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Recommended by Your CLCP Peers
The following links were recommended by Teri
Lewis, Habersham County CLCP:
Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy: "Imagine the Possibilities" if every child in our community enters Kindergarten having been read to regularly by the most important teacher they will ever have - their parent. In participating Georgia counties, each month, until age 5, a new book will be mailed directly to the registered child's home address." This links you to more information - find out how your county can benefit.
Dictionary Project: "The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary." The Dictionary project provides free dictionaries to children.
Money Smart - an Adult Education Program: "The Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) is a friendly and easy to use learning tool that teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum through a computer. The CBI can complement formal classes or enable people to study independently at their own pace."
ProLiteracy: "ProLiteracy Worldwide is the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world. It achieves its mission, championing the life-changing benefits of literacy for adults and their families, by sponsoring educational programs that help adults and their families acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their daily lives." This is link provides many resources including programs, news and professional development.
Thinkfinity Literacy Network: "Thinkfinity Literacy Network is a powerful educational platform created through the merger of two highly-acclaimed programs - Verizon Literacy Network and Verizon MarcoPolo." This website connects you to over 50,000 resources for teachers, students and community programs!
First National Book Bank: "The First Book National Book Bank (FBNBB) provides new books to children from low-income families across the country."
Board Cafe: This site is sponsored by Compass Point Nonprofit Service and provides dozens of resources for Board Meetings including: Board Packets, Board Direction, Recruiting Board Members, Finance & Budget, Fundraising.
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education: The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education was founded in 1990 and today is working hard to be Georgia's foremost change agent in education. The non-profit, non-partisan organization consists of business, education, community and government leaders who are focused on efforts to shape policy and reform public education in the state.