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Community and Literacy

302Summary and Key MessagesCommunity and Literacy

Find out how to mobilize your community to get involved in children's literacy. After watching this show and you will:

  • Gain awareness of the benefits that community involvement with literacy education provides to both the children and the community.
  • Identify real-life practical examples, from rural communities to metropolitan areas, of successful literacy programs including a total school participation model and several examples of community roots and outreach.
  • Identify a four-step model of building community collaboration and partnerships.
  • Recognize the importance of celebration in involving the community in literacy education.

The program demonstrates:

  • Effective citywide initiatives, including St. Paul Reads
  • Communities large and small that encourage lifelong literacy
  • Ideas you can use to energize your communities

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