Teachers change programs and teaching methods, extend curriculum and upgrade qualifications.
This makes a difference for learners, but they still need time and one on one instruction. In the fall of 1992, as he had done for 20 years, elementary school principal Maitland MacIsaac checked in with his teachers to talk about their new students. It showed them several strategies they could use to help their children with learning and reading. We set up several pilot sites and offered the program to parents in the Charlottetown area and the rural community of Borden. Evaluations were overwhelmingly positive and parents felt the course should be widely available.