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Educators, tutors, and parents will find these books useful for getting their communities involved in promoting literacy. The books are listed in alphabetical order. Book Buddies Book Buddies was the first large-scale program to mobilize volunteers as part of a collaborative effort using public school, university, and community expertise. This practical guide enables those who work with emergent readers to replicate the Charlottesville, Va., initiative. ------------------------------------------------------- Collaboration Skills for Educators and Nonprofit Leaders (Building the Village) Rubin outlines collaborative efforts among volunteers, corporate partners, and employee groups. ------------------------------------------------------- Community Building: What Makes It Work. A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building The authors reveal 28 factors that are keys to successful community building. Nonprofit groups, funders, politicians, schools, and community residents all realize the importance of building their community. ------------------------------------------------------- Community Partnerships for Child Care This summary of 10 of the 69 projects funded by the Indiana Child Care Financing Initiative outlines efforts to improve child care in the state through the development of collaborative partnerships. ------------------------------------------------------- A Compact for Reading Guide To help communities join together to promote literacy, this Department of Education publication offers research-based literacy activities for families, and guidelines for developing a "compact for reading" in local communities. ------------------------------------------------------- Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds This IEL report breaks new ground by helping dedicated educators and community individuals to understand and respect the assets and talents that each brings to the goal of improving student learning. ------------------------------------------------------- Help America Read: A Handbook for Volunteers Help America Read provides an overview of how the America Reads program operates. ------------------------------------------------------- The Howard Street Tutoring Manual This book prepares professionals and students to conduct one-on-one instruction with struggling readers and to conceptualize and develop tutorial programs. ------------------------------------------------------- On the Road to Reading: A Guide for Community Partners The handbook guides reading tutors and educators in helping children become effective readers. One chapter offers suggestions on how to build community reading projects. ------------------------------------------------------- Reading Helpers Reading Helpers explains how to design and execute a training program for reading tutors, and was published to accompany On the Road to Reading (see above). ------------------------------------------------------- Read With Me: A Guide for Student Volunteers Starting Early Childhood Literacy Programs This manual targets college students interested in starting public service reading programs in their communities and profiles successful programs. ------------------------------------------------------- Tutoring Matters: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About How to Tutor Based on the real life experiences of hundreds of tutors, this book focuses primarily on the relationship between tutor and tutee. ------------------------------------------------------- You Can Teach Someone to Read: A How-To Book for Friends, Parents, and Teachers This humorous book provides a wealth of information for family and community members on helping children become proficient readers.
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