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Alamance Community College
Alamance
County
Dr. Martin Nadelman - President Laura Coffee - Director PO Box 8000 1247 Jimmy Kerr Road Graham, NC 27253-8000 336-506-4376 wagonerm@alamancecc.edu
Type of organization: Community College
What organization does: Alamance Community College offers literacy classes at 15 sites across Alamance County. Individualized and group instruction options as well as correspondence and on-line courses are available. To enroll, students can call to sign up for an assessment. The assessment is used to help place them in the correct class. High School diploma program offered through an agreement with Alamance Burlington Schools grades 9 12 for those who are 16 years of age and older. Free GED preparation available through da
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Grades 6 - 12 Programs
Yes
GED for Higher Education
Yes
GED Preparation Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Adult Literacy Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
Communities in Schools for Forsyth County
Forsyth
County
500 West Fourth St. Suite 102 Winston Salem NC 27101 336-750-3488 sroglesby_cisws@yahoo.com Exec. Director, Renee Oglesby; Site Manager, Terry Andrews
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit
What organization does: CIS offers tutoring assistance in schools and at various other sites. Pre-K literacy groups and after-school tutoring are available as well as graduation coaches for students needing extra help in order to graduate on time.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Grades 6 - 12 Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
Davidson County School Readiness/ Parents as Teachers Program
Davidson
County
CEO/Exec. Dir: Bleasha Carroll Program Manager/Director: Bleasha Carroll 217 Cedar Lodge Rd. Thomasville, NC 27360 336-472-4666 Bleasha@aol.com
Type of organization: Independent Non-Profit- Smart Start funded program that is implemented through the 3 school systems in Davidson County
What organization does: We model appropriate ways to read to children and we provide help to families in the county needing resource information.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
Davie County Schools Preschool - Central Davie Education Center
Davie
County
220 Campbell Road
Mocksville, NC 27028
Telephone: 751-0016
Type of organization: School System
What organization does: Davie County Schools child care and preschool services are four and five star facilities that serve children ages two through five years of age. The program provides for both special needs and typically developing children. Our lead teachers have a minimum of a 4-year degree in Early Childhood Education/ Birth to Kindergarten and our teacher to child ratios are no more than 1 teacher to 9 children in each classroom. Teacher assistants have acquired Early Childhood Credentials and are working towards ass
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Guilford Child Development, Inc. (GCD)
Guilford
County
CEO/Exec. Dir: C. Robin Britt, Sr. Program Manager/Director: Karen Martinez 1200 Arlington St., GSO, NC 27406 336-369-5001 Karen@guilfordchilddev.org
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit
What organization does: GCD is lead agency for Head Start/Early Head Start serving 1100 children in Guilford County; Learning Together/Aprendiendo Juntos is a comprehensive family literacy program under the GCD umbrella serving underserved, low-income mothers in 4 locations (3 Head Start centers,1 community-based location)
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
Imagination Library of Smart Start of Davie County
Davie
County
Anna Eichhorn, Ex. Dir.
Lynette Pierce, Program Manager
1205 Salisbury Rd.
Mocksville, NC 27028
336-751-2113
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit
What organization does: Smart Start of Davie County is designed to provide quality childcare, child health and family support services for all children from birth to kindergarten to insure that children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. Imagination Library provides free hardback books to children from birth to age five. Each registered child receives one quality book per month delivered to their home. A parents-as-teachers component encourages parents to read to their children.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas
Guilford
County
CEO/Exec. Dir.: Suzanne Wise Program Manager/Director: Leilani Forgay-Roughton 1031 Summit Ave Suite 1E-2 Greensboro, NC 27405 1-800-HELPING OR 336-553-1501 leilani.forgay@lfscarolinas.org.
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit
What organization does: Free English language training classes to refugees, asylees, parolees and victims of trafficking. These classes teach students English (reading, writing, speaking and understanding), helping them to gain self sufficiency.
