GRACE PLACE FAMILY LITERACY MODEL®
LAUNCHING THE MODEL
The Grace Place Family Literacy Model (GPFLM®) implementation process provides organizations with the tools and training to successfully launch a GPFLM® program. Program materials include: Launching a Grace Place Family Literacy Model® manual, curriculum, and teacher’s guide to implement our high-quality family literacy program. Onsite training presents the principles and best practices of family literacy programs, along with the supporting research, and interactive lessons to ensure understanding and confidence. Our consultation services offer ongoing training and support to assist you in getting your program off the ground.
YEAR ONE
Program Materials
- Learning Together: The Grace Place Family Literacy Model®
- Launching The Grace Place Family Literacy Model®
- Grace Place Family Literacy Program: Beginnings 101 — Curriculum Guide
- Grace Place Family Literacy Program: Beginnings 101 — Teacher’s Manual
Parent information flyers (available in English/Spanish/Haitian Creole digitally)
Initial Training Total Seven days
- Grace Place Observation and Center of Excellence Training (three days)
- Staff and Teacher onsite training (two days)
- Additional staff training (two days)
Onsite teacher Coaching and Development:
- three days per month, per class, for the first semester
- two days per month, per class, for the second semester
YEAR TWO
Refresher training: three-day onsite seminar annually
Onsite teacher Coaching and Development:
- three days per semester
YEAR THREE*
Refresher training: one-day onsite seminar annually
Onsite teacher Coaching and Development:
- one day per semester
- one day per semester
Does not include Beginnings102 or any advanced course level training
LEARNING TOGETHER: THE GRACE PLACE FAMILY LITERACY MODEL®
- Written by GPFLM® architect, Diane Ponton, Learning Together: The Grace Place Family Literacy Model® offers a deeper look at the development and logic of the Model.
GRACE PLACE FAMILY LITERACY MODEL®
BECOME A PARTNER
DEVELOPMENT
Marianne Lambertson
Chief Development Officer
marianne@graceplacenaples.org
239.255.7203
PROGRAMS
Diane Ponton
Chief Program Officer
diane@graceplacenaples.org
239.255.7202
BENEFITS OF FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS
Children have higher academic achievement in a program that encourages families to learn inside the home.
Children improve their school attendance and behavior when the learning environment is supportive and the parents are involved.
Parents may feel empowered to change and control their circumstances for the better.
Parents enhance their employment status or job satisfaction.
Parents learn new ways of parenting and reaching goals for themselves and their children.
Families become more involved in the opportunities of school.
Families create steppingstones for life-long learning.
Society may obtain new resources, funding for programs, and improved community leadership as families become more educated and involved.
Society may see a decrease in joblessness and welfare dependency due to literacy support.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
GRACE PLACE
Grace Place is a pioneer in holistic family education in Collier County. We utilize a multigenerational solution to mitigate and address the multigenerational problem of the cycle of poverty. Programming is targeted to work toward bridging the academic achievement gap evident between families in middle- or upper-income households with those in households whose incomes fall below these economic lines.