department will house the program? Where will the program be housed physically? Desk Phone Computer Storage space Copier Meeting space

8. Step Three: Identify community partners

9. Community Partners May Include Schools Community centers Homeless shelters Literacy experts Evaluation experts Private businesses Public officials Faith-based organizations Citizen leaders

10. Step Four: Locate seed money Ask local companies for grants to purchase re-usable materials. Books Dry erase markers Dry erase boards Magnetic letters

11. Step Five: Identify program coordinator(s) Campus staff coordinator? Student leader coordinator? One coordinator or a corps? Job description should include responsibilities such as scheduling, planning transportation, planning trainings, serving as liaison to the community, and collecting data.

12. Student Leaders Several student leaders divide all the aspects of coordinating the tutoring program. UCLA's Project Literacy

13. Staff and Student Leadership Program coordination and supervision shared by a campus staff member and student leaders. Coach Mentors (Supervisors) Coach Mentor (Coordinator)

14. Step Six: Recruit volunteer and work-study tutors

15. Recruit On Campus Financial Aid Office Fraternities and sororities Campus community service organizations Service-learning organizations and classes School of Education School of Social Work Flyers ListservsOrientations

16. Step Seven: Identify a research-based tutoring model

17. For Children National Reading Panel Phonemic awareness Phonics instruction Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension The International Reading Association’s Summary of the National Reading Panel’s report A full-text introduction to Evidence-Based Reading Instruction: Putting The National Reading Panel Report Into Practice

18. For Adults National Institute for Literacy and The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy Phonemic awareness Word analysis Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Literacy Practitioner National Institute for Literacy

19. Step Eight: Design a training and reflection schedule Training And Reflection Initial training Ongoing training Topics Dates Attendance

20. Step Nine: Design a program evaluation What program aspects will you evaluate? What instruments will you use? When will you collect data?

21. Step Ten: Form an advisory board

22. Advisory Board Composition People from planning committee Stakeholders from campus and community Experts in the field

23. Review 1. Form a planning committee 2. Identify campus partners 3. Identify community partners 4. Locate seed money 5. Identify program coordinator(s)

24. Review 6. Recruit volunteer and work-study tutors 7. Identify a research-based literacy tutoring model 8. Design a training and reflection schedule 9. Design a program evaluation 10. Form an advisory board

25. Your SCALE online training is complete! Read. Write. Act.