Read→Create→Connect empowers youth to contribute to a positive community by addressing social issues with a youth-driven, collaborative project. The program is designed to help participants become effective problem-solvers by benefiting from and making use of the written word and spoken language, enhancing their social awareness while improving their emotional management skills, and becoming more caring individuals with concern and respect for others.
Afterschool programs can choose from two strands: Literate Leaders or Turning Bullies into Buddies. In both strands, participants utilize a process that includes researching a problem to increase knowledge, working as a team to apply knowledge and reflecting to understand the experience. Each series is comprised of six one-hour sessions.
Read→Create→Connect provides a six-session model for afterschool programs.
For more information, contact Lauren Pedic, Read→Create→Connect Manager, call 561-767-3375 or email lpedic@literacypbc.org.
By The Numbers
21
sites participated in the program
228
sessions were provided
1,096
children were enriched by the program
3249
books were distributed to children and afterschool sites
Success Story
Continue Reading”The Read→Create→Connect program provides high-quality, literacy-based lessons designed to advance social emotional learning and awareness. This year, art extensions were introduced and used to enhance the learning experience. Through creative art, books, games and discussions with peers, students were given insight into confidence, loving themselves, and exhibiting love and kindness for others. The program seeks to help students develop enhanced...
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