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Project READ engages in research and development projects sponsored through a variety of grants and donations. We thank the following sources for their support: Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, federal Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (HRSDC), Starbucks Foundation, Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation, Waterloo Region Record newspaper and the Waterloo Region Record Literacy Fund, Canada Post, and the Region of Waterloo Social Services Department.
Some projects are community focused and the products are provided directly to adults or families in the community. Other projects focus on improving the resources available to literacy educators so they can assist learners more effectively. Previous projects include:
- Family Literacy Trunks
- Let's Play Literacy! booklets
- Literacy is a Family Affair: A Parent and Trainer Manual to providing Family Literacy Workshops
- Network Practitioner Training Manual
- Reaching Out: Supporting Ontario Works Clients in LBS Programs
- People Like You: A Profile of Adults Learning in Our Community (CD and video)
- Let's Play Literacy ! A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Get Ready to Read, Write, and Count (parent booklet)
- Send A Letter to a Loved One: A Postcard Campaign Celebrating Family Literacy Day in Canada
- Taking the First Step: An Initial Assessment Tool for Learner Placement
- Building Our Capacity: A Guide to Workplace Literacy Coordination
- Moving Right Along: Strategies to Recruit & Retain Welfare Clients in Adult Learning Programs
- Sharing the Path: Two Models for Developing a Common Understanding of Assessment
- Network Practitioner Training Manual: A Guide for Coordinating Professional Development Workshops
- Trading Up: Getting Ready for a Hairstyling or Electrical Apprenticeship Program (An Assessment Package)
- Get Set Learn!: A Case Study of Our Family Literacy Program
- Everything You Need to Run A Family Literacy Program: A Complete Curriculum Package for Delivering a Family Literacy Program
- GSL2 – A Family Literacy Pilot Program for Low Literate Parents and their pre-school and school aged children
- Circle of Literacy: A Collaboration Guide for Literacy Development – Two Models
- Common Assessment Pilot Project: the field testing of assessment tools & resources and how they inform learner transition (Please click here to download the report)
- Guide to Coordinating and Delivering Training for Employment Ontario Frontline Staff (please click on our "Publication For Practitioners" webpage to download this resource)
- Performance Framework for LBS Support Organizations (please click on our "Publications For Practitioners" webpage to download this resource)
- Spotlight on Change: An Essential Skills Upgrading Program for Unemployed Women over 40 (curriculum package)
- Essential Skills and Employment Programs in Waterloo-Wellington: An Annual Guide to Upgrading and Employment Programs in the two counties
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