Educational Focus: Community Education
Center for Community Building to End Poverty
The Center for Community Building to End Poverty is a virtual center created by a unique collaboration among a private non-profit agency, a land-grant university, and a monastery. It brings together the skills and expertise of work aimed at ending poverty, the strengths of academic research and evaluation, and a model of an inclusive, self-sustaining community. The Center offers several best practices and community education to help people get the power and influence they need to get themselves out of poverty. This presentation will provide a description of those practices and their outcomes toward creating a broader awareness of the realities of poverty.
Presenter: Kathee Tifft, Extension Educator, University of Idaho
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Making Impact: Large‐Scale Social Change Through Broad Cross‐Sector Coordination
The scale and complexity of the U.S. public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. Against these daunting odds, a remarkable exception seems to be emerging. Literacy coalitions. Literacy coalitions bring together the community to tackle the crisis and improve education across the lifespan. They focus on success indicators including work readiness and preparation for postsecondary education, high school graduation rates, fourth-grade reading and math scores, and kindergarten readiness. Why have literacy coalitions made progress when so many other efforts have failed? Learn why. Learn how to build a literacy coalition in your community. Join the growing learning network.
Presenter: Kimberly Scott, Literacy Powerline, New York
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15–2:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
The Center for Community Building to End Poverty is a virtual center created by a unique collaboration among a private non-profit agency, a land-grant university, and a monastery. It brings together the skills and expertise of work aimed at ending poverty, the strengths of academic research and evaluation, and a model of an inclusive, self-sustaining community. The Center offers several best practices and community education to help people get the power and influence they need to get themselves out of poverty. This presentation will provide a description of those practices and their outcomes toward creating a broader awareness of the realities of poverty.
Presenter: Kathee Tifft, Extension Educator, University of Idaho
Presentation Format: Lecture Presentation (40 minutes)
Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: Concurrent Presentation II, 3:50-4:30 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
Making Impact: Large‐Scale Social Change Through Broad Cross‐Sector Coordination
The scale and complexity of the U.S. public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. Against these daunting odds, a remarkable exception seems to be emerging. Literacy coalitions. Literacy coalitions bring together the community to tackle the crisis and improve education across the lifespan. They focus on success indicators including work readiness and preparation for postsecondary education, high school graduation rates, fourth-grade reading and math scores, and kindergarten readiness. Why have literacy coalitions made progress when so many other efforts have failed? Learn why. Learn how to build a literacy coalition in your community. Join the growing learning network.
Presenter: Kimberly Scott, Literacy Powerline, New York
Presentation Format: Interactive Learning Session (1.5 hour)
Inquiry Area: Social Change Educational Focus: Community Education
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: Concurrent Session VII, 1:15–2:45 p.m. Room: Continental Parlor 7
