The National Center for Family Literacy can provide on site training, facilitation and technical assistance to communities who are

• Engaged in a literacy planning initiative
• Starting family literacy programs
• Exploring ways to fund and expand family literacy programs
• Working to improve literacy services in their communities

Please see the list of available trainings below. Consultation and customized training also can be developed to meet specific community needs. To request more information, click here. Or call (502) 584-1133 x149.

Community Literacy Training Opportunities Through NCFL

Community Literacy Plan Simulation
Participate in an actual simulation to transform your community’s literacy profile. Participants work in teams to develop a workable plan based on realistic scenarios. The facilitator will guide the teams as they learn to overcome typical obstacles, make sense of trends, identify resources, forge partnerships and communicate a plan that will engage the public. Expect to work hard, have fun and learn from the experts. This session is ideal for leaders in local government, education, early childhood programs, social services agencies, foundations, literacy programs, libraries, volunteer organizations and civic clubs.

Starting a Family Literacy Program  
Are you considering creating a family literacy program in your community? This one-day overview will take you through the basic steps of getting started, using Pathways: A Primer for Family Literacy Program Design and Development as the text. Topics covered include needs assessment, collaborative partners, program design, recruitment, assessment and evaluation.

Sustaining Your Literacy Program
Funding streams may ebb and flow, but the need for literacy services in your community remains. How can you navigate the turbulent funding waters for your program while continuing to serve families in need? Learn strategies from successful program managers that you can adapt in your community to keep your program’s mission prominent and funded.

Foundations in Family Literacy
Foundations in Family Literacy provides beginning family literacy practitioners the framework needed to fully understand the comprehensive, four-component family literacy model. Foundations is designed to provide a basic overview of the principles and practices of family literacy and the research that supports those practices.

Collaborating for Component Integration
Collaborating for Component Integration guides participants toward integrating all four components of a family literacy program through the creation of core messages, assessing levels of services, and developing curricular connections based on the goals, needs and interests of families.

Evaluating Your Family Literacy Program
This informative and interactive training is designed to provide family literacy practitioners and administrators with the tools and skills necessary for evaluating a four-component family literacy program. Topics such as data collection and management, reporting and use of an outside evaluator are discussed.

Recruitment and Retention in Family Literacy
This training is based on the research regarding adults’ motivation to attend educational programs as well as on their persistence in staying in the program until they have met their needs. Through this highly interactive training, participants learn how to interpret the research and apply the findings to recruitment and retention efforts in their family literacy programs.