After you have your lists of groups, businesses and organizations and your schedule and ideas for involvement, the next step is the actual site visit. Their firsthand contact with parents during Parent Time or with parents and children during PACT Time will be invaluable to your efforts to educate them about family literacy. It's very important to illustrate the differences between adult focused programs and family literacy programs. Be prepared to provide information about your program, the families you serve, and family literacy in general. Also use brochures, videotapes, and pamphlets and make sure that visitors leave with this information.
General conversation is also key, so keep the dialogue flowing with points of interest.
Designate someone from your program who will answer questions, address issues and take care of the visitors during the entire visit. If your visitor is a public official, it's your chance to show them the human side of family literacy. Again, make sure that they know that the media has been invited to the event. After you have worked out details for the site visit, ask yourself the following questions and make sure that you have the answers available in printed form. Again, it's very important that your visitors have this information when they start spreading the word about family literacy.