EDU+557

EDU 557: Family and Community Involvement in Literacy Learning EDU 557 focused on communication. It was designed to help teachers become more aware of the situations and environments that students come from as well as that of the parents. Dr. Blackstone offered a variety of texts and assignments to allow for deeper understanding of the relationships that do and can exist in an inviting school climate. Although I wish I could have had this course as an undergraduate, I have certainly benefited from the experience of this course as a seasoned teacher. Many of the assignments required communication with the community. I am now the director of the Phillips Elementary School Girls Talk and Teen Voices program that I researched in this course.