Supporting schools and districts in the
counties of Holmes, Stark, and Wayne.
Vision: Maximizing Partnerships to Elevate Learning
Literacy Resources for Families
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This information is not sponsored by State Support Team 9 but is provided for your information.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five.
To find a location near you, click HERE.
Engage Differently Resources (next level):
Read & Learn
Seeing Families as Partners in Literacy Growth - (Nawal Qarooni) Guiding principles for drawing on families' strengths and cultural knowledge to build literacy connections.
Navigate, Learn & Share
ALL Ohio (Advancing Literacy Learning Ohio) is a compilation of high-quality professional learning resources for Ohio’s P20 education system and families. Family Resources can be found here.
The Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar is a resource prepared by the State Library of Ohio, in collaboration with Ohio Ready to Read, which is designed to promote family literacy and family engagement across Ohio.
To learn more, click HERE.
Day By Day Calendar, click HERE.
To download the flyer, click this link.
This information is not sponsored by State Support Team 9 but is provided for your information.
Ideas for Summer Activities
Check out this article on the Paths to Literacy website for ideas on fun summer activities for kids who are blind or visually impaired, including those who are deafblind or who have multiple disabilities.
5-Minute Family Literacy Routines
5-Minute Family Literacy Routines webpage describes quick routines that parents and caregivers can integrate into their everyday time with their multilingual children to develop language and literacy skills. For example, parents and caregivers can engage in meaningful conversations, storytelling, poetry readings, and other activities to support their children’s literacy in culturally affirming ways. If you are a teacher, these activities can help you create opportunities for parents to practice the content you are working on in your lessons. Each set is based on content developed in the learning modules from the All Ohio Literacy Learning Modules-Multilingual Series. The ALL Ohio learning modules explore various literacy topics in-depth through narrative text, linked resources, realistic scenarios, reflections, learning activities, and embedded audio and videos. Upon successful completion of a module, educators can earn a proficiency-based microcredential that they can submit to their provider for continuing education credit.
SPARK: Helping Parents and Children Get Ready for School
What is SPARK?
The SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) program provides a kindergarten readiness advantage for families with preschool-age children (three- and four-year-olds).
Once or twice a month, the SPARK family meets with their assigned home visitor, called a parent partner. The parent partner helps the parent engage the child in a lesson that was developed around state standards and is designed to provide a school readiness advantage.
At each visit, a book, an activity card, and supplies are given to the family, so the parent can continue the learning between visits.
SPARK also conducts developmental screenings, provides referrals and linkages to community resources, and offers group-based learning opportunities. The SPARK team (which includes school-based personnel and professionals in early childhood education, mental health, and speech-language development) works to address barriers to school readiness, long before the child begins school. What you should know about school readiness
SPARK History
SPARK began as a collaboration between the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton. SPARK is now managed and operated by the Early Childhood Resource Center.
During its first year, SPARK served 140 children in two Stark County school districts (a large urban district and a small rural district). Today, SPARK is producing positive results in 22 school districts in nine Ohio counties. SPARK programs serve over 2,000 children annually.
Bookshare
Bookshare® is an eBook library that makes reading easier. People with reading barriers, dyslexia, learning disabilities, visual impairments, and physical disabilities can customize their experience and read in ways that work for them. See how it works in this video or visit their website.
"All Students Can Read" Series
The "All Students Can Read” five-part instructional series aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of special educators in reading science, utilizing research and theoretical models to support reading science, assessment, and instruction within a multi-tiered system of supports. Participants will also develop reading profiles that address the unique needs of students with disabilities. For more information on session details and registration, please visit the All Students Can Read website.
OCECD Video On-Demand Library
OCECD recognizes the challenges posed by our hectic schedules. We understand that attending all our trainings can be difficult, and that's why we offer the option to catch up on any sessions you may have missed or wish to revisit. Our On-Demand training feature provides the flexibility you need to access the information you require at a time that suits you best.
OCECD recognizes the challenges posed by our hectic schedules. We understand that attending all our trainings can be difficult, and that's why we offer the option to catch up on any sessions you may have missed or wish to revisit. Our On-Demand training feature provides the flexibility you need to access the information you require at a time that suits you best.
To begin the registration process and gain access to these valuable trainings, please click the Registration button below. Upon completion a password will be displayed in the registration and also emailed to you for access to our on-demand library.