Beginning A Literacy Program
by Nancy Woods
Director, Adult Literacy Action
Pennsylvania State University

 

BEGINNING A LITERACY PROGRAM ASSESSING THE NEED PROGRAM STRUCTURE BUILDING A PROGRAM MONEY MATTERS RECRUITMENT PROMOTION TRAINING HORIZONS

HORIZONS An adult literacy program is much, much more than student books and teacher's manuals. As literacy enters the list of 'top 10" social concerns in the eyes of the public, it will become the priority it deserves to be. In that climate, a program which is sensitive to students, volunteers and community alike can win support and move the cause of literacy forward. An adult literacy program is also much, much more than a program. It is a community gift of concern and sharing which can transform the lives of those it serves. For every literacy student who earns a high school degree or a college diploma, for every student who holds a new job or who can read a children's story or study the Bible - that program has opened up a whole new world.