Here you will find more information about our past activities and volunteer experiences. We invite you to participate in our vision by helping to teach the world to read.
By taking time out of your busy schedule to help change the life of a child through literacy, you become part of the solution addressing the symptoms of illiteracy. Children need our encouragement.
The picture above shows Literacy Ambassador "Jermaine Coleman, National Chair of NEA's Student Program participating in program activities during Education Week (May 5-9, 2009).
In support of the mission of the International Reading Association (IRA)
The Read Across Jamaica Foundation is committed to:
encouraging & influencing children through creative activities.
And we share the vision of IRA & their mission to eradicate illiteracy:
We believe that all children have a right to:
- Early reading instruction that stimulates
- Reading instruction that builds skill and the desire to read
- Well-prepared teachers who keep their skills up to date
- A variety of books and other reading material in their classrooms, and in school and community libraries
- Assessment that identifies strengths as well as needs and involves students in making decisions about their own learning
- Instruction that involves parents and communities in students’ academic lives
- Instruction that makes meaningful use of first-language skills
- Equal access to instructional technology
- Classrooms that create healthy learning opportunities
held at the Calvary Baptist Church, Montego Bay, St. James (May 6, 2007)
Ms. Wisdom takes time out to present the history of Read Across Jamaica and discuss the past performance of the Literacy Project during the Literacy Ambassador's
Sunday Brunch & Orientation
May 6, 2007
Literacy Ambassadors visit
St. James & Trelawny Parish Libraries and share their special storytelling techniques with the children during the Afterschool Storytelling Hour.
All the children received books and pencils donated by the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA)
Literacy Ambassadors:
NEA National Student Chair
Washington, DC
Linval Osbourne (Isis)
Rastafarian
Philadelphia, PA
Tila May
Primary School Teacher
Florida
Paulette Blake
Grandparent &
College Student
Michele Pierre
Hostess/Administration
Atlanta, CA
Sonya Jenkins
Journalist/Stewardess
Atlanta, GA
Malore L. Brown, Ph.D.
Independent Education & Library Consultant
(Formerly w/ Association for Library Service to Children)
Milwaukee, WI
Sister Phyllis Goodman
New Testament Baptist Church
Roseville, CA
Charles Robert Goodman
High School Graduate
Roseville, CA
Adia P. Goodman
High School Student
Antelope, CA
Alexandria Goodman
Jr. High School Student
Elverta, CA
Folasade Scott
Education Psychology Major
University Berkeley
Oakland, California
William Dolan
Hotel Hospitality/Civil Law
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED:
It's time to plan for our next Journey to Jamaica
November 11-15, 2009 & January 15-18, 2010
DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT... BE ABOUT IT!
