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

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

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

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

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.

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

Step Three: Identify community partners

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

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

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.

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

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

Step Six: Recruit volunteer and work-study tutors

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

Step Seven: Identify a research-based tutoring model

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

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

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

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

Step Ten: Form an advisory board

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

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

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

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