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Download full textPotts, Meta W. – 1992
Family literacy programs are developed on the premise that the important relationships between children and adults affect literacy achievement and activity. The programs bring parents and children together in a teaching and learning environment. The critical teacher in a child's life is the parent. Family programs support and strengthen family…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Family Characteristics, Family Literacy, Family Relationship
Kerka, Sandra – 1992
Breaking the continuing cycle of low literacy levels transmitted from one generation to another is the philosophy behind family and intergenerational literacy programs. This Practice Brief describes some of the family literacy program models that are proving effective. It also summarizes strategies and resources that can help practitioners. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy
Ward, Christopher R.; Smith, Thomas B. – 1993
Recognizing the increasing demand for older adults to work as child care employees, this manual presents the Generations Together model for training older adults at the community college level to work in child care settings. The manual describes the steps necessary to implement a community-college-based, older-adult child care employment training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationGacka, Richard C. – 1996
A project undertaken to determine the feasibility of integrating components of secondary-level tech prep and school-to-work programs into adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs. Applied academics curriculum materials developed by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) and the Agency for Instructional Technology…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alternative Assessment, Articulation (Education), Career Planning
Vander Mey, Brenda J.; McDonald, Sian I. – 2001
This booklet provides information on implementing the Landscapes for Learning (LFL) program, which was conceived to bring children, youths, and communities together to learn about landscaping while beautifying local schools and communities. The booklet begins with a discussion of the concept of environmental stewardship. Described next are the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Conservation (Environment), Educational Practices, Educational Resources
Hensley, Oliver D., Ed.; And Others – 1997
This handbook for tech prep practitioners in Texas consists of loose-leaf documents from the performance assessment areas currently available to tech prep practitioners. The first part of the handbook consists of 10 sample assessment documents that were selected from over 900 performance assessment based on a quantitative rating system. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Consortia
