The Literacy Cooperative has received and analyzed datameasuring the first year pilot of SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) in Cuyahoga County and the results are very promising.
As part its mission to improve lives by enhancing literacy, The Literacy Cooperative is piloting SPARK in selected communities in Cuyahoga County as a model for increasing early childhood literacy and school-readiness.
SPARK is an in-home tutoring program that links children and parents in at-risk communities with a Parent Partner who guides the child and parent through a proven curriculum and also serves as a resource, providing parents with ways to incorporate learning into daily homeactivities. Parent Partners also help connect children and families to resources they may need.
The Literacy Cooperative collaborates with Invest in Children and Family Connections to offer SPARK in partnership with elementary schools in the Maple Heights, Cleveland Heights-University Heights and Cleveland school districts.
The schools that participated in the first year of SPARK Cuyahoga are Boulevard, Noble, and Oxford Elementary Schools in Cleveland Heights; Raymond Elementary School in Maple Heights; and Michael R. White, Clark, and Clara Westropp Elementary Schools in Cleveland.
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