On the right track

Towards the end of the Early Childhood Development initiative, the NWT Literacy Council wanted to try to measure the impact of its family literacy programming over the three years. [...] It looks individually at each literacy initiative that the NWT Literacy Council was involved in, namely: 1. Family Literacy Training Institutes 2. Community family literacy projects and outreach support for family literacy providers 3. The family learning kits Although The Literacy Council isolated each initiative for the purposes of evaluation, clearly it is difficult to separate the impacts of t [...] Outreach and support Family literacy providers appreciated the assistance from the Literacy Council in general, and the community literacy coordinator, in particular, in the delivery of their programs. [...] NWT Literacy Council On the Right Track Receiving the family learning kit seemed to open the door to some parents to go to family literacy programs. [...] The children obviously recognized the materials: they knew the titles of the books and could “read” some of the stories.