Obtain volunteers who can meet with children at least once a week for one-half hour to read and write together. Provide tutors or mentors for students during the school day and after school. Start or expand adult literacy training and family literacy programs. I grant monies. The program is an eight week course for parents and preschool children.
Classes meet twice a week, for one hour at a time.
Adults meet in one class with the teachers, while children meet in a story hour with children's librarians. Presently supported by the Houston Area Booksellers Association and the Houston Chronicle, the Parent Reading Program changes families' attitudes about libraries. Local employers, including commanders at Ft. Hood and the school district itself, give parents leave time to visit their child's school and meet with their child's teacher. Hood and the Killeen District piloted a parent involvement program in one school on the military post.