Job readiness classes once a week for clients who are seeking employment. This class focuses on the skills clients will need to obtain and retain employment in the United States.
Providing a preschool program for the children of adult participants at the New Arrivals School. Children a
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Grades 6 - 12 Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Mebane Hill Early Literacy Project (HELP)
Davie
County
Marcia Haney, Project Coordinator
3200 Pickett Road
Durham, NC 27705
919-489-7465 x 722
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit
What organization does: A comprehensive early literacy partnership between the Mebane Charitable Foundation and the Hill Center. The Hill Center is providing training, curricula and follow up with eleven early childcare facilities. The training includes learning the Hill Center alphabet chant and lessons in fostering oral language development, dialogic reading, phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabetic knowledge.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Quality Education Academys Even Start Family Literacy Program
Forsyth
County
Simon Johnson, Executive Director
Dollean Johnson, Program Director
5012 D Lansing Drive
Winston Salem 27105
336-744-0804
Type of organization: Independent Non-profit School
What organization does: Independent charter school- The program is free and has four components. In cooperation with Forsyth Tech Community College an adult curriculum is offered to improve adult basic skills such as reading, writing and math and includes GED and ESL Preparation; Early childhood education is based on the prescribed State curriculum; Parent and child time together is for daily interaction between parent and children and offers parents a special time to listen and learn about their child; Parent support offers trai
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
GED Preparation Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Adult Literacy Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem - Intergenerational Reading Program
Forsyth
County
1700 Ebert Street
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-748 - 0217
Type of organization: Faith Based Organization
What organization does: Volunteers go twice monthly to various pre-school centers around Forsyth County to provide intergenerational enrichment experiences. During their visits, they may offer: reading and storytelling, creative arts, music, rhythm and movement, and games.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Stokes County Schools
Stokes
County
PO Box 50
Courthouse Square
501 North Main Street
Danbury NC 27016
Brenda Little
Even Start Coordinator
336-427-4769
blittle@pinehall.stokesk12.nc.us
Type of organization: School System
What organization does: Stokes County Even Start is a family literacy educational program. The program works with families to: help parents become their child's most important teacher; help children become ready to succeed in school; and increase family literacy skills. The preschool program for 3 and 4 year olds is based on the prescribed state preschool curriculum. Children's individual needs, interests, and developmental levels are considered as children learn through exploration and play. Offered through Forsyth Technical Com
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Adult Literacy Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
UNC Greensboro Speech and Hearing Center
Guilford
County
CEO/Exec. Dir.: Vicki McCready, MA, CCC-SLP 300 Ferguson Building, PO Box 26170, UNCG, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 336-334-5939 cvmccrea@uncg.edu
Type of organization: Post Secondary Education
What organization does: We offer both diagnostic and treatment services to persons of all ages with language-literacy difficulties (or dyslexia). Our treatment is based on evidence based research that emphasizes the importance of an explicit, structured, multisensory approach that is both sequential and intensive.
Geographic Area- We accept clients of any age from any location.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Grades 6 - 12 Programs
Yes
United Montagnard Christian Church
Guilford
County
CEO/Exec. Dir: Reverend Y Hin Nie Program Manager/Director:Ms. Virginia Driscoll 1204 Picard Street, Greensboro, NC 27405 336-621-1040
Type of organization: Faith Based Organization
What organization does: Programs are offered for Montagnard refugees and include after school tutoring, adult ESOL classes and Families Learning Together {FLT), a new program designed and sponsored by Guilford Child Development. The program runs from September, 2007 to August, 2008. The program includes an ESOL component taught through GTCC, emphasizing parental interaction with children using materials read by the parent to the child. Child care is provided on site during the class.
Program Description(s)
Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Yes
Kindergarten - Grade 5 Programs
Yes
Grades 6 - 12 Programs
Yes
GED Preparation Programs
Yes
English as a Second Language Programs
Yes
Adult Literacy Programs
Yes
Family Literacy Programs
Yes
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