I’m very excited about a new project I’ve been working on. It’s a series of webinars focused on Parent Engagement, produced by Reading Rockets in partnership with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading . You can read more about the series here. You can also see the PPT slides our presenters used for the first webinar, and links to many related resources. We’ll update that page each time we have a new webinar.

Our first webinar featured three speakers. One was Sandra Gutierrez from Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors . Ms. Gutierrez, the National Program Director, oversees this parenting, leadership and advocacy training program for low-income, primarily Spanish-speaking parents of children from birth to age 5.

Ms. Gutierrez shared a Literacy Pledge Card that is part of their parent engagement program. Parents sign the card, and pledge to do simple things that can make a big difference: read, talk, and sing with their child, encourage their child to ask questions, take their child to the library, and more. The Literacy Pledge Card is available in English and in Spanish .

About the Author

Joanne Meier has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education, including serving on the faculty at the University of Virginia for six years where she trained reading specialists and future classroom teachers. Dr. Meier was Reading Rockets’ research-to-practice consultant from 2002 to 2014, where she wrote the Page by Page blog — sharing best practices in supporting young readers at home and in the classroom.

Publication Date
August 31, 2012

Related Topics

Early Literacy Development, Parent Engagement, Print Awareness, Struggling Readers
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