Established the
Collaborated
and networked among agencies and organizations with joint program planning
to accomplish Family Literacy training and outcome goals
Brought
practitioners together into shared program models, including ESOL, Family
Literacy, Head Start, Even Start, libraries, and community-based programs;
provided information and education through vehicles including Consortium meetings,
a Family Literacy Summit, print, video, and Web resources
Developed
two working groups of practitioners to provide guidance for major projects
of the Consortium
Developed
the first Tennessee state-wide database of organizations interested in,
or providing, Family Literacy services; the database transcends organizational
lines and includes private and public, school-based, community-based, and
other family-oriented literacy models
Provided
speakers to national and state conferences on Family Literacy
Responded
to multiple requests from other states for information and products developed
during the Initiative
Built
strong and lasting partnerships between the major state educational research
institution, the
Developed
a pool of volunteers to work with the Consortium on future Family Literacy
projects
During the Initiative period, several Consortium
members (such as adult educators) provided direct funding for Family Literacy for the first time, while
others increased funding
Developed
recommendations on next steps to strengthen and expand Family Literacy
in
Sponsored the first statewide Family Literacy
Brought
leading researchers and practitioners to the
Provided
opportunities for sharing Family Literacy and related services and program
resources, including a resource-sharing fair at the
Leveraged
additional funds ($11,000) from member agencies
that enabled the Consortium to expand and strengthen the Family Literacy Summit
Honored
an outstanding Family Literacy program participant and learned from her
experiences as she shared them in her role as guest speaker at the Family
Literacy Summit
Increased public
awareness of Family Literacy
Recorded
and broadcast on television and radio two video and two audio PSAs with
Family Literacy messages targeted to Tennesseans, reaching thousands of families
Partnered
with the
Wrote,
edited, designed, and published a mail brochure to promote awareness of
Tennessee Family Literacy programs
Wrote,
edited, designed, and published two newsletters, with a combined circulation
of 2,400, promoting public awareness and education about Family Literacy and
featuring events and programs within the state of
Obtained
live radio interviews of the Director of Family Literacy, Tennessee Department
of Education, so thousands of listeners heard more about Family Literacy
Developed
the Family Literacy in
Publicized
Family Literacy training opportunities through discussions at the Consortium
meetings and the
Surveyed
Family Literacy program services in
Produced
Family Literacy in Tennessee: A Design
for the Future, a 63-page policy paper developed by Susan Benner,
Ed.D.,
Helped
build membership and participation in national organizations such as Family
Literacy Alliance through outreach efforts
Reached
every candidate for
Reached
every State legislator with professionally-produced Family Literacy awareness
materials, including an Executive Summary of Design for the Future
Provided
public awareness materials on Family Literacy to every Title I Director
and every Director of Schools in the State
Provided training, education, and technical
assistance for Family Literacy practitioners
Developed
program quality indicators for Tennessee Even Start based on the Continuous
Quality Improvement model and reflecting the attributes set forth in the Goodling
Even Start Act; after creation of a core document by a highly trained and
experienced professional educator and evaluator, established committees of
site directors and local evaluators to continue to provide input for improvement
of the indicators
Developed
a local evaluation system for Even Start, and trained 15 local evaluators
to provide evaluation services specifically for Tennessee Even Start Family
Literacy programs; as the states program quality indicators continue to develop,
site directors and evaluators will provide input for continuous improvement
of the evaluation instrument
Developed
a Web-based database for the Tennessee Even Start program, allowing local
programs to collect, and to share with authorized parties, individual, family,
and program data; the database aggregates outcomes and provides the basis
for statewide reporting, and the developers provide a toll-free help line
available to all users; the database will be upgraded to a fully relational
system by the end of the Tennessee Initiative grant in June 2003
Hosted
a three-day training program for Family Literacy site directors, teachers,
and program evaluators, including assessment information, policy training,
and program management skills
Collaborated with the Tennessee Department
of Education, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Tennessee
Department of Human Services, and the
Many Consortium members developed their own Family Literacy materials
and approaches tailored to their needs, such as a training module for
Family Literacy included in a