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CROISSANT PARK FAMILY LITERACY
PROGRAM: Family Literacy Center
AGENCY:
Florida Atlantic
University/School Board of Broward County
CONTACT: Mary Lou Ridge/Dr. Susanne Lapp, .
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PROGRAM MISSION: Croissant Park Elementary and Florida Atlantic
University, College of Education, Reading and TESOL Departments worked together to
establish a Literacy Center for students and parents. It provides free academic assistance
to any children who has been identified as limited English speaking. University
pre-service teachers implement and reinforce assignments each week. In the fall of 2000,
the program was expanded to include the parents of these children. Graduate and
upper-level undergraduate students provide instruction in reading, parent workshops,
technology training and parent/child field trips to promote intergenerational literacy.
SCOPE OF THE
PROGRAM: The program serves families with pre-K to 3rd grade children attending
Croissant Park.
FUNDING:
Grant from the Governor's
Family Literacy Initiative for Florida, a program of the Barbara Bush Foundation for
Family Literacy and the Annenberg Challenge, with FAU and School Board funds.
ELIGIBILITY: Limited-English families with children in pre-K to
3rd grade.
FEES: The program is free. |
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