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Wake up and read
Promoting childhood literacy
Presentation to the Wake County Board of EducationFebruary 2, 2016Slide2
THE MISSION
A collaborative effort to
Engage and educate Wake County about the importance of childhood literacy
Increase access
to literacy resources and opportunities for all childrenSlide3
THE
VISIONEvery child in Wake County will be inspired, equipped, and empowered
to read.Read! Talk! Play! School
Every Day!Slide4
Affiliated
with the
Campaign for Grade-level
readingSlide5
June 2015
Honored as
a Community Solutions pacesetter for 2014 workSlide6
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
Bonnie’s Book Foundation
Books Are Magic
El Pueblo Community Organization
Greater Raleigh Chamber of CommerceMarbles Kids Museum
MetaMetrics
North Carolina State University
Motheread
Reach Out and Read
Read and Feed
SAS
United
Way of the Greater Triangle
Univision 40 and
Teletutura 40.2Wake AEYCWake Communities in Schools
Wake County Libraries
Wake
County PTA
Wake County
SmartStart
Wake Education Partnership
Wake County Public School
System
Board
of
Education
ESL
Grants
Literacy
Early Learning
Project Enlightenment
Social Work
Title
I
Women’s Club of Raleigh
YMCA of the TriangleSlide7
LEADERSHIP
Books are Magic, Jane Small
Marbles Kids Museum, Hardin
Engelhardt
Motheread, Carolyn
Dickens
Reach
Out and Read, Carolyn
Merrifield
Wake County Libraries, Mike
Wasilick
Wake Education
Partnership,
Teresa
PierrieWake County SmartStartWake County Public School System
Counseling
and Student
Services,
Darlene
Johnson
Early Learning,
Dawn
Dawson
Grants, Angie
Wright
Literacy,
Sherri Miller
WUAR Administrator,
Elizabeth
SantanaSlide8
The Three Pillars
SCHOOL READINESS
Received a WAKE County
SmartStart
Grant
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS
Received a United Way of Greater Triangle Grant
SCHOOL ATTENDANCESlide9
School
Readiness action team
Coordinates
WAKE Up and Read efforts focused on enhancing school readiness for children
birth-5
Identify all early childhood education providers in Wake County and coordinate a community awareness campaign and professional
development
Provide
books to children in targeted childcare and community centers near identified WCPSS schools through a community-wide book
driveSlide10
School
Attendance action team
Coordinates
WAKE Up and Read efforts focused
on
reducing
school
absence
Create
an attendance message to give to parents when they register their child
Establish
a baseline of organizations that currently include messages to families about attendance as it relates to academic achievementSlide11
Marketing & communications action team
Coordinates
WAKE Up and
Read efforts
to
spread
the word about all pillars of our
work
Create
cohesive messaging and
communication
strategies for school readiness, summer learning loss, and attendance
Secure publicity for book drive
Lead social media efforts and drive public
awarenessSlide12
Twitter:
WAKE Up and Read@Literacy4Wake
WAKE
Up
Wednesdays
Literacy tips are sent out every Wednesday through Twitter
Follow on Twitter #
ReadTalkPlaySlide13
Summer Learning Loss action team
Coordinates WAKE Up and Read efforts
focused on combating summer learning loss
Support the Book Drive Committee which provides 10 books to every student in 10 high-poverty schools before summer/track-out breaks
Survey families attending literacy events at the 10 schools about awareness of strategies for supporting literacy
Develop print and online resources for literacy strategies for families of elementary-aged childrenSlide14
Summer Learning Loss
2015 Book Drive Successes
Collected: 115,000 books through 150 collection sites
Distributed books to 9 elementary schools, 20 child care facilities, and 9 community centers
Impacted
at least 7,200 children (
5,950
WCPSS students and
1,250
childcare children)
400+ volunteers contributed over
1,000
hours of timeSlide15
READING
kids!
Happy
kids!Slide16
Grateful
kids!Slide17
2016 WAKE
Up and Read Annual Book Drive 110,000 BOOKS
10 SCHOOLS 10 BOOKS FOR EVERY CHILDGoal: 110,000 books in 1 month
February 1 – February 29
Books for children ages birth – 12
Distribution
at
10 schools and
nearby childcare and community
centersSlide18
2016 Book Drive – Get Involved!
Visit
www.wakeupandread.org
to sign up as collection partner, volunteer, or sponsor
Donate new or gently-used books
Share a
WAKE
Up and
Read
selfie
using
#
WUARBookDrive
Spread
the
word using the 2016 Toolkit!Slide19
2016 Book Drive
Book storage and sorting will be at Cary Towne Center in the former Sears storeSlide20
