HELPING PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS HELP THEIR CHILDREN LEARN
Championing the cause that parents and family members are partners in education
When a parent and family members engage with LiFE they:
Learn how to read to their child and the benefits of reading from birth to age 9. Learn how to Sing- Talk- Activity-Read to their newborn, toddler, and Pre-K child. Learn how to use letter sounds to form words and read to their child each night.
Learn that school has a direct impact on their child's academic future.
Receive information on where to find available resources to address their needs.
Learn how to use games and toys to teach and have fun.
Learn the pitfalls and how to use social media platforms and AI.
Learn how to use social media platforms for educational purposes as well as entertainment.
LiFE's IMPACT
OVER 200 FAMILIES attend multiple workshops and receive 3-5 books for reading to their children at the Pre- Natal and well-baby clinics in rural Jamaica, WI in 2024
OVER 300 FAMILIES attend multiple workshops at street fairs, as well as community and faith-based organization outreaches in 2024
WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE TUTORING
The Family Educational Partners
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
The parents work with the teachers and Family Navigators as they practice during the week
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
The teacher prepares the parents on the practice assignment to prevent the "holiday slide"
Teacher providing tutoring
Parents learn engagement with their chidlren
Teacher providing tutoring
We engage with organizations to provide opportunities for parents and families living in under-resourced communities help their children learn to read
STUDENTS LEARN TO READ
PARENTS ENGAGEMENT
90% of students are present for Saturday tutoring.
- Parents assist with practice work
- Parents read at home with their child
- Parents attend Literacy Workshops
- Parents attend "Stop the Summer Slide" workshop
LIFE "POPPING UP 4 PARENTS" AND FAMILIES
We find a way to reach parents and families
Starting in September 2022, LiFE partnered with two faith-based organizations to implement a tutoring reading program for students reading below grade level and three Pop Up parent workshops.
Toddler and father attending Pop Up session
Celebrating families after workshop
Removing Barriers and Empowering Parents
Building a community library in Clinton Manor NYCHA with The Rockaway Cathedral
Life collaborates with faith-based and community organizations to address the literacy needs of children. Families living in this complex will have access to a lending library. Life understands that families need to learn how to read to their children, so we engage in Literacy Works workshops.
Help Our Cause
WE ARE EXPANDING OUR TUTORING PROGRAM FOR 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR
REPORT CARD: LIFE-JAMAICA
"LITERACY WORKS" -PARENT WORKSHOPS
- In the 2018-19 academic years: parents attended 6-8 workshops at all 11 schools to learn how to read to and with their child.
- In 2019-20 academic years: attendance increased by 50%.
- In 2020-22 academic years: over 30% of parents participated in virtual workshops and WhatsApp calls during COVID because of limited availability of internet and devices as well as work life factors.
1-2-3 BOOKS IN THE HOME LENDING LIBRARY: READING AT HOME
- In 2014: No books sent home.
- In 2019-2020: 2-5 books sent home. 70% of students have books in the home at any one time and are reading during the week and on the weekend
- In 2021-22: School closings prevented books from being sent home and access to online books was limited. In April 2022, schools with libraries restarted the 123 Books in the Home Lending Library Program.
LIFE's Family Navigators
Family Navigators communicate with and organize parents to attend workshops and meetings and distribute books to students in 1 2 3 Books in the Home Lending Library program. Family Navigators also serve as a liaison between the parents and the teachers focusing on increasing parental involvement in their child's educational experiences
- In 2014: 1 Family Navigator
- In 2019-20: 10 Family Navigators
- In 2020-22: Added 4 additional Family Navigators for a total of 14
LIFE's 1 2 3 Books In The Home Lending Library Program ensures that every student will be reading a book in their home and participate in weekly exchange of library books.
- In 2014-15: 5 school libraries completed
- In 2016-18: 6 new school libraries completed
- In 2019-20: 5 new school libraries completed
- In 2021-22: 8 new school libraries completed