Literacy Action Plan Summit & News Conference
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, Literacy Summit, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
News Conference, 2:45 p.m.
Miami-Dade County Main Library
101 West Flagler St.
Miami, FL.
News Conference will take place on the Cultural Arts Plaza in front of the library.
Announcing Launch of Read to Learn Book Club for 3-Year-Olds
Speakers include David Lawrence, Jr., Modesto Abety-Gutierrez, Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and Mayor Carlos Gimenez
The Children’s Trust will host a Literacy Action Plan Summit to advance the Read to Learn initiative and finalize a community action plan to dramatically increase the number of third graders reading at or above grade level. Currently, one-third of third graders fail to do so at a critical moment in their development when children must shift from learning to read to reading to learn. More than 150 participants are expected to attend.
The Summit will be followed by a news conference announcing the official launch of the FREE Read to Learn Book Club. This is a monthly book club for all 3-year-olds in Miami-Dade County, to be funded and administered by The Children’s Trust, Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership and Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe. Children of this age were selected to expose them to books in the year leading up to pre-kindergarten. Developmentally appropriate books are being specifically selected to grow early literacy skills and encourage families to build home libraries. The book club will begin its first mailing in March, with one free book and a parent guide sent monthly to the child’s home. Parents can register their children for a free book club membership at www.thechildrenstrust.org. Books can be requested in either English or Spanish.
