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Support
Parents In Reading Involvement
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What
Is SPIRIT? |
The
SPIRIT Program was implemented in November 2001 in collaboration
with Access Careers in Teaching AmeriCorps, College of The
Redwoods, and AmeriCorps*VISTA. SPIRIT (Support Parents In
Reading Involvement) aims to get parents more involved in
their children's educational lives by providing tutors in
the home to guide and assist them in helping their children
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SPIRIT is a local program serving local needs.
With the vision of helping others by developing tools to help
themselves, SPIRIT views education as an important tool and
the key to future success in life. Our program is designed
to advance the opportunities of Humboldt County residents.
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SPIRIT'S
Goals |
The
AmeriCorps SPIRIT Program is designed to address the issue
of poor reading skills in K-6 children in Federal Title 1
schools by focusing on the problem of low parental involvement
in reading to their children and other literacy efforts.
The Program
Seeks To:
- Increase
the frequency and quality of parent's participation in reading
with their K-6 child.
- Recruit
and train volunteers to instruct parents in reading and
other literacy efforts with their child.
- Increase
community involvement in literacy programs.
- Help
ensure that every child can read well and independently
by the end of the third grade.
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Why
SPIRIT? |
Parents
are their children's first and primary teachers who play an
important role in their learning. All children should have the
opportunity to read and write. Literacy is an essential life
skill that provides children with the opportunity to advance
in life. SPIRIT aims to get parents involved in their children's
success by providing them assistance in preparing their children
for the future. Thirty years of research has shown that parental
involvement makes a significant difference in children's reading
success.
Your Community, Your Chance to
Make it Better
Reading is a necessary and important skill
for children and the inability to read can have profound educational
and life consequences. Reading is essential to success in
school, to successful participation in society and to finding
sustainable work. Low literacy levels are closely associated
with poverty, unemployment, and civic non-participation.
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AmeriCorps
at CR |
College of the Redwoods affirms its responsibility to address
the diverse civic needs of the many communities they serve and
to provide leadership in the civic, cultural, and economic development
of the North Coast region. AmeriCorps*VISTA
Members will complement and expand College of the Redwood's
capacity to deliver literacy services to children. The goal
is for College of the Redwoods to establish a program to address
low literacy rates in K-6 children and train parents of these
students in reading and other literacy efforts. The program
provides an opportunity for the college campus to partner
with school districts, literacy programs, and foster care
agencies and to provide other out reach and support services
to the community.
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SPIRIT Today! |
For
more information: |
Contact:
Lindsey Clark, SPIRIT Project Coordinator
7351
Tompkins Hill Road
Eureka, CA 95501-9300
Telephone: (707) 476-4533
Email: vista@redwoods.edu
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