RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN
LITERACY TRAINING OFFERED BY READ SASKATOON
(certificate and non-certificate opportunities available)
  Learning Opportunities Calendar - January to July 2012
Family Literacy Training Registration Form
Introduction to Family Literacy (Certificate)
This workshop covers the foundations for Family Literacy.
The course:
- demonstrates the principles of family literacy programming in action
- introduces participants to Family Literacy and its guiding principles
- introduces participants to the four components within Family Literacy programs
- introduces participants to the connection between Family Literacy and community development
- provides direction for starting Family Literacy activities and programs
- provides information on further training
- provides an overview of Family Literacy within our province
Course Length: 9:30 am to 4:45 pm
Course Dates: Saturday, January 28 & March 31, 2012
(Groups can request additional dates at a fee for service)
Course Location: The Park Town Hotel
Cost: $15 includes manual and lunch
Registration Form
Note: This is the prerequisite to CRWM, Romp 'n' Read and Alphabet Soup Training
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Bookmaking Workshop for Facilitators
Join us for a hands on session for ideas on how to make homemade books. Great for sharing stories, family events and more. Bookmaking can be included in any program that you are facilitating. Have you made books? Bring your samples to share.
Course Length: 3 hours
Date: If your staff & parents are interested, dates can be set and there will be a fee for service
Cost: $150 for facilitator and materials
Course Location: READ Saskatoon
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Come Read With Me Facilitator Training
Come Read With Me (CRWM) is based on the premise that parents and children learn together and enhance each other’s lives. The program uses children's books as a starting point for development of literacy skills and discussion of a wide range of parenting issues. CRWM is a flexible program that may be adapted to a variety of settings.
The goals of CRWM are to:
- Help parents appreciate and understand their role as their child’s first and most important teacher.
- Encourage reading as a fun and valuable activity for both parents and children.
- Use children’s books to strengthen bonds and relationships.
- Assist parents at all levels of literacy in helping their children develop pre-reading and reading skills.
- Use children’s books to explore relevant themes and topics that relate to individual and family situations.
- Create support networks within the program that may lead to greater community involvement.
- Encourage life-long learning.
 The CRWM facilitator training prepares individuals to facilitate CRWM groups in their communities. It covers:
- child development
- choosing age appropriate books
- modifying books to suit older or younger readers using activities, finger plays, songs and rhymes, family literacy and learning.
The training also raises more general issues such as the basic principles of adult education, the background and philosophy of the family literacy movement, the principles of small group instruction, and the importance of assessment and evaluation. Training is 2 full days.
If your staff & parents are interested, dates can be set and there will be a fee for service of $2000.
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Engaging Parents as Partners
 This workshop provides ideas on how to communicate, involve parents and develop partnerships with the parents in your classroom, school, and community.
Course Length: 1 day
Cost: If your staff and parents are interested, dates can be set for a fee for service.
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Family Learning Olympics- How can I host one in my Community?
This workshop is a brief introduction to developing proposal ideas, setting objectives and evaluation methodologies.
Course Length: 1 hours
Course Dates: Thursday, September 29th, 2011 4-5pm
Location: READ Saskatoon
Cost: No charge
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Facilitation Skills Training
 If you are new to facilitating programs with adults and children together, or just need a refresher, then this might be for you.
Using hands on approaches, theory and research, participants will:
- gain tools and strategies to lead a program or session
- compare and contrast facilitation and teaching
- identify differences working with parents and children together vs adults or children individually
- gain confidence with setting boundaries and have strategies for conflict resolution.
- Identify best practices in program delivery
Course Length: 6 hours
Course Dates: Friday, January 13, 2012 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $100 (lunch included)
Prior Reading: Who Me Lead a Group? By Jean Illsley Clarke
Course Location: READ Saskatoon
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From Diapers to Duct Tape
Presented by the Regina and Balcarres Literacy Networks, this six hour training utilizes a balance of hands on activities, group work and multimedia presentations. The eight week family literacy program uses a variety of children’s story books to help fathers in your program understand the objectives of the programs listed below. The use of children’s story books allows us to engage fathers at most literacy levels and increase their literacy skills as well while modeling to them how
they can use the books to teach their own children life lessons and social competencies
on their own.
This program can be used as a family literacy program or a Father Support Group or Parenting
Program that utilizes family literacy principles and practices. A fun filled opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about fun ways to make father friendly accommodations to programs you are already running or start a new program using our session outlines that is entirely geared towards dads of all ages.
Course Length: 6 hours
Course Date: if your staff & parents are interested, dates can be set and there will be a fee for service.
Cost: $100 (includes lunch)
Course Location: Cliff Wright Library Branch Meeting Room
Prerequisite: Introduction to Family Literacy Certificate
See the poster here!
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Literacy and Parenting Skills (LAPS) and Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting Skills (ALAPS)
Prepares facilitators to lead an 8 week parenting program which includes: values and traditions; building self-esteem, talking to our children, discipline, schools and our children; families as teams.
Course Length: 3 days
Cost: $300
If your staff & parents are interested, dates can be set and there will be a fee for service
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“RAPP with READ” Reading and Parents Program
The READ Saskatoon Reading and Parents Program is a free bi-weekly program for parents who access Family Literacy programs. Parents use books, songs, and rhymes to introduce children to pre-reading skills at home. RAPP helps parents in their role as their child’s first and most important teacher.
Find out how you can encourage family reading and help parents support their children’s emergent literacy skill development by hosting this program.
Course Length: 1 hour
Course Date: If your staff & parents are interested in hosting this program for your families, dates can be set. READ Saskatoon provides all the materials for this program
Course Location: READ Saskatoon
Cost: $50 Yearly Family Literacy Membership
See the brochure here!
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Romp ‘n’ READ Preschool Camps
This workshop prepares facilitators to lead a theme-based Family Literacy camp for preschoolers and parents. The camp promotes direct child and adult instruction, family cohesion and positive parenting.
- An adaptable model ready to use
- Theme planning
- Age appropriate book making and literacy station planning
- Evaluation and Assessments
- A mock session
Course Length: 6 hours
Course Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
Cost: $100 lunch and manual included
Prerequisite: Introduction to Family Literacy Certificate. Attend a training on Saturday, January 28 or Saturday March 31, 2012
Romp n READ Facilitator Training registration form
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Storybag Making for Facilitators and Homeschooling Families
Join us for a sharing session on how to create a Storybag or theme bag to use with your child. We will demonstrate a bag and you will have a chance to play yourself! Sorry, childcare is not available.
If you are interested in hosting a Storybag Making workshop, contact our office for more information at 652-5448.
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in collaboration with READ Saskatoon.
