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Sister R. Leadership: Doing the Seemingly Impossible
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Sena, Rachel; Schoorman, Dilys; Bogotch, Ira – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2013
Sister R., the first author, is a Dominican Sister of Peace. Until recently, Sister R. had been the director of the Maya Ministry Family Literacy Program, working with the Maya Community in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida. She described her work with these indigenous, preliterate, hardworking peoples as "a university of the poor"…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Instructional Leadership, Immigrants, Hispanic Americans
How Integration of Services Facilitates Family Literacy: Testimony from Even Start Participants.
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Roth, Jeffrey; Myers-Jennings, Corine; Stowell, Daniel W. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
Describes how integrating services in an Even Start program in Gainesville, Florida, facilitated family literacy. Highlights specific examples from the experience that changed parents' lives. Participants gradually developed political awareness via improved self-esteem, self-confidence, assertiveness, involvement, and self-governance (in a…
Descriptors: Activism, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Helping Vulnerable Families Give Their Children an Even Start toward School Success: One Rural Community's Efforts.
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Dimidjian, Victoria Jean – Childhood Education, 2001
Describes the Even Start Family Literacy Program in Immokalee, Florida, which has helped parents gain language skills, find community connections and services, and learn parenting and job skills, while also providing their children with positive educational experiences. Includes case studies of four families, as well as listing program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Children, Family Literacy