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Direct linkShepard, Jerri – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
This article features Campus Kids, a mentoring program located at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Gonzaga is a Jesuit University with a strong commitment to social justice and humanistic education. Campus Kids began, in the true sense of a community partnership, as an attempt to connect community resources (potential university…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Best Practices
Taylor, Sam – Vocational Education Journal, 1990
The Senior/Youth Partnership in Sonoma, California, matches older adults as tutors with high school students, teaching vocational and recreational skills and tailoring activities to the goals and needs of individual students. (SK)
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Peer reviewedJones, Clare B. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
Both senior volunteers and learning disabled preschool children benefitted from the Grandparents Read to Me Project in Lakewood, Ohio. Seniors rarely missed a session and the children began to select books over toys during free time and ask their parents to buy books and read to them at home. (CB)
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Learning Disabilities, Older Adults, Preschool Education
Weinstein-Shr, Gail; And Others – 1986
Four papers focus on approaches to providing literacy education. "Language and Community Building: An Intergenerational Approach" (Gail Weinstein-Shr) describes a Temple University (Pennsylvania) program to involve volunteers in English-as-a-second-language instruction to refugee children and their elders. This program provides volunteer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, Margaret, Ed.; O'Brien, Maryann, Ed. – 1990
This publication is intended for mainstream teachers and school administrators involved in the education of language minority students, and describes professional competencies necessary to capitalize on the linguistic and cultural strengths inherent in a culturally diverse population. The materials included are designed for both training and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Cultural Differences
