Description
This course in Family Literacy will address Reservation-wide concerns of school drop out rates, which are consistently high, and literacy levels, which are consistently low, and particularly how these concerns apply within the family structure and thus affect young children. This course will incorporate the Early Childhood Department 's existing community literacy outreach effort, the BEAR (Be Excited About Reading) Project, or books-in-a-bag, or other family literacy events as a required service-learning project component. In HeadStart, parent involvement, including the area of family literacy, is a priority. What is learned and implemented through this course will strengthen the mandated Head Start Performance Standards in the area of literacy.
Prerequisites:ED 213, ECH 203, ECH 253
3 credits